" j*,'''"'':'■'. Supreme Court proceeding. Lasb nighb of " Jane." Murder case at Supreme Court. Licensing Committee meetings to-day. " Dr. Bill "at the Opera Housa to-saorrow ; night. .11' _ ■' Twenty-five thousand people homeless m "Mauritius. , T -,_ « _ Women's suffrage meetmg in V.M.C.A. Hall fchis.afternoon. English steam yacht St. George has lefb Sydney for Auckland. More than 54 per cent, of the vessels losb , at sea are lost by stranding. Ex-Judge Edwards resumes the practic of his profession in Wellington. At the end of last week there were 129 prisoners in Mount Eden Gaol. Lord Glasgow lefb Sydney yesterday for Wellington, in the s.s: Hinemoa. Further details of the terrible storm at Mauritius are to hand by cable to-day. Railway Commissioner McKerrow goes up the Waikato nexb Friday on a tour of: inspection. A conference of managers of fire and marine insurance companies is sitting at Wellington. It ia probable that the Union S.S. Com pany will enter the Tahiti and Rarotonga Island trade shortly. A sensational " plan of campaign" of Ulster'in the event of Home Rule for Ire- y land, has been published. About 600 new volumes, mostly for the reference department, have just arrived for , bbc Auckland Free Library. Lieutenant-Colonel Fox visited Sbokes- Poinc, Stanley Poinb and Kauri Point yes terday, on defence reconnoissanct business.:. The Government state that they have no intention of introducing anything in the nature of a Marriage Law Amendment Bill. this session. Hon. Mr McKenzie intends to ask for a vote from the New Zealand Parliament for the silk industry. He is about to plant the ! mulberry trees. The handsome new Railway Terminus Hotel, at the corner of Short-street and Beach Road, near the Wynyard Pier, is now \ almost, completed. Morley's 'bus will run from Lake Taka puna bo-morrow (Thursday)erening, for the v Circus and Orchestral Concert, returning on. arrival of the 11 p.m. boat from town. ■ Wirth'a circus had an excellenb house last night. Mrs J. J. Wirbh took bhe place of :Miss Madeline Wirbb in several eques trian feats, owing to the latter lady's recenb accident. Fever still prevails amongst the natives on the Easb Coast. The Maori tohungas are said bo do the ailing people mora harm than good by their primitive methods of treatment. -./'..: Mr J. S. 