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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 84, 14 November 1872, Page 2

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(From the D.vim: Soi/tudk.x Ciios*.} LATEST THAMES NEWS. Monday,. &' p.m> A man nam&l Thomas TT. Barclay was arrested to.-night. by Detective Murpuj, cli urged with being connected with the Coromaudel quicksilver rob' bery. ( A man was rdu over to-day by 11 horse and cart at blun-Lluud;' Hu lias been seriously injured. LATK.ST COKOMANDEL NEWS. 'l\ie?d;iy, o p i". At last one of the men, named Anderson, accused of beim, r concerned in Uie quicksilver Jobbery, has !• been arrested, brought before the Resident Magistrate, and remanded until Thursday. 5 p.m. Mr Jones has been summoned-, fim a. breach o( the Licensing Act. The case comes oil' on Thursday. MY Whitakei' is retained on behalf of the Licensed Victuallers' Association. A meeting of . the Lieeused Victuallers of the district is ab.mt being lield to protest against the aetinii of Provincial Treasurer lluvst in granting the beer license , to Jones,.and " to .see what measures can be taken "to protect themselves in future against the issue of the £3 licenses to-the keepers of beer shops." . The cru'sliing for the Royal Oiik ( 'otirpaiiy wnS finished this m.>rning at the Nil Desperandum I battery. The quantity put through" w?:s'About ~8 tons, which, prcduced 123 ozs retorted gold. 6 p.m. I The Ucach machinery started work to-day, and ! works splendily. " A meeting of publicans held' to-day decided to I prosecute Jones. Jt was also resolved to jpiu the '■ Licensed Victuallers' .Association-. I Toka'tca.—(Jood'goht is being got from the Bismarck level where the lode is 'Jit fihick.

E. A T EST SOU TIIE. K X XE. AV T S.. "Wellington, Monday, 3 p.in. Tl lis day lias been observed us a close holiday. Tuesday. The lXubraska leaves to-morrow for Lyltelton. Dunedin, Monday, 7"o'o p.m. The holiday to-day b;us been. closely observed. The volunteer review and sports to-day were very successl'tfl. 'J'lie trial! tripf>-of the Samson and the A\ r ;iipara proved most satisfactory. The published returns of the Southland Hail way show an enormous increase in the tmflie during- the laa't rnont'li, owing-16 the reduction of rates by GO per cent. The amount of goods carried by the line was 2,470 tons, against 5-1 D tons for the corresponding month of last year. The receipts a<mounb to £■>>40 for the montli against .C-'W for the corresponding month of the previous year. A clear profit of £.3-10 is shown for the'month. Bishop Moran succeeds Bishop ttiard. He lias clvu-fge- of' both. secy- now, Cbri'stdiu'rch, Monday, 8 p.m. The agricultural exhibition oil (Saturday last was a great succcess There were over seven hundred exhibits, and between. 8000 and 1)000 persons present. Tuesday. The last day'a race^resulted as'follow:— Handicap Hurdle llacej 40 sovs.,. 2 miles, was won byMedora. Lottery Plate,. 50 sovs',, -J mile:- Calumny first, beating Slander, Defamation, and Hatred. (Jhristchurcli Plate, 150 sovs., 2 miles, was won by Lia line, beating Tambourine. Time :• 3 min. -i(j sees. Metropolitan. Handicap, 100 sovs., lj- miles : Yattarina, 1 ; Malvina, 2, Consolation Handicap, 4Q sovs., 1 mile-: Miss Flat, 1 ; I\o Name, 2; Dragon, 3. Time. 1 min. -i-6 sees. Lyttelton, Tuesday. The Lady .Tocelyn lias arrived after a passage of 87 days from London. She-brings ihe Bishop of Dunedin and. party, 23 cabin passengers and 233 immigrants, all well,, i.ogtiilier with s'o navvies for Messrs. Brogden and. Sons. The Bishop leaves tomorrow for- Dunedkr.

2?koji ti'i ir Stai;.. The reduction in the tariff, in. connection with the Press telegrams, will come into operation on the Ist of January next. —It is proposed by the Government that the Speaker shall arbitrate in re Ma. nawatu land sale, and that the award, if any, shall be appropriated to the purchase of native lands. This was declined hy the J&vccutive,. because vii'trally the province is paying itself,.as money expended in the purchase of land is charged against (he province iu which it is expended. A mun named Tiers was drowned at Hokitika while by the upsetting of his boat.—There was a aoiistcr excursion to the Bluff.yesterdry from Tnvercargil.— The Taranaki sails nortk.fr9m . Lytteltou, at 4 p.m. to-day.

! Mr Charles La Nauze, late Lead landing writer at the; Chatham Islands, is to be head landing waiter {it Wellington. Mr Jl:irris, the-present head,.lauding waiter; is to be collector cf Customs at. Poverty Bay. Colonel McDonnell' has been ottered Mr La iSlauae's old post at the Chatham i Islands. To-day will be observed as a nublicholiday. There is nothing stirring. The Christchureh cattle sale held to-day far surpassed the show of the previous year. More than 10",000 perso'ns were present; £ 150 were taken in shillings at .the entrance ga : tes. Fifteen hundred persons travelled over the ncfidy opened' Kangiora line to-day. The sheep shown are pronounced by competent jtidges to be equal to anything in the colony in this department. There were 220 exhibits. There was also a line show of' cattle, of whish there were 7 ( J outries. Hovscs were good ; there were I'Jo entries. Lacal manufactures and dairy produce were excellently represented- The fiai for which the first prize was awarded —to the proprietors of the Waiknto nulls—was far superior to any jet shown The Ficwer Show on the whole was- good. The dinner at the Odd Fellows' hall to-night is well attended, in the pending protest in the Criterion Stakes against Slander, by the owner of Defamation, for carrying penalty, the protest was withdrawn. The Theatre lioyal, 1W el bourne, re-opens with Miss Hose Evans as leading lady,. Melbourne seamen are demanding- £.10 for the run home. Miss Turner preached in. the Unitarian church, Melbourne to crowded congregation. A political crisis in Victoria is probable through Mr Francis holding back tlie Appropriation. Bill until the Council had passed the Education Bill. The G'eelong Meat- Preserving Company re-open next week, j The different companies are buying largely at all stock sales. The London telegraphic company is causing great changes in. the character of the Melbourne mercantile trade.. The bill for marriage with_deeeased wife's eisrer is-expected to'pass the \ ietovian Assembly. The Eugewert has arrived at Sydney from Foo Chow Foo with 85,0001bs tea. There has been a disgraceful squabble in the Presbyterian Assembly, New South. Wales- Henderson, the Secretary of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company,, has been committed' fbr trial- Dowden Alhei-> oiie of the Carl's crew, has been arretted on a charge of murder, and reihanded. The ITobart Ministers were defeated by 17 to 13. There* will probably be a new Government, consisting of Messrs Scott, Innes, Meredith* and: Jackson, who aw regarded as weak.