(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Gisboene, January 29. A number of bankrupts who availed them* seGe-i of the expiring Act are being refused fchelr diseba ge by their creditors. The Native Lauds Company have sold alto* gether about £BOOO worth of laud within the last few days. New Plymouth, January 29 Last evening a testimonial and parse of sovereigns were presented to Archdeacon Govett, who, after ihirty-six years' service in the church here, goea Home on a lour for bU health. The Mayor has called & public meeting for to*ni"bt, lor the purpose of discussing th; question of tho .“peedy commencement of the trauk Hue of railway to Auckland, and the appointmtnt of a committee to watch the in* tercet of Taranaki. Ghetmouth, January 29. Further rain fell last night, and the rivc-r is still in fresh. The bar is rough. The Maua* watu, Murray, and St, Kilda are all ready to sail this evening, but are not likely to get away before to-morrow, The weather is atill unsettled. Marton, January 29. A match was fired to*day between the Marton Rifles and the Wanganui Rifles, the former winning by 20 points. The Wanganui team were considered the crack team ot the colony, Napieb, January 29. The Resident Magistrate decided to-day that the words in the Licensing Act importing the masculine gender apply to females, and he therefore convicted two Maori women charged with sly-grog selling. News has been received that part of Messrs Wilding and Bull’s eawmills, at Waipukurau, were burned down this afternoon, and that all the planing machinery and 40,000 ft of timber were destroyed. Auckland, January 29. A social gathering of the United Tem* perence Society was held to-night in the Theatre Royal, when Sir W. Fox delivered an address, and exhorted the ratepayers present to unite to put men on licensing committees at the forthcoming elections who were sound on the teetotal ticket, so as to secure, not merely the regulation, but the abolition of the liquor traffic. A. vote of thanks was ac corded. The fire at Mount Eden>road last night, which destroyed five houses and three shops, arose through a tenant, named Jones, placing, a pudding in a pot ou tho fire and going to bed. It is supposed some of the fire fell on a wooden floor. The Temperance and Eight Hours* Demon strations in the Domain ate attracting crowds of visitors. 