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

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1793, 3 January 1884, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BYB Y TELEGRAP H.-O WN CORRESPONDENT.]

Mr Whitaker's Address. Auckland, Wednesday Night. Mr Whitaker'.s address on Federation is fixed for Tuesday. Arrival of the Candidate. Arrived : Candidate, barque, from London, 113 days out. Cricket Match. In the cricket match, Canterbury Wanderers v. Auckland Eighteen, Auckland's first innings ended for 167. In the Canterbury secoud innings 152 were obtained for five wickets.

Adamascobite, we learn from the Scientific American, is the name of a mineral found only in the Stateof Missouri. It is remarkable for its cutting power. With a fine edge, steel is cut by it very rapidly, the sharpness of the stone being in no respect diminished. "Stand cp," said the teacher to the head boy. " Spell • admittance,' and give the definition." This went from head to near the foot of the class, all spellingthe word, but could not tell the meaning ofl^^ until it reached a little boy near the froifljPlj who had seen the circus bills posted " around the village, who spelled the word admittance correctly. " What does "it mean ?" asked the teacher. " Admittance," said the boy, " means fifty cents, and children and negroes half price." Duxrobin Castle, the Autumn .residence of the Dukes of Sutherland, in Scotland, overlooking the wild' North Sea, where a large assemblage of guests, including many Americans/ >w now gathered, realizes a poet's dream, both as regards its beauty and site. The old portion of the castle, which is wedded to a more -modern structure of French architecture of Queen Mary's time* is the oldest inhabited building ,in^ the" British Isles. The gardens are worthy of the castle. The place is full of insiguia of royal houses, and contains many .tenWkable portraits. Among them ii the Orkney portrait of, -Mary, alongside^ a curious likeness of 1J the terribV *\ old l Scotch pedagogue, -, George Bucfe^nan^ , _* /t r Mr Le Qucsno, acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a one- pound note letfunUer cover in hij letter box far S. Pctrr'i, Hamilton, church fund. Mr John Knp^ ijiU hpjd bb usual sale of pro* dticoj fee, at his mart qn 9«rtmd>y ne*t,