SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 791, 12 July 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[Press Ageucy.3 Auckland, last nigkt. The New Zealand' lnsurance Company's' half-yearly meeting declared a dividend of fifteen per cent., and carried £30,000 to the reinsurance fund. Sir George Grey left for Wellington, id the Mikado, to-day. The Choral Ball was crowded, to witness the presentation of the B.A. degree to Miss Edger. - Canterbury, last night. [Resolution a against the advance on railway tariff continue to be adopted in country districts. Napieb, Tuesday LOOAL OPTION BILL AT NAPIER. A meelin b on the Local Option Bill was held at Waipawa, when a petition was agreed to in conformity with the draft adopted at the meeting held in Wellington last Monday. Wellington, Tuesday IMMIGRATION ARRANGEMENTS The' following instructions regarding the immigration, arrangements for the current year hare been sent to the AgentGeneral. He is to send out 5,000 immigrants altogether, the distribution of them to be a* follows : — Auckland, 400 j T«anaki,ilOO ; Wellington, 400 ; Napier, 400 j Otago, 1,700, including aboat 350 for Invercargill ; Canterbury, 1,700 ; Nelson, 100 ; Blenheim, 100 ; and Westland, 100. Cn e&ch case there is to be as large a proportion as possible of single women, the balance being ploughmen, farm labourers, shepherds, bricklayers, and carpenters. He is not to send any large families of young children, unless these are nominated The first ships should arrive in October, and none after February. Nominated immigrants are to be preferred. A portion of the above will be sent from the Clyde, as formerly ; but the total number for the year is not to exceed the 5,000. Christohuroh, Tuesday AGITATION AGAUVST IHE RAILWAY TARIFF. The agitation against the new railway tariff is rapidly increasing. The passenger traffic is, according to newspaper report, decreasing, while wagons on public roads and coastal steamers are starling to run an opposition to the railway for goods traffic. Three public meetings of merchants and agriculturists are called for this week, to consider and protest against the tariff. Dunkdin, Tuesday A COOKERS" SCHOOL. A cookery school is about to be opened here by MiS3 Tidier, of Adelaide. . Addresses were delivered in connection with it on 3aturday afternoon by Dr Coughtrey and Mr Eathgate. (' Herald ' Correspondent. ) Monday. TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE ON DUNEDIN RAILWOV-v A travelling post-office is about to be instituted in the guard's van of the !L}un. edin and Port Chalmers Railway.