PER SPECIAL WIRE TO "STAR."

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3383, 25 October 1879, Page 1

PER SPECIAL WIRE TO "STAR."

(Peu Fbbss Association.)

AUCKLAND.

Last night. A Promise.

The Education Board has received from the Education Department the following reply to their application for'« larger j^rant for ichool building ■ :—" It is the intention of the Government to propose to the Rousa of Representatives a further sum for school buildings to. meet the special circumstances of lome districts, including Auckland. lam unable to ray at present whether it will be possible to satisfy all demands which are made upon the resources of yonx Board."

Sow Auckland his bna neglected. At th« executive meeting of the North Island Association, James McCosh Clark read a financial paper shewing that Auckland has been defrauded to the amount of £410,248 in the past* and hat a further claim to £803,195 out of the new loan, makiag in all £1,213.0M3.^ Business this week is reported^ lie better, and considerable tales of mercandise of erery description were effected. Hennessy' sold at 34a cash, but holders now ask 35s and 365. Fine and coarae salt in request, xrith little stock, at £5 10s and £5. Fencing wire firm at £13 15s to £14. Good business in sugarMelbourne J. 0., £38 10s to £39. Breadstuff* firm, and large sales at ndvaneed quotations; local, superfine, £16, house* hold £U, Southern £13 10s to £14, Adelaide £15 to £15 10s. Meixe, rising —Syduey sold ai 3d 7d, 3s 9d now asked, East Coast 3s 9d to 4s. Oats about tame. Canterbury pohatoeK, £8 ; small lines, £8 10s to £9. Batter, Sd; bacon, lOd; cheese, Southern, 8d to B}d. ,