LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 124, 20 February 1873, Page 2

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Wellington, Monday. Tliq proposal of the Provincial Government for alterations in the Hutt Railway scheme, involving an e.xtra expense $f £20,000, hiia broil declined by the Go^nynunt. The Public vVorks Department are preparing a large topographisal and geological map* of tlie colon jr for the Vienna Exhibit ion. Mesbrs. O'Neill and oaiotlicr, liavc made propg^als for laying tramnuja ia the city. At a meeting of the Coal Company hold to-day, provisional directors were elected. Throe Jfaoris, under scjitcnco for complicity in the Poverty Bay massacre, have been pardoned. The name^.of the pardoned are Materu, Tjj I£ura, Rcwi Tamanui Totitoti, aiul Kehcnka te Oihau. A quantity of the Governor's furniture baa been shipped for Melbourne per Rangitoto to-day.

Tuesday. Several Btufl sheep per Cissy, from England, being infected with foot-and-moijth' disease, the Superintendent of Canterbury applied to flip Qpvern'mcnt to take ateps to prevent the introduction of the disease. The Executive Council to-day ordered the Customs authorities at ports to prevent the landing of any sheep or cattle from England without the consent of the * Provincial authorities. The captain of the Chri»tir,a. lleCiuisland has forwarded a raport to the Cioverumcnt complaining of the low phvMque of the immigrants by that ship, and slating that if any medical inspection took place it was of a verj indifferent character. The Government intend introducing Education and Bankruptcy' Hills. The former in its main features will be similar to IJr Jfox's. IJill ; but it will be of an empowering character, to cnablu any province that chooses to adopt it. There will &l»o bo t\ bill to define more exactly and increase the powers of Provincial Legislatures to pass nieaaurea hitherto deemed 1 ultra vires. The Government has grten 100 guineas towards founding a scholarship in the New Zealand Umvcrsifr Brogden's tender for a portion of the W.utaki-Mocraki Lino, from Oamaru to the South, is expected to-injrrow,and that for the Brunner Line in a few d.i\rf. Messrs Vogel and fipjnolds aro expected to arrive in Auckland by the Hero.

New Plymouth, Monday . A binnacle lamp of a large vc.b 1 has bicn found on tho bench. Tlio lion Sir McLean is holding native meetings in this district.

Dpyediu, Monday, 73 0 p.m The Charlotte CHadstono will be admitted to pratique on Wfilncsflnv. The »ick mid couvalt'sccnt have been shipped to the quarantine is>lund, During tlic puasage of the Charlotte Gladstone, «ixty cuatw ol bicLucss occurred on board mostly of typhoid lb\er. Mr Bills has brought ont 35 roolts in exccllout condition for the Canterbury Ai'cliuiuti&ition Society No other particulars are at pretuiit obiaiuaMo respecting tho vessel.

The Board of Huillh calls uttcnt'Oii to tho incomplete stuto of tlte building* on quarantmo island Over 8000 siiaroa in the National Bank have boon applied for in D uncd m.

"H BJuff, Tuesday. Tlio Albion left Melbourne on the 13th, and armed here this morning. She sails for Dunedin. to-n'g'it. The Suez nitul was not signalled when she lef Mtelbourije.