Several light-lingered gentry, w tamo to the Bluff hy the Westmlia, i ™l ft good harvest in Invcrcargill (luring visit of General Mucilomihl. Thoy nro ; believed to be in Christchurch to operate among the crowds there. The Japanese coolies (of whom there is n largo nuiubor) employed in the pearl fisheries nt Thursday Island and at Torres Straits, are giving a good deal of trouble by refusal of duty, desertion, etc., but judging from the circumstances it would seem that moro tyranny than tact is exhibited by the owners and pearl shellers in dealing with their brown auxiliaries,

Tlio Auckland Law Society considers tlio Kuprcint- Cimrt jmljjea nic underpaid. Strawberries lira being sold in Nnpior nt 2b per box, nml tonmtocs nt In Od pet lb. Tlio cruiser King Alfred, llio lavßcut mid fastest nlloal, bun been lnunclicd nt Jinn'ow-on-Fuincss. Correspondence nnd nlber Itoiiw nro unavoidable beld over ln-diiy in coiibo- i i|ueiii!o of pressure on our npiico. We (ire Horry lo hear of "'o so'vorn indisposition (if Mr Uullcn, the well known iiml populiir repriwnliilivo of Ino 11 New Zealand banner."

Tlio tender of Mr I, Allen for tlio for million of South-mail, Kurupmii, has linen accepted. The lender wen .W lis

The young inn", Angus Hcondi, who broke inn leg on Monday, is now pro- RroHHins satisfactorily lit the Maslcrlou Hospital, Outwurd British nml foreign mails, (Old Naples), close nt tlio Miißtcrton I'ofit Ollice, on Saturday morning, nt 6.81) o'clock.
