Mr 11. Eyre Kenny, S.M., this morning formally adjourned the Kuier.son enquiry to Napier, on Tuesday next.
Tiie Collector of Customs at Invcrciirgil' telegraphed to the Marine Department on Tuesfliiy, "Lifebuoy found on Riverton bench: 'Clan Macphcrson' painte<l on it.' 1 The buoy may have been washed overboard from the vchkcl during Ijikl weather,

An hour after tho big lire lit Win hi last week burned itself out Coaler's chemist shop was found to bu on fire, a bundle of papers having been ignited under the counter, and but for prompt action being taken to suppress it, (he whole town would have been swept away. A remarkably-shaped lemon was shewn us this morning by Air <<co. (Schmidt., who has taken over Mr Chambers' orchard at licpongacru. It appears to be the result of soviTcil lemons having grown together, and forms a good inhlnucc of the freaks which nature fiometiinos indulges in. It may bis seen at the <iisborne Hotel. In the Dunedin Mayoral election Mi' 10. JS. C'.ii-gill, who was mainly brought, forward on the ground of sentiment that he would be a fitting person as the son of Captain C'argill, leader of the early settlers, to hold ollicc on the occasion of the jubilee of tho province, was elected. The voting was — Cargill GO-J* J. (lore :j75, J lardy 118, Swarm 4-13, ' Other elections resulted : Wanganui, i\lr Hatrjck defeated Mr liilliton j Kaiapoj, Mv J. L, WaUon ; Sydenlmni, Mr N. Bowden ; Roslyn, Mr i). Scott; Ciivershaii), Mr H. K. Wilkinson ; liluli, Mr J, G, Ward,

Owing to the delay of the steamer Anglian the recital of vocal and pianoforte music by Miss Large and Mr Maughan Barnett, arranged for Saturday evening, has been postponed until next week.
