The War Office has ordered 5600 tons of Now Zealand outa for South Africa.
The Anglers’ Society meets on Satur day evening. A fresh case of plague has broken out at Gla-gow. There is another also at Townsville.
The tele hones are being placed in position to-day, and should be in order for working this afternoon. There are ten thousand persons desti tute at Galveston and twenty thousand on the adjoining mainland. The person having Dr Milne’s fracture cradle in his possession is requested to return same without delay. The lecture to be given by the Rev J. de E. Galwoy has been postponed indefinitely.
The members of the Woodville volun teers are being measured for new uni forms.
Owing to short supplies and bad pros pects of the American crop the major ity of the Lancashire cotton mills are closing for a fortnight'in October. An Italian named Guestano Longo suicided at Caserta, near Naples, after murdering his wife and her two alleged lovers and seven other persons.
Over a million was tendered for the Melbourne Board of Works £350,000 three and half per cent loan, The ten ders averaged a little over .£99 2s. We are pleased to hear that Mr Alex ander Eaillie, of Puhiatua, is quite well again, and is on a visit to his friends at Dannevirke.
The Slaughtering and Inspection of Meat Bill provides that no meat shall be sold or exposed for sale unless slaughtered in an abattoir.
Mr W. Rose is to sell on behalf of Mr M. Lambert, at Maharahura, the whole of his splendid dairy herd on Saturday next.
