f, __[_ W. Crowther (the Mayor), who holda the P' 1-20 money in connection with the recent bug-of-war contests, has called a meeting of the committee for to-morrow Afternoon at three o'clock in the Mayor's ro om at the Municipal Buildings. The nrotesfc by the Maoris against the colonials receiving the first prize will be fully gone into, and some course of action probably arrived at. The Board of Reviewers sit on Saturday morning next at 10 o'clock to hear objec tions in the Grafton ward. _\t a meeting of the Master Bakers' As" aociation held last evening, al motion was gassed endorsing the resolutions adopted ab tho recent public meeting re the gambling evil The following resolution was unani mously adopted:—" That as the totalisater is very injurious to the interests of the retail tradesmen of Auckland, this meeting urges upon the Government the imperative necessity for its abolition." . j

Tbe Bouse Steward desires (through your columns) to thank Mrs Fitzgerald, of Upper Queen -street, for a gift of illustrated papers for use in children's ward.
