LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2583, 31 January 1889, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

(UV TKLEUiLAI'iI—OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Auckland, Wednesday. Thk umpire in tin , Whali-'.ljoat race upheld the protest of tin) Thymus i-rew and dis(pialili.'d the WaUoiiwiliis. The result ot Ihe r:u;e is, therefore : Thames, 1; Auckland Navids, J. The examiner of tho Uiiwlings' scholarships awarded them to two boys of the l'onsonby school, named William Joll and James Morion. This afternoon tlie survov vessel Dart was docked in the Calliope Graving Dock for extensive repairs, including re decking, etc., the cost of which will probably mount up to a sum of JM,OOO. During the Dart's stay in port her ullicers will he busily engaged in the preparation of plans and charts of the Louisiade Archipelago and the South-Eastern Coast of .JCcw Guinea (where the ship has been surveying for tlie last three years) for transmission to the Admiral ity at HiiiriH. The work is being done in the Harbour Board building in Quay-street, the Board having considerately placed suitable rooms at the disposal of the Dart's commander for the purpose. Tho New Zealand Accident Insurance Company has declared a dividend of three pence per share for the half year. The Premier will arrive from the South on Sunday next, and will take up his quarters at the Star Hotel. Ho will deliver an address to the public, dealing with the Property-tax and other matters of general importance, probably in the City Hall early in the week. The sum of £0787 was passed through the totalisntor on thn two days of the Takapnna Summer Meeting, of which amount £-t 159 went through yesterday.