AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4691, 19 January 1884, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

■'.:."■■/. This-day; The Board of Educatioahas been advised that the building grant is £9,600, whereas £14,000 was expected. It has been de? cided to protest. Thomas Henshaw, who has been arrested for indecently assaulting a girl aged 10, has been up previously on a similar charge. He is a storekeeper at Onehunga. Laiag, the well-known trainer, has been missing since the conclusion of the recent ys}}fia%&Toa. races. It^is feared some misK adventHVG l>ss befallen him. Ifc is considered yery improbable that the Tasmanian cricketers will come to Auckland. Nothing has yet been heard on the aubjject. The ship Opawa, from London, anchored inside Tiriliri last night. H.ey passage has been uneventful; she brings eleren passengers. T^wbiao, who has been at Kawhia, arrived at Wfratiwbat&oe on Sunday last, and wa3 in Alexandra yestordoy. Jeff )Lbe place intoxicated. The 'nat^vea are vej*y short of .cash, and anxious for the road formation from Alexandra to Kawhia to be commenced, Their potato

rop is a failure, the tubers being no larger than marbles. Regarding the alleged'watering'of the wicket in the recentinterprovincial cricket match, it now transpires' that all the water was put onHhe blockhole, and more outside the popping crease ; so that while the Canterbury bowling was not affected, the Auckland men were hitting on sloppy ground. The programme of the Henderson's Mill Jockey Club races has been arranged. The races take place on March 15. The total amount of added money is £300, against £240 last year. In playing for Auckland against Waikato yesterday, Eobinson made a score of 124. The Waikato team, which is very weak, w.as once again easily beaten.

(Pee Pbess, Association.)