Thomas O'Connull, an old colonist, died' the other day at Sandhurst, aged 102. He leaves a widow partially blind, aged 105.
Mr Francis Henty, son of the late Edward Htmty, out; of the pioneer settlors of Victoria died at his residence, Kew, aged 71. Deceased was one ol Hve sons who arrived with his father in the colony in 1831.
At a united congregational meeting'of the Otepopo Presbyterian Church held at Kakanui

on Monday evening it was unanimously re'

solved that the Otepopo congregation ask

tho Presbytery of Oarnaru to moderate in a call to the Rev. Mr Wright, of Knapdale.
By an explosion of gas at No. 3 Albert terrace, East Melbourne, last week, three ladies—Mrs Taylor, Mrs Goldspiuk, and Mrs Megher, of the Imperial Hotel—were rather severely injured.
The premises had been rented for the use of six I Sisters of Mercy expected from Sydney, and a number of ladies were preparing it for their reception. An old abandoned meter had been turned on, aud gas escaped through a pipe which had been cut off. The ladies named went into the passage with a lighted caudle, when a terrible explosion occurred, doing considerable damage to I the premises, and burning tho ladies, Mrs Taylor I being the roost severely injured.
