BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
(fhom OUR OWN correspondents.) WELLINGTON. The steamer Bangitira is to make several trips to Greymouth for coal. The stocks are becoming very small and Mr Dransfield, who has contracted to supply the N.Z. Steam Navigation Company; refuses to supply private customer . Others quote coal at £3 10s ton. AUCKLAND. The Seagull has arrived from Fiji, bringing the following news, up to January 29: March, the British Consul, who granted protection to Dr Murray, has resigned and left. At a public meeting at Levuka a resolution was passed demanding the resignation of Ministers and a dissoluof Parliament. A piece of gold bearing quartz has been found here. The Chief Moo Tu, who collected the taxes, refused to hand them over. The Mountaineers have killed several natives. The disturbances at Navua are likely to implicate Europeans. A largo assembly of natives, who threaten to burn down the native villages, have expelled all the native teachers. lIOKITIKA, Bishop Moran, in replying to the Hibernian Society's address, denounced Freemasonry.
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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1046, 14 February 1873, Page 2
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168BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1046, 14 February 1873, Page 2
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