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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 101, 21 December 1872, Page 2

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(From the IS'bw iIEAi'AXU lleualp. L \ TEST SO UTKE K N NEWS. Wellington, Wednesday, 8 p.m. Tbc rroyineial Government and City Council have found road work for 150 Brogden's navvies, who otherwise would have been sent elsewhere, — Urogden having no work here owing tu the non-acceptance of the Upper ilutt contract. Draiwfield re-elected Mayor. The- Pjs< saya that Messrs Brogden are negotiating with the owners of the Rangatira for the conveyance of navvies, per .Jessie Redman, to Auckland, yrho are witling; or if work bo found hero to detain them for two mouths,, as the Provincial Government will probably take advanta«o of tho od'er and get the road werks done.—Mr X. Kedfle'.dhas been elected Mayor for the ensuing year. — Star. Thursday, 8 p.m. Matthew Angrove. Alexander Cruickshank, Josiah Hudson, and L. P. Kyo, all of Anckland, have been gazetted Justices of tho Peace. Powers under tho Public Health Act have been delegated to the Superintendent of Auckland. New regulation h for advances for Goldfield waterworks are gazetted. [G-royinouth, Wednesday. Edward , Masters elected Mayor. Arrived: Elizabeth Carter, irom Lvttelton. Bin ft', Wednesday. To-day was observed as a holiday. Several hundreds of persons -were conveyed by train to visit the Dido, which sails for Dunedin to-night. Dunedin, Thursday. Brogden's tuh vies ex Christian MeAusland have struck. The firm have offered 6a per day of eight hours, which forty of the men have, accepted. The rest are still out. The Otago team for tho inter-provincial match is the weakest ever cJio.«cn. The Waste Land Eoavd yesterday agreed to sell a block of 10,000 acres at Tapanui. At Driver's wool sale greasy ra.erin.o fetched lljdto Hid -, greasy crojs-b.red, Is lid to Is 2Vd ; washed ileeees, Is 7id tols'9d; washed cross-bred, ls9.Vdto Is XOd. LATEST ATJSTRALIAX NEWS. Melbourne, December 12. The conflict, between the two Houses of Parliament is soitlcd by tiic Council giving way. Tho Education T5;:ll has iiu,v passed as it originally left the Assembly. The Diseased .Stock Bill in Council also" gave way. The bill to increase the Judges' salaries by 5001 a year was strongly opposed. A small faction sat'iu tho Assembly till seven this morning. The I-ill eventually passod. The prorogation is iixed for vie.-.fc Tucduy. A New Zealand despatch relative to the mail service lias been fonvarded to Sydney and a reply received. Commodore Stirling declines the offer of the Victorian Government to assist him in suppressing the South Soa aJavo trade. Mr Xauo, secretary to tho Board of Education, died on Sunday. At a meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce, resolutions were passed in favour of the Suez mail route, and prompt action of the Government recommenced in reference to the Imperial offer. The advisability of communication with America was admitted. A public meeting was held in reference to. sending tho kidnapped islanders by the Carl to their respective homos. A deputation waited on the Government m. reference to the annexation os the South Soa Islands. The Colonial Government would decline to act without Imperial sanction..

Thp schooner Catherine was wrecked at King's Island ; crew anved. Tlie schooner insured in the Dement office. The Bangalore, with t.ho English mails, loft Grille on the 25th November. Sho if. expected in Melbourne on. Sunday or Monday. FalioonT, charge' with implication in the Carl rmyders, has been further remanded to Sydney. Br Murray gave evidence. A heavy thunderstorm this morning interrupted the Sydney and Adelaide lim*. * The'lf era sailed to-day for Anckland. A fair amount of business has been doing during the week. Large sales of wheat, for export to New Zealand, at 5* 9d. Latest quotations: Adelaide wheat, old, 5s Id;,. new, 4s lOd to 4s lid. Kerosene advanced to Is lie to 2*. Sugars not so firm ; cargoes arriving ; dealers stocked. Patna, rice, £IP. Oats, 3s Sd to 3s 4d ; "feeding sorts, little doing. Arrived : 11th. Zephyr, from ITokitika Sailed : Maid of Erin, for the Bullor. Sydney. The Education debate ia adjourned. A large five has occurred in Huuter-strect, NewcastleSeveral buildings wero destroyed. It is. resolved to aba.ndon the infantry force in Sydney. Adelaide. The Chief Justice has been sworn iu Acting G-ovornor of South Australia. Some of the Adelaide fields will yield thirty bushels to the acre. The locusts havo not affected the crops much. LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. London, December G. The Left in the French Assembly demand a dissolution. The Bouapartist papers favour the Monarcliial cause, and announce that they will favour the Conservatives' majority. A new Spanish loan of ten millions is announced. The wool sales closed last night. 62,000 bales were sold ; 10,000 bales exported. At the closing sales there was a recovery in prices, except in greaty and Cape sorts. The next series will commence on the 15th February. At a larjje meeting of buyers, it was unanimously resolved not to bid for wool offered without draft being stated. A committee of merchants were appointed to take action. Dr Featherstoii lias shipped some salmon ova to Danedin. December 7-

A meeting was held at Wolverliamptou to bid farewell to the Revs Messrs Selwyn and Still, Melauesian missionaries. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have declared a dividend of 7 psr cent. The report is favourable, and states that Australian coal will bo used in the _ company's stcamer-s, but it is silent respecting the mail service. Stocks unsettled. Tallow. Gel lower. Pelroleum oils unaltered. Hide?, receded £cl. Leather sold largely at a decline. Grain trade firm ; the foreign supply continues large. Incessant rains prevent wheat sawing-. Paris, December 7. The committee of thirty members, chosen to consider the Government constitutional proposal, assembled on Monday, President Thiei-3 expressed regret that the- constitution of th ,, cotn'T. ; :!oe renders a partial renewal of the Assembly He will not modify the Ministry until the report is presented. Those hostile to his views will oppose it m the Assembly. London, December 8. The situation at Yersailes is loss strained. The President of the Committee of Thirty (M. Savcy) and Vice-President (M. AnclreiTett) had a friciidly conversation with M. Thiers vesterday. ■' Berlin" papers say that Germany is indifferent to the inter-, national conflicts of France. December 9. Contrary to expectation, the Ministerial changes jn_ the French Cabinet are announced r—Gouland, Minister of Interior: Leon Lay, Minister of Finance -, Gourton, Minister of Public Works. It is believed these changes will terminate the crisis. New Zealand consolidated fund, 102. Discount, 4.

December 12. Overland telegraphic line again interrupted. Late cable mossages not arrived. ADDiTioKAJi ExGLisn News. London, December 5. Mr Henry Hoc-kin? has been appointed Attorney-General for Western Australia. _ ; The Queen's Portrait, which has been pamtod for toe Svduev Municipal Council, is shipped on board the Syracuse. * The" winding \ip of the Queensland Sheep and Investment Company is proposed. A Spanish loan of two millions ia annaunceU. December 6. A Sydney mercantile firm received yesterday morning a cable message from London, dated December i, -t.15 p.m., reporting copper in ingots, 90?- per ton; nianufecturero , bars ancf sheathing ditto, IQQI. December 7. Stocks are unsettled. Tallaw is Sd lower. Straits tin, £132- Copper and petroleum and cocoanut oils are'unaltered. Hides have receded one farthing. Leather is sold largely, at r, declinb. The grain trade is firm. The foreign supplies are large: but the incessant rains in the agricultural districts in England hare prevented the of

Debenture*: Victorian 6pw cents AwU'CMoIh" , ; lII} ; Victorian a per cents, January-July, 108$ i ?fa\* Zealand Consolidated 6 per cents, \\)1 ; Queensland 6 ppp cents Jauu-ary-July, 110 i Discount, A percent, Tho kandon Chartered Bank of Australia has declared r, dividend of 8 per cent.