[by aWoiAL^wik-E.] Jl The'Auckland-CityCouhoilhas arranged for' the introdiiction-'-iiito Parliament during the ensuing- session of a bill to consolidate the present porpqration-loans and make provision. 1 or i lit'ui'e dries', a bill to ..transf er ,tlie , inipVdvenient. donimis sioiier''trust to ; the. city;; and .a' bill t& transfer "the " Mechanic' s " Institute to "4ihe city as the site of "a~free public library ; also a*' ineasure'to' secure the "adoptiorrdf suggested amendments in the 1 Municipal Corporation? Act;' 1 '*'' ?r " v i Captain Colbeclc,", , it is said, will oppose Mf M. Dargavile for the Marsden electorate.' r, .. .; ;. 7 At the annual local meeting , of the Loan - and Mercantile Gompany at Auck land Messrs Williamson and G. B. Qliver were re-elected directors; '" :-/'; The telegraphy .authorities- : have. re ceived a message-ironi Mr Todd,- in Adelaide^ stating thdt : l the .break •" in ; the English cable is believed to be about 380 miles i'froria V'Port •'jDartiin.-. IfCall 1 gdes well .'it is hoped it will/ be. repaired by Sunday. A steamer with telegrams may be expected on Friday.: ~ •=>'>•'. ;.-,, J o

The wreckagV 'found - ; at- the *Pen csarrow Heads has been recognised as be longing to' "the bar^uen'tine<'SwaUowvQ:e cently wreoked in Tory 'Channel. - Some | spars were washed "ashore yesterday, and j the pilot. has gone to exaujine them". ; Brother 0. J. Totward has received a , commission from PE.R.H. the Prince ,, of ; Wales, as Grand Master of England," ap-' pointing him successor to the late Sir Donald M*L"ean:as, District Grand Master : of the Wellington Masonic District., j The Commissioners to open Parliament: on Friday willj' it is said, be Sir William I Fitzherb'ert, Sir F. D. Bell, and Colonel ! Whitmore. * The Governor's speech will not be &e --•livered till Tuesday, as the House has first to elect a Speaker, and the Governor has to approve the choice. Morton Quiri, late District Secretary of the Foresters in Wellington, has been' arrested and remanded on a dh'arge of: embezzling the funds of the order. ...... i The Wellington Land Tax Revisionj Court sat yesterday.' •■ More than>four-j •'fifth's. 1 ; of 'the appeals -called oh went'.byj f- def ailtj "as the objectors did riot apjie&r.j j The "appeals were sustained in only a vefyj few. 