LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (From the Daily Southern Cross)

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 202, 26 August 1873, Page 2

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (From the Daily Southern Cross)

i uurangfi, Sal unlay. A new ]O( Key club i* being formed Mr (_' 0 Dm 13 threatens proceedings ngaiu^fc the Times, 1 )]• Mating lie \\iu c\pullcd iioiu Kotarua ; the Times refuses t > letrat-t.

Xnpicp, Siitunlay. I .V public meeting hns boen held lieio at w fnoh resolutions \\ i»k> pti-sed itf iinuurof nmiiicipaliU. A comitcr-pi'tition is biMiig prcparcti.

Fridqy. Henaro L'otea, sit a meeting at Poverty Bay after the Commission had adjourned, said the discontent among tho natives \v W more deeply seated tlian was supposed, Ho urged the duty of the Government was not to father the natives but to keep the Cowt open, for if through the action of Uenare Malua business was stopped, \]\o natnes would regard it as a further sign ol wenkiu'ss and degeneration on the piirt of the Europeans The majority of the natives supported the repudiation movement, "llenaro Alatim's mission h acknowk'djjed 1o be a gieat siiecc^-. The action oi the Go\eniinciit 1.1 tt ■;<]. hg !'-!> Cnmmi-s'.'i' is i,",h.11i1 mi X.ipvr as a llllalakv'.

\Vcllinslon, Saturday. Tlie iW sa.\s tint after tlie si--, m li I! m Mr li'itlipitc letiree from t!i(> Minion, .mi! t!< C<Mitiiii»siunct'ahi[i ofyi.unpa. Mr O'KorLc, IhmmiVi- I{i";i-.I rai-lrcncr.il Tlic mquirv rcgmlm- <li. all^oil iv\ult on board the William 'L'apsi-ott waa uoimuuetl to-ilu.v ami ailiouriieil.

.Aew J^h month, Friday. Tliere were 3,000 persons at the turning ol the lir»i b od of the Wmtiira railway. The fir«t sod of the Waitara. r^ilwojr was turned by Mrs l.ci., oiboy. j

Grejmontli, Friday. Tlip directors of the Groymouth Coal Company have selected a site for a shaft. They found a splendid seam of conl, from fourteen to sixteen feot thick. It was resolved td btart work on euch a low level as would dram ami prove the. mine. The mine was christened the VVftllsend Drive.

Pimcdm, Friday. Good wheat, §s Gd ; flour, in improved demand, £12 10s to £13; ontinenl, quiet, £21; bran, £3 10d (stocks low); oats, from 4s Id to 4s Gd. Tho opinion of the Provincial Solicitor supports the Council, n ml modifies tho objection of tho lato meeting of the L,gn<l Bonrd and the terms made with applicants, , A public meeting was held to consider tho route of the D'inedm and Moeraki railway last evening. There was a groat, discussion. Three resolutions were carried to the effect that Dunedin should be the central terminus of tlio line surveyed, diverging from the part hue adopted by the Government.