LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1815, 7 November 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Nov. 6. There is no business doing ; everybody is electioneering. The betting is 2to 1 I on Williamson. Tho Hero has arrived from Sydney, having left on the 31st October. She brings no later English news. Wklltxoton, Nov. 6. The Court of Appeal sits on Monday. It is not expected to sit more than a week. The death-rate was unusually low last month. The printers are about to form a typographical association. "Wanoa^ui. Nov. 6. Mr Travel's application for a new trial in the libel case, AVorgan # v. Duigan, was refused. The first sod of the Wanganui Manawatu railway was turned to-day without ceremony. CniusTCHUKCH, Nov. 6. The Calcutta sweep of the Jockey Club attracted a crowd of sporting men. i The value was £204. Tambourini fetched £GQ, Gossip £51, Traitor £18, Kakapo £IS, Mabel £15, Malabar, £4. The right to the publicans' booths, with the card of sports for three days' racing, was auctioned for £337, as against £254 last year, when the grand stand was included. DUNEDIN, Nov. 6. The Daily Times appeared to-day enlarged to the 3ize of the Melbourne Age. The third book of " Wild Will Enderby" is favorably noticed. Tenders for reclamation of the harbor have been recalled. A man was fined 20s this morning for attempting to get into a railway train while in motion. The Otago Orange Lodge had a dinner last night to commemorate the landing of the Prince of Orange in England, when 70 members were present, besides several delegates from the country districts, and from the North Island. Orangism is spreading in Otago, Two new Lodges are to be opened in the country districts shortly. The Diocesan Synod has resolved to do everything in its power to abate the prevailing intemperance. Pout Chalmers, Nov. 6. The Lady Jocelyn has sickness on board — diphtheria and scarlet fever — and has been quarantined. There were nine deaths, and six are now ailing.