The Rugitat* river i> coir clear and fit <w ashing. Aeeotding to the "TißMuu HtraH, , ? a ■Mwner w expected to arrive from Napier Wrtweek to Unt the fishing ground* off Wn Agnes CSuaholm, the daughter of a fW« nw PilaiOTton South, hae W mUt leg ibo* Safewby. 4 J5* Canterbury Battalion of Volun -3SSSSI *° ioto B ** wda y net •* Mr E. Hming has presented the A«htmr tOT Domain Board vdtk & v»hiable set of "*««*wagiaa ittrtroroeate, -which, en now w«g pboei in potitkm at one end of the <wqwt Uwn, nwc Hμ ooMaj^. BBHf I ■■Hγ ■" ~" ■* "" -

The Waimate Oswaty Cteaactt **«*« cepted the tender of Mr Ri-nard White, £196, for formation and metalling in Waits-) Ridiar, and that of Mr Robert Brysoa for met-lUng hi Deep Creek. His Worsbin the Mayor paid ft visit yes terday to the* Right Hon. G. H. Retd* ex- Premier of New South Wales, and Mr Beid returnad it during tho day- He is quite charmed with what he has teen of the city. Th* Yen. -irohdeacoa Harper, speaking at Tfrnaru on Monday night, -aid he had himself three relatives actively engaged in the war. One of his nephews was navi gating lieutenant on a cruiser doing useful work in intercept&g contraband of war; one cousin wa» in one of the batteries with Lord Mcthuen, and soother, a doctor, was shut up in Kimberley. An «J«d horse, with a moat extraordinary devebpment of the lower jaw, has been handed over to Stock Inspector Jcnkinson by a resident of Akitio {says the "Wairarapa Trn-es*"). The animaJ will be sent to Wet lingtoo m soon ac convenient —the lump also. Tbe growth hm tbe appearance of an enor mous nurd tumour, which probably weighs a dozen pounds. The inspection of tbe milk supplies in Auckland has been allowed to lapse. This, it appears, is not the fault of the local autho rities, for early last year the Agricultural Department at Wellington intimated that they intended to take over the work of dairy and milk inspection; but nothing, it is stated, ha* been done. At the Ashburton Police Court yesterday, before ft. Alcorn, Esq., J.P., and J. Scaly, Esq., J.P., Mary Ami Landells was charged with having on January Bth, 6th, 7th and Bth, attempted to set fire to a cottage, the property of Mr H. 