MISCELLANEOUS. The laying of the pipes for the Arrowtown waterworks is not being very briskly pro ceeded with. The Corporation are wailing for their engineer to put things straight for a proper start. The Mayor and Councillors appear to have been acting without consult ing their engineer, and have found them selves in a mess. Every councillor thou, lit himself an engineer, and consequently acted accordingly, until they discovered they were mistaken, to the great loss of the citizens. “ Fools rush in where angels fear to tread ” has been exempliod by the Arrow town Borough Councillors. The Hospital Committee have also got into a mess, and, I hear, will have to meet - an action for malicious libel at the hands of Ur Robertson, the proprietor of the Arrow “ Observer ” participating in the conse quences of the suit. It is almost super fluous to say that the Committee does nrt by a very long way represent the intelli gence of the place, and have been guilty cf on act which nobody approaching to be a gentleman would have been guilty of, as-- not satisfied with falling out with Drßol erteon -they have sot themselves the task of trying to injure his future prospects. The real fact of the matter is that Dr Rob ertson is too much of a gentleman for the class of people ho had to deal with, and, instead of courtesy, he has been subjected to low-bred ruffianism in its most contempt ible form. However, the Committee will find Dr Rabertsou a pretty hard nut to crack. The matter has caused much indig nation amongst the respectable-thinking portion of the community. People are beginning to talk about thc ; r coining representative in the New Zealand Parliament. 1 fancy Mr Thompson, of Lakes I Hayes and Wanaka, Ho is certainly the i most popular man in the Arrow division of the VVakatipu electoral district; but, of course, it is early yet, and great changes mav take place in public opinion ere the day of election. No less than two applications for slaugh tering licenses for Mace town are advertised iin the newspapers. It appears that the i butchering business there has been of the most profitable description for the last two years, meat selling at from 5d so Sd per II)., while its first cost lias not exceeded 2d. 