The public are reminded of the Carnival to-night in the Alexandra [lull Riuk. This will be the last ni^ht oE Mr Price's aonson here, as be leaves far Wellin :ton on Kotulay. A full Band will bo iv attend ance, and as a great m-iny have Funißed their intention or! being prenenl ft big houso should givo farewell to Mr Price. One shilling is the charge all over the bniiding. i Mr Brown, who was injured in the Rahotu coach accident, was well enough to be moved to his home at Rabotu from the Beach Housa Hotel this (Thursday) morning. Dr. OCarroll thinks that tha patient mended very rapidly. The following tenders were received last Saturday at tho Crown Lands Office :—: — Purininihi tunnel, at White Cliff?, L. Patterson; £69, 15a (accepted). There was only one other tender, For felling bush on Kaponga Village Settlement there were two tenders received, but both were declined as being too high. The man Fitzgerald, who was arrested and confessed to having committed the murder at Berlley, in Durham, is pro nounced insane.
A SASH AND DO3B FACTORY BDBNT. [per press association.] Blenheim October 4. — A fire, supposed to have originated in the engine - room of Earle and McKenzie's Sash and Door Factory, broke out at midnight in this town. A fresh noith-west wind was blowing, and the factory, with all the machinery and livery stables of the same firm, dwelling houne of Mr Earle, and large stores and hall of Earp and Co., were completely destroyed. The loss amounts to several thousand pounds.
