Eventually it was resolved, by 6 to 3 "That the Yaralla branch be kept open, if the present building be available, till the annual rneetiDg, and that should the branch then be, or at any prior date, closed, Misß Dale be asked to accept three months' Balary as compensation."

PRESENTATIONS

At the railway station last evening Mr Gavin lUiugworth, foreman of works, maintenance "department, Dunedin section, on the occasion of his transfer to ihe Christ church section, was the recipient of a gold watch, suitably inscribed. Mr Pearson, in a few well-chosen words, male the presenta tion on behalf of the employes and office stair', and Mr Illingworth feelingly replied. At the police station last evening Sergeant Keating, who is severing his connection with the force, was presented on behalf of the men with a cigar holder and a gold sovereign case, suitably inscribed. Sergeant O'Neill made the presentation, while Chief-detective O'Connor spoke in complimentary terms of Sergeant Keating, and referred to the harmonious relations which existed, not only between branches of the force, but also between the men as a whole. Sergeant Keating made suitable reply.
CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.
Madrid newspapers are indignant at Pre sident Cleveland's veiled threat to intervene in Cuba.
Marshall Blanco, Governor of the Philip pines, has resigned. The Bombay plague is spreading in all quarters. Fifty-live fresh cases and thirty seven deaths occurred on Wednesday. The mortality from all diseases for the week was 1,000, the normal rate being 300. The Hamburg strike is fizzling out.
