TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 209, 11 September 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

(From the Nkw Zkalajjl) IjEj^r.D ) Wellington. Monday. Subscriptions to the William Tapscqtt defence fund are coming in. The crow uro getting rqwdy, and making disturbances in the t)wn. Judge Rogan has wtyhdravn the libel action against Mr ■iallunce, proprietor of the Wanganui Herald. A great spnsation yeas caused by thp telegraphic intelligence of the conflagration nt Auckland. There is general enquiry from the Aucklanders m Wellington whether it is likely to cause *ny distress. The warmest sympathy is expressed, and an anxious desire manifested to render assistance if required. Subscriptions for the Tapicolt defence are coming forward freely. The sympathy expressed for the men has bpen blunted by the very disorderly conduct of the crew, who arc drinking and going round in gangs committing acts of violence. A new Catholio Church was consecrated yesterday at Makara, six miles away, by Bishop ajqran, with great ceremony.

Tuesday. To-day, before the Supreme Court, Mr Travers applied for writs qf habeas corpus for the bodies of prisoners from the ship William Tap*cott, now in gaol. A writ was granted. An application for a rule nisi to prohibit a Court of enquiry on the grounding of the Ladybird from giving deciiion, was discharged.

Duucdin, Monday. Mr A. Fleming, rector of Imcruargill High School, died yesterday. People are interested in the Auckland fire on account of the insurance offices. The agitation coutmuos against the proposed \york« at Port Chalmers.

Nelson, Monday. A tremendous thunderstorm and rainfall, quito unprecedented, occurred to-day.

ChriBtchurch, Tuesday A branch o,f the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society was opened yesterday, when forty members joined. A dinner was held in the evening to celebrate the event. A man named Brown, a cockatop farmer near the South line, was run over by the down tram last night, and cut to pieces. From indications, it appears likely that he had been drinking, and hnd fallen asleep on the lino. A bottle containing rum was found nenr the body. The railway between Eangiora and Oxford is completed, and will be ready for traffic to start in a fortnight. The Board of Education has accepted a tender for £3,500 for Innaru Borough School. The Christchurch schools were first opened under the ordinance yesterday ; 233 children attended, four schools. Shares in the Titanic Steel and Iron Company are being applied for rapidly. A special meeting of the Rifle Association was held last night, lo consider the advisability of sending representatives ti Melbourne to compete at the Intercolonial Match. It v.in decided, \n d,o sp. £ys,teen names were balloted for, and t rto men were selected. Aft appeal will be made for a public subscription for the purpoM. The journeymen bakers bold a meeting to-night, to protect against the low rate of wagei.