SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1832, 5 June 1874, Page 2

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

| Auglo-Außtralian Telegraph Press Agency.) I :■<>'! « : 'v; , Wellington, Thursday. The following Acts, passed by the General Assembly, will not be disallowed by her Majesty: —Act to further alter and amend the Customs Tariff, 1866; Actrelatiug to Life Assurance Companies j Act. to amond "the Steam Navigation Act, 1866," and the "Steam Navigation Amendment Act, 1867 Act'to'amend "" the"'Merchant Shipping' Acts" Adoption : A ct, 1869 the Canterbury Waste Lands Act, 1873; Act to amend the West land Waste Lands Act,-1870; Act to provide for resumption i of ■'land for purposes of Mining for Gold or Silver; Act to amend 'antl consolidate laws- relating to. Native Lands Courts and Native Land Act; to fix duties payable to her. Majesty in relation to tlie alienation of .native fafrctsj aiid''to make provision for payment and recovery thereof; and an Act,to .make provision for the better administration? of native reserves-throughout the colony..—His Excellency has been advised not'to exercise his disallowance iii respect to the, Municipal. Gprgorajiona/' Act, 1872, i Ae>, 1874— Francis uGr. .Welch, has,,been, appointed fl'egistrar for the dißlrict of Shortland.— Ihe Times says that tho arriingemeufc%or reciprocal; ;admission; of goods between New Zealand and'-.Tasmania., has not been concluded, but that a circular letter, i.coveringja^memorand'uin.'Vapproved'of in the Executive Councilnhas been sent by the Culonial Secretary to each of the Australian, Governments atfd' TaßmaniaJsuggesting the. : products ;In the telegram as those,respecting which, recimemorandums published.—ld the Court of Appeal case, the Queen.versus Goudge,the prisoner hadlbeen tried in Auckland ;on .an indictment;fp^assault,, with., intent ! to'.'Commit'iani: unnatural/ipffence. #he 'decree of' the"'Court/was *tliafc jtfdgine"ht bo given conviction oii' tlie 'indibt-mentifor.assault-.with intent at the next sitting of the Circuit Courtiin'.-Auckland,

CfIBisTOHOBCH, Thursday;

At it-meeting "tills ''afternoon lof persons favourable'4o ; :!:the..: : establishmeut/of a Colonial Bauk, "ar influential working' committee'wai ; appointed to promote the A,, prospectus has J been issued by a company to start a new/tri-weekly;paper; to be called the, Gmrdian j < a: capital. 'OB £5,000. ' —At a'meetihg'' of • Good'Templiirß held lasfhiglit; 'ifcwas. resolved 'thatitis. desirable a. Grand. Lodge should'be form ! ed for,the-. Middle,;lsland of New Zealand, and the 'various . lodges. be consulted iwhether Ckristchuroli or Danedin is. best place ijot.th'e; Grandi Lojjge.'i • X; 1 } •

--Napibb, Thursday; Orinond 'inadeohis 'financial' Estate*

' inent'in Hh&Couricilitb-day^itflw; actXial ■revenue fof tho-'year- eh'ding'th'd!l3th of j one'Will-amo'utit-'ib^abdiii l The balance at the bank-on' -the'ilst' l oP May was £53,221!' On the . 13th June, after paying' all claims,'there will be available

a balance to that date -of '-; £34'i33i.;. The proposed'expenditure on-rbrids,abridges, and' ; public ,i works; jis he ,J bf 'the'inspector 'of I 'sheep' shows that there are' 1,025,256 sheep in'the province, yeryl large increase on previousj years.; bnshels of grass seed have been sown. The inspector pointsout' the bad Yesult'ss-df'sowing rye grass exclusively,": and suggests the 'subafcitUtion of ; cocksfoot, timothy, and. t^cue^;''Z ,1. k ; yI. I '...D.dkbdin;.Thursday, i .It is rumoured; that -Judge ; ,"Johnston takes thdhOtago' trict after' sittirig id ilie ' Appeal Court.— In the Cquncilblasfc,night,,,after .explana* 1 tibna .from 1 Mr Afr-Turnbull, the Speaker' (Mr J; S.' Gillie's) 1 withdrew his resignation, and a motion was carried re ; appointing:him."