AUCKLAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1164, 11 December 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

Beferring- to the pmchase of the Waikato Tidies by Mr Edgcumbe, the Evening Star says:—"The Waikato Times has beeu recently bought by Jfl. LVI. Edgcumbe, Esq. This gentlemen who is well known m literary circles was for a considerable time proprietor of the Bay of Plenty Times, He made a visit to the old country, and on his return here has purchased the "Waikato Times. In tho hands of a gentleman of so much experience and talent our contemporary will no doubt make rapid progress and will be a success to its proprietor, and an inestimable boon to the public of the Waikato .district. Mr Edgcurabe, upon leaving Tauranga, was presented with a very complimentary testimonial and takes with him to, his new sphere the' good wishes of a large circle of friends.

The Horticultural Society have resolved to hold a show m March.

_The cage between Shera and rtoward hag been amicably settled through Ul9 intervention of mutual friends.

A salmon has been caught afi Mahurangi.

Mr Shera has taken out a summons against Mr Joseph Howard, for assault "with his clauohed fi3t, at a creditors' meeting m Lewis Brothers' eafcale. The hearing comes on tbe R.M. Court on Thursday. The affair caused considerable excitement. Messrs Hesketh and Richmond are retained for plaintiff, Mr Brookfield for defendant.

Mr R. H. D. Fergusson returned from Wellington to-day. He speakshopefully of the branch railway to Cambridge, and of the railway bridge below Hamilton.