LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1868, 26 June 1884, Page 3

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

[BY TELEGRAPH. — OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Electoral.

Auckland, Wednesday Night. Mr J. M. Lennox will probably contest City West with Mr Dargaville. Local Industry.

Mr John Denison, C.E., has discovered a process by which he can make Portland cement from Mahurangi lime. Petty Larcenses.

Petty larcenies appear to be the order of the day amongst the light- fingered fraternity. Fully half-a-dozen thefts of a trivial but annoying chnracter are reported within the compass of each 24 hours.

The Footballers.

The Auckland contingent of the New Zealand football team will arrive by the Te Anau on Monday next. They did not leave VVellington last night as intended. Subscriptions are being raised for the purpose of presenting them with silver medals.

A Vagrant.

John Drake, a well-known character, was charged at the Police Court to-day with vagrancy, and sentenced to a months' imprisonment. More Lawyers.

Application will be made to Mr Justice Gillies in Chambers on Friday next for the admission of Messrs W. F. Buckland, J. F. Haultaiu, Walter Dignau, and G. A. Grib'.in to practice as barristers and solicitors.

New Paper.

It is reported here that arrangements have been concluded for the publication of a new evening paper, to be named The Post, from the . beginning of next month,

Chamber of Oommercel The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held this afternoon, when the following officers were elected :—: — Chairman, Mr S. Reid ; vice-chairman and treasurer, Mr Graves Aitken ; committee — Messrs H. Brett, G. Harper, J. M. Shera, M. Clark, T. Peacock, A. H, Nathan, G. Holdship.

IncendiarismAdditional facts have come to light in connection with the alleged incendiarism at the Piesbyterian School-room in Uppei Synioncl street. A bundle of sticks and othei materials which would be used for fire-raising purposes, were discovered under the school, under- eireu instances which left no room for doubt that; an attempt had been made to cause the destiuction of the building by fire. •Suspicion fell upon a man named Kirby, who was arrested 1 y Sergeant KiV>y. He was bi ought up at the Police Court, charged with vagiancy, and remanded, but it is undeistood the police will lay an information against him for attempted arson. It is said that amongst other circumstantial evidence will be the tact that patched shoes which he wore when arrested, eonespond exactly with fout-piiuts around the building.

Mr X's B)ii (just returned from abroad, to new liiah butler, engaged during li is absence) — " Do you belong here ?"' Butler — " Budad, sir, I do ; an' if I did'nt belong here, suie I wouldn't be longheic." Tjik Wurtembcrg Minister of the Inteiior has issued an order instructing the police authouties that nobody under sixteen is to be allowed to dance in places of public amusement, and the only exception to this rule is in the case of wedding fetes, and then only when the social position of tin; givers of the dance offers a " moral gmrantee." A coNTEMroBAUY says : — A. most unfortunate title has the Dukedon cf Albany been. It has been adopted five times in Scotland and four times in England. In six cases the title became extinct with the life of the fast recipient, and four Dukes of Albany have died violeut djaths. It has nevei passed to a second generation. The last Duke of Yoik had Albany for his second title, and so also had Pi nice Edwaul, brother to Geoige 111, who died in 1767, in hi.s t\venty-se\ enth year. Stiangely enough, he too died on the Riviera, at Monaco, after a foitniglit's illness, which was brought on by hit. catching a chill at a ball. It was certainly a singular coincidence that on the day of the Dukp of Albanj's death the approaching maniage of Miss Baring was announced. About four years ago tne Duke pioposed to Lady Ashbui ton's daughter, with the full appiobation ot the Queen, but was rejected, to his very gieat disappointment. He was not, however, the only one of the Queen's sons whose eaily wooings were unfortunate, as the Duke of Connaught was twice refused by Piincess Maiie of Hanover befoie he went to Berlin in seal eh of a bride. Sa\>* one of our West Coast contempoiauis:— The ptices that ate being obtained for fat cattle in Adelaide just now are making oui farmeis' teeth water. While with us pi ices avetage something under fifteen shillings per lOOlbs, we find fiom the Adelaide stock repot ts up to the end of last month that fiom 30s to £2 was then the ruling piice there — heavy bullocks fetching as high as £22 per head About £6 is the aveiage piice realised in our local sale yaids just now — so that there is a good margin between what our faimeisget for their beef and what is obtained on the other side. But it must not be forgotten that our cattle ai c young, bjing mostly three-year-old, of an aveiage weight of about SOOlbs, while the Adelaide bjatta aie ptobably five-year-old and 1000 poundeis. The prices quoted per 1001bspio\e this. But making all due allowance for the difleience in weight, thtie is a large mat gin between the titling piicea in Adelaide and on this coast ; and a point woi thy ot consideration is, w hether a handsome profit might not be lealised by sending o\ei some shipments. One or two gentlemen laigely intetested in thu cattle tw.de have alicady made inquhies, with the view of shipping from New Plymouth, but have paitly given up the idea, as they believe that the freight and other e*penses would swallow up the anticipated pioh't. But the idea has not been c ltuel) abandoned.