The Southland Times. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1867.

Southland Times, Issue 674, 24 May 1867, Page 2

The Southland Times. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1867.

We are requested by the Auctioneer to call the attention of our readers to an alteration in the day of sale of Messrs Dalgety and Co.'s shipment of sugar ex Isabella from Mauritius. It ■will be seen from the advertisement that the sale •will take place on Monday, instead of to-morrow, as was previously announced. From the late English papers we learn that the question of troops in New -Zealand is still a matter of discussion. We extract the following :— *' During the debates on the Army Estimates Mr Gorst gave notice of his intention tb call the attention of the House to. the proposal to maintain permanently a regiment in New Zealand— an expenditure which he considered not only unneces§ary, but positively injurious to the colony. • Mr Adderley explained that there are now only 3,000 British troops inthe colony, exclusive ofthe regiment referred to, and they were under peremptory orders to return without delay. And regarding the regiment in question, if the colonists were dissatisfied with the arrangement entered into by the home G-overnment, there was nothing to prevent the reconsideration of the subject. A promise was made to lay on the table at an early date the official correspondence on the subject. It has been arranged by the promoters ot **,he Champion Eace Meeting and Carnival at Hobart Town, that the"great race for 500 soys., added to a sweepstakes (open to all the colonies), shall be run in the week commencing on the 20th January, 1868, in place of the first week y in December, 1867. The date now fixed will make the meeting at Hobart Town come after the Melbourne New Tears-day Meeting and before the Champion Eace at Launceston. From the Launceston papers we observe that the .survey has been commenced of the longtalked of "Western railway. The " Daily Times,"' 14th inst., says : — " The greatest inconvenience is arising from the failure of the Government to delegate the powers under the "Diseased Cattle Act" to the Local Government. . Pleuropneumonia has broken out in two places, and prompt measures are required $ but there ii no authority to act. We believe the QotocftwiUheMtad to indemnify ths Supetta*