LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. THE GOVERNOR AT DUNEDIN: MASONIC BALL.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4787, 30 December 1872, Page 2

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. THE GOVERNOR AT DUNEDIN: MASONIC BALL.

ARREST OP WARREN, DEFAULTING* BANK MANAGER.

MAORI PRISONERS RELEASED AT Dl'NEDIN.

CHAIRED HUMAN REMAINS FOUND. [From New Zealand Erbss Association.] NELSON, Sunday. 'In the interprovincial cricket match the first innings resulted in a drawn gam<\ la the second Nelson made 62, Wellington 34, with .three wicketa to fall when time was called. Arrived : 'Etnilie,' from Mauritius, with sugar; 'Wallace.' LYTTELTON, Sunday, Sailed : ' Aaterope,' for London. Arrived: 'Pet,' from Hobart Town ; 'Pleiades,' from London, with 127 paaaen^ gers, all well. DUNEDIN, Sunday. Calcott has receired instructions to purchase land for the Moeraki and Waitaki Railway. The Palmerston immigrants are being rapidly hired ; the females at £25, married couples £50 to £53, single men 18s. per week and found. The police have arrested Warren, the defaulting Sydney bank manager, while journeying overland to Port Chalmers. £871 has been recovered. His Excellency the Governor visited the gaol yesterday. Five Maori prisoners are to be released under a general amnesty. The Masonic Ball was a great success. His Excellency the Governor was present. At the Cromwell races on the second day, Malice won the Maiden-plate ; Handicap Hurdle Bace, Sir Tatton j Jockey Club Handicap, Burgundy. The charred remains of a man have been found at Mount Cargill. Arrived : '|Queen of the South.'

The following appeared in Saturday's Star : — An important native case before Mr. Commissioner Clarke, at Tauranga, haa lasted two days. It is concerning the ©wnership of the mill at Wairoa. The litigants are leading chiefs of the district. The decision of the Court may lead to bloodshed. — Brogden's navvies waited on the Resident Magistrate at Wellington on Saturday morning, and asked his advice relative to the strike. The magistrate advised the men to resume work on the terms offered by Brogden, as it was as high as that paid to oth^r labouring; men in Wellington. — The Independent says the position taken by the Government with regard to the general native amnesty is this : — If we pardon past offences, and forgive massacres *nd other outrages which you committed in time of war ; and also the unprovoked murder of Todd aiad others, you must give ua some pledge and guarantee that for the future you will observe the law, keep good order, and give your criminals up to justice. The Governor is anxious to have the amnesty settled before he leaves the colony. — The journeyman butchers threaten to strike on the first Monday in January if the hours of labour are not reformed. The masters are firm, but offer to close at 7 usually instead of 8 o'clock. — Mr. Francis McGovern has been gazettbd Inspector of Weights and Measures for Waikato. Mr. Gk C. Fitzgibbon ia authorised to pcfc as interpreter atShortland.