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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4349, 8 December 1882, Page 2

Thb following are the teams which will play in the cricket; mifcoh at Parawai tomorrow afternoon :—Civil Servants*: Ajfckfln, Colhoun, Newton, Sustens, Airey, Lowe, Slight, Coney, Rankinj Horue, and figging' ton. Bankers and Brokers: Frater, Fenton, Hennelly, G-ellion, Brassey, A. Rowe, S. Bo we, Veale, Branfill, McFarland, and Melhose. Play starts at 2 o'clock.

The Sorrento, with 5838 sheep, 4223 bales wool, 82 bales skins, 5798 facts grain, 139 casks tallow, and 13,173 ounces gold, took her peparturc^, from Dunedin for London yesterday afternoon via the Suez Canal; the total value of the cargo is £130,000.

Mb Caldwell, head gaoler of Dunedin, who, it was announced recently, would be shifted to Auckland, h»s received twelve months leave of absence on full pay.

Mb Bracken, M.H.Tt. for Dunedin Central, addressed his constituents last night. There were 600 or 700 people present. At the close of his addres no questions were naked, and a unanimous, vote of confidence was carried.

Bewi writes to the Herald:—Some time since we saw a statement in jour newspaper to the effect that the Ngatimaniapoto had coneented to give land t,o t! c Waikatoe. This is our word, that of Ngatimaniapoto, that we will not consent to give land to the Waikatos. This decision has been settled by us, and is unalterable.—From the whole of Ngati* maniapoto.

The native road obsfcructors at Whangarei are very defiant. Yesterday they paraded with loaded guns and tomahawks on the disputed blocks, and practised firing at a target from sunrise. The proceedings were witnessed by several settlers. .

The price paid by the Waikato Land Association to the Hon. Jae. Williamson for the Surrey Hills estate, Ponsonby, is stated as £100,000.

At the Government land ealo at Gisborne yeßterday there was ■ a large attendance, and the bidding in some cases was spirited. The result of the sale was a total of £10,358 15s. Several of the lots were passed in.

The Waiotahi Creek was. turned into the new overhead aqueduct-to-day.

Thb Registrar of births, deaths, and marriages is making a raid on parents who have neglected to vaccinate their children.