h;m.s. tauranga unbooked.
At high-water this morning, H.M.S. Tauranga (Captain Nesham), the new British auxiliary fast cruiser, which haa already made a prolonged stay in our waters, was floated oub of the Calliope Graving Dock after a stay there of some six weeks. She was brought) across afe once to the Queen-streeb Wharf, where she was lying all to-day taking in water and provi sions. During her sojourn in dock she has been thoroughly cleaned, andherhullscraped bright, and she is now in first-class order. She will not leave Auckland for some time yet, and will probably remain here a month before taking a cruise South again. A large number of spectators inspected tha ship to-day as she lay at the wharf. H.M.S. Kingarooma (Capt. E. G. Bourke), the Tauranga'e sister ship on the New Zealand station, is expected to arrive here from the South about ohß 23rd or 26th inst. Both the cruisers, accordingly, will probably be present at the Auckland annua.l Regatta to be held on the 29th inst. Captain Bourke, the Pdngarooma's com mander, is the senior officer on the New Zealand station, and as such he is said to intend spending the greater portion of his jtime in Auckland and adjacent waters. Hβ has expressed his intention of living ashore here for several months in the year, and in such a. case as this it would not bo amiss to suggest that Admiralty House should be set aside for his accommodation, more especially as the visits of the Admiral of the Australasian Squadron are few and far between. Oα arrival here next the j Ringarooma will remain at least three ox* I (our months in the harbour.
SUDDEN DEATH.
