LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1329, 6 January 1881, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT .] Auckland, Last Night.

Tnv* vc-hpls in hsvrbour were gaily decorated iv bunting to-day in honour of the miirri.iKe of Mr Mills, of Wellington, airent for tho Union Steamship Compary, to MK< Maeffarlane, daughter of Mr Thomas Mucffarlnne, trustee in bankruptcy.

Good Templar Grand Lodge. Tin's morning, after the u«ual formalities of opening- the committee, on "good of order" continued their report on the mbjecfc of regali', which was concluded by a large majority in f.tvor of wearing rejriilia in all lodges as provided by the constitution, and decided that a public meeting be held to -momnv evening.

Tauranga, Last Night. The "Wuitnki successfully towed the Lady Jocelyn out of harbor, and the return of tho former is looked for shortly, as there are ft number of excursionists on board, who first viewed the great *>hip, and then boarded the Waitaki to watch the operation of towing. The new arrivals found fjood accommodation in the houses secured by the Reception Committee. The Te Puke settlers must perforce remain hero awhile longer as the roads opening up the block from Maketu will nbt be completed for three weeks.

Christchurch, Last Night. The jury, after an absence of an hour and a-half, returned a verdict of , guilty against Weremu Whoreapa, lor murder of his wife at Ohatara Islands, and the prisoner was sentenced to death. A man named Wilson attempted to ('drown himself in the Avon, but was , rescued by two passers-by. A public meeting will to held, pn Friday to receive the reporb of Messrs Thornton and Brown, who recently made •'a flying Burvey of the proposed West Coast railway, and to consider the advisability of forming a company to constiuct the line.