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[fee feess association.! 1 AUCKLAND, July 13. « Mr Hobbs will try again- , Mr Richard Hobbs, of Pokeno, received ( yesterday a requisition from tho Bay of Islands and Mongonui electors, containing i several hundred signatures, asking him to con- i test tho seat at the coming election. He agreed to contest tho distrist against all I comers i Death in Quarantine. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce 1 re quarantine arrangements, Mr Dargaville said, with reference to Mr Eancourt, who died 1 at the quarantine station, that ho was con- ( vinoed, if his death was not caused, it was ■ accelerated, by want of accommodation, and he was surprised that an inquest had not been held. An inquest should have been held and the facts brought out. A Fool’s Errand. I i In the drizzling weather this morning the harbor master fancied he saw the Albion come in tho Heads and go to Motuhihi. The Union Company agent chartered the Blanche to take thirty Sydney passengers by the Penguin on board her ; but on tho steamer getting down to Brown Island the mistake was found out, and the party returned to Auckland greatly chagrined. Serious AffrayA serious affair has occurred at Ataika gumflelds. There were three Englishmen, brothers named Lilley, a Frenchman and his son, and an Australian living in one whare. A quarrel ensued between Young Lilley and tho Frenchman. Lilley moved his goods from the whare, then burst a tin of kerosene open with his knife, and threw a cupful of oil over tho whare, and some over the Frenchman and on his son and the Australian, the two latter being in bed. He then struck a match and set the whare on fire. The Frenchman and Australian got out of the flames barely in time to save their lives, as the whole whare was soon a mass of fire, a large quantity of kauri gum contained therein intensifying the conflagration. The matter was reported to Constable Hammond, who went in nursuit, but failed to copture Lilley. NAPIER, July 15, SportingNomina'ions for the Spring Handicap, Flying Handicap, and Hurdle Handicap for the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club Spring Meeting close on Tuesday next at 9 p.m. WELLINGTON, July 15, Washed Ashore. A dead body, believed to be that of a sailor, has been washed ashore in Palliser Bay. This being the spot where the wreckage of the missing schooner Dido was thrown up, it is thought that deceased was one of the orew. Libel Action. The libel action, Griffiths v Johnson, was i concluded this afternoon. The Judge summed . up strongly against defendant, and the jury ' brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding £250 damages. OAMARU, July 15. j Firei Three cottages, tho property of Mr B. Mitchell, were destroyed by fire at Alma township yesterday evening. They were insured for £6O in the Northern office. 8 Earthquake Again- ’ A slight shock of earthquake is reported to have been felt here last night, accompanied by a rumbling noise.