The regular monthly meeting of the Masterton Masonic Lodge No 19, N.Z.C., takes place this evening. A public meeting will bo held at Car terton on Friday next to consider the question of the maiu drain and other matters affecting the Borough. _ The new bridge over the Ruamahunga river at Kokatau, is to be formally opened on the 24th inst. Mr W. 0. Buchanan, M.fl.U,, and others will give speeches, and a luncheon will bo pro vided.
A oarter named Randolph Lawrence rescued a boy named Pegsley from drowning in Wellington Harbour, in a very plucky manner, on Monday morning last.
A man named John Carnue has been arreßted at Dunedin charged with com mitting several forgorins in Wellington. Mr J. M. Hiokson, of the R.M. office, Wellington, has been granted six weeks' loave of absenoo, his health having broken down,

A meeting of stewards of the Tavatahi- Carterton Hack Racing Club will bo held on Saturday evening,

The Chinese residents of Wellington are beginning to agitate in connection with thedeath, at the Wollington Asylum, of their countryman Ah Ching. Mr Jellicoe has been engagod to make en quiries,

The average attendance at the Pahia tua school is 150.
About sixteen men, who were out ol work in the South, have beon brought up by steamer from Lyttelton, and are being sent by the Labour Bureau to Makuri, where they will bo placed on road work.
The first cricket match ot the season will be played in Masterton on Saturday next, when the elevens of the Excelsior and Oriental Clubs try conclusions on the Park Oval.
