LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1631, 16 December 1882, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

The Markets. ■ •} Auckland, Last Night. Rqttcv h.a.s Veen plentifnl .during the week, but is still niioted at lOd per v lbV retail, while 'eggs nave' Reclined to ']s 3d per doz, I'-efcail j maijw is now woi'kh from 4s, Bd to 5s per bushel. There are no otlier alterations in market worth special, notice.'

Tne Races. Messrs B. * Tonka and Co. sold the privileges to-day of the Auckland Racing Club Summer, Sleeting as under : — Stall, No. 1, . £65, McGlashan; No. . 2, £55, McGlashau-; N0., 3, £40; and No. 4; £03, Foster ; grand-atand, £39, Adams ; second' bai\ £79, Gellander; (linin,g[-rao,m, £27 10s, McEwenyoaY^s, £125,,?AdaW ! ; fruit stall. £1£(, Mrs Huut ; good teni'-' plarg' stall, £22?, Anderson 1 ; stabling, £7, MqO^. „The,( j bidding ,was spirited turdughort'f;;^[.j/ijj^"* ' >l 1"

Fire at Onehunga. , The 'fire at ; Qu'ehiinfea f yester^ay tiesa lmy;l6f c JBtiberglan Hotel, owned by Mr SeocomWrantl kept by Mr Ternafhan.r;jGDli^ following;are ( ; phe > insurances, 6n>lipe,*buildipgs% d^royedii-^N^ Zepr, Jabdl: JOJaßihopi [ dliOiilvd'Chvm \ raig's dwelUpg:and Bhpp;r£2so ; Pegler's

nurwtfof Marian Hamilton, widtvr of the"; late Hugh Hamilton, who met his death, %* fracture of the sku)!,, jiupjios^ tig} hj£& been caused by fri^ng^on^jhJiNU] bedStead, and Thomas P^tley, theol§| gicSl student, on a charge of -^ilfull. pMfdev. The police case agijnst l^ppears to be wholly circutirttantifjf arid)* consists in alleged undue mtimacy between the widow and the oth«T accused, the diacovery of an axe bearing blood -stains,, and ,a spot of blood on Priestley^ tirousers, together with the contradictory sti)temenss alleged to have been made by the "accused. Priestley formerly lived at Awitu, when he changed from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant, and Mr MeTier uudertook the expense of aiding hinvto enter- upou his studies for fch'e' h-egl&teriab.' 'Churchl feia^try. He was a prominent Sunday-school teacher, and often filled vacancies t in country^ districts.- - - •- "- New Steam Serrice with England, The New Zealand Shipping Comp.iny' -Start, a direct monthly, »team,^Bej:jricc, immediately, the first steamer, British King, leaving ' for Wellington next January, and the British Queen the following month for Lyttelton. The following month a. steamer comes to Auckland.

. New Company. A pedigree ' stock company, with a capital of £200,000, has-been formed, and the prospectus issued includes aolean's, Morrin's and other leading breeders.

} ? Mining. 1 Sales : Prince Imperials to-day, 32s 6d, 335, and 34s