AUCKLAND NEWS.
Auckland, April 27. George Aitken, C>E., dropped dead at his residence Epsom, of heart disease. Search parties are dragging Waiuku Creek for the body of Dr Kohl. An eai"ly Closing Association arc in ducing their basis operation so as to include other business than drapery es tablishments. The Mayor is requisitioned to convene a public meeting to express sympathy with, the persecuted Jews in Russia. Larrikins have abstracted the weather gauge from the Auckland observatory- Larrikinism is greatly increasing owing to the lenient manner in which offences are treated by the Bench.
CHARGE AGAINST A SHIP CAP. TAIN.
