LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1678, 7 April 1883, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH. — OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Reception of the Governor. Auckland,. Last Night. The reception of the Governor was rather s tame affair, though the weather was magnificent. The address presented by the city council at the station was responded to by the' Governor in a speech containing th* 1 usual compliments. There was a good display of bunting in Queenstreet, and a large number of people .attende'd'the 'levee. ">'lhe Go;i'ei r nbr will be absent from Wellington for\a month, but as to whether he will remain in Auckland during that time, or make a tour of the North, nothing yet has been positively decided upon. In the event of a Northern tour being adopted, Kaipara, Hokianga, and Bay of Islands will most probably be included in the list of<places visited.

Fruit Growers' Association. A meeting of fruit growers was held thjs afternoon, when it was decided to form 'an'! association" 'for^the encouragement of the growth of fruit in Auckland, to be called The Auckland Fruit Growers' Association. Messrs Lippiatt, Hawkins, 'Mason, Fairburn, Cairns and Dr Purchas were appointed a committee to draw up rules and submit them to a meeting next Friday. About twenty gentlemen were present, Dr Purchas 'presiding.

A man on being told by a generous farmer that he would give him a barrel of cider, asked the fanner if he would bring ( iti to his house. " Certainly," replied the good, farmer,' "with' pleasure." "W f ell," paid the grateful man, "what will 'you; pay 'me for" the barrel when the cider is gone ':" , < r MR Davitt, , the Irish agitator, appeared at Oldham on the evening of I3th January, to deliver an address on th'^ijish question. When he commenced to speak 'h,e was howled down by an organised gang who attempted to ' storm the platform, but were repulsed with chairs by the occupants of the platform. A free fight followed, chair-legs and Brass knuckles being the principal weapons. Many pears^ons were hurt. Davitt called' the disturbers a cowardly crew, declaring that if! 20 men ' would follow him hewould clear i the 'hall' of 'the gang. He thereupon advanced towards the mob, but . was restrained by the ■ police. Addressing his opponents again, Davitt Said they were miserable,', contemptible, rcowardly dogs'; .i,Whenthey weresittjng in taverns, ihe said, he wafc >,fighting ' the Britis^ poveriiment-.^ They were drunken blackguards, and were a' disgrace to the .name^pf, .iNatipnalists^ If ' Jjrelandj were made up of 'sucli'shV would earn the< contempt of the civilised world. Be hid travelled throughput, England, and the Englishmen, althjoii'gh hi 3 enemies, had given him a hearing/' 1 What a spectacle for the English,*' exclaimed, was! a afforded^,lss jth&e{ tirpfessors of black--guardism at a* time when 'Ireland wjas «6tfing'for''self .government.! finally Bugceeded.-vjn Tf 4*emoving the , disturbers 'from "thY hall. A vote jof, , thanks to Davitt was then pasted, and MM$Wv TOfc-v/W^ards adjourned. . lt r r , „'.,. Mr E. Hinchcliffe will'^eri'^at'the, 'Royal Hotel, E^t'Hamiltdiujnext week, a large ' ■lot'offchiap winter arapery/fec 1 .,' •-' J / ''" salf, 'tfXS&otf evf&^and „6ii6t!liiacpln .ram* , - ' Any'ihttxrJX |