It is so long since we heard any thing of the above, that we concluded the Government hud quietly put the question on one side ; but it appears the fire is still burning. As will he seen, the additions to the Town Hall are nearly completed, and Mr Reese communicated this fact the other day to Colonel Roberts, and has received the following reply : . Resident Magistrate's Court, Masterton, 12th May, 1890. Sir, — I beg to acknowledge your letter of the Bth instant, informing me of the additions to the Town Hall, and in reply to intimate to you that on receipt of tele gram (copy attached) I at once wrote to the Undor-Secretarv for Justice reporting that the Town Board would not make tiie required additions to the hall, and recom mended Mr Stewart's offer of the Public Hall as a Court House. I have had no communication from or with the Town Board since receipt of the telegram re ferred to, and considered the reply unai.— I am, Ac.,

J. M. Roberts, R.M. (Copy of Telegram). Pahiatua, Ist April, 1890. Colonel Roberts, Manterton.—Pahiatua Town Board refused last night to make »Dy addition to Town Hall. —W. W. McCardle, Chairman Town Board. On receipt of the above letter, Messrs Reese, J. Hughes, and H. Sedcole met, and they decided to at once write to Colonel Roberts, pointing out that the hall had been enlarged at the re quest of the ratepayer* (and at their expense) principally to give accomoda tion to the Resident Magistrate. Fur ther than this, a petition is now in course of signs'ure, urging on the Go vernment the advisability of holding sittings of the Court at tiie Town Hall in preference to a building so near a hotel. The telegram sent by Mr McCardle was after the meeting of the Hoard at which the report of the Works Com mittee recommending additions to the hall was thrown out. Mr McCardle mentioned at the public meeting held subsequently that he had sent the teie gram.
