Auckland, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1378, 3 May 1881, Page 3

Auckland, Last Night.

Sir George Grey arrived at Coromandel, and will iiddrehs tho olcctoi'b there tonight. The Thames .speech is said to have caused srreat dissatisfaction, because it failed to intioduee anything new, and was a repetition of former addresses. Mr Brookfield has been appointed a judge of tho Native Linds Court, the intention being 1 that in future in cases which involve such large interests two judges shall sit, one versed in law, another in Maori matter*. Mr "Blackotfc has reported in favour of Calliope Point for the big dock bite for Auckland. In the stomach of a beast from Matam.ita, killed by an Auckland butcher, the following scraps of iron were found : — 7 chain links about an inch long, 7 stones of various si^es, 15 thick screws (some two inches in leDgth), 21 large nails (some 3-inch), S4- iron and tin tacks, 2 bolts and washers, and several pieces of Hhftrp pointed tin. To-day's telegrams fiom the South contain nothing additional re the wreck of the Tararna. The body found on the beach was identified as that of Mr Bailey, a waiter, of Dunedin. Superintendent Thompson has received a telegram stating that a destructive fire has taken place amongst some stacks of oats at Fen Court, near Cambridge on Saturday night. Incendiarism is suspected. The Superintendent has decided to despatch a detective to the assistance of the local officer to-morrow.