St. Andrew's Day. > Banlc holiday to-day, Christmas is coming. : Chinese .rebels successful, ' Minister of Lands is in towtjo Big bank failure in New York, S.B. Pohcrua arrived from Fiji, German Chancellor wants peace. ' " London Day by Day " is drawing well Theßribiah Parliament meets on February Schooner, Torea arrived from Hervev Group. Auckland Cricket Club won their third nmbeh on Saturday. The coal export from Greymouth last weok-was 2,173 tons. The coal export from Weetporb last week was 4,165 tons. Auckland Academy of Art Exhibition opens next Wednesday. • Roses, Patches and Powder Ball in Choral •nail on Wednesday evening. More troop 3 have been" sent to Lille I Knmce) to ovsrawo the miners. The death is announced of Sir J P Corry, M.P. for Armagh (Ireland). lartiell Cricket Club made the biff score oi 003 against Gordon on Saturday. Shaw Savill cargo-steamer Maori will be back hero next week to load for London. Busiian peasants are thronging the rail jvayjtations with petitions to the Caar for bread. 'ike ITauroto, which has arrived at Wel lington from Sydney, brought over .300 passengers. Twenty officers of the Argentine Reptib lica; army have been arrested on a charge ol conspiracy. of the Parnell Cricket Club, scortel the first century of. the season on batwday last, when he made 166. Aboat fouled the R.M.s. Oriental's pro peiljr ott Gravesend, and was capsized, lawe Customhouse officers were drowned. Tie Russian officials are alarmed at the V r - 'nsisbing that the responsibility of ioeuir, X chein rests on the Czaf, and a risine isfeaied. 5 |irge purchases of Australian horsee for Government are to be made. lie average p'riee to be paid has been faxed at £65. Op Friday no less than five boys between thtag/es of 10 and 14 years, living about fche,,K.awakawa district, each had one of their arms broken, Jljie Hon. Mr Stuarr, the Unionist candi date tor Dorset (England), has been elected bvfl majority of 347 over Mr Glynn, the HoJDo Rule representative. |he German Emperor's sermons, com posed by the Chaplain-General, have been veii in the army, exemplifyine the duty of thecaptains of regiments. ~ Captains Boileau and Butcher, of the Indian Ghoorkas, have been removed from th£ army consequent on their conduct duting the Manipur dieaster. The Wellington "Pose" states that Mr T.jK. 