is Bishop Nevillej of Dunedin/'for £150; • The bankrupt was i examined severely *y the trustees, and>after -much-comment, by creditors on the. bankrupt's , pf, living. Bince February last, a resolution was carried authoris. ing the trustees to iascertain'if any legal steps could be taken the-babkrttpH " Land speculations 7 are; ramjpanfc:] | The Vic toria Park, on North -Shore, f realised, in allot ments, £sooo. '' ' ' '.'.. :,. ' • ....,, *. ~v Mr Luks intends establishibg, a' large German' settlement' aV 3 Morrinsviliej >Ti Awha. v-.nh'.)\ tur.j v!oo hi oisil* ,won ,An attempt • was: made. i tq wreck; the One? hunga,,Vrain .A.f^fiOBSS placed on !the rail near but was jnsi ' observed in time to preVent an accident. .'l-.ut'.iiiu onufcoiiuait ■ ~. Auckland, October 24. A commercial club has been btarted, with 200 shares allotted, one to each application. It is founded on thei cb'Operative principlkt : M Another batch of Auckland ■-. representatives at the Bifle Association competition to beheld at Duuedin left by the Hawea for Lyttelton, from whence.they proceed by .train to Dune din. Parslow.'Trayes, and 1 Webster art the"Ar* tillery representatives ; Wooley and Allan the Engineer ,representativeß; Sergeant Haalett Victoria. Contingent.. The re maining representatives, with eleven from the Thameß, leave on ''Thursday, via the ; Bast Coast.-' '- ' '■' -' ; v'" ': r - '■"•""■ «'' '; '' •' r The property owners at Avondale, Whau, have resolved to apply tq the Government for a borer tc sink for coal. „ ~ '- GisioßNi/Octpbe'r 24; Mr Al McDohald,' M;H.B, addressed his constituents last night. Fully 800 persons were present, and the member received a good reception. After the address a vote of thanks and confidence was carried unanimously. -;•.,. !?■.; 11 ■ .r ;t PATfiAjOctober2o. The harbor board having'been brought to account at a public meeting for alleged apathy in the matter of improyipg the river entrance, their general resignation is imminent. The chairman and one member have already it* signed. ; , Ofunakb, October 23. The largest procession o£ Maoris' drays since the breaking.up of Parihaka passed • through this morning. The procession was,' nearly a quarter of a mile long. The drays : were laden with potatoes for distribution to the various settlements on the Waimate Plains. 