(From the Daily Southern Cross) LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. Wellington, Monday.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 144, 10 April 1873, Page 2

(From the Daily Southern Cross ) LATEST SOUTH ER N NEW S. Wellington, Monday.

_„ Wellington, Monday. Lno Post state 3 that Brogden's immigrants pur Lutterworth aiu the last that hnn will introduce, as the (Joveinmout has not kept f«uth, by giving them sufficient contracts to employ the 2,01)0 able-bodied men whom they undertook to introduce. They h.ive aecouhngly telegraphed home to stop sending immigrants, in all they luue introduced 1,21)0 men, or 2,174 souls. The hist meeting of Co.iteience of Uhiet Provincial Surveyors will be held here on .Saturday next.

Tuesday. Parliament lus been further prorogued to the loth May. The new Ministry will consist of the piesent member^ ' with porhaps a slight le-.inangcment of portfolios. The Upper House seat will not ho tilled fora few days. Ib is not unlikely Mr (Jisboruu will again occupy it as Colonial Secretary. A seat m the Cabinet is also under offer to the hon. Mr Stokes. Arrived : Ladybird. The Government have arranged that the steamer lUnintoto takes tho Suez mail, leaving here on Saturday next. The Alhambm will be detuned hero until tho Kaimtoto arrives on the West Coast. °

Christchurch, Monday. I Mr Hurray-Ayncsley id mentioned as a probable civudidato for Lyttclton. | The cnmuiul sessions of tlio Supremo Court opened today. Tliero was a very heavy calendar, lncluliii" ojclit forgeriea. Judge Oregon fue the first time delucred mi oral charge. He spoke strongly against tho enormous ' expense the country was put to by the reckless manner m much persons cash cheque* lor strangers ; ami also upon the J temptation which iaollered to commit torger). Thomas White ' alia* Willianiß, iorgery, two u«nrs' imprisonment ; Thomas ' HjdeToi pin, forgery, two J«- 1 «"'«> Joim McCiiMth, larceny ' a,s a bailee, tu-o ym ; Ooorgo Flent, hoiNo-stenlm", sentence i deferred. John llennessy, forgcrj' ; tho ])nsoner liad an apopleeLie (it during the trial, and tho case was defrrred. • i The fir»t im-otiug of th« Canterbury l«'lnx-jpmniiiL' aud i VVe.n ing Company >> .iJ hold to-day. The chairman btated ' that I.Uu.'j biiare j iuJ been allotted out of 2,000 at £10 I ollered The lulluwiii'; gentlemen were then elected ' dnwlors -Mcm-,1-, »V II Line, K. W.Trent, J I' J imiL .s n' F. Jenkins, U. Unit, \V \\ .nU, ami 11. Cobb.

. Napier, Tuesday. Experiments have been conducted by the Inspector of Sheep to (lotornnuo whether boiling-down fat sheep or shipping them to A'H'kl.ind utiic more profitable. The report, ■eat in (o tlio bupenntciidout slams that tlio average yield of tallow from lonsj-woolled (locks is U lb, and the average net rehurn per sheep, including the vulue of skin and leg's, and deducting expends, is 13-,; 12s lus been the highest price hitherto given for similar sheep by dealers. Probably boiling-dcnni will be eominenc»d on an exteusire scale.

From the Srvit. Now Plymouth. A wire will be immediately extended here. Mr Lemon is maluug the necessaiy Arrangements. L'lie natives are ottering to sell a large block of laud m the Xgatiwaru district. Dunedin. l'lie wool s.ile showed a decline of twopence ou the February rates In the charge against Rym for shooting Detective Fanell, Mr iJuton defended liy an. The Crown Proaecutoi produced correspondence between Ryan and Mis Karrcll, In one letter Ryan begged lier to elope m disguiao. Farrell in eross-exanmution, .vud th it on one occasion he watche.l his house witli a lo.wle I ie\ ol\ er. If he had seen anything improper between Uy.Hii .md his wife he would have forced him to cut oft his cats. Ile would then h.ive teleased him. If he bad refused he would have shot him. Telegtams fiom Queeiistowu leport th.it fclie Mai tin's B.iy settleis are on the verge of starvation. Tp to Matcl' 22 no vessel had arrived. Charleston Lhe Jlcv. Mr Itu&by hn,a b-cn drowned while b.itluu ' in the surf .