The Poverty Bay A. and P. Associa tion's show commenced to day, bat owing to (he severe winter and backwardness of spring, hardly as many eheepand cattle bave come forward as in previous years, bat the quality of the exhibits is satisfac tory, and makes up for the lack of num bers. There ace 247 entries in the horse classes, and keen competition for the various prizes. The show extends over two days, to-morrow being the people's day. Barndde Elgin secured the medal for Draught) entire, and Strowan for lighb horses nd thoroughbreds, Saracen being second. Mxzappa also won a prlza in his cUas. Messrs H. N. W*teon, Witters, fra! the executors of Woodbine Johnston divided honbis in the cattle cUssea. The enow of sheep was almost solely confined to Lincolns. Mr H. N. Watson, with a Sutton eheep, secured the champion prize.
POVERTY BAY SHOW. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Gisborne, October 26.
DREDGING SHARE QUOTATIONS. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Dunedin, October 26.
The following saloa were nude to-day :

THE STEAMER HESKETH ASHORE. (BY TELEGRAPH.)

Weilington, Oatober 26. The chief postmas'er ab Grey month wires :o the head office that the steamer He6keth, of the Blackball line, bound from LytteltoD, went aahore early this morning In broad daylight, on the north beach, some distance north of where che M»ponrika groaaded. She appears to be hanging on to the bank, and uninjured, bat cannot be communicated with. There - fore the mails are si ill aboard ■ It 1b ex pected that she will be floated off on the high tide, as she is stem on to the beach, and the sea is fairly smooth.
