(Per Press Agency.) AUCKLAND. 31st March.

Evening Post, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1876, Page 2

(Per Press Agency.) AUCKLAND. 31st March.

A man named Thomas Maloney has been charged with attempted rape ,ton. Fanny Bowman. The case has' been adjourned till tomorrow. Hadrill, the shipping reporter" 6f the Herald,, fell over an embankment fast night, and' broke two ribs. The Stafford, a new steamer 60 tons burden, built by Niccol, for the Opotiki and Tauranga trade, was successfully tried to-day. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports : — Buyers : Fiji, 40s; Bank of New Zealand, 3575 ; Sash and Door,. 1775 : Tokatea, 10s; National Insurance, 245 ; National Bank, 745 : New Zealand Insurance, 755. Sellers: Beach, 655; South British, 565. Ist April. Arrived. — H.M.S. Pearl, Commodore Hoskins, fronr Sydney. : Williamson, who was stabbed at Onehunga by Marco, is sinking rapidly, and is not expected to live through the day. The Auckland Racing Club Easter nominations were received last night. There are .eight entries for the Hurhle Race, nine for the CBaster Handicap. Farewell services "on the reye of the departure ; .of the Melanesian vessel were held last nigh^ 'and this morning. . - - . The Pearl has^ scariet fever onboard. 6n6' of tfie crew died during the passage. 1 A. mefttingof the Board'of Heal tli'has been called. * ¦'¦ Williamson died at the Hospital at /ten i o'clock. An inquest will be held this afternoon,'when no doubt a verdict of wilful murder against Antonio Marco will be given. A meeting of the Central Board of Health was held this, morning. The Pearl is sent to [quarantine for .three weeks. It is expected the ship will send the sick men ashore at the Quarantine Station, and then proceed to sea.