Sovcnil items of news appear on our fouatli page. In accordoncs with ltccnlation '215 of " ThoMining Acl,"all mines will bo pto tpctod from December 2'2nd to January sth, botli datpsi inclusive. tyo nro sevry t.Q Ijea).' that a ljttlo daughter of Major Mair's had llie mis fortune to break her arm on Wednes day, The suflbrcr is dow progressing favourably. In St, George's Ohuroh to-morrow afternoon tho Sunday School children' will ronder a number of Christmas enrols, which havo beon under rohoarsal for sorno little time. Mr M. G. Powor, who competed sue-. pesafully in tho amateur athlotic ovonfs at Pnaroa on Thursday, loft for Auckland i yesterday to lake part m tho JJorth Shore mooting. "-'*J

A good deal of building wo under stand will shoitly bo L'o'mg on at Turua, 'ho initiators Loing Mc-sra Bagmdl. At tho Wosloynn Chinch to morrow tho Rev. J, Serpen takes for the subject of his iro'iiiiii! sermon "Truths for; tried believoi's," aud in tho cvenina; he preaches 11 funeral sermon in connection wi h the dei-th 1 f Airs Codes. Mr A. 0. Outrun forwards us a ropy of tho Thames edition of Murray's il lustrated almanac and diary for 1806, It is an exceedi' gly useful puMieulion, and may bo obtained from Air Catian, who is tho local agent, for tho small price of iix;:>cnco. The return of irold from the I tin 1 ptveol of nibble taken from tho Ka• ori district •.-Vi lliiiL'ton', and tiviilod a', ilia local tfchool of Mines, is considerul to be satis factory, and it is now proposed to erect machinery on Iho uronmi. Tin) assay value of tin gold is M 17* 'J 1 per ounce

Pianofortes earefn'ly tuned for h Gil Periodical visits at reduced viUes. J. iiittGfl, Thames Music Warehouse, Po en street.—l" A inr,] Aii-rssrs Nielson, t,f Auckland, liav' opened tomnorary iJi-omUL*!? in thw to'ti, aiiil tins r.fliormg for sale a beautiful col eclioit of cut. grcc.stonfi. The 0,-im;nciits am marked at. a rrti-onnb'c pi ice. and as they are all vi-ry suitable for Oliristmas 01 Now YVargHhs, a ready sale should be found for then). On Thiirs'lay and Friday evenings of next iveok (race mollis) Iho Mackenzie (hiiiipiiny occupy tho Academy of Music and give two griuidenuiitainments; the it'ins being ton»s, dances, and a conic-1 dioftn. i\lr W. 