AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3207, 30 May 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

Hon. John Sheohan with Rewi in Auckland. l; Pira. in Victoria .Street; ' The; Hon. John Sheehan and party, with ftewi, arrived at Ngarnawahia this morning en route for Auckland.

Rewi is accompanied by several Ngatimaniapoto and Ngapulii .Chiefs. Eewi was greatly affected at Ngaruawahia, as it was, the former capital ,of Potatau. He shed tears. The party arrived at Auckland at two o'clock, and was received by a military band and.driven through the town. This is the first time Eewi has visited Lower Waikato or Auckland, since the war. : :;

A fire occurred in Victoria street in Simpson's shop, containing drapery, boots, and other light clothing. The Brigade quickly arrived, but the contents of the (•hop were mostly destroyed. Insured in the Eoyal for two hundred and fifty, and in the Colonial for one hundred.

The seizure of the vacated Constabulary huts at the Wai pa, between Cambridge and Eotorua, was made by two old Hau* haus, who are now at the Cambridge Land Court. .

Mr Woon, owner of the huts, ordered his men to throw the meddling natives into the river if they' again interfere with the huts. It is explained, however, that the natives thought the huts had been abandoned.

Arrived: The Hawca, Oretai, and Omaha from Lyttelton. - Robert Cfraham in Court Over Hotcraa Lands. Case Gaming off This Eveaiag. Mr Hobert Graham was charged to-day before Mr Barstow, E.M., with being

unlawfully in possession of lands at llotorua known as the To .Koutou, for which negotiations had proviously been entered into with the natives on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen. Tho defendant pleaded not guilty.

Owing to the illness of Mr Brookfield, the Crown Prosecutor, the case was adjourned until this evening. Arrived : Linda "Weber from Oamaru.