TELEGRAPHIC (From the New Zealand Herald.)

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 270, 3 February 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC (From the New Zealand Herald.)

' T.uiran>»a, Siturdny. A company U proposod at Opotiki to utilise the uulphur at White Island. Tenders nre called for n-w GoTernment, officer. Wellington, Saturday. Tho Sleam S'upmng Company was tiu.'d in tlio Kesi lent M.igiutrute'a Court five pounds for the uftrncv* o'" c&r <T ing toj many passengers betneeu Wellington and Picton, beaides ono bulling per liend, milking ten pounds altogether. Tio Independent Order of &ec.iabit*9 intend ereoti«j» % hull costing a thousand pounds, »ml mt nd asking tb.B Pro \nrul Q-overnniDnt for a free site. The G )Ternment steamer Luna brought dovrn 20 of the Native Armed Continent to-daj, to be s(aHon*d at Horo» whentiii A nieeting lias been held to form a Seamen* Union, it winch it v<m rebolred that an atlruiice of £2 p i r montli ahi>u'(l be i.iarie in the pay of officers, Cfirprnteia, cocks and stewards ; tii«t the wiiged of firemen u'lould be £12 pt>r iMontti ; the trimnierd, i.B per inoiitM, and foremast iiaudj on Milling coasters £7 per month. Ohristfhurch, S.iturJay At ii meeting of the Astronomical Society, nel i yesterday, the committee wua rt-que-ted to communieute with the General GoTi>rnn.»nt, with a view to >;ivii)(i e\erv anHiifunee to tlie Tru'isit ol Venus C<J>nmiBBu#n when U urnvi d in the colony. It. was also decided <o taKe uleps towards the establishment ol uu oDsirvalorjThe new outl'ull dram, which wit £12,000 was fbriitnl'.y opened yesterday. The Mayor (ij. JJ Had) gure a commeincative oanqnet in the evening to 150 ;. Dnnedm, Situidnj. At th<> oununl molingof Oipeubscnberg In Id lust evening it w.i 3 re^olvid. by 91 to 83, to op.-n the Atheunmn for four hours on Sunday. A protect has been entered by BPVtr.il Xwgymen »nd Dthers. It is not thought tlie resolution will be i i no 1 ;nlo etfjofc. Tlie new submarine boat was tmccesifully submerged today.