Mr A.'F, SpSwrt'Sn expert oh' fruit culture ' is at prosent in Wellington. This would be a good opportunity for our local; Horticultural Society to dis tinguish itself -by inviting - himto deliver a lecture ! id Masterton, The! Times says Mr Spawn, in addi'ion to his technical knowledge, is an enthusiast in fruit culture and is fully porsuadod from what "he. has se en of this Colonythat there is ever'y;prospect of a lijree trado being dune in ftui|n and .li'ow to do it will be the aubjeot.. of his.; lecture this evening in Wellington. Sudti aleoture t woulijbo worth listening to. ,: • ' . A ssaults and outrages by larrikins in and around Melbourne continue.' A constable at Nortbcotii, who was arrest-, ing a brick carter for obscene language was, set. upon byliia two gates'who treated him very.roughly.; Finally they pushed.: him through the-window of a draper's shop.. The constable had lost hie helmet by this tiina, and his clothes wero so much covered with the dust that the draper and his assistants did not recognise bin), and promptly threw himself and his prisoner out of tho shop. This mistake encouraged the larrikins who renewed: their attacks upon the constable till at last he. fell fainting from exhaustion. Tho arrival of another constable put an end to the disturbance the- rou'gfiß clearing out. The first constable waß unconscious for two hours, In : another caso, at'Oollingwood, 'where a young fellow was arrested for threaten ing his fathorvrith a rifle and'a sword a crowd followed the police and stoned them.-

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