BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 27th January.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 22, 27 January 1911, Page 8

BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 27th January.

Sailed— Eoseric (9 a m ), for Wellington. PICTON. 27th January The Waverley put in here at 11 a.m. through stress of weather.

Messrs. J. W. Braithwaite and Co. will sell by auction at the City Auction Mart, Manners-street, to-morrow, at 2 p.m., a lot of building materials; also household furniture and effects. Messrs. Miller and Rutter insert a revised list of properties for private sale, including 550-acre sheep farm for sah» or exchange. A science teacher is required by tho Wanganui Education Board in connection with the board's scheme of agricultaral training. Mr. W. D. M'Lean, land and estate agent, Auckland, advertises a sensido property at Birkdale for sale. The Club Hotel, Masterton, is advertised for sale as a. going concern. Tondors aro invited for the purchase of the stock in the bankrupt estate of J. Vinegard, mercer. Mr. Joh. E. Lindberg, cash draper, Cuba-street, announces all remnants at Reduced prices for to-morrow. Messrs. Cartor and Co., Cuba-street, advortiso on first page b wholesale stock of white and coloured costumes at reduced prices. Tho annual meeting of the Wellington Typographical Union will bo held on Saturday evening next. j Messrs. Caterer and Carey, drapers, of Cuba-street, draw attention to the- fact that in three weeks they close their doors prior to which all stock has to bo sold! A sale of men's and women's boots and shoes will commence to-morrow at the Royalty Stores, 14, Manners-street. At 2 o'clock, to-morrow, Mr. W. L. Robertson will sell by publio auction in his rooms, Manners-street, piano, sewing machines, tools, furniture, and general sundries. Special reductions arc announced at Hannah s, Cuba-street, for Saturday and following week. The firm call attention to the number of interesting announcements mentioned in our wanted columns. Tenders for the cartage of State coal in Wellington are invited. Messrs. Parker and Vincent, Levin, advertise farms, etc., for sale. An auction sale of household furniture will be held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Lower Hutt, by Mr. rl. Ernest Leighton, to-morrow afternoon. To-day, being the anniversary of the German Emperor's birthday, the German Flag is flying over the office of the local Consulate. The Governor will return to Wellington from Taranaki to-night, and leave for Auckland in the morning. His Excellency is due back in Wellington next Thursday. The four yearlings purchased by Messrs. Stead and G. D. Greenwood at the sale of the Waikanae yearlings will bo taken South to-night by Andrew Cochrane. Arrangements have been made for the Wellington Garrison Band to play at Seatotm on Sunday next, in the after noon, at the tramway terminus. Afternoon tea will be provided at an at home to be held by No. 3 Company G.A.T. and No. 4 Company N.Z.E.T., at Mit&ng?! Bay, on Sunday;- afternoon* ,

Shortly after 11 o'clock this morning a washhouse attached to a seven-room-ed dwellinghouse (No. 155) in Hansen-; street, occupied by Mr. Clarence Harris, and owned by Mr. William Anderson, was found to be on fire. The brigade was called out, and the flames were soon suppressed. Very little damage was done. "That the council by resolution recommend that, in the interests of the community of the Hutt Valley, the Hutt Valley Tramway Board should dissolve," was the text of a resolution carried by the Hutt Council last evening. The council decided to request the co-operation of the Petone Borough Council to secure the desired end. Yesterdays unseasonable weather yielded an aggregate of only twenty minutes' sunshine in the city. Mr. Jabez Wright, a former Mayor of Broken Hill, and a prominent figure in New South Wales Labour circles, is on a visit to Wellington. The Main Trunk express arrived from Auckland about 5.15 p.m. yesterday, a little over an hour late. The delay was occasioned in the Northern section. A deputation will wait on the Minister of Railways at 11.30 a.m. on Monday to urge an improvement in the railway service to and from the Waiiarapa. Messrs^ Hill Bros, advertise a reduction in the price of groceries obtainable at their shops, Lambton-quay and Cuba-street.