Grahamstown, March 21st One of the reporters of the Auckland Star had a page of the Advertiser photographed this morning on a reduced size, about three inches square, and started pigeons off with copies for Auckland, the object being to get bir George Grey's address in the evening issue without paying the rates charged to the evening papers. The reduced photo graphs were perfectly legible. The Mikado was detained for several hours owing to a strong north-east gale, and m trymgtoget away from the wharf she broke two piles. Her passenger list includes Air James Watt (race-horse owner) and Mrs Watt, Colonel and Mrs Monle, the American Transit of Venus party, and the Girard pcT pc ; tota1 ' ™*h those from Australia,

Mr Buckland reports fat sheep in full sup ply, 3^d per lb. ; fat cattle, 26s to 31s Gd per lOOlbs. ; store calves, 15s to 30s; fat do, 2os to 55s ; three-year-old steers, £6 12s ■ lambs scarcely represented. Mr G. W. Binney reports business dull • stocks of provisions and grain very low. Flour (Adelaide), £14; Oamaru, £12 ; wheat, 4s ; oats, 4s to 4s 3d ; barley, 5s 6d ; bran £7 6s ; pollard, £7 10s ; hams and bacon Is 4d; cheese, 9d ; oatmeal, £23.
New Plymouth, March 20th. Te Whiti, at the Paiiaka meeting re the Opunake affair, said if the Natives did any thing to bring trouble on themselves, they might take the consequence. He refused to arbitrate or give anj advice.
