----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - July 14 - Te Kapu, s.s., from Wairoa. July 14 - Dunedin, schooner, Captain BERGENSEN, from Auckland. No Departures. Birth - DOWNES - On the 10th July, at Waipukurau, the wife of Walter G. DOWNES, of a son. Marriage - GORE-BURKE - On the 30th June, at St. Paul's Cathedral Church, Wellington, by the Rev. J. STILL, Arthur Hector, second son of R.B. GORE, Esq., of Wellington, to Bessie, widow of the late William Ulick BURKE, of Napier. The Government have re-appointed Messrs J.H. VAUTIER, H. WILLIAMS, and W.J. WILLCOCKS to seats on the Napier Harbor Board. We have received the following, written on a post-card:- "Sir, - Will you be good enough to inform the public of Hastings through your columns that the fire inspector has locked up the fire brigade plant, taken away the key, and defies the brigade to use it, from which action a calamity must result in case of a fire occurring. I am, &c, A.A. GEORGE, secretary H.V.F.B." The following players will represent the Pirates in their annual fixture with the Turanganui Club:- Full-back, COGHLAN Three-quarter, CALDWELL, CAULTON, and J. O'CONNELL Halves, KNIGHT, COWELL, and W. O'CONNELL Forwards, CUNNINGHAM, DOWNEY, M'SHERRY, M'DOWELL, PARKER, REARDON, ROBINSON, and WRIGHTSON.