LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 214, 23 September 1873, Page 2

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

(From the Daily Southern Cross.) Jjjttclton, Saturdaj'. The Panjaub, 108 (lays out from London, Ims arrived. She had on board 15(3 emigrants originally- During the passage 29 deaths occurred, principally' children who died from t j plioul fever and measlc9. r J?lu> ship has been placed in quarantine.

Christchuveh, Saturday. Waste Linds sales this week amount to £C,OOl. 430 applications -were received by the National Insurance Company for slnrcs, representing £15,000. The match Fox v. Karris wps run to-day. About 1,500 people wore on tho ground. In 100 yards Fox was to receive two yards start, but owing to making two false starts ho was put back a'* aid eacli time, and therefore both men started level at scratch. There was no betting at starting. A very pood start was effected. Fox having slightly the advantage. When about fifty yards were g^one Harrte can^e to tlie front, arid a game struggle ensiled, ending in Harris winning by three-quarters of a yard. Time, ten qcconds. For the next ovent, the champion' of 1-30 yards, Fox received four yards' start. H e got awny first, gelling tho belter of tho start, and led for the ilrst hundred yards by about fivo or six yards. When this had been gone Fox showed signs of distress, and Harris, putting on a grand spurt, won by about half a yard. Tirao, 15 se.conds. Close to home Fox made a struggle. Tho third, 200 ynrds, was not run oil. Two of the Episcopalian schools in tho town have resolved to keep open m opposition to the District schools under the Act. A Cathedral guild, for Ihe purpose of assisting in the work of the erection of a cathedral, lias been formed. The Primate is President, and six(y-one members have already joined it.