AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3318, 11 August 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

Sunday night. Arrived t i.s. Oreti from Wellington 1, also s.s. Tairoa and schooner Falcon, from Lyttelton. Sailed: b.s. Botorua, this afternoon, in the teeth of a north easter with incessant rain. The Victoria Loftus Troupe gave their farewell performance last night to a crowded house. They play at the Thames during the coming week. ! It is stated that the Rev. J. Hi Cornford of Sydney, formerly of Auckland returns to New Zealand to settle at Napier. Saturday night. Joseph Porter, witness" in"'a licensing case, attempted to leave for Sydney in the Hero, he was arrested and had to find securities for £40, and himself in £10.

;, Robert Mcc and William Middleton

are charged..with breaking? into the dwelling of Mary Burke and stealing goods. Prosecutrix had gone to Napier, locking up her premises in the meantime. Prisoners were remanded. ; ;

M.W.G.M. Bro. Wheeler, of Dunedin, at the Star of Auckland Lodge, instituted the sublime agree of Rebecca to the wives of those members who were entitled from their position in.the order to take it. Fifty persons were initiated also. ■

It is understood that the Rev. George Brown proceeds to Fiji to attend a Court of Enquiry to be instituted by Sir Arthur Gordon on his arrival, into tho recent events in New Britain. |'" The constabulary of Kihikihi; have been strengthened; Major Minett late of

the 18th Eoyal Irish, commands tKe post. , '

Mr Do Lisle Hammond lectured on Zenobia to a large audienc in the Choral Hall, in aid of the funds, of the Auckland Ladies Eanevolent Society.

At the annual meeting of the Auckland Racing Club, it was resolved to ask Hit Excellency the Governor to become patron. The membership has largely increased.

The Eductttion-Board hifrifpfoiWfea* an instructor of Drill ,and gymnastics for the* city and suburban schools. * :X' 'J'x • A singular >aurin Bor'lizard* hIS" nbeeri presented to the Museum. It is said to be a habitant of the Eocky Mountains of America, and is the last survivor of three that came by the 'FriscQ steamer. It eats nothing, but lives" in freestone, gravel. Our savants have not soientinV cally named it yet. ■<[ f { |