THE NORTH.

Evening Star, Issue 2923, 2 July 1872, Page 3

THE NORTH.

The formation of a Rifle Association is mooted in Wellington. A new magazine, to be called the Church Gazette, is about to be published in Auckland. A number of valuable swans belonging to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, have been destroyed by dogs. An immense tiger shark fifteen feet long, has been captured a few days ago at the Kaikoura: the girth of its carcass was as great as that of a horse. The Provincial Council of Nelscm have authorised the immediate construction of a tramway from the Brunner coal mine to Co,bden, pending the completion of the railfo Grey mouth. Tbe'iVW ZtecMwl 1 for aid suggests that a prison ship should be purchased by the Go' vernment in which to train lads which are at present committed to the Reformatory to the business of sailors. The Coromandel Mail of June 18th says— We are glad to learn that there is every probability of the telegraph line between Coromandel and Grahamstown being completed in a week’s time, notwithstanding the numerous interruptions that have taken place in its construction. The sanitary condition of the City of Auckland must be in a frightful state. In a recent issue of the Herald we find the following paragraph :—“The stench arising from the sewer at wharf was, yesterday and the day before, something dreadful. If the smell i» so bad in winter, what may we expect next summer, unless something is done in the meantime. We suppose it will require a cholera or a malignant fever to bring the governing powers to a sense of their duty.’’