SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE "WAIKATO TIMES." (From the Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.) Auckand, Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Waikato Times, 8 January 1874, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE "WAIKATO TIMES." (From the Anglo- Australian Telegraph Agency.) Auckand, Wednesday, 8 p.m.

The Superintendent nnd his Executive proceed to Waikato on Friday next lor the purpose of turning the first sod of the railway rxten-ion iiom Mercer to Nsrarunwnhia. The nnnu.il meeting ot rho Grand Loducof Odd Fellows : vas held Ins 1 night. Delegates were present from the Thames, Coromandel, Waikato, Nnpwr and Wellington. There wq< a banquet on the occasion. The Supreme Court nan been engaged all day on the trial of a case of catlle stealing. When the jury brought in their \erdict atnigbt, it was discovered thntn juryman had served the place of another, having mistaken his name when called, The Chief Justice, after consideration, decided to^ischarge the jury without taking verdict. There i» lo be a new trial. Arrived— Wellington and Go-a-head, from the South. The Claude Hamilton failed for the West Coast at six o'clocl. Mr McLean hoa gone to Horowhenua to settle native disputes. The natives ridicule the efforts of the commissioners aprointed by the Government. The Governor is expeUed here on the 17tl) . On the Ist of next month the Luna will sail with the Commissioner of Customs' for the purpose of making examination of coast line and determining Bites of lighthouses voted last session. Passenger's luggage and effects have been left on board unnecessarily, notwitlw'Audiiig protests of passengers. The official enquiry commences to-morrow. There are strange rumours afloat concerning the captain and tii stand second officers. A great number of steamers have left for the wreck with the view of saving a» much as gfcsible. If fine weather continues it is believed that the^psel can bo got off in ten days. ; The Koi them escort, last evening brought down 16,000 ounces of gold. Private advices state that the steamer Mongal left London for this port dhect, on the 23rd of December. The share list of the Union Shipping Company closes on the 20th instant. Several pas-senders of the Surat have been admitted to tbe hospital on account of illness brought on by exposure. Doth morning papers favorably review the Premier's Mr Sannder's reportß :— Blact Angel, 21s Gd j Sellers: National Bank, 635; National Insurance, 21s Gd; Moanataira, -ICU ; Bank of New Zealand, £16 l/sfil. Dunedin, Wednesday. It was resolved at a meetin* of the Surat Relief Committee to collect .C5OO to be dmtiibutcd amongst the married people only. The total losses of the passengers amounted to £2,000. One man had £264 in sovereigns j in his box.