It is carryiug out a .number, of improvements at Forbury Park, should have the telegraph ex tended to the course.' The entire cost would not be above £SO. 0 ; The Auckland cricketers play their match against a team , t chosen by the association started this year, called the Dunedin Suburban, and not by the Otago Association. The. principal players of this team will be C. Frith, Harris, Greenwood, Evans, Parker, Holgate, and Hayward, i The names of Collinson, Spring, Cooke, Rose,,, Crawthaw, Cargill, Austin, Rattray, &c., will be missed among the list out These players all belong to the Otago Association* Eyery effort will be put forth to make the stay, of the Aucklanders an en joyable one, and an eighteen to begin practice for the match will be at onee selected. A letter received from the Auckland men states that they are in good practice and confident of rendering a good account of themselves in this the opening match of their tour. (l Dunedin, November 3. It is reported that,Mr .Bela Singer, mer chant, has called a meeting of his creditors. His liabilities -are estimated at £15,000. A child named-Brigden was drowned in the Tokomairiro River yesterday, falling iu whilo playing on the bank. r. .. , The nominations of immigrants forwarded from here for October number 112. A country paper states that during last week a gale of extraordinary violence was expe rienced on the Carrick ranges. So great was the force of the wind that a dray and three horses were blown over, while an unfortunate miner, who was caught in the blast, was 1 lifted clean off his feet, and hurled into a neighbor ing gully. Dunedin, November 5. 'There was a fine attendaiice at thes opening of the Art Society’s exhibition to-day. * f ‘- It’has been decided to hold a regatta at Port Chalmers on Boxing Day. ’ ' Dunedin, November 6. Special Services were held yesterday in St, Paul’s (Episcopalian) and Knox (Presbyterian) Churches. The collections in both were in aid of the building fund, and realised respectively £l7' odd and £lO5. The Little Folks’ Humane Society at Law reuce- ia progressing favorably. Prizes have been offered for the best pot flowers, and special flower-beds have been laid out in hos pital grounds, to be kept and tended by the children. There were 60 children present at last meeting. 