We hear that Mr E. Roche was the lucky drawer of the horse Chatterer in the "Oracle" Sweep, Melbourne, by which lie wins a prize of

The Westport Colliery Company are the successful tenderers for supplying all the coal for use on the Wellington, Waitara and Foxton railways, and for part on those at luvercargill, Lyttelton, Wanganui, and Napier. Messrs W. Fox, J. Sullivan, E. Woodger, A. W. Dwan, W. Hampton, W. Mullins, and J. M. Powell wero elected a School Committee at Charleston. Messrs B. Walker and J. W. Fair were the other candidate?. The first named gentleman was Chairman and the latter Secretary ot the old Committee.
The irishmen of the Charleston district are taking steps to raise a Parnell Defence Fund there. A public meeting to further the olject will be held on Sunday after noon next.
A public meeting will be held at Charles ton next Saturday evening for the purpose of considering the abvisability of forming a Mining Association in that district. Ihia step is the outcome of tho rpcent agitation over the Cioniuville aflair. Other business to be considered at the meeting is the send - ing of two delegates to Westport to request the lion. Mr Kulleston to visit Charleston.
All the shares in the Lyell Creek Low Level Tunnel Company alloted to Westport have been taken up, and more applied for

The 122 nd anniversary of Burns was cele brated on Tuesday evening last at the Albion Hotel, Greymouth. Between 40 and 50 gentlemen sat down to the plentiful spread provided by Mr Waters, and which included those viands so dear to the sons of Scotia—the immortal "haggis," and the ' heads ot sheep," besides other dishes which are supposed to be common to all.
