LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 195, 24 May 1872, Page 3

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Per GBEVII.LE & Co., Reuter's Agents. ASSEMBLY TO MEET ON 16th JULY. SECOND INSTALLMENT 1,000,000 LOAN. « POLITICAL EXCITEMENT IN CANTERBURY.—MONSTER MEETING. INTERCOLONIAL GfG RACE AT WELLINGTON-PRIZE £l5O. WELLINGTON. Wk.lungton, 530 p.m. A General Government Gazette published to-rlay convenes the A*seml»ly to meet for 1 lie dispatch of business, on the 161 h of July. A special telegram has been re eived stating that the second installment of the one inil'ion loan has been placed at 100.',. The Government has instructed the Inspector of Police to proseento Mr and Mrs Sutherland, late Master and Mistress of the Karori Lunatic Asylum.

They will he charged with il'-usege of patients placed under their charge. In the Appeal Court to-day the Whitaker and Lundon case was proceeded with. Travers continued his address and finished it. The Attorney General commenced his address, and the court has adjourned. To-morrow Messrs Brandon and Allan will be heard on beha'f of the Crown. The Regatta committee have decided upon holding an Inter-colonial fom-oared gig race for outrigger gigs, with or without coxswains ; the prize to be £l5O. They have also decided to give p> i.es for gig and whaleboat races. In the Divorce Court the case of Fairbank v. Fairbauk of Christchurch was heard. After argument of counsel petitioner was examined. For the defence it was contended that petitioner had been guilty of acts conducing to his wife’s infidelity. Judgment was reserved. Iu the case Seager v. Seager and Seager the evidence showed a long course of infidelity on the part of the wife with the petitioner’s brother, ranging over several years. The Court intimated that it was satisfied the wife was guilty, but postponed judgment. HAWKES BAY. Napier. Two hundred natives are expected to be feasted to-morrow, by the Europeans, at Wanganui. A son of Topia Tama, a chief of the Upper Wanganui, has been thrown from a trap and killed.

OTAGO. Bluff. The Omeo, upon her arrival in Melbourne, will proceed to Port Darwin, with passengers. One hundred berths have already been engaged. Shares in the South Pacific Company are being rapidly taken up in Melbourne. CANTERBURY. Christchurch. A public meeting was held last night, at which one thousand people were present. The object of the meeting was to discuss the political situation of the Province of Canterbury. A resolution was almost unanimously passed to the effect that a petition hr sent to the Council, asking them to advise the Superintendent to obtain a dissolution of the Council immediately. Monster public meetings are contemplated in all the centres of population.