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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3921, 1 June 1877, Page 2

In reference to the accident on the railway lino, of which mention was made in yesterday's Herald, we learn that the evening up-train from Waipukuran ran, near Kaikora, into a bullock, one of several that wore being driven across the line by a person named Hickey. At tho place where the accident occurred the line is fenced, but Hickey drove the cattle at a private crossing. The effect of the collision with the bullock was that the engine and three trucks left the rails, the engine coming to a stand crossways on the line, completely blocking it up. To save delay, the evening down train from Napier was sent to Kaikora, and returned from there with the passengers for town. On its journey that train met with a similar mishap. It struck two horses near Hapuku's pah, where the lino is unfenced. Intimation having been sent to town, an engine was taken down the line at 5 p.m. yesterday by Mr Miller with the necessary appliances, such as jacks, &c. The engine and trucks were replaced, and the line was cleared at a little after 3 o'clock yesterday morning. No damage whatever was done either to the line or rolling stock. As if to complete tho chapter of accidents, the morning up-train (to Napier) ran into a bullock and several sheep that, with a large number more, were encamped on the line near Te Aute. The engine-driver did not see the cattle or sheep until close to them, they being hidden by a curve in the line. The train, which was a heavy one comprising some eighteen vehicles, ran over one animal, the concussion causing three empty trucks to be knocked off the line. A delay uf one hour and threequarters ensued, but no damage was done, except to the animal that was run over. The .Evening Argus publishes a map of the seat of war, with reference to which it says, "The execution is most admirable. It is, in fact, the most perfect map which has yet been put before the public." This is rather too much impudence, considering that the JSew Zealand Times has issued maps which are fac similes of tho maps attached to Major Bussell's work, and are almost equal to those in Keith -Johnston's atlas. In the Argus'.? map, we notice that Kars lies in the midst of a vast solitude. Such places as Arclahan, Olti, and Bayazid — the latter, said by a high authority to be the most important' military position in Western Asia — are quite beneath the compiler's notice. The map is well lithographed, and, so far as correctness goes, is fairly good, but it certainly docs not condescend to many particulars. The Androw r Reid, which is expected to leave Wellington for Napier to-morrow, has the water-works plant on board. The portion of the Taradale Cemetery, assigned to the Church of England, was consecrated by the Bishop of Auckland on Wednesday last. The Bishop, accompanied by his chaplain, the Yen. Archdeacon Williams, arrived at All Saints' parsonage about 11 a.m., and proceeded to the Cemetery, accompanied by the Incumbent, churchwardens, and several residents of Taradale. At the entrance to the Church of England Cemetery tho Rev. P. C. Anderson presented a petition requesting the Bishop to oonsocrato the ground. His lordship received the petition, and having directed the Archdeacon to read the same consented to proceed with the consecration. The service was proceeded with according to the form used in the diocese of Auckland. The 49th and 115 th Psalms were recited as the procession moved round the ground ; after which, the sentence of consecration was read by the Archdeacon and signed by the Bishop. The Bishop then delivered a short address suitable to the occasion, which was followed by hymn 114 (hymns A. and M.), sung to tho harmonium accompaniment. The service being concluded Mr Anderson stepped forward and addressed the Bishop in terms of gratitude for his kindness in having twice visited Taradale. Mr Anderson spoke to the following effect: — "My Lord, — Before we separate I wish to thank your lordship on behalf of my parish, and chieiiy on behalf of those present, for your great kindness in having come so far to exercise those functions in this diocese of which we stood sorely in need. It would be taking too much upon myself, my Lord, were I to presume to address j'ou now as a clergyman representing this diocese, but at the same time, as minister of a parish occupying no small portion of the diocese, I feel constrained to thank you publicly for your kindness to us in a time of need. Not to speak of your Lordship's address to-day, and of that which you delivered in All Saints' Church on the occasion of the confirmation, ten days ago — both of which will be long remembered by those who heard them — we feel specially grateful to you for coming amongst us (doubtless at no little inconvenience to yourself) to exercise those functions of which we have been deprived since the resignation of the Bishop of Waiapu, the loss of which we have felt the more keenly, no doubt, through the uniform kindness and fatherly oversight which we wore- all favored with during tho episcopate of Bishop Williams. Having said thus much, my Lord, and once more expressing the sincere thanks of my parishioners and myself for 3'our kindness in coming amongst us, 1 have only to add that your two visits to Taradale will be remembered by us with gratitude for a long time to come." The Bishop replied to the effect that it gave him much pleasure to be able to servo others as he had done in Hawke's Bay ; adding, at the same time, that he hoped the churchmen of this diocese would take active steps towards securing a successor to Bishop Williams ("a worthy successor," said Bishop Cowie), inasmuch as his own duitos were too onerous to allow of his going outside his own diocese, willing though he might be to assist others. The Bishop also jwinted out that Bishop Hadfield's ill-health, and the Primate's advanced age, precluded any possibility of their exorcising any episcopal functions in tho dioeo.se of Waiapu, and urged this as a further motive for churchmen to bestir themselves with a view to appointing a Bishop to succeed Dr Williams. The Rev. J. Tow r nsend and J. C. Eccles arrived sufficiently soon to moot the Bishop, but were not in time to assist at the consecration service. The Right Rev. Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, hold a private confirmation service at St. John's Church yesterday. Seven candidates presented themselves for confirmation, six of whom were young ladies. The A r en. Archdeacon Williams and tho Rev. J. Townsend wore present and assisted the Bishop. Tt will be seen from our cable telegrams, published in another column, that the ship Schiehallion, which left Napier on tho 4th March, has arrived at London after a very quick passage. Tho telegrams also state that in tho championship for the Tyne, Boyd has beaten Higgins by 20 lengths. With respect to this race we may mention that the championship trophy was given by the proprietors of the Newcastle Daily Chronicle. Four Tynesidors competed, viz., Boyd and Lmnsden, and Elliott and Higgins. Tho race was rowed in heats, the final heat being won by Boyd, as reported in our telegrams.

The Edinburgh correspondent of the Otago Times writes under date April 5 : — '' Last week, Mr C. A. Pritchard published in the city article of the Times a note complaining of the New Zealand Government having raised a half -million loan in Sydney, on the ground that it was a breach of Sir Julius Vogel's assurance that New Zealand would borrow no more money this year. Of course, the reply to this was easy to anyone possessed of a memory and a regard for accuracy) so that next day the same column contained a concise little note by Sir Julius, in which ho pointed out that he had only promised that the New Zealand Government would borrow no more in London this year, while the loan under discussion had been raised in Sydney. The correction, however, is not likely to afford much comfort to Mr Pritchard and the increasing number of persons in this country who, like him, view with uneasiness the" apparently never ceasing groVvth of the debt of New Zealand. To such persons the mere locality of the creditor does not make much difference, so long as the amount of the debt incurred is the same. Mrs Neill's vocal and instrumental concert will take place in the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. The programme appears in another column, and the concert promises to lie a very enjoyable one. We call attention to an .advertisement in another column convening a meeting of all persons interested in the establishment of a library in connection with the Maraekakaho Hall, which will take place on Tuesday next, the sth instant, at Maraekakaho, at 1 p.m. The building, we understand, is intended for the benefit of the whole district, and it is proposed to hold Church services, meetings, &c. in it. We hear from a well-informed source in Wellington that Sir Dillon Bell will 100 called to the Upper House when Parliament meets. There is a project on foot for holding a ploughing match at Taradale, and in furtherance of it a public meeting has been called for Tuesday evening next at Mr Macdonald's Taradale Hotel. It is proposed that the match shall take place on Mr Oondie's ground, and we have no doubt that the affair will prove a success. We learn from a correspondent that five coveys of partridges have been seen on Mr Lowry's property at Okawa. The coveys numbered 38 birds. We arc requested to state that the sale of the balance of Messrs Perm and Co. 's stock saved from the late fire, consisting of a most valuable assortment of goods, has boon postponed till Monday next, the auctioneers (Messrs Margoliouth and Banner) requiring their room to-morrow for the sale of trees and shrubs, and on Saturday for the sale of oranges. The Corporation of Christchurch are wanting to get the other municipalities of the colony to join them in an endeavor to obtain from the Government a refund of some part of the amount deducted from the subsidies on account of charitable aid. The Christchurch Corporation say that it is no use writing, as it does not seem to have any effect, and they propose that delegates from all the municipalities should meet in Wellington and represent the matter personally to the Government. In pursuance of that purpose, application has been made to the Napier Municipality to send two delegates to Wellington. The matter will no doubt be brought before the Council at its meeting next Monday evening, but it is very questionable whether it would be worth while to incur the expense. It might do very well for the Christchurch Municipality, because the amount it might expect to get refunded would probably be considerable, but with respect to Napier it is more than likely that the expenses of the two delegates would much exceed the sum that would be refunded. The King of Denmark had a somewhat unpleasant experience the other day. Re was walking past the butchers' market in Copenhagen, accompanied by a little white rat terrier, when a big mastiff bounced out of the market and began to bully the king's little dog. The king attempted to drive off the mastiff by striking it on the head with his stick, whereupon the mastiff's owner — a butcher in the market — assailed his Majesty with a volley of abuse and threats in the manner common to his race, and was apparently about to proceed to blows, when a policeman, who recognised the king, came up and restored peace, informing the crestfallen butcher of the serious mistake he had committed. Mr Wallace, in a recent work on Russia, remarks with regard to the expenditure of an average Russian household in the far North : — ' ' Its income during a tolerably prosperous year was £12 ss, chiefly obtained from the sale of game and fish. The expenditure was £7, spent on ' rye-meal (224'.)1b) to supply the deficit of the harvest,' £3 on clothes, tackle and ammunition, and £2 5s paid in taxes." In alluding to the period of the Crimean war, the M'est minster Review remarks : — " In defending not Turkish misrule (then as now known to be excessive), but Turkish territory from Russian encroachment, England acted (wrote the Prince Consort) in the interests of the European Powers, and of civilisation.' All that is now known in respect to the extremely beneficial influence which Prince -Albert exercised on important affairs of State, points to the probability that, had he lived, some of the questionable Liberal foreign policy of late years would have been avoided." The gigantic work of draining the Zuyder Zee is about to be commenced in earnest. The first step will be the construction of a dam right across the gulf. This dam will be 24 i 1 miles long, 150 ft. broad at the base, and its top 18in, above the ordinary level of high tide. After this we need hardly despair of the Wharc-o-Maraonui Block. There is an amusing story told in a recent number of Truth of the " cheek" of a certain newspaper correspondent : — "The city was Rome, a newly-accredited Ambassador was giving an entertainment at which not to be present argued yourself unknown. 'Of course, you are going,' said the correspondent to the Minister of a powerful State, who was a bachelor, and probably good-natured. ' Do you mind giving me a lift to-morrow nig] it in your brougham / His Excellency is one of my oldest friends, and the best fellow in the world. ' Next evening thu correspondent duly made his appearance, and was taken by the amiable Minister to the Palazzo, which was the chief object of interest in Runic for that one night. As they together ascended the broad marble staircase, and passed into an ante-room, 'Perhaps it would be as well,' whispered tlio correspondent, 'if you would just mention my name to His Excellency ; for it is a good many years since we met.' The next moment they were in the presence of the host, who received his confrere with the particular kind of effusiveness Continental diplomatists affect on such occasions ; and then bowed to his companion Avith a polite but distant air. ' I thought your Excellency knew Mr > 1 imagined ho was one of your Excellency's oldest friends,' said the Minister, as much embarrassed as any one worthy to bo employed by the F.O. could ever allow himself to have been. Then came the crushing reply: 'I am always delighted to see any of your friends.' The 'oldest friends' had never previously met. But before midnight the Cocky Correspondent was telegraphing across Europe to Fleet-street an account of the new Ambassador's brilliant entertainment, his urbanity, his popularity, and was enabling hundreds of thousands of readers to surmise that, after the Ambassador, he had himself been thoprincipa] personage of the occasion.' " The MiOHtwutu Times exhorts Mr Walter Johnston, M.H.1!., to come up and address his constituents,

The Otago Times says : — " Disparaging remarks are sometimes made in other parts of the colony as to the quality of land in Otago. The price it brings, and which is paid for it by those who know it best, is, however, a sufficient answer to show how land is becoming every day more enhanced in value. An illustration may be given of a sale which took place on Friday, when Messrs Jennison and Bradshaw, of Palmerston, offered the farm occupied by the late Mr Alexander Millar, and situated in the Hawksbury district. After a very spiritod contest, it was knocked down to Mr George Gilmore for the splendid figure of £23 15s. per acre." Miss Eliza Orme, who .some years ago delighted the friends of female education by carrying off the chief honors in political economy at King's College (says the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian), has now beaten all her male competitors in jurisprudence. The scholarship— the Josepli Hume — is not of much account pecuniarily, being worth only £20 ; but the glory, of course, cannot be estimated in filthy lucre. The Hume, in fact, is one of the chief distinctions of the kind in connection with the college. Nor is it any disgrace to the vanquished young men that the winner of the second place is also a lady. Not very long ago Miss Orme took the prize in Roman law. I know an Indian civilian who has played such havoc among the linguistic and other prizes offered by the Government, that it has been thought advisable to give him a hint from head quarters not to present himself for any more competitive examinations. Now, if Miss Orme goes on at her present rate, the authorities of King's College may deem it expedient to convey to that lady a serious remonstrance of a like nature. I may mention that the new holder of the Hume scholarship has adopted law as her profession. Her partner is Miss Richardson, their chambers are in Chancery- lane, and their special work is conveyancing. A Russian sable cloak was sold by auction in London on March 20 for 400 guineas. At a recent auction, also, the prices obtained for old china and porcelain were still as high as ever. Dull times do not seem to make any impression upon them. With reference to the death of Margaret M'lntyre the Ercning Post says : — " In the full reports of the earlier parts of the euquiiy, published in the Dunedin papers, the story is told with much minuteness and circumstantiality. Briefly, the case is as follows : — On 10th February, 1877, Margaret M'lntyre, the deceased, entered into the service of Mrs Reid. She was then a healthy, plump, girl. Her sister Mary went to see her a few times. On 2nd April, while making one of those visits, she found ' that Margaret was very pale and getting thin. She was in bare feet, and in a dirty dress. She had a crust of bread in her hand, and her eyes were red as if with crying. ' Mary never saw her sister again until the Cth May, when she was ttying on the floor, her body being in a state of the utmost emaciation, and with several cuts, bruises, and scratches on it The evidence shows generally that the girl was illused, beaten, kept on an utterly insufficient allowance of food, and made to sloop on a mattrass on the floor of a cold room, with insufficient covering. Under this treatment she fell ill, became too weak to move about, and finally died. The enquiry naturally suggests itself — Why did not the girl run away home during the first month, and thus escape from all her suffering .' Probably the explanation of this is to be found in the evidence of Mary M'lntyre, the sister of the deceased. ' ' My sister Maggie," she said, " appeared to bo frightened of Mrs Reid, and would bo afraid to run away." Other evidence indicates that the deceased was a timid sort of girl, who could probably be cowed into abject submission by a stronger will. Altogether, the case is one no parallel to which has ever before occurred in New Zealand." The author of " Ecce Homo" is reported to be the writer of the series of articles on " Natural Religion," of which the twelfth holds the first place in the April number of 3£acm ill tin's JTagazinc. These articles are understood to contain the development of the doctrines laid down in " Ecce Homo." — Athcnwiun. Captain Boyton crossed the Straits of Messina on the 10th March in a storm, which placed the boats which accompanied him in great danger. During the passage, which occupied five hours, the captain, it is stated, was attacked by a large shark, but succeeded in driving off his assailant before being bitten, although he received a sharp blow from its tail. He had an enthusiastic reception from thousands of people on landing, and he was officially received by the authorities. When Mr Fox was in England he mentioned to a Mr W. S. Silver, the head of a lai'ge London firm engaged in the manufacture of submarine cables, that he (Mr Fox) had founded a temperance village at Crofton and was getting up a library for it. Mr Silver very handsomely gave Mr Fox a donation of £20 towards the intended object, which Mr Fox employed in purchasing books. The other day Mr Fox presented the books to the Crofton people, who thereupon deter- i mined to call their new library "the Silver Library," in honor of the donor of the books. As many as 3500 sharks wore captured in Hobson's Bay in one week lately, by the fishermen •at Sandridge, some of whom have been earning from £3 to £4 per day at the work. The sharks wore all over two feet in length, no reward being paid for any under that size, The Melbourne An/us remarks that it has boon suggested that a uniform rate of threepence per head for all sharks would bo preferable to the present system, as immense numbers of sharks, under two foot in length, are caught and thrown back in the water again. We think that Lord Justice Brett must surely have mistaken his vocation, if the following- anecdote is true of a trial which took place recently at the Huntingdonshire assizes, when a man named ICitolny was convicted of stealing a quantity of clover hay, value fourteen shillings, and was sentenced by Lord Justice Brett to one month's imprisonment. After the prisoner was removed from the dock a juryman remarked, " That is rather stiff, my lord." "Do you think so, gentlemen ?" inquired the judge. The jiuy, after consulting, said they did think so. Thereupon this colloquy followed : — The Judge : "' What sentence would you suggest, gentlemen I" The jury: " Cut it into halves, my lord. 1 ' The judge : " Very well, gentlemen ; it was your verdict, and shall bo your sentence. Lot the prisoner be brought back." Upon this being done, the judge said to him : " The jury think a month is too stiff ; take fourteen days." And that sentence was recorded. It is gratifying, of course, to find our judges and juries animated by this mutually helpful and conciliatory spirit ; but if a judge may let a juiy pass sentence it will be only fair for juries to return tho compliment occasionally by allowing judges to pronounce the verdict. Then, of course, wo shall have a dialogue of this sort : — Judge : '•'Not guilty, gentlemen i Come, isn't that rather stiff in the way of resistance to overwhelming evidence ?" The jury : " Do you think so, my lord ?" The judge : "1 do, indeed." The jury. Very well, my lord ; make it guilty then. You have to pronounce the sentence, and it shall be your verdict." How would that look >. Mr Gladstone's last pamphlet, " Lessons in Massacre," it is said, has proved a dead failure as far as the sale is concerned. Many of the leading papers never mentioned it at all, The. Times only gave it a small print paragraph in a corner, and the first edition is not yet disposed of, though of Mr Gladstone's earlier pamphlets several editions wore sold in tho same

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A mercantile firm in Elizabeth-street (says " in the Australasian) has a clerk in its employment named Burn. The firm has extensive contracts with the Government. A few days ago a large number of vouchers for goods supplied for the use of the State, and amounting to more than £1000, came into the hands of one of the principals. Having looked over them, he called a young fellow who had lately come into the establishment, and said, " Take these to Burn." A day or two afterwards it was discovered that tho vouchers wore linnsing. Inquiring of the young follow about the documents, he said, "What <lid yon do with those papers I gavo you 1,0 Uko to liurn !" He got a prompt reply " I did it, sir, Avith a kerosene lamp." And ho had. Tho London correspondent of the Auckland iS/rir writes : — " I fear, for your sakes, that there is no truth in the rumor obtained a Hliort time sinco, that the Prince" of Wales contemplated a visit to Australia. I n spite of His Royal Highness' excellent constitution, his terrible illness has loft lifelong marks on him, and ho is obliged to be very careful. Latterly he has been suffering from an abscess, which proved very troublesome, but is now bettor. H.R.H. and his delightful and popular princess are off to the continent for a Mediterranean cruise. " At the dinner of the Port Chalmers and Dunedin Artilleryßrigades, a contemporary says : ' ' What ought to have been the speech of the evening was begun by Major Stavely, officer in command of the district. In reply to some remarks of the Chairman referring to the possibility of the Volunteers being called into active service, Major Stavely took the opportunity to express his views as to the defence of the ports. ! The Dunedin district,' he said, ' could fciivn out. a, large number of efficient men, but what was essentially necessary in the way of defence was plenty of artillery. The Government should provide guns ;' and two batteries of two heavy guns each — say IS or 20-tonners — ' would give a good account of any vessel that might appear to attack Dunedin. The Major was proceeding to explain where the guns should be placed and how they should be served ; but his audience could listen to him no longer. The thought of firing at a real enemy with 20-ton guns was too much for them. The rest of the gallant Major's speech was lost amid uncontrollable uproar, ' the Volunteers,' as the Da Hi/ Times apologetically observes, ' being somewhat beside themselves with excitement.' Order was at last restored, and the proceedings seem to have ended in tolerable quiet." A St. Petersburg letter to the National Zeifmif/ sa3's that the much boasted Popoffkas, or Russian circular ironclads, have proved failures, and that they are to be converted into vessels of another form. In Tasmania just now there is a dispute between the Government and an English Railway Company as to the manner in which the latter has performed its contract to build a railway 120 miles long, connecting Hobarton and Launceston. The dispute involves the question as to whether the Government shall pay the company a yearly sum of £32,500 guaranteed interest on the cost of construction, which is resisted on the ground that the railway has been constructed of faulty material and is unsafe for traffic. It has been suggested by the Tasmanian Government that the Engineer-in-Chief of New Zealand, Mr Carruthers, should act as arbitrator in tho matter ; but it is exceedingly doubtful whether any gentleman can be spared to act. Prince Charles of Hesse, father to Prince Louis, the husband of the Princess Alice of England, died on Tuesday, March 30th, in his sixty-eighth j^eai*. Prince Charles was the younger brother of the reigning Grand Duke of Hesse, who is in his seventy-first year, and to whom Prince Louis is now the next heir. The Zi/ttclton Times of the 2Sth ult. draws attention to a curious literary " coincidence." "We notice," it says, "in the Otago Guardian of May 26, a paragraph which strongly reminds us of a short article we published on May 11 upon some blunders of a Wellington journal. In fact, the paragraph is word for word the same as the article. There is not one word more nor one word less. This is one of the most remarkable literary coincidences that has ever come under our notice. " Regarding Mr Studholme's land sales at Waimate, the North Otago Times learns from private sources that they have proved — as far as they went — pretty siiccessful, inasmuch as several 30-acre lots brought the fine price of £9 per acre. One gentleman, who secured CO acres at this figure in the neighborhood of the Waimate branch railway line, has subsequently been offered £300 on his bargain. The current number of C/iambers's Journal contains an article on the rabbit question in New Zealand, as well as one by the dreary W. Chambers on the rabbit generally, which also touches upon the trouble which that prolific rodent is causing in Australasia. Both writers seem to think that the rabbits are only to be kept down by a liberal use of the ferret, but they do not tell us how the latter animal is to be successfully induced to emigrate. The Rev. Mr Whitestarch some time ago supplied a fellow minister's pulpit at Camperdown. He spent a pleasant evening at the house of one of the elders, and expressed the delight with which good music inspired him. One of the ladies present sang "The Officer's Funeral." He inquired who had written that beautiful song. Tho lady informed him, "The Hon. Mrs Norton." " Indeed," said he, " and does she live in the neighborhood !" — Australasian. A strange story conies from the north of Spain. A moribund landed proprietor, notwithstanding tho entreaties of his family and friends, refused to receive the consolations of religion. His family, thinking they had overcome his scruples, sent for the parish jnviest ; but upon his arrival the sick man declined to receive him, and the priest withdrew, declaring that tho devil would come in person to carry oil' so hardened a sinner as soon as he was dead. A fow hours afterwards the sick man died, and while the family were ■watching over tho body the door of the room was opened with a great noise, and there appeared upon the scene a personage arrayed in red, brandishing a pitchfork, dragging a long tail after him, and smelling very strongly of sulphur. His appearance created so much terror that the women present fainted and the men rushed out of the room by another door. A man-servant, hearing the screams, and thinking that thieves had broken into the house, armed himself with a revolver, and made his way to the room from whence they proceeded. For a moment ho, too, was terrified by tho appearance of "tho devil," who by this time had got the body in his arms ; but, mastering his foar, he fired three barrels of his revolver at him, and tho supposed devil, who fell to the ground, proved to be the parish sexton, who, by the orders of the priest, had disguised himself, as he conceived, as Satan. He was quite dead when picked up, and four priests, who are suspected of complicity in this attempt to work upon the superstitious feelings of the family of the deceased, have been taken into custody.— Pall Mall Gazette. Messrs Margoliouth and Banner will hold an auction sale of choice fruit trees and shrubs, at 1 p.m. to-day. Messrs Routledge, Kennedy and Co. will soil at their rooms to-day, at 2 p.m., 3 cases Canterbury hams and bacon. Divine services will be held on Sunday next as follows : — By the Rev. R. Fraser, at Waipukurau, at 11 o'clock; at Kaikora, at 3 p.m., and at Waipawa at 7 p.m. Mr Poolo will preach at Waipukurau at 7 p.m. Clrurch of England service in St. Mary's Waipukurau, ll a.m., and St. Peter's, Waipawa, 3 p.m. ; by the Rev. J. White, at Hampdon at 11 a.m., at Onga Onga at 3 p.m., and at Waipawa at 7 p.m.