Tho police report on tho licensed houses in tho dis trict was favourable. There waa no admin istrative business to bo done. The first meeting of the Lovols District Committee was also to have been held on Saturday, but no quorum was obtainod, Mr Kerr being the only member in attendance. The members of the Timaru Cycling Club met on Saturday oveuing at tho Ship Hotel to entertain Mr McCarthy, lalo hon. secre tary, at a smoko concert on ;the evo of his departure) from Timaru, he having been transferred to tho railway department, at tho Rakaia. The health of Mr McCarthy was drunk with musical honours, several songs were rendered by the members, and a moat pleasant hour was spent. The chairman (Mr Gray) referred to the groat loaa tho club sustained on bo able a secretary as their guest going away, and all present joined Mr Gray in wishing Mr McCarthy continued prosperity, good health, and good luck. A London paper says : — Thoao who re member tbo interesting display which New Zealand made at tho Colonial Exhibition at South Kensington in 1886 will not adjudge it ill-fitting that a proposal to havo an exhibi tion in London all to itself next year is find ing favour in that entorprising colony. Ire land, Spain, and Italy have had their turn ; Bolgium wo aro to havo this year ; so that one of cur colonies surely doaerve3 to havo the noxt opportunity of giving an object lesson in industrial geography to the peoplo of London. An unusually violent lunatic occupied one of tho polico cells on Saturday. His name is Henry Quinncy, n man 35 to 40 years of age. Ho was arrested on Friday night by Constable Bullcn at tho houso of Mr Matthew Armstrong, Claremont. Ho wont to the houso in the ovoning and refused to loavo, assaulted Jlr Armstrong and his son and tore their clothes, and taking up a thick pokor sot to to smash things. When a constable went to hia jell on Saturday morning tho lunatic attacked him, and it took five men to master him. To savo him doing injury to himself or others ho was then put in a straight jacket. He complains of voicoa continually urging him to do mia ehief to property and peoplo. 