The deposed Emperor of Brazil, IJoin Pedro, has sailed for Europe with his family.
The Piako County Council meets at noon, on Wednesday, the 2"th iust., at Cambridge.
The pupils of the Hamilton West school will cfive their annual concert on Thursday, December 12th.
Councillor J. H- Priestley was duly eloeted Mayor of Cambridge on Tues day, boing the only person nominated.
The Governments of Queensland and South Australia have favourably re ceived Sit Henry Pi'.rkes' ycheine of an Australian Dominion.
The Sisters of S- Mary's Convent, Hamilton, are erecting a large detached school, to bo used as ;\ parish school for boys and girls, which will be conducted by them.
A reliable cable message which was received in Dunedin, from London, announces the sale of a considerable parcel of Bank of New Zealand shares, three days ago, at £13 10s, £10 paid up.
Mr Isaac Bayly has .just received returns of a shipment of heifors sent home a few months ago. They averaged G2slbs and have netted over £6 a head, a hiulily satisfactory return. They were railed to Wellington and there killed and frozen.— Hawera Star.
A large number of Australians are expected over to witness the opening of the Dunodin Big Show. Tho Mararon has been fitted up to accommodate MoO pa.-ssn gers, and if she brings, her full complement over, the Exhibition Commissioners will have reason to feel in good humor.
A man named Bamford died in Hamilton on Tuesday evening of heart disease, and was buried yesterday in tho Hamilton West cemetery. Bamford is an elderly man, and has bnen baking at Wa-hn roa, near Matatnata for somfl time back, until ho took sick, when he came to Hamil ton.
