AUCKLAND.
Jjasfc night. Chilliugton, late of the Soyal Engineer, was elected first Lieutenant of the Volunteer Engineers. The Mayor gives a ten guinea cup for competition at the regatta. Bewilll. , Bewi ia said to be seriously indis* po?ed. The natives are looking forward with interest to the great native meeting next month when the land transactions of Kgitinu Eawawitl be reviewed.
The regatta committee m>-et toniijlit to decide tor the champion s hooner race. The first prize is likt-ly to bu £100 and a sextant, and the st-eoud £30. .For the large cutter race, Ist prizvj, silver cup, ralue £35, prescnled by a member, vnih £15 added; second prize, £20; third, £10. Two other silver cups will b« presented lor open boat and yacht races. There is every promise of a successful meeting. The pending assault cases between J. M. Shera and Joseph Howard bare been settled without an appeal to the law Courts through the intervention of mutual friends.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3423, 11 December 1879, Page 2
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160AUCKLAND. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3423, 11 December 1879, Page 2
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