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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 49, 28 February 1896, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

'Frisco mail arrived. Maripoaa passed through. Heavy cargo by the mail afceemer. Bowling tournament continued to-day,. The arrivals in the colony during .Tano« ary were 2,314, and the departures 1539. Very cold nights and very hot aud dry days are the rule in the VVaikato jnsb now. The increase in the Wellington city valuation moaua an additional revenue of £2,200. Swamp fires in the vicinity of the Rnakura portion of the Hamilton-OambridKo road have been burning for several days. The B.c. Wakatipu, which arrived at Wellington from Sydney yeateiday afternoon, brought 56 passengers for all ports. Mr Figgis. London kauri gum merchant, who is on a tour round the world, loft Auckland to-day by the R.M.eT Maripoaa for Sydney. The Auckland team of bowlers defeated the Napier representatives at the match on the Grafton Road Bowling Green yesterday afternoon. Robert Milligari, of Oamaru, has been fined 20a and costs for neglecting to stamp or mark a box of milled butter with the worda " New Zealand bubber." Captain Gilbert Mair baa airired in Auckland from Rotorua, having made arrangements there for the trip of the Governor bo the Urewera Country next week. The balanco-aheeb of the Palmerston North Gas Company shows a neb profit of £845. The directors recommended a dividend nt the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, and carry forward £391. The Public Trustee gives notice to bake possession of an unclaimed section, 165 acres, in Whangaroa district, granted to John Shimmin, who is nupposed to have been drowned 20 yaars ago. The rainfall for January was: —Auckland, 0.87 inches ; Wellington, 2.08; Christchurch, 1-78: Dunedin, 26. The fall on the Wesb Coast) was very heavy— Westporb, 12 inches; Grey mouth, 14; ' Hokitika, 19£. Sergeant Doughty and Gunners C. P. Taylor, Webster, and Greenfields have won the "A" Battery of Artillery rifle match for places in the Auckland team of riflemen which goes South to the N.Z'B.A. meeting at Oamaru. Gunner Tayloe beaded the list and attained free membership for the meeting, hU score also counting for the Association bronfe medal.