TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (From the New Zealand Herald.)

Waikato Times, Issue 201, 23 August 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (From the New Zealand Herald.)

\\atigunui, Wednesday. The scab disease is reported in Wairon, Wanganui district. The first sod of the railway will be turned to-morrow. The papers suggest that a testimonial should be presented to Mr Kelly, the member for the district, for his exertions in securing the railway.

Wellington, "Wedncdaj. Mr Stafford is still in bad health. His sight is beginning to fail him. and his medical advisers havo ordered him to lea\ c oil 1 reading at night, a habit to which he has long beeu prono.

Dunedin, Wednesday. A public meeting will bo held to consider tlie route of the Moeraki tind Dunedin railway. There is great agitation between the Port Chalmers and the Dunedin people. An immense steam crane, for the Oamaru breakwater, has been tried, and has proved a great success. Thirty tons were lifted easily. Messrs Kineaid, McQueen, and Co. are the makers. The Times is fa^ orable to the entire repeal of the export duty on gold.

Wellington, Thursday. Tho Gazette to- Jay contains u proclamation suspending the Native Lands Acts in certain districts in tho Bay of Plenty and Tuupo, The Gazette returns show the value of imports for the colony for tho quarter ended June 30th to be £1,690,685, as against £1,028,630 for the corresponding quarter of 1872. The vuluo of exports for the game quarter }■, £1,043,072, as agaiiiit £1,237,740 for the corresponding quartor of 1872. Tho number of vos^pls entered inwards during the Juno quarter of 1873 was 161, for an aggregate tonnago of 62,079 tons, and crows numbering 2,611, as against 185 vessels of 66,951 tons, crows 3,1 19, lor the corresponding quarter 1872. Vessels outwards for the same quarter, 182 ; tonnage, 72,326; crews* 2,972 ; a* usunist 191 vessels, 74,754 tons, 3,415 orew for the corresponding quarter of last year.