jt is highly pro bable that the member' took his passage by one steamer, and his honorarium was booked by another, The prizes ofßered jn connectio-i with this year's show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, to be held at Doncaster have been announced. They amount in value to £0037, made up as follows :— Horses £1805; cattle, £};50(); sheep, £900; pigs, £432; poultry, £349; aheosc, £171; butter, £91 ; cider and perry, £40; jam and pre served fruit, £40; hives and" honey, £3*; implements, £285; farms, £300; butter making competition, £64; horseshoeing com petitions, £32. Thfl vegetable world in Hawke's Bay (says the " Telegraph ") is a little non-plussed at the character of the season, Accustomed to be parched up and next do.or to dt^th at this titrio of year, the moist weather has given every thing a start. Mushrooms are in plenty, and asparagus Ijas come again. If mild wet weather continues we may look forward, to wild duck and green peas,

The Wellington "Times" says:~The Minister for Public Works returned to Wel lington by the Penguin on Friday morning. The object of the hon gentleman's visit to Mahakipawa was to deal with a difficulty in connection with a road there. He arranged the matter satisfactorily and pro fitably, having saved the Colony several hundred pounds by the arrangements he made. The rain of the last few days seems to have fallen pretty generally throughout the county, though the Chathioss, Windenncre, and Longbeach block did not participate in last night's fall. At the Tinwald yards to-day the effects of the rain were seen in an improved demand for sheep, with an upward tendency in prices. " Wanted—Eight bald men to sit infthe third row of the ptalls-at Drury Lane Theatre ou Boxing Night." So runs the mysterious advertisement. It is Mr Newne3, the pro prietor of "Tit-Bits," who has thought of this novel advertising idea. Each buld man will have a letter stamped on the back of his head, and the odd one will carry the hyphen. We leave it to our readers to guess ■ what the letters will be Each bald man i will receive a'stall, a guinea, and a dress suit—the latter for this occasion only. 