LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2906, 28 February 1891, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

(tsY ra.KisuAWi—ruras association.) Auckland, Last Night. The City Valuer has sought to make the Auckland graving dock subject to taxation, and with that object in view he lias assessed it at .€2.1100 per annum. r r' ln Harbour Board have determined to rosi.-t the assessment.

Just before Pastor Kirch Wt Tor Sydney Im hu.d',-d f. -Mr Mailimvv, Sccrotni.v to , 1,,> Tabernacle, a lelter, in which he dictated the terms upon which he. was prepared to resign. The terms are that he shall be paid Iho arrears of his salary up till the date of bis release, and that there shall be. obtained for him a release fi'"iu the lease of his private residence. The terms will be accepted. At the llnntly prosecution* today, .MeLellan when asked if iie thought the ground could have been made sale, refused to answer as; there was another charge Mending against hiai. Mr Hay then withdrew the second chaige uf negligence iin.il, the witness in order that lie might mi saw the question. Witness then said it was n n possible to make th-= ground vafei than it was. Mr Tule said this was a moat 'inheard of thing, withdrawing an infermation against, one of the contractors for the. purpose of getting him to answer .a question, and he would see further into the matter.

This morning the. Collector of Customs at this port received the following wire from llokianga " Squared kauri log marked \V fi-17 found washed up oil beach at Kamerua, llokianga, has been identified as one of these .-hipped on board missing barque Kentish Lass."—The Kenish Lass was a wooden barque of SOO tons, owned in Wellington. She cleared at Ifokianga on June 1.41h, IMIIO tor Sydney. The greater number of her crew b.:lougjd to Wellington.

Cable advices have been recived here from Boston instructing tii.it the American ship Leading Wind be sold 1 1 and not le-pair-d. Accordingly Captain llinehley announces that the ship will be sold bypublic auction in Auckland ou a date of which due notice will be given later on.