LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

Southland Times, Issue 1125, 6 September 1869, Page 2

LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

The following are taken from our latest files of the 'Otago Daily Times ': — "Wellington, August 29 An advance of £15,000 to the province of Wellington, for the constructiou of a bridge at Wanganui, has been agreed to j on the security of the tolls ; the sum to be repaid within seven years. August 30 Mr Vogel's woolen manufactory resolutions have been passed. A Boyal Commission has been appointed to enquire into the state of the law I affecting Building and Land Socie- j ties. August 31 The Home Commisioners Bill has passed the House of Representatives. Mr Dillon Bell jind JOr .Feath^rson^have been appointed Commissioners, and will probably leavb'for'Englttildyby the October mail. ] ' Dr Feat^arsotffias jellied the Ministry, and wiil bf£ swJria .lnji^itforrow/ ] The O^p!»flai^ott^lajcid Beunion Bill has been read a second lime by a majori iy Df i2B votes' to2oi t » .I. v mi A' '•»:<» Vr< > September 1 The Otago Loan Bill was thrown out, >otf its- secdhd^feadfiig "hi* the 5 " 1 L'egistotiye Ooundlby 'fcS'vtffeTJ'tbV ' Therfolld^ing is the r ajvTsTon w ii^:—tyeV': Messrs 64---.baxae, rMiller^.-Mfliean, Djr. Buchanan. Noea: Messrs 71 Bailliey-CEfen-ton, Grray, , Jolmston, Lee, Leiviii r M^ntell, Nurse, Tatersbn" '"fßarazynf" Bfenwiqk, ,JSeyiaouD,!Dr. Mensieaj Major-Hichmona, and Colonel Whitmore. ""'" i „ r C^rgill wa^^ married^ tp.^Miss Fe'fitherston' to-day! "'" *"" ' " " j • c Paa?liaaoent will Friday at^noonV'-i-" 1 •-■'' i - •»*' ••— | — " ! Tfre^^erflteißflt^a^d^ ' intended to, p ! r^'^|ie' ( "Q'fcagq ,\l^i^^i?e|B Act into immediate operation,,, so far jas the proclamation of '"the" Hundre^* recoiiimen^efl "by r tneProvincial Council' ,4.u.»iiag. '?its>; -iast .session -. was. -.concerned. —True bills were ibundin the Supreme | Court; tfdaj ,^gainßt|tlv|ee . na<^.ves from ' Nadier, who are known to have been concerned in the Poverty Bay massacre, and *whe tvere' indicted 1 for'higte treisbtf uqdpr 4he ! Treiasbn" Petony-'Act/^'They will be" 1 tried 6tti;he'2OdiV r l?h J e' ; Ci*dwn"finas'iaepi .UC*. '...«, ,[».!. .-« «=.«•«' .00...V. ...U-B !.. ".»..[ ~.- --inio.J".'^"^ ,'L.vJ. r.-,.u ...i Sfiptembec.2, ..^.The; second. reading' of'the 1 Appropr a-tion-BiH'ißteadtri^mtjmbers"irito Jfevfejifvin^"the"sesMdnV T Stan'or^'T^x, .jtnQnai..aa¥ef 3 allißpaken^<theii;,.c > Bpeoenes Jaeingfortbemoßt part very '6xcißed 'and ' very^ersc*ai ! . f Mi f * I Y o o^ iß4^ and Mr Nurae oppoaeA.^ho .aecona.readingof the Otago and Southland Reunion

Bill. The debate still proceeding. Mr O'Neill's motion in favour of hol4ing the next session of the Assembly in Dunedin has been negatived, as also? has Mr Hall's amendment in favour of Christchurch. The Arms Act has been passed. It makea the sale of arms aid ammunition to natives a capital offence. Mr Bell stated thst the Government would rigidly enforce it. Napieii, August 30. Colonel Herrick is at Runanga, form, ing a post there. Te Kooti is still at Eotuotaraia, and is reported to be building a pah there. Renata left this morning with 120 men to assist his relative Henare at Patea. A quarte reef containing gold is reported to have been discovered in the Kaimanawa Range, about 55 miles from Napier. Colonel M'Donnell claims the , reward offered by the Provincial Government for the discovery of a payable goldfield in the province. August 31. A requisition ask ing Dr Pollen to stand for election to the Superintendency of Auckland, is being numerously signed in that province. Between 6,000 and ; 10,000 persons have rushed to the GOromaudel diggings. Alluvial gold, also, is reported to have been found in the Inkermann and Durham claims, and their shares have consequently gone up. The Provincial Government Buildings at Auckland have been pucrhased for a new club for the sum of £5,000. September 2. The s.s. Hero arrived at Auckland from Sydney, on the 29th ult., with 100 pas • sengers, who bring £200,000 for investment at the Thames. Earl Belmore did not come in the Hero, as she was too crowded. A meeting was held here this afternoon, for the purpose of forming a company to prospect the Kaimanawa Ranges. The result of the meeting was that afcoinpany was formed with a capital of £5000 in 1000 shares of £5 each. The shares were all taken on the spot. The Superintendent of Wellington has authorised Mr Ormbnd to negotiate with the natives for permission to prospect the portion of the ranges situated in Wellington province. Nblsox, September 2. There is no further Native news from the North. The Auckland Goldfields continue to yield well. Some specimens from the Long Drive Claim on being crushed yielded at the rate of 2>zs. 18dwts. to the pound. A crushing from the City of Glasgow claim was even richer, yielding 3uzs. to the pound. The reports regarding the Taranaki Steel Works are favorable. The stesl is being ran off into axeheads and other shapes for the purpose of testing its quality.