(From Our own Correspondent.) Auckland, Monday.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 476, 8 June 1875, Page 2

(From Our own Correspo ndent.) Auckland, Monday.

It is reported -thtttf tne Auckland Steam Packet ,C,ompany are negotiating, the. purchase of the s.s. Hero. At the Police Court, William Wilkins, who is ' charged with stealing j£4 10s from a lodger at the Blue Post Restaurant, pleaded that when seen waM^ff wtt a candle searching poc%ets^^WgersS^urnig^^^ night, he was in a state^J^smnniyji^ilisilti- Tjhe Bench said the case was suspicious, but dismissefeLit. In the Supreme Court to-day, the case of George Thorne resolved itself into a battle between Judge Gillies and Mr MacCormick ; the former trying to avoid examination, the latter persisting in going into the matter heard before. Nothing new has been disclosed. The case was adjourned. The Racing Club Committee 1 determined to strictly enquire into the alleged questionable proceedings in connection with. the races between Day Break and Maor^Weed on Saturday. A^TWj^r. fcpposod td^'&HJie Julia, belonging to Mr WH^afflj^T^hip^pWidlftr, has been wrecked at Tirua n<Vs shows many gold bearing reefs as being discovered spreading over a large area. The "Advertiser's" reporter considers it will piove the richest goldfield in the colony. Grahamstown. Thomas Gillan has been fined £20 for sly grog selling at Parawai. Taupo The establishment of Government Savings Banks in the district has caused great excitement amongst the natives, who are holding a meeting to decide upon the establishment of industrial pursuits, to raise money to deposit. Pohipa prophecies that the iaank will promote industry among the whole of the inland tribes, extending across to the Bay of Plenty and Ufe^CiStec^intry^ . X 3 \l\ "* * eW^jm^i, Monday. The sform has subsided: The lower parts of the city are extensively flooded j^grpat damage his been done. Reports from country districts confirm the opinion that it lias been the most severe storm for fifteen years. Napier. Tho Methodist Church has been blown down. Wellington, Monday. Sir George Grey has written a long letter to the " Wairarapa Standard," denouncing the attempt to create class distinctions in New Zealand, The letter is a most remarkable one, it refers to the oppression of lower orders in London, the Inquisition, the Bastile, and Venetian Council of Ten, as possibilities, unless tendencies to class distinction are checked.