Mr Hogben, the new Secretary of the Education Department, assume* his duty at the end of the month. The Marine Department? has been advised that a kauri screen, used for holding a vessel's side light, has been picked up off Gape Egmont. Lady Prendergasro remains hare been interred at Karori, and, at the rr quest of Sir James Prendergast, the funeral was attended only by relatives and immediate friends.
