A correspondent- informs us that the sale oi' land behind Wairoa is indefinitely post poned because Kolmnui and oilier natives .from "W'hc-uuiiknra lately liberated from Dunedin Gaol, who have been sent back to their district by the Government, say the land is theirs, lie has it. from the best authority that such is the case, and that Mr Parris is actually negotiating with them for the purchase of the land, thus acknowledg ing their right. The natives have already siopped the surveys of the block until the mat lev is arranged. After a. prolonged search the child of the woman McCartney, who has been committed for trial for "infanticide at- Grey town, was found on Monday in a well near the prison er's residence. The evidence produced before the Resident Magistrate was of itself very strong, but the discovery of the body of the child—if it can be proved to be that; of tlie woman—makes it veiy much stronger. The medical testimony showed that the child was born alive, and was ill-treated. A great deal of scaudal is said to have been occasioned in Melbourne by a clergy man having kissed all the pretty girls of his congregation with what he appears to term the *' holy kiss of love." The Daily News of Nov. 21, in respect of breadth, length, and solid contents, was the largest newspaper without a supplement ever published. Its printed matter was nearly equal to that contained in three numbers of the Cornhill or the Gentleman's Magazine, was more than is contained in the Edinburgh Review or the Quarterly, and exceeded the proportions of two volumes of the average novel. The pieces of metal lying within the sixty-four columns were 1,044.000 in number. The paper on which it was printed was rolled on cylinders a single one of which holds four, and a-balf miles in length. each copy was delivered from the machine printed on both sides and duly cut from the cylindrical web of paper. aud the whole edition was printed on five of j the Walter machines at the rate of 50,000 1 copies an hour. j A surgical operation has recently been performed in Melbourne, says the Daily Telegraph, which, for skill and success, would do credit to any of the largest cities of Europe. The operator was Mr J. Beano v, assisted by Drs. Brownless, G-illbec, Teague, and Hewlett. 