We understand that if the chairman of the JPu^ete School Committee has received a letter from the Clerk of »h Council to the efiect stated it has been a mistake, as the Clerk had no authority to write to that effect. \t the last meeting of the Council what was actually done wa« to the effect, that having the punt, which has hitherto been working at <\ hata whata at its disposal, the Council wa willing to place it at f nkete, on condition that the two Highway Boards would bear their fair share of working expenses, and the Clerk was instructed, to state thin. The question of no road to the river reters not to Pukete, but to an application made by the Ngaruawahia people t> have this same ferry placed in that Township ovec the Waipa. In looking over the account of the in quest on the body of the late James Purvis, we were struck by the plucky and womanly conduct of Mrs Devery, who, in the absence of her husband and neigh bours, h© r adily went to the assistance of the dying man, and unable to move him to her house, ministered to his comfort as much as possible where he lay. Many women would have locked the door on { hearing groans, instead of going forth to , ascertain the cause and afford as.istance. Police Court, Hamilton.— There were two charges of drunkenness and vagrancy at the I'olice Court, Hamilton, yesterday. Both delinquents were fined 5s and co «ts. R. R. Hunt, Jisq., J.P. was the presiding | Magistrate. here is seme slight error in our notice of the order issued by the railway authorities with respect to cattle straying on the • ail way line. It is cattle wandering into the fenced station yards that are referred to, and the aames of the o vners are to be reported to the police. It is a breach of the railway by-laws for cattle to trespass on the enclosed, portions of the railway. 