Betght weather again• fch , Ea^ et I ZZnTwce continue,. Sni;ildß rLet this afternoon. Sg^tcerUcni g ht at Devon- PM#e acquitted at the Supremo Courb Onj?|||%e American millionaire leavea £^SSays farewell to the Aucklandera toS^^lr&e T] South Wales T^SS«pre m e Courb "^KS^a^Wicothat P^SKXS^I open afctheChoral Hall on Wednesday Mariposa arrived with English and American mails yesterday afternoon. Mr Gabriel Lewis returned by the Mari posa yesterday from a trip to Europe. ThovEigbb Hours' Demonstration Art Union prizes were drawn on Saturday even consignments ex Kaikoura from'london arrived by coastal steamers The Southern mails wero taken South by the Tak>puna shortly after eight o'clock last night.'. ~. ~ The^rainfall for last month was 465 inches' The average for the preceding 25 years is 2-38. .., , , The petition lodged agamsb the return of the Hon. J. H. Allsopp for Worcester has been dismissed. Tho trial fours of the City Rowing Club has been postponed until Saturday, December 10th. Three two-storey brick shops havebeen erected by Colonel Dawaon on the site of the Old Pacific Hotel. Devonport liorough Council meets this evening when the repoitof the Waterwotks Committee will be read. The price paid' by the British Museum for the original deed of purchase of the site of the city of Melbourne wa3 £25. The solicitors engaged in the greab Samoan land case of Cornwall v. McArthur returned by the mail steatner yesterday. ■ The schooner Torea sailed from Lyttelton last Saturday with a cargo of Wood's flour for the local agents, T. H. Hall and Co. There are many indications of the truth of the statement that Princess May of Teck has been betrothed to the Duke of York. Sir Roboro and Lady Stout arrived trom Samoa by the Mariposa yesterday and lefb Onehunga for the South by tho Takapuna. The results of the Dunedin Grandstand Handicap i 3 Conjuror Ist, Heatherbell 2nd, and Paramu 3rd. The time was lmin 32sec. At the inquest on Dr. Robinson, of Christchurch, tho verdicb was, " Death caused by the bursting of a blood vessel on the brain." The Hon, Mr Seddon is on his way to Christchurch, where his presence is required for the purpose of some departmental business. Mr Longshore Potts, M.D., and party were among the arrivals by the mail steamer. They propose to give a series of lectures here. 