TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 226, 21 October 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

(From the Nkw Zealand Heiulu.) _,__,, Napier, Friday. Mr R. Mailer reports tbo sale of the Tunanui estate of 11,000 acres, at 25s per acre, and 440 acres of the Eedciffe eitate at £500. Saturday. In the Magistrate's Court, X Jacobs was fined £25, for attempting to evade tho Customs duties. Dofendanfc had actually i•-■i •-■ i 1 more than the duty, but had put in two sets of imr .iv- -, ne containing a valuation too high, and the other 100 lo* He paid on tho highest. He was convicted bci-j.u « neitht r u,i3 absolutely correct. Welling! on, Friday. A \i\or .rsi ii.mi announces the tramiuiesion of messages origimitni^ id (he colony of Victoria by post to New Zealand, free ol postage. 'Ibr orders in council fix the telegraph, charges at follow:— Private— Jii-bt ten words, one shilling, and every additional word one penny. Sundays, double rates for press messages between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.; on week days, sixpence for the first ten words, and a half-penny for every *rord additional. Messages between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., •ixpence for tho first 25 words, and threepence for every additional 25. Exemptions are mado in faror of the press in respect to the transmission of news received by Australian San Francisco mails. The Independent publish™ the riroulnr sent from the Immigration Minister to Stiponiiluurloiils regarding the provincial uiaiwgeineul of imuiigrauts. It id understood that

tiu> \V*i ill isjton provincial authorities will have nothing to do with tlii? arrangements as proposed. Saturday. H.M. i. Pearl tailed with the Governor and suite" for Auckland, at noon. The Post doubts whether (he new immigration instructions can be carried out. The William Tupscutt. is still anchored inside the heads. Some fresh men hare shipped, and it is reported that others have deserted. The Manawatu is »till ashore. If not got off this tide, the Taranaki or Rungntira will go to her assistance. It is said that there is a ship on fire outside the heads. Flames liars been seen from the hills. It is too dark to signal. The name begins with " B," and is supposed to be the immigrant ship E. P. Bouverie. The Patterson and Lytlellon have none out to render assistance, but were not back by eight o'clock. New" Plymouth, Saturday. 1 here will stand for t lie Super in tendency election — Atkinson, Currington, and Brown. They are stumping the district. The two first aro favourites. Vot.s of confidence hare been pa«ced at all the meetings of the first two. Dunedin, Friday. Jnnies Adam hm been appointed immigration a<nmt at home for Otaijo. ° Sir James Fergusson will turn the first sod of the Lawrence and Tokomarino railway in December. All the newspapers npproro of the order in Council regarding immigration. The Times insinuates that Mr Vogel goes homo in charge of emigration. The Guardian thinks the department in England cannot do the work expected of it. r . Chrutelmrcn, Friday. The Funjaub s immigrants continue to improve in health. Twenty-6ix cases in the hospital now, only one of which is dangerous. Thirteen aro convalescent.