LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [ BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The Markets. Auckland, Last Night.
Therk are very few alterations in the maiket pncea for produce during tiie week. Butter is now quoted at,ls wholesale, and Is 3d retail ; eggs, 8d per doz. wholesale, and lOd retail. The gum market continues quiet with no change in the value. The receipts for September amount to about 180 tons. Maize has declined, and may be quoted at 2a lOd to 3s. .Southern flour appears to Lave a downward tendency, being now worth £11 to £12 a ton.
Narrow Escape. Captain Haultain, of the ketch Reliance, was knocked over-hoard at Whangarei Heads, and struck out for the shore three miles off. He was three and ci-half hours battling against the heavy sea, and reached the shore safely in an exhausted condition. He is a son of Colonel Haultain.
The Doric. There is no sign of the Doric from London.
On 'Change. Sales, to-day : Imperials, 38s 6cl to 38s Od; Werahiko, 53; Premier 18s; Lucky Hit, 3s to 2s lid. Buyers /pAyk lOd. Sellers : Darts, 7s; Hau^o 3s 3d; Queen of Beauty, 7s ; 13s.
Board of Education. The Board of Education to-day dismissed Mr Brown, teacher of the Wellesley-street school, for drunkenness. Mr Goldie said Mr Brown was a teetotaller till he lodged at a public house at Ohaupo. He believed other teachers had been led into drinking habits from similar causes.
"Didn't you tell me you could hold the plough ?"* said a farmer, to an Irishman he had taken on trial. "Be aisy, now," says Pat. " How could I hould it, an' two horses pullin' it away ? Jnsfe stan the craytures, and I'll hould it for ye. 1 ' A German: went to a friend and said : "To-morrow I owe you $20,000. lam , ruined., I cannot pay it, and I cannot shleep a vink." ,Th», creditor said: "Vy didn't you vait to\dell nic tomorrow? Now neither can I stileep a. vink." , "', A gentleman waa talking to the owner-, of aferociqua'Kullliapg^aftdjaaked him 'the qncition;: v"Do;yQii 'think r y6ur dog- ?™ m ;,^M;.>°^^^ ! Stranger ?" W#i»^P:<«lW* if atrang^fc . ,'^SW^^'^.., --■' : " -'V r r : -
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1747, 15 September 1883, Page 2
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350LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The Markets. Auckland, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1747, 15 September 1883, Page 2
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