Our little town has been quite lively with numbers of Maoris lately, among whom the waipiro seemed to develop^ pugilistic qualities in a remarkable de gree. Their disputes however seemed to be mostly settled by talk, and truly they did enough of that !

Ladies are said to put all their news in the postscript, but as I have no more to give, I shall not follow their example. Ii: the Post Oiliec is to be removed to the llailway Station I must ask you to send me the " Weekly Herald " and not the " Daily," as I cannot afford to keep a horse to go nightly to fetch it, unless indeed your other correspondents have more news of importance than " ycur own " of Turakina.
MARTON DISTRICT LOCAL BOARD.
