Strikes are becoming so frequent, says the Timet, that the mention, of another does nut' surprise one, hut the most novel that has occurred locally hok place last night when the runners on one of our evening contemporaies took it into their heads to rufuso to deliver the papers, They had been receiving 6s a week and upwards,, with 4d a dozen commission on. their sales, but asked for 6s a week at tho lowest, and dl commission, Without notice the youngsters came down on the manager with theso demands, and the pro prietary were put to somo little inconvenienco iu getting the paper distributed but oyeotually this difficulty was overcome, One of .the most amusing incidents in connection with tho strike occurred when the strik ers commenced to jostle ft '"baoMeg." Ho Wis able to tako care of himself, and in a short time had one of his opponents *4. second

The following copy ol a letter ha ß been handed to us which sevoral of th 6 Masterten famors are sending to the Blacksmith's aud Wheelwrights Co operative Company:—"Roforring to correspondence and interviews with tho committee appointed to form the above Company, wo beg respectfully to submit the following for consideration; -First, We would point out that if the company is formed a numbor of workmen will be thrown out of employment who liavo spent years to acquiro tho trade, at least as far as Maaterton is cbacorned, and m feel assured that if the matter is seriously considered the action contem plated will be witheld. Second, wo may at once state trankly that we are and have been all along of tho opinion that the action of farriers at the Carterton meeting was too hastily arrived at, and wo would at ai.y time since have beon prepared to ro consider the tfholo matter but ivere persuaded otherwise, tho Chairman of the Farriers Union boiugstrongly asjalnst althouph wo havo good reason to beleive he has applied for tho position of Manager to your Company. 