—That Purser Hodgson, of the steamer Moana, is leaving the Union Com pany's service, having been appointed to a similar position on one of Mr Spreckel's new tteamers. What's the attraction in 'Frisco ?

—That Mr Hogg, M.H.E. in in teresting himself in the restoration of the looted Bible of the Boer, wanted to add that good act to the others he has done, so that at the finish he might ' save his own bacon.'

— That a certain ' cullud pusson/ who used to run an alleged restaurant in this town for many yeats, has shaken the dust of Auckland off his feet and gone to Bristol, where he ia going into the hotel business.
—That the Ponsonby burgesses are haying a good time just now. They are being ' Court-ed from dawn to dnsk. They were only Court-neyed before, but the ' People's William ' was a diamond of the first water.
— That some peculiar stories are coming to hand about some of the officers of the N. Z. Contingentß. A nice little tale is hanging to the return of Major Jowsey, who had some disagreement with Colonel Eobin.
—That it is not ' a screw loose ' after all, according to a non-com, in the Congregational Churches, that is the trouble as to calls from Providence to another sphere of labonr. It is the need of bigger ' screws.'

—That Mr Severne, the new gaoler at Auckland, whilst in uniform is frequently mistaken for some high military officer And no wonder. Severne claims to command a corps of the best drilled 'troops ' in the colony.
