On our first page will be found in ♦■erpstin™, reading matter under tho foi. lowing headings:— "Accidents and Fo talijiea," "Newtown Park Scandal," "Explosion of Coal Gap," "Commercial," "Affairs in China," "The Mon-rail," "'Quoting,"' «.'Gold-dredgin C Returns," "The South- African Trouble."

Colonial mails Gent from. ' Melbourne by tho India, on July 3rd. arrived in London on the morning of the 4th of August, one day early. A monument is to be erected in Pi hama, Taranaki. to the poor follows who lost their lives in the wreck of the ill-fatod barque liizzie Bell.
Mr William Robinson, an old whaler, and for sixty years a resident in New Zealand, died in Southland last week at the age of 97.
The steamer Buninyong has been towed "back* to Albany. When two days out she broke her tail shaft and drifted for ' 32 hours. , ' •We hear -that tho Kaponga (Tnran nki) Dairy Company has disposed of its output at one shilling per pound in bulk, f.'o.b. New Plymouth.
For a wager, Mr J. O'Connell, tho OHok» strong man. recently climed an oignwoet ladder with 700168 weight of Band tied across his back.
A cow owned by' Mr Thomas Grove town, Marlborough, recently gave birth to three calves — two bulls and a hoifor. Not a bad start for a farm in the back blocks.'

Mr Evans, a "hatter" working in the Moonlight district, Grey, last week, found three nuggets of 40oz, 9oz and 2oz respectively, tho total value ol which is .£350.
