LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2346, 23 July 1887, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

[by telegraph.—own correspondent.] Seamen’s Strike. Auckland, Friday Night. The seamen’s strike in connection with the Northern Steamship Company is unabate 1. The Union has appealed to Ministers. It is alleged that the vessels arc undermanned, but the Minister of Marine replied that as no complaint from crows had been received he could not interfere. The seamen meet to-night to consider the practicability of starting an Opposition service. The City Hall. The war between the shopkeepers in the Theatre Royal building and the lessee of the hall over the skating rink, which resulted in the breaking up of Sir William Fox’s meeting, ended in Mr Abbott agreeing to stop linking in the building. The Apple Farm. The apple farm company is to be wound up, but it is expected that a new company will take over the farm, which is in full bearing and expected to yield 1200 cases of apple* next year. Accident. Mr and Mrs Wallace were thrown out of a buggy at One-Tree Hill to-day through the horse bolting. Mrs Wallace had her wrist sprained, and Mr Wallace sustained a nasty cut on the head. The ’Frisco Mail. The Alameda arrived this afternoon with the San Francisco mails. The news is all anticipated by cable. Sir R. Stout. Stout comes to Auckland to deliver an address on Tuesday next. Taupiri Coal Company. The reports for the half-year ending June 30th, profit and loss account, shows a net profit of £1,315. Although this amount is not quite sufficient to pay the usual dividend, the directors have no hesitation in taking the balance required, viz; £lsl, from the investment account, which is a reserve fund specially created to meet contingences and to equalise the dividends. The directors therefore recomend the payment of the usual dividend of Is, and a bonus of Is (Id.