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Southland Times, Issue 648, 25 March 1867, Page 2

Errata. — Owing to a mistake by our reporter, the list of gentlemen who composed the deputation which presented the Campbelltown address to the Governor, is incorrectly given. Instead of Mr Smith being comprised in the list, it should have been Mr Evans. It will be seen from our advertising columns that Messrs Driver, Maclean and Co. will offer to public competition, at Dunedin, on the 29th inst., a large tract of pastoral country in the vicinity of the Wakatipu Lake. Foi the convenience of intending purchasers a very carefully-executed map of the district has been published, one of which is on view at this office. By the Bangitoto, which arrived at the Bluff on Friday, 22nd, we have Australian dates to the 16th inst. — The steamer South Australian was launched from the Government Slip on the 2nd. She will be placed at once on the New Zealand trade. It is reported that gold which sold for £7000 was obtained from a 100 tons of stone taken from a reef on MacKenzies station, near Yea. The " South Australian Advertiser" of the 28th ult., describes the locality of the new gold-field in interior, as about 100 miles from Menindie and Mount Murchiaon. Water is scarce. The gullies, rises, and lay of the land remind old diggers very strongly- of the auriferous country in Victoria. There is abnndance of quartz, and ironstone and slate are plentiful, the bottom being pipeclay. 1 — Scott's execution at Sydney, for the murder of his wife, is fixed for the 18th instant. — In the Maitland match, the Aboriginals in their first innings made 52, and Maitland 82. — An attempt to form a Protection League in Sydney has failed. — It is reported that the new Victorian tariff will work favorably for the Adelaide merchants, by stimulating their trade iv river-borne goods.- — At the G-awler Agricultural Show, 52 varieties of wine were sent in for competition.' — The value of the land brought under Torrens' Act at Adelaide, last month, was £25,000. — During the past half year 12,151,000 gallons of filtered water have passed through the main pipes of the Bendigo Waterworks. — At the annual matriculation of the students at the Melbourne University, on the 2nd March, 38 candidates presented themselves for examination, of- whom 19 passed. — The Nelson line of battle ship, 90 guns, all of heavy calibre, >ill be sent by the Admiralty shortly in . accordance with Mr Verdon's agreement when in England. A banquet to the postal delegates took place at j SoQtt'a Hate], but owiog to some political dif« I

ference neither the Governor, ministers, nor delei gates were present. About 90 sat down. There is likely to be a compromise upon most of the points at issue in the case of Bruce v. the Queen, but some are reserved for the Privy Council. Grapes are selling at Adelaide, 8d per | dozen lbs. Wine is beginning to be exported from Victoria to India. Q-eelong is to be made the head-quarters of a whaling company. Several discoveries of gold on the Adelaide side. Property qualifications for a candidate for the Upper House, Victoria, to be reduced from £5,000 to £2,000. Voters, £50. H.M. corvette, Challenger, arrived in Hobson's Bay, with Commodore Maguire. It is expected that a grand naval review will shortly take place. Most abundant harvest. Exhibition closed. Dr Bleasdale delivered an address, in which he stated that about 250,000 people visited, and £9,000 was realised. The whole affair was characterised as a great success. Some fine grazing country has been discovered on the Paroo. On one run there are are about 200 never-failing springs, of different volume, and in some of them the water is quite hot in the coldest weather. Roads to be made to Menindle, and wells sunk. A cargo of Chilian flour sold at £9 per ton. Wheat (Adelaide) is firm, at 4s OJd with a tentency to advance. No change in flour. A meeting of the committee of the Acclimatisation Society is announced to be held this evening, at the Southland Club Hotel, at 8 o'clock. The Melbourne ■' Argus " of the sth ult. contains the following resolutions proposed by Mr Verdon in the Legislative Assembly: — 1. That, towards raising the supply granted to Her Majesty, in lieu of the duties and customs now chargeable on the articles undermentioned imported in Victoria, the following duties shall be charged : — Spirits or strong waters of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes dydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, 10s per gallon ; apparel and slops, and all articles made up wholly or in part from fabrics of silk, wool, cotton, linen, or mixed materials, excepting corn or wool bags ; boots and shoes, doors and window sashes, gloves, hats, caps, and bonnets, hosiery, leather ware, saddles, and harness, £10 per cent, ad valorem, from July 1, 1867. 2. That the following duties of Customs be charged on the articles undermentioned imported into Victoria, viz.: — Carpeting and , druggets, tapioca, sago, arrowroot, spices, pepper, ginger, ornamental castings, and all manufactures containing silk, £10 per cent, ad valorem ; all imported goods (including corn and wool bag»), not otherwise chargeable with duty, nor included in the appended list of exemptions, £5 per cent, ad valorem ; oils, of all kinds, in bulk, 6d per gallon ; grain and pulse of every kind, not otherwise enumerated, 9d per cwt. ; grain and pulse when ground, or in any way prepared and manufactured, Is per cwt ; animals (living), printed books and newspapers ; specimens of natural history and curiosities ; coal, coke, and fuel ; alkali, sulphur, and rssin ; hemp, flax, jute, coeoanut fibre j fresh meat and fish j guano, and other manures ; plants and seeds ; wool, tallow, hides and skins, horns and hoofs ; coin and bullion ; timber, in the log j shooks and staves; metals of all sorts, in the ore, and in pig, bar, sheet, or plate ; hoop iron, iron pipes, and railway iron rails ; passengers' luggage, cabin and other furniture or personal effects, which have been in use and are not imported for sale; carriages used in the conveyance of goods or passengers across the frontier ; and all packages in which goods are ordinarily imported — shall be exempt from duty. The " Wanganui Chronicle," in an extra published on Saturday, says : — " We learn from a private source that tlie loss sustained by the Maoris in the late skirmish at Tauranga, was ten killed, of whom three men were chiefs. They have also, we learn from the same source, taken four of our men prisoners. It is satisfactory, however, to learn that the natives have declared that they do not intend massacring these men, but intend keeping them as prisoners of war, in the same way that we have done with the captured rebels. They intend, they say, to put them to work, bnt not to ill-use them." The "Hawke's Bay Herald " says .—" The artesian well at Meanee flat has been visited by hundreds, and is an object well worthy of a visit. The overflow is equal to fifty or seventy gallons per minute, and the water is beautifully clear and cool. The drainage in the neighborhood- being good, no tap is fixed to the top of the pipe, and the water ilows without intermission. The Waikato correspondent of the Southern Cross," writing from Ngaruawaihai under date of the 18th ult., says : — The incessant and heavy rain of the 9fch and 10th instant caused an inundation of the Waikato and Waipa rivers on the 12th, both of which reached a greater height than had been previously known to the " oldest inhabitant" — not that his knowledge would carry us to any remote date, but it was also higher than our Maori visitors — many of whom have attained a green old age — remember since the great flood of Te Heuheu, about 1836, when the chief of that name was drowned. The special reporter of the " Southern Cross " reports from Tauranga that Irihanga and Whakamarama, the villages of the Pirirakau, were attacked by the first Waikatos and Arawas and carried, but with loss of life on our part. Both natives and Europeans behaved with great bravery, arid the Hau-haus displayed immense courage and skill. Killed — Thomas Edward Jordan, (Engineer Vols.) ; Private Jeffs (Opotiki Vols.) Wounded— Private W. C. Stewart, 4th Company Ist Waikatos, in the leg, severely ; private Mangua, Ist Waikatos, ' in left arm, severely; M'Mahon, Ist Waikatos, in left arm severely; Kituo, Ngatiwhakane hapu, in leg ; Te Hareti, JSgatipikiao, in side ; Morihi, Egafcirangitihi, in leg, severely.