LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 311, 12 May 1874, Page 2

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

. , Wangaiiui, SjMirdnv. 1 "estrojjiw fire occurred hnt ,ns;|,t. Tl.e Bed Lion ilotel and Mr G-ordon a livery .tables wcWtotally deatroyed Six hoi*» wro burnt to death. The lire first commenced in the hay loft. It has not y<>« beer. .wert»in<»d the total amount of insurance looses. Tiie Now Zealand Insurance ajrvinf SsSSr Live TolT o1 Luiijon - d «**• «~. t ..I «*i. /-, Ch-ej mouth, Saturday. In the loheo Court to-day the chief officer of the Wallace, ■t earner, was fined £10 aud coses for refusing to deliver up Hoods m transit seized by the baihfls under a warrant of distress. Notice of appeal was given. Three men, two of them named Patrick and John Warren t w? ° n acco<nrnodat ion house at Ten-mile Creek, and caSe*Bl lt f gM * ldf WG " * rr * Bted thl9 mornin g. charged with tj. , _ . Wellington, Saturday. Bjshop Cowie, of Auckland, and the Rev Air Nelson and other mew ben of the Church of England arrived to-day to attend the Synod. An extract from a letter by Dr Kechner, Queensland representativo at the Vienna Exhibition, to the Agent-General, m published hete. It B tates of New Zealand wheats that numbers of agriculturists were eager to procure samples, so that Mr Bevan had to put a price on and sold it at sixpence per small wine gfog full. By aomo T e-y intelligent lamer* and millen our wueat was preferred to that from bouth Australia. They consider it would yield more flour I and loss bran, &c" • Flax also caused much attention, and tome was distributed amongst manufacturers aud spinners, who were desirous to make a trial of its adaptability. New Zealand tweed was considered superior to the Victorian. Samples of South Australian, Califorman, and New Zealand wheat were tried by a Mecklenberg farmer, but the May frost destroyed all, save the New Zealand crop. Owing to the competition now going on between the bakers, the 41b loaf is advertised at sid- „ T „ ,„ . , , Chnetohurch, Saturday. Mr J. G. .Hawfces held a sale of shares yesterday. The following lots were disposed of .-—National Insurance, 100 at 31s, 220 at 335, 10 at 33s Gd each ; National Bank of !\ew Zf aland, 38 f shares at 67a each ; South British Insurance, 78 at 50s each. The Superintendent presented the medals and certificates for the 0 recent Intel-provincial Exhibition yesterday. ... . £ . „ Dunodm, Saturday. Ihe libel action, Macassey t. Bell, the proprietor of the Evening Star, was concluded to-day. The verdict was for Bell on every issue. m, .„• Bluff, Saturday. The Albion left Melbourne at 8 30 p.m. on the 4th, and anived hero to-day, after a quick passage of four tlaya hfteen hours. She bringe the English Mail and 25 saloon and 35 steeiage passengers j also, 300 tons of car^ro for all i ports.