TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, 6 January 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Wellington, Saturday. The s.s. Wellington, winch sailed lortlieManukau to-day, wns detained Ml the last moment, owing to tUemcn refusing to sign the articles without a clause nisot.nl rrmbl.ng them to leave at any time with 24 hours n >tice. The wages of the firemen were raised to £12 per month. The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to pratique to-day. The Calaeno arrived, 128 days from Gruvesend. She brings no emigrants, but a valuable lot, of s'leup ; 12 of them died out of 17. There are 3 cabin pnssenjrcrs.

New Plvtnoiitli, Salurdny. Captain Braund of the schooner (.'harj bdi*, from tlio Manukau, wlien off Wattara, smmheil Ins foie-finger; lie called here for surgical aid. He lei*, for Ljttelton again last night. A firo bJoto out in Mr Taylor' < biuUlmirs, but was extinguished before much was damngecl. The premises were not insured.

Dunedin, Saturday. Further telegrams haro been received with reference to tbe Surat.

Balclutha, Saturday. The Sural struck on a s-ibmi-rged rook 19 miles north of the Dog light. Her speed enrried her orrr Vw rock ; the captain put to sea ; tho crew iwri pnwngoM, including the women, pumped all night. J)i & tre*« s^imls were tried to a passing steamer, but were limited down hv tlie i-aptAin; who threntened to shoot any one who signalled, mild stopped the women from waving thuwU. &c. Tlie cliief nmtr was disarmed bj the seamen ; he wa-t about to scuttle the boat, and ultimately the captain benched i lie uliip and lauded 60 passengers, when tlie vestel drilted a«mn. Sll » wtwlwHehecl nt tlie mouth of the Catlin River The p» s.-ncrer* hare lost all their luggage, &c. When found in thu uiorninsi she wai sinking in the sand. She is liU-l.> to br.uk up. The chief part of her cargo is railway iron und i-l ml for tho Kaikoura woollen factory. The Caledonian sports were continued to-day for the benefit of tho benevolent asylum. The Southern Mercury, a new weekly paper, edited by Mr Vincent Pyke, M.H.K., made its first nppr-nrnnce to-dor.