AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3460, 27 January 1880, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

Yesterday. Arrived : The ketch Pearl aud schooner Edith from Barotonga.

Sailed : The s.s. Hawea for the South. Passengers for Tauranga—-Mr and Mrs fait, Miss Tait, Master Wrigley, Cooke, Miss Wrigley, Tait, Menzies, and S. P. Smith. . For Gisborne —Messrs Ropata Taita, Trighton, Mrs Walsh, Miss McKinnon. For Napier—Miss Beale, Bey. E. N. Bree, Mrs Bree and child, Messrs Playter, R. W. Waterhouse Bond, Collier, and Jardison. For Wellington—Messrs H. B. Redstore, Greatrex, Cairn, and Major Campbell. For Lyttelton—Pastor Chiniquy, L. Parent, Mrs Hall, Bevy S. Macfarlane, Jebson, J. Hallsbro.ke, F. G. Clayton, G. Pain, Keutell, Paxton, and Gooday. For Dunediu—G. Burgess, Miss Cameron, Miss Allen (2), Mrs Waterston and family. J. Deans, aud E. Morton.

The Free Methodist District Meeting to-day continued its sitting. The prospective grants to the dependent circuits were decided upon, after which the list of stations were read a third time and confirmed as follows : — Addington, Joseph White ; Auckland, Robt. Taylor; Christchurch, Edward 0. Perry; Malvera and Napier, Charles Penny ; Oxford, Henry Jiobert Wilkinson;. liangiora, Samuel McFarlane ; Keeftoo, John Parkin ; Waipaniu aud Woodville, John Thesly Warboys; Wellington, Harry Blake Kedstone; Westport, Thomas Hodgson.

The Merchant Seamen's *Anglican Mission is not proving a success. Yesterday the Etv. B. T. Dudley attended to conduct divine service, but after waiting some time and no congregation appearing he left for St. Sepulchres.

The first aunusil session has been held of the Grand Lodge of Loyal United Friends, and a valuable iea and coffee service was given to the retiring R.W.G.M., Bro. James Cox.

Macdonald, agent for ,T. C. Williamson and Gilbert and Sulliran, has succseded in obtaining a recognition of his right in H.M. Pinafore, aad the payment of author's fees by the Riccardi Company.