TELEGRAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4248, 2 December 1881, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[Pkb Pbbss Association. J MISCELLANEOUS. AUCKLAND, Due. 1. Th<* Auckland whaling barque Especulador arrived to-day from a lengthy cruise. They have not beon particularly fortunate, only 25 tuns of oil having been taken. On ono occasion one of tho -"row, a nativo of Java, had a narrow escape from drath, having fallen trom tho main royal yard lo tho deck. Tho Rov Shirley Baker, (ho Premier of Tonga, has promised a scholarship for the bost scholar in English among the Nativo students at the Threo Kings Woileyan College, to be called the Uga Scholarship, in memory of tho Crown Princo Tonga, who died in Auckland. Mr Codlin was elected Mayor of Onehunga, defeating Mr John Dimdon. A fire destroyed Mr J. 0. M'Oormick's stables last night. The building was insured in tho Union offico for £250. DUNEDIN, Dbc. 1. Tho amount of duty collected for the month of November at tho Customs was £3-1,453 5s ad. Tho gold duty amounted to £1210 10s Id, and lho beor duty to £1245 12s Cd. Hlkctobal. — Tho Don E. liichardson request s the electors of Lyttolton to meet him ut the Oddfellows' Uall on Thursday evening next.

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