The comet has now two tails, and is visible at about 2 o'clock in the morning. Ckicketing can evidently be made to pay well. The Australians are aaid fco have netted £1000 each out of their English tour. The Rev. Mr Ferguson, of Invercargill, was presented with a very handsome pulpit gown and cassock by the ladies of the con gregation last week. Mr John Reid notifiea that he is pre pared to supply coal from the Real Mickay mine at 8s per ton cash, 9s booked. The road to the pit is in first class order. Members of tho Woollen Factory Com. mittee are reminded of the meeting to be held fchis evening. We may mention that over 9000 shares have boen applied for up to date, and applications are still coming in freely. Farmers' deliveries of wheat in England during the cereal year, September' 1 to August 31 in 1880 81 were 6 507,00 quarters ; in 1881 82, 7,430,000 quarter?, and it is supposed that 1882-83 will return 9,000,000 quarters at least. j

Hemi'Ton, the commission age at, who absconded after committing numerous for geries, was arrested at Springfield on Satur day morning. Some of the electoral rolls stand greatly in need of revision. The Registrar at Wan ganui posted 250 objections to namea on the roll of that district, and 200 were returned through the dead letter office. A carnival in aid of the funds of the Otago Benevolent Institution will be held in Dunediu from November 22ud to December 2nd, in the buildings newly erecte^for Messrs Donald Reid aud Co., auctioneers. The Orakanui College athletic sports came off on Tuesday. We notice that the prizes for two of the principal races, and vaulting with pole, were won by Mr G. Coombe's son Hugh. Tub electric light has been adopted by the Bilenborough gold-mining company at Sandhurst. The first week's trial showed a saving of about 60 per cent, on the cost of the former system. A young man named William Littlejohn committed suicide at Waiwera on Friday. His dead body was found early on Saturday morning suspended by a rope in the stable. No reason can be given for the act. From our Australian exchanges we learn that our friends across the water are com plaining of hot weather. In some places the thermometer has reached 100 degrees in the shade. 