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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 90, 26 November 1872, Page 2

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(From the Daily Soutiiekx Cross.), LATEST SO TITHE E.N NEWS. Wellington, Friday. The Independent suagests that an order of merit for the colony should be established, to be awarded for brave actions. Captain Stafford, of the collier Gazelle, brings a- pair of native companions, a bird like a crane, which he has presented to the Acclimatisation Society. Also., a wallabi. Saturday. The West Coast natives have sent an invitation to" his Excellency the Governor to meet, them at the united meeting at the Manawatu Gorge, to bid him farewell on Wednesday or Thursday. All the assembled, tribes will take part in the ceremonies. A general.amnesty to the natives who have been in rebellion will be declared in a few clays. The-principle has been agreed to by the..Government m the Cabinet, but the, details have not yet been decided upon. The Governor yesterday,rode from Foxton to Horowhenua, over the land now in dispute, amongst the natives, and- saw the pas erected by Kemp and his opponents. The Governor was received with enthusiasm. There were one thousand natives present, IJarangoua then addressed the meeting, I and advised them to setde their disputes by law, which the I •lativfcs premised, to do. I

• The Governor theu proceeded 10 visit I'ox, the ualhe | | chief. I j Ti:e regulations for Ike colonial prise ilriug for 1573 have | beer, published. The prizes will be competed for at Nelson' i There w:ll le four classes of prizes—colonial, general, dis- ( trie'., and special. Tue number of representatives for Auckland will be 5; Wairoa and Waiuku, 2; , ,Waikalo, 2 ; : Thames, 5 ; Taurauga anil Opotiki, 1 ; "White Cliiis, New j J Plymouth, and Mount JKyiiiont, 2 ; "Whaiiganui and Patca, | I -«; liangitikei, ly; llutt, 2 ; "Wellington, 2 : Wairarnpn, 2 ; '; j Xapier, Wairoa, and Poverty Bay, 2..; Nelson and Marl-j | borough, 1; Canterbury, 3 ; Otago'aud Southland? j "West- j j laud, 1; and the Armed Constabulary, 3. . Christehurch, Friday. I The Superintendent, in his. speech at the opening of'"the ; Provincial Ccumcil, the- wool exports of the past j ; year amounted to to '300,195 pounds, against 393,9(52 | | pouu dsduriiig the previous year.. The grain ! ! export of the pa\t year wa.i valued at* £130,101, whilst the j i total for the whole colony whs only £179,4b't>. The land sales lor the past year amounted tq £170,000, the greater ; I portion being for bona lide occupation. Keeent experience, j and the land sales which would probably take place in the I immediate future, would justify much larger appropriation j than for some years past. A prompt expenditure upon the ! outlying districts was desirable; therefore the Council would I be asked to make considerable appropriation for Koad Boards, , ulso for roads and bridges leading to main lines of railwayIn v.!- v of the continued immigration it was desirable to maintain the cliieieney of the social and educational institutions. Since 18G3 life public schools had increased from 51 to 77, and the number of scholars from 2,(51)3 to 5,975. The I increase in the scholars being 1,879, the Council would be asked to make further provision for rudimentary education ; also to make appropriations and endowments,for the establish - j ment of colleges, by establishing professorships and scholar- ! ships. The railway returns of the past year show the I { receipt to be £60,000; expenditure, £-10,000. lie referred i to the necessity for irrigating the Southern plains, and rccum- . ; mended the Council to make reserves for. that purpose. i Tile wheat market, is inanimate, and prices are stationary. j Flour, 12 to £12 10s.; oats, 2s 3d to" 2s u'd. No bailey offering. Polatoos, £5 Is ; store eottle, £1 to £5. I The Gas Company has decided to increase its capital to. | £2,000, and extend the mains furthe.

Lyttelton, Saturday. The J)ido has sailed fora ten days' cruisCj eventually for Otago. Duncdin, Friday. Messrs Reynolds and Bath gate and .Bishop Moi'nu passengers for Wellington by the Nebraska. Mr Keynolfl attends the Intercolonial Conference at Sydney. At tlic wool sales greasy wool fetched Tl-jd to 12Jd p ei . pound ; half-washed, ltd to lijd, Leicester, lud. to 15Jd. A man named Warden, alias Gallagher, for repeated' insubordination in the Dune-din gaol, has been sentenced to receive fifty lashe^^ Wheat is very liriii at ss. 6d to us 9d per buslicl; oats quiet, 2s Id to 2s 3d. There it) no barley offering. Flour meets with first-rate sale at £14. Mr. iJrogdon e-mpioys 500 Chinese on tlie Clutha line, and. intends to scud, to China for move to bo employpd oil tho Wellington line.

The Otago representation at the intcr-provinciaj. regatta is likely to fall through. The tit. Andrew's races promise, to bo very successful, The gales, &.c, realised £151)'. At the coroner's inquest, held yesterday, on the body of McLean, at Washdyke, the evidence showed there was little douUfc that his death was the result of his own act. It appears that he. attached a piece of pig iron weighing 721b to his neck by a piece of ikix, hnd waded into cjeep water, whero his body was ibund. The inquest on the other man, named George Blackall, was adjourned for further evidence.. Apparently he, was accidentally drowned. Saturday. A man named Brown, residing at Queenstown, while iu the act of killing a slice]), put the knife into his mouth, and the sheep jumped up and kicked the handla down his throat. Tho injury wu» fatal. From the Star. A native has arrived at Tauranga from Tokangamutu. He asserts that Mr Maekay was not permitted to see tho King, and that tho published report of tho meeting was false.—lt was resolved that the Rev Mr Iteid, of Otago, be removed to Auckland.