Mr Witheford, M.11.1i., presiding at the annual meeting of the Salvation Army in Auckland, said that if they could get MrScddon to be "General of the Salva tion Army in New Zealand," and to put his energies into the Army's social work, it would be more beneficial to the colony and bring Mr Seddon more lasting hap piness than all he had done for Imperial unity by sending troops to South Africa. The programme for the Pahnerston A. and 11.I 1 . Show has been issued. A con siderable increase has been made in the prizes for sonic classes. In the wood chopping competition the first prize has been brought up to .CIS, New classes are made for sheep dog trials, best polo pony collection, bacon factory products, collection of tinned meats, and the most comprehensive collection of grain roots. Judgment has just been given by his Honor Mr Justice Edwards in the divorce case of John llowcll v, Sarah Jane How ell, husband's petition, oil the grounds of desertion, heard at the last sittings of the Supreme Court, Napier, In his Hon or's opinion, the co-respondent left the petitioner and remained away from him with his full consent, and consequently there was no desertion, The petition would therefore be dismissed, with costs on the highest scale, The population of Greater London now totals 0,078,781, being an increase of 9 li),li)2| or 16*7 per cent,, for the decade, a rate of increase relatively greater than that of other parts of the United King dom. No other city is much more than half its size. New York, with 8,437,202, is the second, but it is increasing at a relatively faster rate. It added !)i)o,'lsJ7, or 37*15 per cent., in the decade ended 1900,

Mr John Winks, who is known lo a good many in the Wairarapa, met with a nasty accident recently, lie went to a paddock with his son to get some cattle, near llawcra, and while the sou was driving the cattle out, Mr Winks kept off a stallion, an occupant of the paddock, by throwing stones at the animal. The supply of missiles ran out, and the horse then attacked Mr Winks, biting him on the leg, and indicting several very nasty gashes. He was taken to the hospital to have his wounds dressed.
