AUCKLAND NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 867, 12 October 1888, Page 24

AUCKLAND NEWS.

(from our own correspondent.) . Auckland, October 9. Mr W. Morgan, Mayor of Newmarket, who iB now on a vist to the Melbourne Exbibition, writes to the Herald confirming the statements already published as to the inadequacy of the" display of New Zealand minerals.";:; v: . . Persons intimately acquainted with agricultural affairs who have recently been travelling in the country districts, state that there is a greatly improved feeling among the farmers—one of hope and confidence. The increased prices for produce are slightly hardening-the country properties and stimulating the farmers to place a greater breadth of land under crop. Now that the Kauri Company has taken over the-slook of the Union Sash and Door Mills at Aratapu, it is their intention to despatch regular supplies to Australia by steamer. The -Nemesis, which sailed on Saturday last, took away 800,000 ft of sawn timber, one of the largest exports made from Auckland, and Mr G. Holdship, the local managing director, informs the Herald that he expects Another vessel of a similar capacity to arrive .at Kaipara shortly to load up at Aratapu for Melbourne, while other vessels will take periodical consignments from the local and East Coast centres of the industry. * ’ Amongst the through freight from Sydney, to America by. the Alameda yesterday was a unique specimen of, the equine race, in the shape of. a hairless mare, which has been secured by Mr R. A. Cunningham as an addition to Barnum’s great show. ’ ; -I V ' Auckland, October 9.

On tho arrival of the-R.M.S. Alameda on Sunday might,: Mr F. Leslie, Miss Nellie Farren, and several of the other leading members of the London Gaiety Company came ashore and proceeded to the Imperial Hotel. Yesterday they were driven out to Mount Eden, Mr M. Gallagher, landlord of the hotel, acting" as" their cicerone, and they greatly admired -the view from that celebrated mountain. Mr Leslie expressed himself delighted with Auckland, and hoped that at no distant date the Gaiety Company wouldhave an opportunity of appearing in this city. It will no doubt be of interest to dairy farmers to know that the company were unanimous in declaring that never since leaving England had they tasted such delicious butter as that which they used at the Imperial Hotel, and which of course was locally made. ■.. > ■