The Appeal Court has reserved its deci sion m the c*se Union Bank v South Can terbury Building Society. Money under the Advances to Settlers A cfc will be lent through the Public Trust Office and branches, which it is anticipated will be equal to the work without any material addition. There are many inquiries m Scotland for Queensland sugar lands. A syndicate is willing to invest £80,000 in'he event of a sufficient guarantee bein* offered. At a meeting of ths W<*itaki High School Board of Governors Mr W. H. A. Craddock was Hslected out of seventeen applicants for the post of first assistant master. Mr Craddock, who was educated m Christchurch, ia at present head master of the Greymouth District High School- Two of Maoriland principal cities have been theatrically boycotted (says on ex change). Brough and Boucicault passed Auckland by, as terras could not be arranged for Abbott's Opera House, and the Royal Comic Opera Company (William son's) gave Wellington the 'cue out,' A local band was one day playing at Dunfermline when an old weaver come up and asked the bandmaster what that was he was playing. " That is * The death of Nelson,'" solemnly replied the band master. ' Ay, man,' remarked the weaver, ' ye hae's gien him an awful death,' A man named Edward Settc>tt was brought to Christchurch by the police from Kaiapoi on Sunday suffering from a severe self inflicted wound m the throat, and was tsken to che hospital. The man is m a precarious condition and not expected to recover. He had been living by himself and was of somewhat eccentric habits. At Gisborne on Sunday a man named William Brennan was found dead m a whare near Karakaka. A post mortem examination revealed signs of strychnine poisoning, and a bottle with strychnine crystals was found by the side of deceased. The jury returned a verdict of poisoning, but whether by accident or design, there was no evidence to show. A Greymouth telegram informs us that a very important gold reef has been discovered at Langdon's, nine miles from Greymouth. The ree', which was un earthed at a lower level than ever tested before., is three feet thick, carrying heavy gold, visible throughout A rush has set m, and leases are being taken up m all directions. 