The inforiiinl voting pnper of one elec tor ut Christchurch, who was evidently of ut racy turn ol mind, bore tho mid in scription—" I enn't pick it." Tho use of red-birch .sleepers on the railways of the Colony has been so un- Hittisfiu'lory that their use will bo dis continued,

Four hundred and fifty thousand fee of while pine is to he shipped to Hydue; by 11 Tiilinpmi (lliiwlfe's liny) siiw-millinj linn curly in August. Intending shareholders in the Muster ton Dairy Company arc reminded thai: meeting to elect directors is being licit this afternoon in the Druids' Hull,

The mull ol the pigeon llyinj; com. petition under the auspices of the Wai nirapa Poultry, Pigeon unit Dog Asso ciation will be available on Monday. The remarks made by Iho Duke of Cornwall ut the Christchureli review re garding the creditable d'splay made by the Cudcls were read nt Ihe parade of the Musterton volunteers Inst evening. A mass meeting of Jews was held in Milwaukee, America, recently, at which it was decided to lake measures to raise a fund (or the purchase of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire, A great battle is reported to have taken place between tho French and Moorish troops, in which the former were victorious, but both sides suffered heavy losses.
A Capo paper slates that an officer, who overstayed his leave at Port Kliza belli and was arrested and brought to •Simomtowii by Ihc .steamer Jlarraconla, jumped overboard as the vessel was en teriujj the bay and was drowned.
Olio of tlui victims of the fatality on tlit! Mattorhoru was Hubert Mack, ut llrighton doctor with a targe practice One of the Indies slipped, dragging down her companions, The rope snapped on the edge of n crag.
