TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 229, 28 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(From the Nkw, Zealand Herald.) Wellington, Friday. i All the single girls per Bouverie were engaged instantly, at from seven to eleven shillings per week. The following departments have been transferred from the Colonial Secretary to the Minister of Public Works :— Public domains, public buildings, colonial architect. The Colonial Treasurer takes the control of Government annuities. An alteration has been made in the hours of Government officers, The attendance after the Ist November will be from 930 to 4.30 ; Saturdays, to 2 p.m. ; balf-an-hour will be allowed in the middle of the day for luncheon. Arrangements will be made so that offices will not be left empty. The new newspaper company are endeavoring to purchase the Independent. 4,000 shores have alroady been taken up. Saturday. Ifc is uixW-foori that tfro f; Tapseotl prisoners are to bt forwarded by the A) ham bra "at ten o'clock to-morrow. It is unknown nlictlirr the Governor gave his consent to this course prior to going to Auckland. Negotiations for purchasing the Inlependent by the now company are unsettled. Yesterday the Provincial Government purchased 103,000 acres from native owners, between Wainui and Manawatu, and negotiations for larger purchases are progressing. Hunt, one of the rifle representatives, won the company's gold medal to-day. Christchurch, Friday. Tha journeymen baiters, having failed to obtain an increase of wages as demanded, will discontinue work to-morrow. The first portion of the Punjaub's immigrants, 13 families, and 33 single men, offered for engagements to-day 5 all procured situation*. The "United Boating Club decided last night that an interprovincial regatta should be held on tho river Waimakariri, at Kaipoi, at the latter end of March. The Carpenters' and Joineri' Society last night resolved to demand an increase of wages of Is per day, and if the masters refused, to^discontinue work on Monday. Saturday. The allotment of National Insurance shares has been completed. The notices will be issued with convenient despatch. Dunedin, Friday. Forty'thousand acres are ta be lelected in Southland, on the deferred payment system, for immigrants. Mr Adum, the Immigration Agent who is going home, is visiting the out-districts for the purpose of receiving from the settlors nominations for their friends to be brought out. He has been very successful in receiving a large number of nominations. In a lender in the Guardian, to-day, the writer stales that the existing quarantine stations are only hot-beds of disease. It also terms the Diseased Cattle Sill of last session a stupid enactment. Sergeant Lambert, of the Volunteer Artillery, won tho Challenge Cup. The Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company is a groat success. It is proposed to largely increase the plant. Proudfoot Brothers have started a line of ships between Port Chalmers and Newcastle. Tho first vessel of the lino is the Czarwiteh, 470 torn. David Proudfoot is in Australia on business. The weather is favorable for the agriculturists, but the spring is late. In the Clutha river the steamer Tuapeka sank, in a squall, on Wednesday. Webster and Shand, of the Provincial Executive, have proceeded to Southland to select 30,000 acres for settlement on deferred payment. * Trout are increasing in the riven. Eight cutters are employed dredging at Stewarts Island for the New Zealand market, Sunday. The sewing women presented Mr Bradshaw with a piece of plate yesterday, for passing the Factory Act la>t session. There was a large attendance of females at the City Council Chamber, whero an address was presented and road. Nelson, Sunday. Mr Gilbs is a candidate for the sett rendered vacant by Mr Collins's resignation. He will probably be unopposed.

Melbourne, October 20. The tailors' strike is ended by masters agreeing to give lOd to lid and Is an hour for third, second, and first-clasi work. — The bakers threaten to strike on Saturday next for eight hours and higher wages — A bitter feud is raging between the Age and the manager of the Theatre Royal. — A man hid himself in a hollow tree at Sandhurst, and committed suicide. — The - Post Office Savings Banki will in future give 4 per cent, interest. — The Government is collecting evidence to prove that the Buckley will, leaving £30,000 to old Maher, is a forgery. — Mrs Shannon's trial, for the third time, takei place in November. Poisoning her child is the sole issue. — At the next general clectiou a reform of the Constitution, with the object of bringing the two Chambers into harmony, will be submitted. Sydney, October 20. The financial surplus i 3 estimated at lialf-a-million, which increases the popularity of the Government. — The Government mail contract bill will pass.— The Legislative Assembly passed, by a majority of 38 to 8, the resolutions moved by Mr Parkes, approving of the courso taken by the Government in reference to the San Francisco mail semoc. — A bill to make the Mayor elective by the citizens has been introduced. Adelaido, October 20. , A pamphlet is to be issued officially, to encourage German immigration. — Locusts threaten the crops. — Celt won the Steeplechase Cup.