Advices rccoivcd at Qneenstown state that the American ship Joseph Spinney arrived at Hiopo, on January '.!}«}, with, sjx Pelew Islandors, whom she had picked up )i) an open oanoe 200 miles Irom land, On November 23rd seven men and their old king Bet out to pay a visit to aoluefon another island of the PoW group. Thoir craft was a " dug-out" canoe Ho(t long, with only Win beam, Before (boy could make {heir pqrt of destination a sprang up, a'nd they verp. blpwn out to sea; They verb without food and water, In this fearful condition they remained for sixteen days. On Uecombor 11th the old king, faint with j hunger and mad with thirst, decided; that liib boy, aged sixteen, must be' killed, in order that the others might live. Preparations for tho sacrifice wero neatly completed when the sails of the Joseph Spinney appeared on the horizon, and the boy was saved, The men, when rescued, presented a fearful right, The king was so wasted that the chief mate carried him up the ship's gangway under his arm, and tho old man nd another of the men shortly after ardjdje.d,,

The fixtureßforthoweekaro announced in bur amusemont column,'" Iters Lowes' and lorns add to their sale for Wednesday next 60 fat ewes and BO breeding ewes, Important sales for Saturday nnxfc aro advertised by Mr F H. Wood, of Grey town,

Alibel action is threatened at Pahiatua A member of a local government body and a well-known settler are said to bo tho parties,

Mr W. Hawke, of the Club Hotel, stables, has had his 'bus newly painted and littcd up by Messrs Boss and Muir, and it now presents a very pleasing appearance, Messrs Lowes & lorns add to their sale for the 23rd, 1000 Lincoln Ewes, 250 crossbred ewes, 250 Lambs, and 10 Bams.
