LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1803, 7 October 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

♦ Port Chalmers, Oct 3. Arrived. — Dover Castle, from Lotidon, and Rokeby Hall, from Liverpool — all well. Auckland, Oct. 4. Mr Saunders reports buyers of South British shares at 45s ; JNational Bank, 465; Black Angel, 255; Caledonians, 270s ; Union Beach, 245 ; Tokatea, 30^ ; Sons of freedom, 295s ; and Otago, 10s. National Insurance shares are at 10s premium. Hokitika, Oct. 4. A fire broke out this morning in the premises of the Bank of New Zealand. It began in the rear, and in twenty minutes all the buildings were in a blaze. By great exertions the fire was confined to the bank premises. The front of the Empire Hotel, on the opposite side, was like a mass of charcoal, and the Town Hall, adjoining the Bank, narrowly escaped. The books of the Bank were saved, but everything else was completely destroyed. The buildings and furniture were insured for £2500. Dunedin, Oct. 4. A rowing club has been started under favorable auspices. £59,050 has been received by the Treasury as pastoral rents for this year. Auckland, Oct. 6. , The Dauntless has arrived from Samoa, bringing Mr Williams, the English conbul, as passenger, who reports that rich quartz reefs have been discovered about three miles from the port. Col Heinbeag has returned to the United States, having interviewed several chiefs. The natives generally wish for American protection. "Wellington, Oct. 6. The immigrants per Douglas, for Napier, will leave per Luna to-day. The remainder will be released from quarantine to-morrow. Capt. Moresby, of H.M.S. Basilisk, has presented a cassowary to the Botanical Gardens. The Wellington races are fixed for the 7th and Bth of March, The William Tapscott "weighed one 1 anchor yesterday, and is apparently id readiness for starting. ; The Governor paid an official visit toj H.M.S. Pearl to-day. The Pearl fired a salute, and both vessels manned yards.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court commenced to-day. Jud^e Johnston, in delivering his charge, congratulated the Colony on the passing of the Act for the regulation of prisons.' ; He said that further delay in the introI duetion of a system of-classijieation with a view to the industrial, -.-educational, and personal amepdmeßt ; of ,pns'qn!&rs would be culpable. He fio]s'edv the*) Colony would profit by the lessons eattHatrting from the International Penitentiary Committee recently sitting in the Inner Temple, London, and published in the volume of transactions of the Congress. His Honor detailed the result of the labors of the Congress, and gave a summary of a paper contributed by Sir Walter Crofton, on the system introduced into Ireland, which has three stages, and had stood the test of sixteen years' experience, and proved successful. There was only 0115 case for trial, that of Blatchford and Nelson, charged with perjury. Nelson pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment. Blatchford was found not guilty. Chbistchurch, Oct. 6 The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning. The calendar includes the following cases: — Forgery, 4 ; embezzlement, 7 ; unnatural offences, 2 ; manslaughter, 1 ; horse stealing, 2 ; bigamy, 2 ; sheep stealing, 1 ; house breaking, 1 ; breach of Marriage Act, 1 ; larceny as a bailee, 1 ; total, 22. Judge GJ-resson, in his charge, said it was deplorable that there should be so many cases of fraud at a time when all workmen might find employment at high wages, and pointed out that many earned sufficient to keep them by working half time, while others who worked full time spent their evenings at public houses wasting their substance, injuring their health, and leaving their families in a worse position than if wages were lower. Personally he thought that the forgeries and embezzlements so frequent of late were mainly attributable to the money spent in the self indulgence caused by the abuse of the high rate of wages. At the same time, it was not desirable that wages should be reduced below what employers could afford, but he would like to see frugality, and a desire to acquire means on the part of workmen encouraged. Dunedix, Oct. 6. The cricketers have decided by a large majority to play a match with the Auckland and Canterbury teams in Dunedin, A proposition was" made to play both in Chriatchurch. Messrs Kiucaid, M'Queen, and Co. have finished a 35-ton iron steamer for Napier. It will be launched to-day. At the clearing up of the Cromwell Company for the last week, 80 tons of quartz yielded 200 ozs. of gold. The Cromwell escort for the month was over 3000 ozs.