A DIGGER'S BANQUET.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9288, 13 December 1895, Page 5

A DIGGER'S BANQUET.

At Wellington to-night a " West Coast banquet "isto be held. On the bill of fare, says the New Zealand Times, are such favourite names as "sbeoak," " ohain lightning,'' "stone fences" and "Greek fire," which will no doubt be recognised by the hardy West Coaster.

INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS. At Wellington yesterday, at a meeting of the Council of the Institute of Accountants, the question of holding examinations was fully gone into, and it was resolved that the first examination should be held in May, 1896, when onty those seeking admission as Fellows should sit. It was also agreed that the questions in mathematics and law should not be too stiff, but that the purely accountancy side of the paper should be of -a high standard. The first examinations for associates and'students will be held in June.

MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. The Oamaru Mail publishes the following copy of a document fonnd in a bottle on the beach near the Woollen Factory—Latitude 45.8 south, longitude 171.1 east:— "S.s. Rangatira, lat. 45.20 south, long 58.03 east, Otago, New Zealand, from London, November 2nd, 1894. Finder is re quested to report to C. L. Wragge, F.R.G.S., Brisbane, for the purpose of ascertaining any ocean currents, saying when aud where found. Cast adrift noon ou same date. — Lieutenant Geo. Burton, R.N.R."