----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: No Arrivals or Departures. Telegraphic Shipping - Auckland, Thursday. The Alameda arrived at 11 o'clock this morning after a passge of 18 days 23 hours. She called at Apia, Samoa, this trip, instead of Lutila. Passengers for New Zealand - Bishop GRIMES, Father BELL, Messrs H.H. BRIDGE, COE, HARVEY, COEBEFE, ROBERTS, SANFORD, LUMSDEN, and 7 steerage. Sailed - Talune for South. Passengers for Napier: Misses FULTON and BAMBURY; Mrs PEARCE, Messrs. P. KLEIN, SHANKS, WALLACE, TARBY, and FULTON. Death - GIFFORD - At Napier, on September 10th, Alfred (Fred) GIFFORD, aged 23 years and 10 months. The funeral wil leave the residence of Mr T.H. GIFFORD, Shakespeare-road, at 2.30 p.m. this day (Friday). The result of the Hastings municipal election yesterday was as follows:- FOREMAN, 252 WELLWOOD, 245 LINNEY, 150 TYERMAN, 149 LAND, 137. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr F. SUTTON, J.P., two men named R. PATON and W. DUNBAR were each fined 5s and costs for drunkenness. Griffiths Anthony FLEMING, brought up on remand charged with lunacy, was certified sane and discharged. Waipawa - The Waipawa quadrille assembly's final dance for the season was held last night, and was the most successful dance for the last ten years....Excellent music was supplied by Mrs WILKIE (piano), assisted by Messrs WISEMAN and LITTLE....The belle was Miss Flo SOLLETT, of Hastings, in nun's veiling embroidered with flowers on skirt and round the neck.....great credit is due to Messrs H. WILLIAMS, PERCY, GLASS, CORSKIE,O'CONNOR, J. COWPER, and P.J. COSGROVE, the committee, and a ladies' committee of whom Mesdames CRACKNELL, PERCY, and O'REILLY were the principals, provided the refreshments.