A meeting of the following gentlemen — Messrs Job Wain (chairman), Hobbs, Lewis, Stewart, C. Robertson, J. Days, J. Aarons, and W. Sinclair — forming a Committee ap pointed by the old Volunteer Fire Brigade Defoie disbanding, was held at Wain'a Hotel last Tuesday to carry out the necessity arrangements for a farewell ball, to be held at the Temperance Hall on Monday, the Bth November. Moss's band was engaged for the occasion. Mr Jones was appointed to cater, and a programme waß arranged.
As an indication of the "progress of the times v c live in" a correspondent furnishes the following to the Westport Times :—: — Four copper penny-pieces were discovered in the collecting plate at St. -John's Church oa Sunday last. Possibly the Gazette notice that after an early date the citrreut copper coinage in New Zealand will be called in has somewhat to do with this circumstance. The churchwardens have under discussion the propriety of preserviug the coins as a contribution to the Weatport Museum.
On Saturday last a fair denizen of Neptune place, who has been credited with a fascinat ing appearance, took flight by steamer to Melbourne, with a gentleman, ostensibly a medico, though not generally known here as a practitioner. The worst part of the terribly distressing businpss is, that the pretty little runaway forgot to bid adieu to a disconsolate husband and two children. On second thoughts perhap3, we are wrong in applying the term discont>olate to the husband, for it is just possible he considers it a good riddance of bad rubbish.
