(From the Daily Southern Cross). Tauranga, Tuesday.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 410, 31 December 1874, Page 2

(From the Daily Southern C ross). Tauranga, Tuesday.

YesterJ ly tho scholars attending tua W.iaroroa Native Sc.iooi played 11 successful cricket matoh against the scholar* at the District School. Wellington, Tuesday. Captain Wheeler has resigned the command of the s.B, I aranaki, and goes home to bring out one of the new steamers for the harbour company. Dr Higginbotham, of VL oria, ha. oe noiiered a judgeglup in New Zealand, but it id not considered likely he will accept it. The Victorian Government have received a formal intimation from Messrs McMeckan. nUckwood and Co. tiiat they will not give Sullivan a pus-sage to New Zealand in any ot their steamers. A report has gained currency that it k> the intention of the Government to proceed against the N.Z. Steam Shipping Company, for carrying more than the regulation number -of passengers during tho holidays. .»<?>.•••

Dtmedin, Tuesday. A fire occurred in the iualthou&e of Wi bon's Dre-^ery, Rattniv-fUecMhia afternoon, Itoriginatol

in the malt-kiln, whioh was over heated; The damage is estimated at £4,000, but ia covered by ivBurance. Private railway companies are being formed in Dvn u din, one of which proposes to construct a line fiom Kat^an^a gold fields to the maim south line at Ualolutha.

Lyttelton, Tuesday. The 8.8. Alhambra sails aonth at half-past Bix o'clock this afternoon. The immigrant* by the Geraldine Paget were landed to-day : they number 380.

'• ' Port Chalmers, Tu«aday. The XT. S. a* Swatara, from the Auckland Islands via" Hobart Town, l«a ariived. and states that the German party tliore obtained 120 photographs of tho Transit of Venus, and very good observations of both ingress and egress. The Araby, hat arrived from London 112 days out.

London, December 15. {Among the documents seized from Count Arnim ia/a letter from Bisrriarck, dated December, 1872, expressing a preference for a Republic in France, as a 'Monarchy waujdrptore alliances that would eventually become dangerous fe Germany. ,• • j } The editor of the .'.Ultramontane organ, the GVr-mania,'-^r)xo.is.aj^a member of the Uerman^arliaiLont, Lfas.be^n arr^V^^.aiitlHcnteAoedi to, oije f year's ikuprisonuient for ofl'BJioea a^aitost tho Seem \&vra. I

j '" '• • ». -. Deppmber;\7. ' Tlie trial of Count Araim Aas terminated. For the defence it was maintained that thi Count bad a fight to retain the do&timefcu: -The, prosecutor demands a sentence of tVri and ft lialf yeat?' imprisonment. Judgment will be given on Saturday. There ia a wide sprokd rejwrt that Bismarck will resign his position aa ( banoellor of. the. Empire ; the baten«ble caosa is a vote by tb© Parliament condemnatory of the arrcat of tile editor of the Germania. It is expected the Emperor will refuse the resignation of the Piince.

December 19. Wheat ia unaltered.— There have been large transaction in copper at easier prices. Peak Downs is quoted nominally at £04, Chili at £84 to £85. — Tin is firmer. Strait* slab, £9'i ; Australian, £92. The mails from Australia by way of Sin Francisco were delivered on the 15 th ; those via Brindisi have been delivered to-day. The Rev Dr Lang and Major Warburton are passengers by to steamer which has just left with mai's for Australia. The steamer Singaqore, which is to be employed in the Torres Straits S rvice, has loft the Clyde for Queensland. The transit of Vcrnis was observed ver> successfully in Egypt, India, Russia, and Japan. Kalakau, King of the Hawaiian Islands, has arrived at Washington. The city is gaily decorated in honor of his visit, and he has been cordially welcomed by President Gaant. Count Arnim has been condemned to 3 months' imprisment. The Reichstag, or Diet of the Realm, yesterday, on a division of 199 to 74, passed a vote of confidence in Prince Bismarck ; and the Emperor has refused to accept the resignation ot his office as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chancollor of the Empire. In delivering judgment yosterday in the case of Count Arnim, the Court exonerated the accused from the charge of " embezzlement." There was nothing to show that the Ambassador had acted mala fide. The removal of despatches like those which had been taken was punishable. The offence, however, had been somewhat mitigated by the subsequent restoration of the papers. It was also laid down that the retention of the documents claimed by Cout Arnim after they had been demanded was a breach of disciplinary regulations of the Foreign Office, but not a criminal offence. The Court expre*>sod its opinion that the documents which are still missing will possibly be discovered in the archives at Paris. The Lyttelton ha* been wrecked in AU'oa Bay. Her crew were saved, and it is believed that her cargo will be removed. Arrived — Durham (s.), from Melbourne, Oct. 17.

Paris, December 18. In his reply the Due Decazes refute* the lengthy complaints of S|>oin in regard to French aid to Carlists, and reiteiates the frk-ndliness of his Government towards that of Spain. Singapore, December 21. The steamer Pera left Galle on the 19th with mails for Australia.