LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1749, 3 June 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, May 30. "Wheat, 5s Gd ; oats, ss. llou.se.bold flour has advanced 20s per ton, and i^ quoted at £14 IDs. Wellington, May 30. Arrived. — Hero, from Sydney (sailed May 24th). Passengers per Hero : — The Hon. Saul Samuel ; Rev. Mr Sehvyn ; Mr H. M. Johnston ; Mr Murdoch ; and sixty-two others. The Hero brings the following Australian intelligence : — Large numbers of miner 3 are going overland from Queensland to Port Darwin. A convention has been signed between Victoria and New South Wales for the suspension of the border duties. : The Victorian new electoral bill proposes to give one member to every 10,000 of the population Mount and Morris, sentenced for the Carl atrocities, have been sent to Pentridge. "Wanganfi, May 30. The following is the result of the Wauganui Grand Colonial Steeplechase, run at Aramoho yesterday : — Wauganui Grand Colonial Steeplechase of 100 soys — Mr M'G-ee's Quicksilver, 1; Mr Nicholas's Rustic, 2 ; Mr Carlyon's Old Jack, 3. Trial Steeplechase — Mr Melrose'g Cossack, 1 ; Happy Joe, 2. Aramoho Steeplechase — Quicksilver, 1 ; Boy in. Blue, 2 ; Sbylock, 3. Nelson, May 30. The Provincial Council last night passed a resolution in favor of the "West Coast Railway scheme. Cheistchtjech, May 30. Flour, £11 ; wheat, 4s 4d to 4s 6d ; oats, 4s 6d. Butter, lid ; cheese Bd. The section of the railway from Selwyn to Eakaia and the Kakaia Bridge have been opened. Dtjnedin, May 30. Mr George Duncan reports : — Flour, £12 ; oats, 3s 9d to 4s ; wheat, 4s 9d to 5s ; oatmeal, £22 ; barley, 7s 6d ; pearl barley, £32. Afcklaitd, June 2. Edward Bremner, who was accidentally stabbed in the head with a pen-knife, has since died. Cambridge, June 2. The Ngatihauas, being of doubtful loyalty, have been ordered to locate themselves at Tamahaere, out of harm's way. The patrol has been extended nearer to the King's country. The Native Contingent will march to-morrow to build a I redoubt. . Travellers report that the Ohinemuri natives are hostile, and well provided with powder. Purukuru is still at Ngahakoukitu, and refuses to obey Tawhiao, who is much annoyed. The Native Contingent arenow striking their tents to proceed nearer to the front. Tatjbakga, June 2. Purukuru refuses to go to the King's residence, because he fears being surrendered to the Government. Gbeymottth, June 2. The first sod of the Brunner railway will be turned next week. LTTTELToy, June 2, Arrived. — Stormy Petrel, from San Francisco, with 31,000 bushels of wheat. Dtjkedin, June 2. Miss Aitkin, the celebrated elocutionist, gave a most successful midday reading in the Princess Theatre on Wednesday last, under the patronage of the Superintendent and the Education Board. Fourteen hundred children and over three hundred adults were present. She leaves for Invercargill on Tuesday.