A first offendor who appeared' in the R.M. Court this morning was dealt with | in the usual manner, ■ The Southern Standard says that about 7000 acres of land in the Hokonui district (part ot it comparatively near Gore) is now being classified by the Southland Land Board, as the pastoral leases will shortly expire.
The new railway tariff, which comes into force on the 29th inst., abolishes the special rates for agricultural produce on

strict railways,

.Save uu from our friends! It tvasbad enough for Bishop .lulius to lecture on the Primate, but the cruellest touch of all was when tho Bishop of Christ church suggested that'his Metropolitan should bo "prayed for."

The other evening a man, whose senses were apparently benumbed by an

excessive use of alcohol, stalked into the Napier police station, planked down six-' pence, and asked for a beer. He didn't gel a beer, nor yet his liberty, He was kept there and given a bud. The next meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association commences at Trent ham, near Wellington, on Tuesday, Bth March, and concludes on Monday, 14th, Nominations tor all handicaps for the St. Patrick's Day meeting of the terton-Opaki Jockey Olub close with the Secretary on Saturday next,

-Four hundred sacks of cocksfoot grass seed is advertised for sale in lots to suit purchasers.
