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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 90, 12 July 1873, Page 3

Mr Lusk is now ‘ 4 doing” the Waikato. 1 “It h believed,” says a oorrospondent ■ writing .from bamilton, 4< that Mr Xmsk will rocoivt) couaidoiN able support in this district. **

Mr Hannon’s couch arrived in good time yestord;iy afternoon bringing Southern mails. Wo are indebted to Mr Harmon for Napier exchanges 1,0 She Bth inst. 13

W« arc requested to call attention to an advertisement ot Mr D. Asher’s which unpears in another portion of our paper.

The Gov* mtacHl have arranged with Messrs Me Meek an, Blackwood, and Co, for six months' service cadi way to connect with the P. and O. Coda mail boats at Melbourne. The contract boat, is to leave Melbourne immediately after arrival oi the mail. The outward mail will bo conveyed to Melbourne in 12 days from Dunedin, 11 from Lyttelton, 0 from Wellington, 61 from Hokitika. The steamer Paterson is to convoy from Ifelson the inward mails for New Plymouth and Auckland, and convey outward mails from those places to Nelson. The time from Molbourno to the Mauukau ia to be nine days. The service will bo commenced in Melbourne on arrival of the English mail, due there on the Bth July, and at Dunedin for outward mails on Ist August, “ Vigilant” sends aa the following :—” Surely the Church Committee never think of giving tho building to a firm out of this place, aa I am afraid they think of doing, by calling for tenders in tho Auckland papers. On whosoever’a proposition such action has been token he should never have a voice again, with my consent, in church matters. I do certainly trust that tho Church Committee will not be eo short-sighted that, for any reasonable difference in tho tenders, they will prefer giving tho work to any Auckland firm who may happen to bo under local contractors a few pounds. Hoping some other influence may bo brought to weigh with the committee in their judgment. I am not an intending contractor,” An in. our report of the proceeding* at the Commemoration supper theothcr night. Cap? am Morris proposed the commercial interest* ol Tuurauga, nut Captain Iforrte.