Captain Williams, who is going South next week, has promised to report to the Harbor Board, on hia return, upon the silt-punts anil dredging operations in the South Island. The want of the board is a punt which will disgorge in shallow water, and this particular necessity will have a deal of Captain Williams* atten tion-

The Rev, R, Bavin, late of Wesley Church* left Wellington for Auckland, via Nelson and Manakau, by the s.s. Rotorua yesterday after noon with his family. A number of his friends assembled on the wharf to hid him farewell. The scene of Mr Bavin’s ministerial labors for the ensuing three years will be Grafton-road, Auckland. ■

‘ Mr Henry Bunny arrived in town yester day, and placed himself in communication with the gentlemen who had requested him to offer himself as candidate for the electoral dis trict of Tborndon, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr W, H. Levin. Mr Bunny informed the requiaitionista that he had deter mined to offer, his services a* a candidate for ; the vacant sea-. t ... , v

This afternoon, at 2 o’clock, Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. hold an exten sive sa!e of landed properties, wbiob number of sections in the Hutt-Wakena© Block, containing in all upwards of 5000 acres; also, bush laud at Silverstream and Mungaroa Blocks, and, also, for unreserved sale, a valuable verandah cottage in Scarbro'* terrace. Particulars of the various properties appear in another column. The perpetual jabbering that went on amongst the audience at the Resident Magis trate’s Court yesterday, wag of such a par ticularly exasperating nature as to call forth some severe remarks from the Bench. Mr Wardell said that if the systematic conversa tion that seemed to be carried on amongst the public did not cease, be would order them out of Court, The subjects of talk might be very interesting to themselves, but it was very dis turbing to the Court, and if it were persisted in he would commit the offenders for contempt of Court., ... <.
