TELEGRAPHIC (From the Daily Southern Cross) LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS .

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 163, 24 May 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC (From the Daily Southern Cross) LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS .

Wellington, Wednesday. The Wild Puck blinds 102 passenger % sill well It 13 m>t oilicially decided, V>ut im doubt the Government will grant Superintendent M.icandiow's leanest for a dissolution of the Otago Provincial Council. A tire occurred at P.ipumi Uoid, three-quarters of a mile from the centre of the city, about 20 minutes past six tliW evening. It originated in a stable. There was a brick building on one side, and a right-of-way on the nther side; thus the flames were easily stopped. The d im »ge3 consist of Mr Simpson's grocer's shop being s'igutly injured ; a stable, one house, and a quantity of hay and potatoes destroyed. Mr Viney's confectioner's brick shop, with shingle roof, was almost gutted In both cases the stock-in-trade was all removed by the the police. The total damage will not e\cee<t iT>(U. Hokibka, Wednesday. A "a3 company is being forincl, with a capital of £10,000, of which halloas been subscribed ; and another similar company is being formed. Christehuivh, Wednesday. The Provincial Council, by a majority ol 28 to i.ncgatned the proposal to make the HJucalion Board elective. The engine and eight trucks passed along the Southern Railway extension to llivkaia, for ten miles yesterday, and ac -o-« the Rik.u.i Bridge. Tins line will be formally opened in a few days. Duncclin, Wednesday. Tue ten lero for the Winton. and Kingston Railway were opened to-day- Mr WihonV for £13,000 was accepted. The other tendeien uimv Proudfoot, CUI.OOO ; Broaden, £17,000; Campbell, CII.OOO The new quaiantine build ngs h.iu> bt ll i i n taken over from the contractors.