TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 228, 25 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

(From the New Zealand Hehalu.) . . Napier, Thursday. lhe immigrants armed per Paterson, transhipped ex E. P. Bouvene, have, all been engaged. Sheep brought by the Claude, for McLean and Enron, are regarded by competent judges as the beit lot ever arrived in the province, nnd tire, in every respee*, the same sheep which told tit Shipton show for £211. Their wool is un- I aurpasard for fineness, evenness, nnd density. j The Herald states on authority that since Tgwhiao went to AleiamVa, lOinmunicalions betrteen the King, settlers, and the nat ye* hare been more frequent and cordial. A JarjiP nnfiw meeting will be held in a few days at Tauranga, to outsider the effect the legislation during the last •easion will htnc on native interests. „ Wellington, Wednesday. ihe Government nra going to purchase Dr Johnston's residence, pi-iw £2350. The Provincial Government arc going to establish communication with the Heads. A. depnliifKi,, headed by tlie Superintendent, waited upon the Premier l»-clnv,and urged the Government to erect their offices on the loud proposed to be reclaimed. Tho question ii •till pendinsr. Tho groccro' nsjistants are considering tho advisability of oloiing tho shops at six, Saturdays excepted. it -^ Thursday. Henry A«.!.M-«on, Provincial Government clerk, has started uptlx- m. m c ii^L to-day, to collect fuck) with a view to the prepmniionol .h,. Wellington portion of the "Immigrant Hiiin' Book," v Ii .h Mr V©jipl will edit. (.'in- of thr X IK Bouverie's passengers comes in charge of a new )il.u.i of maobiucry lor imuinfflcluring cloth by themw piuL'usß. It ib intended for Webly'i cloth factory, Nelson. •" xhu proposed J'ipite» reclamution is fifty-two acres. The Qeneiul Goveruineut « ill lmvo two luies'ibr offices and ten for eUtio.n purposes. The coat to be paid by them to be proportionoto to tho wnonnt uicd. AmwiinK of tlw City Council held to-day, resolved to spend £5,000 on a. new town hull which i« to bo erected as •oon it* posoible. The City Sunevor i 8 to prepare plans and specifications, to be submitted at the next meeting of tho Council. Thep.G*peotu* of the iW«> Zcrfand Time.*— newspaper oompnny— is is-ned ; wipital, 10,000 slures, £2 each. Mr Togel'a name is amongst tho directors, and other local mon i and merchants, including the Mayor and Mr Moorekouae

(solicitor). It i g intended to make the paper a representative ol our colony. J'he prospectus says that 3,500 shares •«• alreadj applied for, and it is expected that it will not be necessary to call up more than £1 per ihore. Dunedin, Wednesday. By the arrival of Hie F.innv, from San Francisco, the following Liter Americnn new* u lo Imncl :— Sehultze, a German, cut the throat of hi? sweetheart, who refused to marry him because he had already a wife, and cut Jim own throat afterivnrds. Dr Hoi water cut his wife's and his own throat, at Baltimore In » fig'it in a liquor miloon, one man stabbed a female, billinrdwt, and was *hnt by another billiardist. tyy ii m lifny necident at Detroit, four women and one child weu« killed, mid ten persons injured. The Outliolics are i-stabli-min* schools at Brooklyn, and are determined to spare no effort to break down the present. se" o>l system. Tiie damage don.; br the fire to the Immigration Barracks, a (ew weeks ago, is completely repaired. „. Thursday. l'i\v sprcial jurymen wore fined to-darat the Supreme Court for non-att«ndaner. " * At. » meeting of the Wu?te Lnnds Board to-day, the Otago .Lands Act came in for a considerable amount of obliquy. a V/ afed b * memberB to be a perfect abortion. Mr McL-od is still here. It is thought probable he may bo employed by the Provincial Government to send immigrants lrom Canada A special meeting of the Acclimatisation Sooiety was held this afternoon, when it was resolved to send 500 trout to the Waiwera ponds. , Another meeting was held last night about the establishment of a fourth school. A diflerence of opinion exists as to its situation. Artillery Volunteers fired for Challenge Cup this morniujr lhetiophy remains with Sergeant Lambert, who was closely pushed by Lieutenant Muir and G-unner Reid. Ranges— two, five, and six hundred yards. Top score fifty, Muir and Reid forty-nine each. The name of E. B. Cargill has been ad ed to the directory of the Mosgiel Woollen Company. Lyttelton, Wednesday. The health of the immigrants on GKps Island is satisfactory, only two casei of fever remaining. Christchurch, Wednesday. With the exception of six men, the whole of the immigrants numbering 150, found employment in two hours after tin barracks were opened to employers. Tho following wages were given :— Married farm labourers, £78, with cottage an J firing; married couplet), £60 und found ; iingle men, £10 to £52, all found, jnd u promise of £]0 bonus if they remain twelve monthi ; mawus, 10s per day ; carpenters, 9s •, single women, £20 to £35. The demand for single women and farm labourers greatly exceeds supply. The first portion of the Funjaub's immigrant will be open for engagement on Friday next. A ship, supposed to be the Merope, witk immigrants, is just signalled. The Star of India, with 317 immigrants for this province, sailed la~t month. The Jockey Club, last night decided not to remove the disqualification from Will Mackay. Thursday. The sportsmen here do not think that the Auckland handicap is unfair to Southern horses.