I A conoert And bt.ll will bs hold ia the solioolroom, Burko'a Paso, on tho 30th in»t , m nid of tho children's rporta fund. , In roßpome to & numerously eignod rcijui tilion His Worship tbo major proclaims ! Monday next a public holiday m honour of , tbo Q4ecp> birthday, .instoad of Sotjurday > thpZitli: ' ' " " ''.ill ,„.;:, '. :

The Hey. Mackenzie Gibson, who takes Mr Winter's place as acting incumbent of Bt. Mary's parish, arrived by eipreß3 yesterday. Tho following team, from the Waihi Foot ball Olubj havo been chosen to play m the match on Saturday against Eost Ohrifltchurob: —Hart (2), Stewart (3),Wakely,Brinkmann, Storey, Harte, Kalaugher, Morrison, MoLood, Bell, Shallard (2). At the Resident Magistrates Court, Temuka, yesterday, John Towner, who was last week remanded to Timaru for medical treatment, was brought up before Mr W. U. Slack, J.P., charged with being an habitual drunkard, and was fined £1 and costs lie. - Mr Qao. Hedges shipped by the Cairntoul yeßterday to Sydney, 23 bundles of oaiorrods, a sample consignment from the Temuka willow farm to the Sydney basket makers. Sydney now, Mr Hedges informs us, obtains her osiers from Tasmania. Temuka is now pre pared to lend a hand m supplying her. The committoo of the vestry of St. Mary's, m charge of the preparations for the public meeting to receive the Bishop of the diocc6e to-morrow evening, have arranged to seat the echoolroom to accommodate between six and soven hundred people comfortably, and a number of Indies hare undortakon to decorato the room. Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co. announce that they are now showing an extensive range of new season's Bru«3els, tapestry and kidder carpets m new and choice designs, imported direct from the makers. Abo, tapestry ) kidder and juter Bquarea m all sizes, together with an unusually large stock of floorcloths and linoleums m a groat varioty of patterns. Persons about to furniab would do well to «cc tbeeo goods before purchasing oleowhore. Tho Olago Daily Times pays :— Our Otngo cicada correspondent writes that the dredge has been working m the channel opposite tho lower Kaik for some timo past, but as tho sand raised is being discharged into the eide channel, to be washed back again with every tide, tho work appears to be a waeto of timo and money. 