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AUCKLAND. Tckmxvy. Th* •crvice of 50;5...:. •" Ji<i;ii i'regonwith." xvn*. piven ;it tin: (,'horal Hall to ;i largr audience. Mrs Ihunpb'm ollici.ited a-= reader. At the general election Mr F. Hu'kland will ccntent Franklyn, and Garrard, the 1.-iliiir agitator, announces that he will con test City West. Judge Giilics states that In- has satisfied hiiiisrlf that beetroot eonl I 1 1 ■ >t br irrown as a sugar producer in New Zcalaiii l. He is cultivating soighuin, which can !>« pro iitably grown for the production of sugar. NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuk.pav. The seriouu aspect of affairs at. Parihaka alis caused the authorities to he on the alert. Colonel Roberts and Mr Ilursl liOu-jp l.»ft on Sunday evening fi r Pungare! v, an.! orders have been left for nil tin- Ax', mrri in town to pmccc; hi out in ln-.-i. t- [m liters. ( Telegrams from Pungaiehn and iiahotu last evening still vrAcv lo the. native fenc ing', and poisons who arrived 10-d.iy, who had travelled through the di.-.tricf, licar out t'le telegrams. The nativ<-.s are fencing, Till the Constabulary pulling down the fences, which 1 1 I cr Manries re-erect. N" prisoner.-; have been t;iken pending order? iio'ii'i \\'?l'in iton. Mounted patrols report further fancing. It is imported that thirty of the Con-taliulary and otli^ers are to be stationed at the Pampura immediately. The ilaories say they do not care how man}' constables arc brought to the front, they are noL frightened, but will commence fencing and not be taken prisoners. They nanibar about six hundred. WELLINGTON, Tuksday. The S.B. W'aikuiipu arrivtd from Sydney at otic o'clock this inorniug, and proceeded to tho Quarantine Station. Tlitc having been no sickness on board, ths vessel will be admitted to pratique to-morrow. TAPANUI.Tcbsday. A pptcial train for the Exhibition leaves here on Thursday to catch the H ret ordinary South train, pufisengers returning by the aftenioou. train. A large number of adults and school children will proceed to Inver cargill if the weather is at all favorable. CHRISTOHURCU, Tuk^at. Mr Conway, on behalf of the English cricketers, demands ii'Xi'J and liotel ex peiisi-f for a three-days >iiutch on the now ground, to which entrance can be charged: or two-thirds of the gross receipts ii played in llagley Park. 