A well-known face ■ will be seen no more on the Auckland Stock Exchange, Mr Wil liam Humphrey Jones having diod yester day at tho Auckland Hospital. Deceased wa=i a single man aged 55 year?, and had a varied career, having tried his luck on many goldfields. Towards tho. end of hie lifo he made a living on tho Exchange. When Kimborloy broke oub ho went over, but soon returned again. For some months past he has been in bad hoalth, and ulti mately was compelled to goto the Hospital. Tho interment took place to day at Wai komiti. The Brokoi's' Association closed ab 2 o'clock in order that members might pay a last mark of respect to the agod gold huncor. There is a good deal 'of dissatisfaction amongst craft employed in the intercolonial timber carrying trade owing to exceedingly low freight ofl'orod for Australian cargoes. Wo are informed that until recently tho ordinary freight from coastal timber ports was 23 6d per hundred feet of sawn timber, and that the principal shippers are now offering only 2e per huudred feet, which in the opinion of one of our most experienced shipping , agents brings the trade below paying point for vessels trading out of this port, or any vessels. The cause is most probably tho overstocking ot the Australian market, which has caused a falling oil in tho demand for fresh ship ments ab the prosent time.
