Another reason why there should be another officer always at hand to support the present one, is that there is no telegraphic communication with the city, so that considerable mischief might be done before assistance could be rendered. Our Palmerston correspondent telegraphed on Saturday that a public meeting was held at Palmerston on Friday evening, to consider the advisability of establishing a local news paper there. His Worship the Mayor, Jas. Arkle, Esq., on the motion of J. Douglas, Eaq., Mount Royal, presided; and Meßsrs Douglas, Mount Royal, D. F. Main, John Muir, Haynes, Keen, Fagau, W. ■Robertson, Little, and other prominent residents, were present. A series of resolutions was moved, and carried unanimously, the result being that alargeand influential committee were ap pointed io canvass the town and district, and in the event ot the general feeling being in favour of such a project, a company is to be formed with a nominal capital of £5000, in shares of £1. About 700 shares were ap plied for in the room, and it was stated that nearly an equal number would be applied for at once. The remainder aro certain to be allotted in the district. The Wanganui Herald is responsible for the following :—": — " There is a township and pore somewhere in the North Island of New i Zealand where marriages are few, and where not many vessels arrive during a year. For some reason beet known to the authorities, the officea of Registrar of Marriages and Harbour Master and Pilot were combined in one individual, and this, about two jeirs ago, placed a couple about to be married in a curious position. They preferred the simple ceremony in the Registrar's office to the blessings of the parson, and just while the Registrar was busy tying the connubial knot, in rushed a messenger with the news that a vessel was being thumped to pieces on the bar, and the pilot's services were immedi ately required. The Registrar rushed off precipitately, leaving his work unfinished, and proceeded in a boat to see what was to be done with the vessel. He stayed away so long that the half-married couple grew tired of waiting, and at last departed. 