THE WEATHER.
Mr P-iulin telephoned at 2 p.m.:—" Light to moderate N.E. to SE. winds, and fine for about twenty-four hours ; barometer falL"

THE FIRST WOMAN CADET.
Our parliamentary reporter wires :—"The {>rogress made by the women of New Zea and is shown by the fact that a young lady has been offered and accepted a cadttship in the Treasury Department. She will enjoy the distinction of being the first female cadet in the Government buildings."

BRIEF MENTION.
The ' Matanra Ensign' relates that a local fith vendor placed in the freezing works overnight some fi<h in crates. In the morning he drove off to Wyndham, and dis covered, on a customer appearing, that the fi*h and crates were frozen into a solid lump which resisted all attempts at separation. Mr W. H. Lewis, head of the haber dashery department at Bing, Harris, and Co.'s, was presented by the firm, on the occasion of his marriage, with a tea service, and the employed added a suitable gift on their own account.
