The following donation has been re ceived towards tho building fund of St. John's Sunday-school :— -Tims'. Tauiior, Esq., £loi At the annual meeting of ratepayers of tho Okawa Road District,. held at .Puke tapu on Saturday, the 19th inst'., tlie accounts, as audited, for the financial year ended 31st March last were" laid before the. meeting and passed. The undernamed gentlemen were then elected a Board of Wardens for the ensuing year,: — Mossrs N. E. Beamish, chairman, G. T. Scale, Thos. Hallett, J. Bennett, T. Milne, Fi S. WftterhoUsrj, arid A. Shieidv Arrangements were entered iipon for road repairs and formation in several localities'.
On Sunday next divino services will (D.V.) be held as follows I— By the Rev. R> Fraser at Waipukurau dt il a.ni., at Kaikdra at 3 p.m., and at Waipawa at 7 p.m. ; by the Rev. J. W. Spence at Porangahau at 11 a.m., and at Walling ford at 3.30 p.m. ; by Mr W. Finlay Wilson at Woodville at 11 a.m;, and at Tahoraite at 3.30 p.m.
For the last ten days the Gas domrjiny have been iisinghalf Greymouth and half Newdabtle do&l in tbe retorts, and find the local article a great improvement on the imported. The Brunner coal gives about 1000 feet of gas per ton, or some thing like 12 per cent., more than the Newcastle coal, and the gas is of a better quality. We, understand tliat at the conclusion tif the present c.dnliract for Newcastle coal no more will be ordered, the Greymouth mineral being exclusively used instead. Consumers may now reasonably hope that the gas will be better, and that some reduction will be made in the price.
