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

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 233, 6 November 1873, Page 2

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

Wellington, Monday. l'ho following 1- u i« >pv of u tclogrum which yesterday arrived from Mr T. Russoll :— *•' Jxmdon, Oetorber 21th — To Mr Vogel. — Preliminary conduct signed for botii-serriecs. Mnekerell preparing full contracts Tlie contractors are Hull, Paul Forbes, of Cli'ina ; Hossc, Ku«sell nnd Company ; •uul Do Buosclie, Cbina murchauts, ull good men of large steamship experience. The permanent contract it in accordance with ••csolutions. .Temporary somce will be about eleven knotj. Bi-jjins bj- the* (now in Cbiua), from Sji<luey iii Uocembi^"} und the Tmnar, now in China, from >\diH>) in Jmitan. Tho Mongol, now building, goc* from London to Duncrfm with emigrants in time to take the FebMary moi' from New Zenlanl to San Fruncisco. The Aliu'gregor returns from San Francisco to New Zealand.

Dunedin, Monday. Tlic crops throughout the province look uplcndul. The farmers expect groat results. Birtlu during October one hundred and one; doath*, fiftvseven. Nineteen prr cent, more mortality than any month during tho year. Marriages, twenty-one. John Delaney, telegraphist, ha* been brought from Oamaru, and lodged in tho gaol to await trial at the Supremo Court.. There is a greit scarcity of surveyors in tho ppjvmce. The mnn Briggs, who was assaulted with a »p*dtyia itill in a precarious condition. The Rifle Association hold a meeting to make arrangem. Nt for annual matches. Forty-nine horses have entered for 117* Dunedin Cup.

I'ueiilav. Owing to tbc hot weather and the bad drainage ' tin: atmosphere of the city is offemife in many places. The mortality is greater than any preriout month of the present year. The shares applied for to form the Mosgiel Woollen Com" pany amount to 12,000, and only 8000 aro to bo allotted. Another hundred acres of harbour are to bo reclaimed. Tho Guardian states that 60,000 acret are under grain tit Oamaru this year, and 1,000 draught horiet on one ca'ntc

Wanganui, Tuesday. The libel ca»e,Worgan y. Duigan (editor of tuo Chronicle) ended in a judgment for the defendant, on all counts, with costs.

Hokitika, Tuesday. 'Mr White, M.H.R., addressed a crowded meeting in the Town Ho 11, lait night. A unanimous rote of confidence was missed.

&elson, Tuesday. There is a gr ming interest re the Superintendence election. Curtis and O'Conor are holding meetings in the country districts.