A Wellington telegram states that Messrs R. D. Hanlon. T. 11. H_.stw.c_i, ar.d H. W. Parker huve b?en nominated as candidal?.-. for election to the Central District of the Pharmacy Board.
A drunken man who was picked up in P;J mer-.>.on North or tbe pidiec was found with £14 2s Id in .'••.h in his possession, also 1..*-> cheques for £7 each, and a d-epc_-.it receipt from cue of the banks for £1044 18s 6d.
An inquest will b? held at the Magistrate's Court, at 12 to-day, touchinj l - the death of a woman named Maria Mitdiley. The wo man was admitted to the h.r-'pital some time f-.go. suffering from the effects of an assault, but whether d..ath waa due to th:-. is not known.
_/Tn that august body, the Parliament of New Zealand," remarked Captain Ru.f_.gll. at a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, "if a man star... a strange word it goes round the House for tliree weeks untii something else takes its place."

A piece of ambergris, weighing 60_., found on theOpunake beach (says the "Egmont Settler"), is to lie sent from Wellington to tho London market to obtain a better price. Forty pounds an ounce was the best offer by the Wellington buyers, but this was not con sidered good enough by the owners.
A kindly act was performed the other day by the pupils attending Miss Calvert's school at Opawa. They had been on a visdt to the Exhibition. a::d tin leaving the build ing took notice of a Ijtind musician playing on the street. They unanimously agreed to give tlie miKticiaii the amount of their return train fare, and they walked home.
