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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 104, 31 December 1872, Page 2

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(From the Daily Southern Caoss.) LATEST THAMES NEWS. Friday. The new Masonic Hall ccrcmony was a great success. Brother Pierce, Grand Master, 1.C., laid the atone and delivered an impressive and beautiful addreas. Several hundred ladies were present. Coins of the realm and copies of local and Auckland papers were deposited under the stone. LATEST FROM TAURANGA. Saturday. The important native case before Mr Commissioner Clarke has lasted two days. It was concerning the ownership of the mill at Wairoa. The litigants are leading chiefs of the district. The decision of the Court may lead to bloodbhcd. - LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. Wellington, Saturday. Brogden's navvies waited on the Resident Magistrate this morning, and asked hi# advice relative to the strike. The magistrate advised the men to resume work on the same terms offered by Brogden. as ißey were as high as that paid to other labouring men here. The Independent to-day says the position taken by the Government with regard to the general native amnesty is this :—lf we pardon past offences and forgive massacres and other outrages which yon committed in time of war : and also the unprovoked murder of Todd and others, you must give us some pledge and guarantee that for the future you will observe the law, keep good order, and give your criminals up to justice. The Independent also says the Governor is anxious to have the amnesty settled before he leaves the cobny. The journeymen butchers threaten to strike on the first Monday in January if the hours of labour are not reformed. Tiic masters are firm, but offer to closo at seven usually instead of eight o'clock. Mr Francis McGovern has been gazetted Inspector of Weights and Measures for Waikato. Mr G. C. Fitzgibbon is also authorised to act as interpreter at Shortland. Dunediu, Friday. The Star states officially that the Government of New South Wales have offered to pay half the cost of laying a cable, from the Australian colonics to New Zealand. His Excellency the Governor visited the Odd Fellows' fete and the Cattle Show yesterday. 3000 persons visited the former, all being conveyed by railway. The weather was splendid, There is no prime milling wheat offered. It is wanted at 5s lOd ; ordinary, 5s 6d. Oats are quiet at 2s to 2s Bd. Flour meets with a good sale at £2-1. Bnn, £L 10s per ton —scarce. Saturday. The police have arrested a man named Warren, an alleged Sydney bank defaulter. * Calcott has received instructions to purchase land for the Mocraki 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. His Excellency the Governor visited the gaol yesterday. Five Maori prisoners are to be released finder a general amnesty.

The.Masonic Ball, was a great success. His Excellency the Governor was present. At the Cromwell races} on Jthe sccond day, Melton won the Maiden-plate ; Handicap Hurdle, Race, Sir Tat ton; Joekcy Club Handicap, Burgundy. The police hare arrested Warren, the defaulting Sydney bank manager, while journeying overland to Port Chalmers. £871 has been recovered, The charred remains of a Blan have been found at Mount Cargil!. 1 Arrived •• Queeu of the South. Christehurch, Friday. Thu Kaiapoi regatta wa? well attended; but tho-races were spoiled by heavy floods in the river, The Champion Four-oared Race was won by the Kaiapoi Club ! Avon, 2; Heatheote, 3. A boat containing Mr .Bean and three sons was capsized ; the youngest, seven years old, was drowned. The grain market is inactive. Wheat is not qu6ted; oats, 2s 'id to 2s 6d ,: flour, £13 to £14 per ton. Nelson, Saturday. Tho second innings, Nelson r. Wellin t to i Cricket Ci l'\ Nelson scored 02, and Wellington 45 with turee wickets to fall. Sunday. In the interprovincial cricket match the first innings resulted in a drawn game. In the second Nelson made 62, Wellington 31, with three wickets to fall when time was called. Arrived: Emilie, from Mauritius, wth ; Wallace. Lyttelton, Sunday. Sailed: Asterope, for London. Arrived: Pet, from Hobart Town; Pleiades, from London, with 127 passengers, all well. (From the Star.) On Christmas Day Captain Fraser gave a banquet to 70 of the First Wrikato Militiamen.

The Taranaki HeraU's spccial correspondent at Ngatimaru writes that the block of land purchased by Mr Parris is very superior. The natives are hospitable, and anxious to sell land. Captain Wilson writes that' the natives of Panaka are unconcerned in Umuroa robbery. The robbers are unsupported. The Governor distributed prizes at the native school, Dunedin, and said lie was glad to sec the examination conducted in English, and regretted that the same system was not adopted throughout the colony, The Governor also attended tho Oddfellows' picnic, near Burke's brewery, and the Agricultural Society's show in Forbury Park. Two thousand people have been conveyed by railway to Port Chalmers. Great preparations are being made for the formal opening demonstration of the railway. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, December 19. Mr Fellowes has been sworn in a Judge. He leaves for New Zealand to-day on leave. Another woollen mill has been started. The Beet-root Sugar Company is collapsing for want of capital. Warren, the defaulter of the City Bank, is supposed to have gone to Auckland. The Assembly have appointed a select committee to ascertain the best measure for facilitating telegraphic communication with Europe. Three tenders have been received for Calii'ornian mail service; two colonial, and one English. Adelaide, December 19. Statements having been made of the instability of the overland line ; a number of officers waited on Mr Todd with contrary assurances, which Mr Todd confirmed. Stephen George Henty, one of the Victorian pioneers, died yesterday. Labour is scarce for the harvest. COMMERCIAL. There is a better demand for wheat in Melbourne, only a limited quantity offering. Adelaide wheat is becoming scarce, and 6s 4d has been refused for a fine sample. In Adelaide the quotation fcr wheat is 4s Id. Oats are selling in Melbourne at 3s 2d to 3s 4cl- Bottled ales are scarce. There have been large arrivals of sugars, but prices arc well maintained. All buyers are now well supplied. Burrows and Peak in their circular state there is a decline of 2s per 40Glbs on wheat. Only small quantities of Adelaide and Nsw Zealand, and very little flour are offering. The former is 63s to 65s per 4961b5. Hemp: English advices report further improvement. Supplies falling off. and there is stdl a fair demand at an advance of £1 to £2 per ton. There is no demand fortoiv. The three-masted schooner Ho'citika, belonging to Spencer Brothers, has been wrecked off Cape Leuwin. All saved. Vessel uninsured.