LATEST THAMES NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 151, 26 April 1873, Page 2

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

Grahamstown. Wednesday, S pin Messrs Price- Brothers, oi Thames and Onehunga, ha\e obtained the contract for the construction of 10 passenger carriages and 12 goods wagons railway plant for the Geneiul Government. The- ironwork of the job will be prepared ut the Thames, and the woodwork at Onehungii. Tiro Irecl ol I lectiom, with a fiuc cottage, the property oi . Mr Duvul Lniulon, fituatcd at Shortland, were sold by auction to d:iy b\ Mr Gudgeon for C 270. Mr Terry, of tlie lvnraka Tailings Works, wn tlio purchaser. The charge -sheet .it t lie Police Court to-daj was heavy. An e.i-tei-ly gale h.isi been blowing all dn\ , with occasional showers. The w cither is now moderating, but very wet. A virulent foria of lnlluonm i» now pcevalent at the riiamcA. Thursday, 8 p m. This morning the first cases under tlio new l ( 'ire-rate Act wero brought before tlio Police Magistrate, and were for the rcnunal ot certain unsafe chimneys, in the Waiotahi lliglivsay District. Mr Dean, w-retary to the District Hoard, prosecuted, and obtained a verdict in encli case. Tlie.BanL of New Zealand shipped 500.J oz. of gold fjr Auckland, per Golden Crown steamer to-day. Taurangft, Thursday. The steamer l'ateroii, winch left Auckland at midday yesterday for here, h:u mule no. api>e.irnnec yet. TlvC w t- ralier here is \ei\ unsettled juit mjw. It is blowing still' fpilo from the eastward. There is u heaiy rolling sen o\itsi(Je,