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

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 222, 11 October 1873, Page 2

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

Tauranga, Wednesday. A public dinner is in preparation for Mr Kelly, M.H.E., expected here on Friday. The constituency is delighted with his conduct in the House. Wellington, Wednesday. We have authority to state that Mr O'Rorke will leave Wellington per Wellington on Saturday for Auckland, where ho will remain till the elections are over. A Ministerial change liae been agreed upon, under which Mr O'Rorko will for the future perform the duties of the Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs. The administration of the Immigration Department ' will be placed in the hands of the Premier. Thursday. The statement made by the &rey Valley Times, that Harrison, M.H.B. for Grey Valley, intends to resign and contest Wanganui at the next election, is authoritatively denied. It is a pure fabrication, utterly without foundation. Captain Sellars, of the Electra, lias presented the Caledonian Society witli a close imitation of the Royal Standard of Scotland, twelve feet by forty. The schooner Tatea, owned in Wellington, is ashore at the Heads, with' a hole in her bottom. She is insured in the Sonth British for £100. Mr McLeod has arranged with the Provincial Government to proceed to Canada for emigrants ; he will alao probably act for Otago. The Provincial Government arc certain to obtain £80,000 for harbour reclamation, and probably a large overdraft on easy terms. Eight of the new crew of tbc William Tapscott applied today to the Resident Magistrate for advice. They were charged with 'refusal of duty. The men pleaded guilty, but the magistrate adjourned tho case until to-morrow, to allow the captain to ascertain whether tho Foreign Seamen's Act has been brought into operation here. Further Ministerial changes and disagreements are rumoured. ; Dunedin, Wednesday. The Rifle Association held a stormy meeting yesterday afternoon. Tho Mr Copoland, stated that the former fl. j ion . I' j\;nresentative3 had not the confidence cither nl*fl i" publi- <>r \ olunteers. The people who promised to contr.li'i'c won.l. l ;iot subscribe to send them to Victoria Subsequeiiil.. i; motion was carried rescinding the former resolutions.' The second book of « Wild Will Enderby " will bo published lo J morro\v. Fifty coal miners arc expected to arrive by tho Holen Penny, ' TJie amount of revenue collected at tho Customs to-day was £1,000. A. letter in last night's Slar by Archdeacon Edwards, states that tho clergy will willingly give religious instruction to 'children. The toial receipt.* for the month by lln» Government from the Dunedin ami Port Chalmcrß railway nus £1116.

Tii in,,.!. r - in a K-aHul Mat.. Cubb's conch was, last | night, thiee lioiirs beluud tune, owing to tliem. ( Tlic Xcv Dr Begg, from Edinburgh, arrived in the Tararu, , and was met ! t the railway station by a deputation of Piejb) ten.ma. ' . . - , Thursday. . A meeting of the New Zealand Shipping Company was , held to-day, anil tiie Joruhh rectors appointed were,— Messrs Campbell, Scoular, lSenl, Prosser, and Turubnll. A heavyjthuuderstonn occurred at P.ilmeraton yesterday One man was struck insensible by tUe lyiitning, tie force ° ™ ilkl kn ° eked hira d * nvn - Mo "tUer damage iesulted. ihe Dunedm Cricked Club purpose giving a valuable challenge cup to be contested, for. The T.mes advocates' t the opening of the Athen«um on Sim lays. It is ponsirtere.l that the match against Auckland cannot be pl.iyed before January or February. The Danedin Golf Club competed for a medal op Satu.lA new llowing Clrb was fprraed last night. Ihe Guardian to-day fUtes that there are only iwo j provinces wbieh perform the functions of provincialism, namely Otagp and Canterbury, and that all the rest are political shams. j The Inspector states that there are four thousand diseased sheep in the province. .. . o Christchurch, Wedneidfty. At the Supreme Qourt pitt\ngs, to day, Edwin White, for sheep-stealing, wis sentenced to four years' imprisonment. 1. James GFullivor, % embezzlement, tlire* year*. John Price, for lalse declaration under the Marriage Act. sras did' charged. ° *">w. James Woqs, a builder, was found dead fc ftie* (kbit ' : morning, resulting, it i 3i 3 supposed, from heart tfumme.. ' Ihe immigrants per Celestial number WO,' AU,pf ! the^ w-erepngftged except ,tlu>ee family hg»& *fter| the barracks .were thrown open to the Amp'ojrat 'XJie/oa- j £60 and found; jingle men, £40 Ao^*)** &»«dTrf;w-5 penters, 10a per day ; single mws*, &2& to Mi M&fowk I m, a .r,,h. aw * 1 1 Wm W*ii* W«*R«^7.- j lUe .Wand Hotel narrowly ene^ei fo,y foe 1 last night. TV dresie, in tt/brf*s> w wSTS^wS damage -ww w,a%ed to the room, 8 The JRey J^. yayloir ;s .da^gerouslj £ty. ' ' Port Chalmtrg, W,e<foMB<}afr, i A.tKemepdw* toddiF » to-.da/ .at Jj^y, ' cutting a.way h^d^edfl jof ton* 9f.ltu.ft Mr GqUiw <hw resigned hw B ep± far Collingwopd T . .. . , Eeefton, Thunsday.. lli« A]*x was ,etru,ck in the driye fcoin tho shaft, cigltty.-JHic feet below the law level tunne^ Tb>e .reejf i» Ande^spua is wcreasing in thickness, and shewj good stoi?e. • The crushing with the Just i» Ti we and Fiery Gross .machinery takes place to-«ay.