AUCKLAND. This Day.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 549, 30 June 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND. This Day.

Twenty-five constabulary are to be sent from Waikato to Taranaki. Tnis will not reduce the strength of the constabulary in the-Wai-kato district, as Colonel Lyon is rapidly recruiting men. It is believed from tbe number of recruits who continue to come forward, the Government will be in a position to supply further reinforcements as occasion require?. The Freemasoni) of Auckland have started a project for building a Masonic Hall, to cost £700. Lucy Drutngool, a respectable young girl of 20, was charged, on Saturday at tbe Police Court, with forging -A telegraph order for SA 10s. Bhe was remanded till Tuesday, bail being allowed. Volunteer H. Bowden, one of the best Auckland marksmen, leaves for Tasmania next week. He was the winner of Captain Clark's champion belt in 1878, and is the possesser of many local trophies. He represented Auckland at the colonial prize firing at Napier in 1876, and more recently at Nelson in 1879. The Waiwera, schooner, arrived on Saturday, eighteen days from Timaru. She experienced fearful gales, all her sails were torn and carried away. During one gale the seas made a clean breach over the vessel from stem to stern. Tbe crew clung to the-rigging for two hours, and barely escaped with their lives.