TO THE EDITOK. Sib,—ln answer to "Anxious "in your issue of to-day, lei, mo assure "Anxious" that he will not be called on to pay one penny, directly or indirectly, to make up any deficiency; the gentlemen that organised this ball did it with their eyes wide open, and are prepared for Eny deficiency. As for the lighting arrangement— the internal part of it—the cost of the same is a little too small a matter even for the very small soul of "Anxious" to consider; the external part of the lighting is borne by the contractors, of which lam one. Mr " Anxious " would do well to write over his name (if he is not ashamed of it) when his little soul is being troubled in this way again.—I am, &c, Thos. H, Hodob. Port Chalmers, September 27.
The manager of the Bruce Dairy Factory etates tlir.t the money received by one milk supplier last year averaged £8 per cow during Ihe season of eight mouths, and that there is no reason whatever why under ordinary management this Bhould not be iri erf used by at any rate £2 to £* per head. An Otama correspondent in the Mata'nra paper miggests that at the Gore walkiug show of entires the owners of horees should subscribe £1 each to be awarded to tho best yearling, two-year-old, &c, loft liv stallions travelling in the district and shown at tho Core A. and P. Show.
