LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2885, 10 January 1891, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS

[l!Y TELEUUAPII. —OWN UOUUESrONDK.ST. i Auckland, L.i<t Ni'.rht. At Messrs Hunter an<l Nolan's sai?, tort, ij'. some thu'imgiibreri stock wei , * off,:rod on b-.half of Mr'C. Redwood. The eoit by King G'lle—Z-jnlandia was knocked rtown to .Mr S. Liurio fur SO ruinous whilo the two-year old coll; by Louis j.)'Ui-— Queen Margaret found n purchaser in Mr John Carroll at 30 guineas. A (illy by King Cole—Rosalind was bought by Mr A. Austin for 05 guinea?. The others were passed in. The southern-owned trotters, offered at Mr Bucklniid's, failed to liud purch-isiv*. l)udu, Orackshot, and the several bro-id mares and ycarlintr-s purchased at the recent blood stock sales, wero shipped for their several destinations by the Waihora this morning. Anion? the number was the high-priced Nordnnfeldt —Frailty colt, purchased hy Mr (xo!laii. James Greenwood, chairman, secretary and lute collector of the Omaha Road Board w.is committed for trial on several charges nf embezzling monies belonging to the Board. The New Zealand I-Mucitinnal Institute tn-day passed a resolution atthming the desirability of establishing a Teacher-" Benefit Society. It was decided that tlie next meeting of the Council b<> held «t Christchurch >>n January sth, 1592. The officers were elecc-vi ;>.s follows for the ensuing term :—President, Mr Scott (Christchurch); secretary, Mr Wnrlhinglnn ; treasurer, Mr Gruudv, and special nu'inbnrs of the executive, Mes-rs White (Dnnedin), and McMorran and Watson (Wellington). Votes of thanks w.-re paused to the Minister of Education and the secretary of the department for the care.tul consideration given to the Institute's recommendations. The annual dinner will bo held this evening. Arrived: Wainui, from Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga. She brought news of the wreck of the Auckland barque Notero, at Howland Island, and also broueht up Capt. Campbell nnd the ennv, all hands being saved. The Notei-n was lost oil" Howland Island (in August 17th, by striking on a ridge of coral rucks, one mile from the shore, while standing out to sn;t. The reef is not marked on the charts, The ship broke up and the crew, who left in boas, landed safely on the island, whence the brigantine llynn took them to Samoa. The wreck was sold to Capt. Theet for twenty pounds, on behulf of Mr Arnmfcl, the charterer, but she became a total wreck. The Notero was a Norwegian wooden barque of -130 tons, ana was owned by Mr Craig, of Auckland.