AUCKLAND

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4254, 19 August 1882, Page 2

AUCKLAND

This day, A race for £25 aside for 100 yards has been arranged betwem Monnock and Pickering.

Japanese Man-o'-War. The Japanese mano'-war Tsukuba arrived yesterday night from Hobart. She is a ship rigged corvette of 1800 tons, and was built at Malacca in the Malay Peninsula in 1851 by British workmen. The hall is of teak, and of great strength, and has embrasures for ten guns. It is 251 feet in length, with beam of 38 feet. The engines and all mechanical appliances on board are of English manufacture, but the former are of only moderate power, and do not drive the vessel at more than eight or nine knots. The armament of the Tsukuba consists of ten guns, four of which are 64. pounders converted to Krupp, the remaining six brass 32 pounders, and are of native manufacture. Besides these there are smaller Armstrong guns for boat service. The officers and men on boatd are dressed in similar manner to the different ranks in the English service. The distinguishing characteristic is their frank and easy politeness. Most of the officers speak English. The complement comprises 23 officers, 11 midshipmen, 17 cadets, 270 seamen, total 328. She left Japan on March 4th, and remains hero several weeks. An Unsuccessful Swindle. The rumor that Wetere had confessed guilt in connection with the White Cliffs massacre was circulated through a telegram being forged at New Plymouth with Wetere's name signed thereto, alleging he had confessed and advising the receiver a Mokau man, to confess likewise to save himself. It is supposed the telegram never passed through the wires, but was written on a telegram form and sent to a natire by a person now engaged in Native land dealing, the object being to induce the native to confess and so cause the arrest of Wetere and close up Mokau where some parties had been unsuccessful in the Land Court in taking land from Wetere and bis people. [f BOH A CORRESPONDENT.] Sir G. Grey telegraphs to Mr Shera that, now the University has been secured for Auckland, he intends to present his library at the Kawau to the city. The general feeling here by men of all shades of opinion is one of admiration for Sir George Grey.

(Per Pbess Association.)