The malo element certainly doe 3 not predominate &i the leadinc church in Masterton. Yesterday, when at the morning service there were nearly one hundred ledics and children, there wero present [only three men. Perhaps it is unfair to the lator to judge them on this par ticolar occasion, for (ho weather was sl'ghtly inclemont, and theirs may not be a self-sacrificing Christianity, Still three per cent, leaves an ample margin fur_ improvement, irrespective of miti gating'conditions.
Asurburban married couple figured at one of the Melbourne police cnuits the other day, when during the evidence it transpired that the husband ten years ago.hnd been loft £46,000 by a relative who died in London. Of this amount the husband, according to the sworn testimony of the wife, spent in ten years £26,0C0 alone in drink.
Foxes have increased to an alarn !ng extent in Kilmore (Victoria) district, and now thst tho lambing season Is on, havoc has' been played amongst the flocks. Scarcely one farmer has cßctped, and ill eomo localities' hundreds of lambs havo been killed by foxes.
During the progress of tho football match on tho Masterton Oval on Satur day last, two " barrackers" camo to high words over the comparative merits of tho respective teams and the excited individ uals, after a heated discussion, finished off with blows. The combatants wore promptly parted by a prominent feotbal. lar, but after tho iratch was finished, the aggrieved ones adjourned to a sheltered spot; a ring was formed by several hun-, dredspectators, and a gonuino "knock out" was witnessed. Tho " mill" lasted fully twenty minutes, and tho antics of the principals created intense amuse mont. Satisfaction was finally gainad, without much harm being done to either person, and an adjournment was made with satisfactory and refreshing results.
