A Scene in a Railway Carriage. —Fond Wife: "Let mo see your paper a moment, dear?" Husband: "Yes, as soou as we get to tbe tunnel."

Lawyer (to witness): " Did you say that any incompetenkman could keep an hotel just as well asv||fcbody ?" Witness : " No; 1 said an man could." At the Dun Ho City Court Henry Tai tam, alias Bennett, was remanded till Tuesday on a charge of being concerned in the Oaklands station sticking-up. Mr Arnold Morloy, M.P. for Notting-. ham, is reported to have warned Mr O'Brien thai Mr Gladstone insists on Parneli's final withdrawal from public life. . f

" Whab is wit ?" asked a Prime Minister of a needy genius. " Wit is what a pension would be given by your lordship to your humble servant — a good thing well applied." Henry Clark, fireman of the steamer Rsingatiri, was arrested at Timaru, arid re manded, on the-eharge of stealing a pocket book containing £6 from the person of a labourer.
At tho meeting of the Wellington City Council last night, tho recommendations of the Finance Committeo in connection witli tbe erection of a Free Public Library wero adopted by seven to three.
Tho photograph of the scene ab Sylvia Park while Nordenfeldt was sold, taken by Mr F. Edwards, was on view at Chapman's bookseller's shopto-day, and attracted alo of attention from tho passers-by. The British Admiralty propose fco store 2,000 tons of coal in tho vicinity of Sydney Harbour. If land can be obtained ab a reasonable v prieft / 44ie coal will be stored on shore ;if not, coal hulks will be built to re ceive ib.
