Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3230, 14 June 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

i, ' AUCKLAND ITEMS. 3| Auckland, June 18, ,t The Crown Lauds Board to-day 5. received a further number of appJij cations fcr land for settlement, and 11 it was agreed by tliera to draw the attention of tlio Government to the fact that the resources of the Survey Department are not sufficient to sieefc tlio call for the survey of lands, so , urgent is the demand for settlement, The dead body of a man, whose name is unknown, was found floating 5 in the harbor near the railway s wharf to-day, » It is reported that a discovery of c gold has been made in the Kaiaotuna j block, Coromaudel, and a rush has , sot in, 1 T. J, Morrow, late secretary of the , Arch Hill Boad Board, who was , arrested in Fiji, charged with embez- [ zlingthe funds of that body, was j brought to Auckland by tlio Mawhera . which arrived to-day. His case has I been remanded for a week, 1 The principal cause for the recent 1 advanoos m price made by the Colo- . ilia! Sugar refining Company is , stated to be tho increased value of ■ raw material owing to short crop. i A rumour has .been current in [ . Auckland that Government House ■ here was no longer to be maintained , , as a residenco for the Governor, the , holdor of that position being thus < precluded from making any pro- ] longed stay in this city, or indeed ; from visiting it. The subject was discussed at a meeting of the City j Council to-night, and the Mayor and r Mr Goldie, M.H.8., were appointed to take action in the matter. Messrs 5 T, Thompson and F, Lawry, M.H.K.'s { telegraphed to Mr J5. Mitcbelson & to<day asking if there was any truth j in tho story. The Minister for Public Works [replied that he knew j nothing of the rumour, and asked « Messrs Lawry audThompsou to wire ut particulars, The' Herald lias a c leader to-day on the subject, pointing j] out that the closing of. Government b House would moan a great loss and ut injury to the city, and urging the 0 people to ask the Government for an & explanation. [\ We have an extensive range of English and' Colonial Manufacture, tlio former at "• prices unaffected by the enormous intense ci of duty and the latter rogardless'oi the «■ advance (net Colonial makers have put 'on ftoir productions. 'ln a word, we shall soil r < our Flannels of all makers for last years di prices at To Aro House, Wellington, ' K