TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 212, 18 September 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPH IC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

(From the Daily Socthkbx Cboss.) .i Napier, Monday. Over 5,000 shares in ,tblß National Insurance Company have bei'ii applied lor hei'O. Christchurch, Menday. The meeting of the farmers convened bj the early closing movement promoters, did not take place. The farmers are evidently not taking mfficient interest in the matter to attend such meeting!). The raciiisi nuite'i between Hsrrii and Fox takes place on Saturday next. It excite* but wry little public- interest. Mr Thomas Watson, the well-known diver, u reported to have died in the Cassitis. shaft, at Boss, but the story is not tme. The annual entire horse show takes place on tbo 27th instant. It is expected to be a great racceis, as a large number of animals have been imported during the year. The share list of fcbe National Insurance Company closes on the 22nd instant. The demand for shared still continues. It is likely that Canterbury will send representatives to Melbourne to compete for the Victoriau Rifle Association prizes.

(From the Nkw Zealand llkiuld.) Christchurch, Tuesday Both papers here condemn in the strongest term* the laxity shewn by the immigration authorities in Auckland, as evinced, in the case of tho Berar. The Press says that Mr O'Korke, who U living in Auckland, should know the state of things there ; and also remarks' that he in one of the worst of Mr Vogel's- puppets. 8 pin. The Bernr case exoitci much interest here. '£\\cLyttellon Time* to-day savi " it is almost impossible to believo that (he succeeding detail* whichjwe extract fivm the same authority tan be true in e^ery respect, they are so very revolting and so damaging to the reputation of the colony". Enquiry into the whole circumstances i< of course indispensable. The statements made by the Herald must be either disproved or MibsUntinted, and blame must be fixed in tiie proper quarter; and it" only a tithe of what is shown should turn out to bo true, the treatment muted out to tho newly arrived immigrants wa9 disgraceful, and may prove disastrous." The Board of Education sitting yesterday had before it the question of Mr John Graham \ isiting schools at the Waimato and Totnukn, and giving lectures on table-rapping, Jfcc. It was decided to call the attention of the committee to tho prohibitory clauses of the Ordinance, and to request that such should not take place again.