AUCKLAND.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 28, 24 January 1877, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

January 20. William Rose has been charged With . obtaining goods under false pretences : from two Auckland merchants; and is said to have been guilty .of a similar i offence against John Gibson, of Patea. ... The prisoner was arrested wliile taking out two local Hebes. He has bee%^> ? manded for the arrival of. Mr Gibson, j. Arrived— Loch TTrr, from London, ,9.6 " days out. • '\ ; \ The English cricketers play here on the 29th, 30th, and 31st. i • .<&& There appears to be no grtaKfoc hoping the Pirongia difficulty rbe quietly arranged. Falconer has- withdrawn the surveyors from the disputed, land, which is partly within and. partly beyond the confiscated boundary, and was granted some years" agp, Djr the \. Compensation Court, to- MrspDorgan, m consideration of losses sustained during the war. Mrs Morgan sold the land to Smith, of Dunedin, a few weeks ago, for £600. • " ; Mr Broomhall has .accepted the last conditions offered by the Land Board. Returns furnished by the relievingofficer show that 268 adults are m receipt of relief m Auckland. This includes old women and women m Refuge. A well at.Seccombe's brewery; rwhich.' supplied the town when, thje Domain water supply fell off, . coUapsed last night. The debris has completely; filled up the well, burying gear and machinery. The damage is estimated at £1000. The " Star ", states on the authorityof the Attorney-Goneral that where the Counties Act is not brought fully into operation, or no rate levied, a subsidy on the basis of a total amount of rates collected by the Highway Districts m., the County will still be payable. Where the permissive clauses of the Counties' Act are suspended, the County. subsidies will be paid direct to Highway Boards,