LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 167, 3 June 1873, Page 2

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Napier, Saturday, 1 30 p.m. Arrived . Rangattra, from Auckland and I'overty Bay. S\ve bna^ news Irom tlvo latter place that a large public meeting hut bi'on held for ihe furniatioii of a Petroleum Compnny, to purcliiiae or lease 5,3 il acres of laau n> which oil springs are situated. It is proposed to tlio leaseholders l,lMX>cth>irt't>, and 15 percent, royalty. Experi'nental borings for oil have been very duecesalul. Eight hundred shares wer« taken.

8 p nu A man iutno.l i'orpie was committed for trial at Gdsbonu" on the 2(jtli instant, on a chargo of forgery on tho Bank of New Zealand. Mr Sheehan is expected bore next week to defend Ken-ire to Moana lor perjury. The ease has been adjourned until his armal The natives state tliat Mr Sheehan intends taking up his permanent residence here as native solicitor. A public meeting w.ia hold on Thursday, at Gisborne, re Petroleum Company, when, after a long discussion, matters wore satisfactorily arranged between the shareholders and the parties holding the lea-ie of the land. Some of the oil. refined by Mr Steiiart, was lit at the meeting. It burnt splendidly, and showed a capital light. A large number of shares have been subscribed for-

Tauranga, Saturday, 8 p.m. The natives of Niho-o-te-Kiore are willing to open the Cambridge 1 and Tiiupo road. lion Ngutia writes a letter to the local newspaper protesting against the charge of befriending rebels. Three days' work will complete the Mangorewa bridge, and the Taupo road will then be open.

Wellington, S.iturdav, 8 p.m. Sailed : Ladybird, for Picton and the North. The Magnet Troupe ore passengers.