At the distribution of prizes Mr Goldfinch, of Dickens-street, Avas the successful candidate for the tea and coffee «service, while Mi 1 Norman, of White-road, won a silver hunting-watch. Mr Stanley an nounced that the principal present for to-night would be a gold watch. In reporting yesterday what fell from Mr Kinross at the Harbor Board meeting respecting the moorings, ho was incor rectly made to say that the cost of main taining the moorings was £130 a year, whereas that has been their expense alto gether for the 3i years since the board came into existence, or under £40 a year. It is proposed to form a Poultry and Canary Association for Hawke's Bay, and those willing to join such, a society aro requested to meet at the Criterion Hotol on tho afternoon of Thursday next, 7th inst. At the annual meeting of ratepayers of the Waipawa district the following gentle men were elected to form the board for the year : — Messrs C. Bibby (chairman), Rathbone, Harwood, B. Johnston, and Phillips. Messrs Mathews, Craven, Hastie, Hol den, and Howard have been elected as the Ruataniwha Road Board for the ensuing year, and the board has struck a rate of sixpence in the pound for town sections and twopence for country lands. A special cable message to the Evening Post, dated London, 23rd July, an nounces the failure of the Western Dis trict Bank, Barrow-on-Furness. Messrs Price and Boustead, who have consider able business connections with the colo nies, also failed. A riot occurred at Wimbledon, owing to an attempt on the part of a large crowd to force an entrance to the Common, which was enclosed for the annual volunteer encampment. The mob was repulsed, but set fire to the fence. The agitation was due to the action of the Commons Preservation League, who protested against the en closure of the Common. Some amusing episodes occurred at the " great liberal demonstration" at Welling ton. When Mr Barton could not obtain a hearing he became very excited, and ran about from one side of the stage •to the other, finally jumping down on to the reporters' table, stamping and frantically gesticulating in the wildest manner. 