LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
The Outgoing English Mail. Alckj,axi>, Liist Night. Thk steamer llotoriu having only left Napier at o p.m. to-day, will not airhe lmiß befoie Wednesday morning. The City of New Yoik will not leave Auckland till G o'clock on Wednesday morning, iix older to take the Southern mails. A
Immigration Officer. Mr Oliver Mays has been appointed immigration ofhcei, vice Mr Brohy,
Island Outrages- J Tlie Peuguiu ho.t> an i\ ed fiom Fiji, and q brings mtclligenco of two native outrages on a labour ve-^el.
Sudden Death. William Henry Potter, cook on board / the steamer Douglas wa> found dead onSatuiday night, Death is supposed t&-.j have iexulted fiom natural catises. , - * /
Sharemarket. - / Hale-,, to-day : Hand of Friendship, 4s \ Darwin, 8s (id ; Werahiko. 5s fld ; Premier, 12s (id ; Colonists, 8s 3d. Buyers : New Find, 10s (id.
Ay archaeologist, who was collecting the armorial bcariugs and other historical records of the dignitaries of the Church, came to Sydney Smith for his coat-of-arms. "I have none," sakl Smith, "to show you.' " What, 'none !No book-plate, no , crest, x\Q seal ?" inquii c 1 tlieastonished collectoy.'' No, certain ly not, replied the witty ' Canon of St. Paul's; "and shall I teltlyou why • Because the Smiths always * stamp the wax of their letters with their ' right thumb." Unlike many of his neighbours, John . A Cockburn could " taka dram an' be dune \_J wit," as he himself expressed it. <■■ one occasion, however, he committed th^H error of going beyond hisusual limit, andi J , | as he was reeling home, he was met by K\ Watty Greig, the parish, beadle. Watty I was of course greatly surprised to nee 1 John in a state of intoxication. * " Man "I Coukburn," said he, with every sign of^J astonishment, " hoo has this happened }' j2 YoVoletif a* ganjr taei.ycp'beid *lw r |i flicht." John sfc»Fe4 stupidly for §t^M moment ; then,c'with'a ; mighty /effiwA -%fM steady himself.ihe'stamtnered ont, a Ye're^^ wmng;there, '.TV«^ f6r a'm gey «ure i^s^
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1769, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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326LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1769, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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