It is not likely that the case of Alexander Scott, charged with the murder of William Thompson, of Waikomiti, will be proceeded with during the present sessions of the Auck land Supreme Court. He will come before the Police Court on Friday next, and will probably be then further remanded, inasmuch as Mr Tole and Inspector Broham will be fully occupied at the Supreme Court, and therefore will not be prepared to proceed.
An information has been sworn against Mr Snazelle, at Pabiatua, under the Police Offences Act, for oharging for admission to a saored ooncert given there.
Or Wilbon has given notice of his inten tion to move at the next meeting of the Borough Councils —"I hereby give notice that at the next meeting of the Council I will move—(l), That the resolution deciding to accept one pound (£1) per annum as rent for the Old Men's Home be rescinded, and (2), That in lieu thereof the Council accept the £280 offered by the Charitable Aid Board for the purchase of the property.'*

A cbicket match, Drapers v Bakers, will be played at Parawai to-morrow afternoon, the game to commence at 2.30 o'clock sharp. The following will represent the respective teams :—Dkapebsi Rowe, Darrow, Brady, Burrows, Murphy, Hetherington, Pitkethley, Huteon, Brown (2), Johns, Paull. Bakers : Johnston (2), W. Scott, Johns, Billings (2), Hindman, Newdick, Woodward, Cooper, Thompson, Kilgour, Inglis.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
[Fbom otra Own Oobbkspondint.]

AUCKLAND.-

-This day.
The last of the Auckland delegates to the meeting of the New Zealand Baptist Union at Dunedin (Rev. Mr Woolley, Thames, and Mr S. H. Mathows, of Auckland) returned by the Takapuna, with the exception of the Rev. G. D. Cox, who stayed at Wellington for a few days, and will arrive later in the week.
