Tlio first Ncwcastlo coal over lauded at tho Napier breakwater is) now being discharged there, Major-General Kir 11, Chcrnsido suc ceeds Lord Lamington ns Qovornor of Queensland,

The Manawalu Agricultural and Pas toral Association mnrio.n profit of some thing lilto .tIiJOO mi its recent Show. Tho purchase of the Manawalu Com jiivii.v'h Lino liiih lo lio decided by volo of tlio shareholders, before a definite reply lo Iho Oovornincnl can bo forwarded,

We hnvo to acknowledge receipt of nn invitation to tho formal oponing of Iho Stirling Bridge, which function is to Inko place to-morrow, A landslip precipitated a locomotive nnd part of a fjooilg-lrnin on tho Caiia (linn I'ucillc Knilwtiy, oOOtt, into tlio Fra sor river, Several persons were killed, Tho first car for tho Kclburno (Wel lington) tramway was tobo nhippcil from Dmicdiii yoslorday, and il is probable that 11 trial run will take placo early nest week.
The question as lo whether Iho three days' show will be continued will be one of tlio principal subjects discussed at the next meeting of the I'lilincrsloii A. and I'. Society.
An Egyptian native hits been sen tonccd to 15 ycais' penal servitude fo derailing tlio Sirdiir'n train last suminci when Sir Francis Wingulo hud a iiarroii escape.
