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

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2207, 31 August 1886, Page 2

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

The Benevolent Society. A.UCKL\NI>, Friday Night. Thk Hospital 1J i.ird are ad vise 1 that they can .iw»t tlu* lJjnovolent Society.

The City Council Elections. Tiio ivc''|>ti'>ii i>t nomination-, for the animal City (\>tmoil \acuicir-> closed today, the tiuritleiiien nominated being a> fol lows : -Mc-isi-> iVtei ihgtn, I. Li Roche, .md i). F. Kv.in> «;)i-('!i"(l unopposed ; I\.araiiff«lMpe \\\\u\ : emoted. Me.-<^r» .l«)hn TiTiitwcoth juid Hdwin \\ «»>d ; South wjud : Me^rs J. M. Ij.-ihiov and 1\ (irleofton.

Snow at Mercury Bay. On Saturday 1-a-t the nui^i?*. ;\t Mercury Uay were co\«red with >now, which h.id not been »eon fur nuny years.

Walking Match. The fifty-mile walking match, between Moorehmise and J. Laurie, has fallen thriiu^h owing to the Litter forfeiting his Hint deposit of t4.

Old Soldiers. The commissioners appointed to enquire into the claims of soldier*, will vnit Wanganui fir^t, and atterwarda here. They also visit Waikato.

A Rough Passage. The ship Crusader, which arrived from Wellington this afternoon, had a \ery stormy passage. She came through Cook's Strait via the We-t Coast, and when olf New Plymouth narrowly escaped being drivfln ashore. She lost a, suit of sail*, and one of the anchors was driven through her bow.

Old playgoers (says the Argus) will regret to lean: that Mr William Hoskins, the veteran actor, is so seriously ill as to occasion great uneasiness to the numerous friends in and out of the profession of which he has been such a distinguished ornament. He has been confined to his bed for the last seven weeks, and but little expectation is entertained that he will ever be able to rise from it again. His connection with the English stage dates back for something like half a century, and when he came out of Australia 30 years ago he was very nearly bringing his pupil, Mr Henry Irving, with Inn; ; and it was only, as Mr Austin Biereton tells us in his *• biographical sketch" of the latter, the reluctance of Mrs Irving to pirt with her sou that prevented his accompanying his instructor, to whose lessons the actormanager haa llways expressed himself as much indebted for his professional success. A notice concerning Thomas Hradey appear* in onr adveitisintf columns. On Saturday ne\t Air John Knov will offer foi sale at his mart a choice selection of drapeiv, men's and boys' clothing, an " Uncle Sam" cooking range, produce, etc.