AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4336, 23 November 1882, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

This day.

The diree'tors of the Thames Winding Company (Crown Princess) accept Harrison and Coal's tender for the erection of winding plant.

At a meeting of the associated mining companies Mr Errington, C.E., was appointed consulting engineer.

Quite a panic existed this morning in the sharemarket, all done by Auckland holders. Shares now £5J 10s.

Many of the natives who have been attending the Land Courts at Rotorua and Cambridge have been affected with fever and ague in a severe form, and several deaths have taken place.

News has been received that the Patetere Company has been floated except a comparatively small sum. Since then arrangements have b< en made for the completion of the project, and there is no doubt that the scheme of settlement will be vigorously proceeded with.

Tb.3 leading orgaus of Catholic opinion in England state that it is the intention of the Pope to place the North Island of New Zealand entirely under the spiritual juri-dictioii;'qf the Benedictine Order.

Mace, champion boxer, arrived by the steamer Rotorua,,en route for San Francisco, under engagement to Mr Pox, proprietor of the New York Police Gazette, to box Sullivan, Champion of America. Slade. champion wrestler of New Zealand accompanies. Mace to America, and prior to their departure, Mace intends giving one or two farewell performances.