AUCKLAND.
This Day,
Mr. Bryce, Mr. Hursthouse, and Wetere will proceed through the King Country to Taranaki, via Mokau, after the trial of Mahuki and his followers is over.
Captain Johnston, of the Marine Department, and J. Blackett, Engineer-in-Chief, have gone to Kaipara to fix the site for a lighthouse to be erected there. Mr. McMinn, or Harapapa, of Waikato, was found dead in his bed.
The Auckland Agricultural Company's first annual report shows a profit of £1,300 being 16| per cent on the paid up capital. Eight per cent, dividend was declared. The balance was carried forward.
Mr. McMinn, ex-member for Waipa in the General Assembly, whose sudden death is announced, was apparently in good health yesterday evening. He partook of a hearty meal before retiring, and was found dead in his bed by his servant. An inquest is to be held to-day. Some Auckland merchants have entered into a contract with the French authorities to deliver 300 tons of flour at Noumea, New Caledonia, at intervals during the current year. A drunkard who was arrested yesterday was found to have £692 in cash and securities in his pockets.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume X, Issue 1883, 31 March 1883, Page 2
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190AUCKLAND. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume X, Issue 1883, 31 March 1883, Page 2
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