LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1673, 29 June 1875, Page 3

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. (From our own Correspondent) This day. The " Times" and the " Post."

The Post last night says :—" We are sorry that the Neio Zealand Times has notthooght fit to at least apologise for the grave crime of which we convicted it on Saturday. In order to even yet afford it an opportunity of retrieving its character, so far as an expression of penitence may expiate error, and in order that there may be do doubt as to the 'nature of the charge, we shall in most precise terms repeat the accusation. We charge the Hew Zealand Times with having forged what purported to be a quotation from the Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, IS7I, relating to the method of charging the provinces with interest on such railways at the Hutt line, and with having

given currency to the forgery for the purpose of endeavouring to convince the general public that the law justified and authorised tbe action of the General Government. The Tikes may remark of the law, as it has before now done, remarked of facts : If the law does not justify the course adopted, so much ■worse for the law. This sort of defence, however, will not excuse the crime committed. If a counsel in court were to misquote an Act, or even a precedent, with the intent to mislead the court, he would expose himself to being struck off the roll of the profession. Ihe JVetv Zealand Times, pleading before the high court of public opinion, has been guilty of an analogous offence, but of an exaggerated character, and by doing so has placed itself beyond the pale of honest, respectable journalism." Bonded Stocks. The bonded warehouses here will be closed on the 30th with the object of taking stock. TJie Post says, "The Australasian is about to publish a series of articles descriptive of the political, social, and industrial condition of New Zealand, written by a special correspondent of that journal, who has1 had opportunities of acquiring full knowledge of the details of the subject." The " Canterbury Press" on Sir Julius Vogel. Both the Tribune and Pout condemn the tone and language of an article in the Canterbury Press, which sneers at Sir Julius Vogel's Knighthood, and considers that paper has disgraced itself by indulging in such a tirade of abuse. The Sticking-up Case. We had a bare-faced attempt at stickingup on the Hutt Koad. Two ruffians tried to waylay the collector for the Hutt Road Board ; one coming at each side to seize the reins of the horse he was riding. One aimed a blow of a heavy stick at the horseman, but his horse swerved, enabling him to get away. He gave information to the policeman, who next day happened to see a man he took to be a doubtful card, and arrested him at once upon spec. The fellow admitted that he and another stopped the collector, but said they only did so to get a match to light their pipe. The collector had over £70 upon him at the time. The Fruits of a GossipThere was an alarm of fire on Saturday night which illustrates the carelessness of Borne people. The male residents of the house went to the theatre, and of course Were out late. The mistress of the house put a big log on the fire, locked up, and went for a gossip with a neighbour. A man passing saw the fire at work inside, and knocked in vain.. With the help of the Neighbours, he broke open the door, and wgan turning out the furniture, and when the occupiers came home they found empty »pd charred their apartments, with all their nbusehold goods strewed about the street. , Dr. Buller has started practice here as