\Yi: sincerely trust our readers will pe ruse carefully every word of the Gover nor's .Speech as telegraphed from Welling ton yesterday. We may tell them, in confidence, and we should not like it to go any further, that this gubernatorial luxury has cost lis two pounds three sliil lings sterling. The Press Agency, with a laudible desire to be liberal at other peo ple's expense, sent this message with every word lilled in, and it arrived here too late for insertion in last night's issue. We think that if the Financial and Public Works . Statements are sent free, this annual parrot-like effusion of Her Ma jesty's representative should also come sat the same rates. The telegraphic charge to a morning journal fortius speech be 10s. Gd., wlxile we have to pay four times that amount. It has been stated that during the Session the evening papers were to be allowed 500 words at evening fates ; but it would appear, from the sum we have paid for tliis message'-that the new arrangement lias not yet c§me' into opera tion.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The ordinarily fortnightly meeting of the Oamaru Harbour Board was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. G. Sumpter'..occupying the chair. The Draft Bill, for increased'borrow ing powers and landed endowment, was sub mitted and approved; and it was resolved that Mr. T. W. Hislop, M.H.R., be requested to proceed with the same as early as possible. The Board then wehifinto Committee to con sider the engineer's report, after which it was resolved to'conven'e -a special meeting of the Board for Tuesday next, at 3 p.m.
