LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1985, 28 March 1885, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH — OWN CORRESPONDENT]

The Markets Ar<KHM), Fndny Niaht. Si\ce la*t Friday fresh buttei has become \ery plentiful, and Ims consequently declined in value to lOd (wholesale), and Is (retail) ; eggs rcmtiu at previous quotations; hams and bacon ate scarce, equal numbers bpintr worth from 9Jd to lOd per Ib (wholtsile) ; local flour has declined 103 per ton all round, and Southern flour has been reduced 3s per ton, «o that now it I* obtainable at £8 10 a to £9 ; oati are reduced "2d a bushel in the wholesale maikct, and aienow worth fiom 2s 4d to .'^ 7d.

Sharemarket Two t lion "nnd Cal'dnman Deep Level '•haies vieie auctioned to da}, and fetched .'}d a share.

The Annexation Fever in Tiji. The Arawata has arrived from Fiji with the news that the agitation in favour* of of annexing Fiji to New Zealaud is assuming stiength.

Clarkes Bankruptcy. The hearing of the application in the case of J. Clarke, Te Aroha, .1 bankrupt, was lesumcd before Mr Gillies to flay. James Tait .Terrain, accountant, deposed to inspecting the debtor's house. He did not open the cupboards. Some of the goods now pioduced (clothing and groeeiie«) might have been in the house at the tune, Iwt he thought he should have seen the poitmnutcnu and candles had they not been hidden. The debtor was not in the house at the time witness made the inspection, but Mrs Clark was there. Detectne Doolan and Sergt. Emerson deposed to afterwards searching the house and findiDgthe ai tides of the estimated value, £27 10a. The case was ultimately dismissed on technical grounds, his Honour holding that the debtor should have been formally asked by the assignee if he had disclosed the whole of his estate. Sale of Land.

At a sale of leases of city properties on the Karangahape road, to-day, extraordinary prices ueie realised, ranging from £3 10s to t'7 per foot Yearly leases, sold 25 years ago for £100 a year, to-day tc&h&ed £I,GOO to £2000 a year.

The Races. Toipedo, Irishwoman, A.B. and Linda have been scratched for the Easter Handicap.

The usual religious services will be held at I,e Qucsnc's Hall, to-morrow Subject cf evening lecture " ihe Lite lucrlasting " Tenders arc required for additions to "The Lodge," Hamilton, the residenre of Mr W. A. Grah.im. Mr ODea is the architect. The scrwees at the Te Awamutu AVesle\an Church to morrow morning will be conducted by the Rev T F Mandeno, and in the eiening by the Xcv Hauraki Paul. Mr C. H Gilby, stationer and tobacconist Duke street, Cambridge, announces tb.it, liaung disposed of his business and premise* to Mr J S Bond, he will hold a clearing sale for two weeks, when his valuable stock will be offered at a great reduction. Messrs W. J. Hunter and Co will sell at the Ohaupo Y.irds on Tuesday, the 7th April, i and UJ-jr old steers and heiter*, choice 2i-yr-old Meers, store cows and heifers, well bred strer calves, fat cattle, fat cows and heifers, dairy cows, ewes in lamb, &c. They have for private sale 1000 Lincoln ewes (in lots) in cood condition. Mr J. S. lluckland will sell at the Ohaupo Yards on Tuesday next, a very large number of rattle of all kinds, crossbred enes, fat and store sheep, fat ewes, &c, :is per list. To-da\ he will bold his usual horse and produce sale at Cambudge, and a number of horses, including the thoroughbred mare Miss Griffiths. He his for sale 1000 crossbred ewes to arn\e from papier about the 7th April, and 2000 wethers about the 20th.