There is little doubt but a new railway era has dawned on Otago since the comm.enoßi»Bnlj oHhe light /jyeteja pf railwftjjrs,

The following was the stato of H.M.'a Gaol, Dunedin, fo* the week onding sbh February, 1876 :— •

The Buenos Ayres Standard of the 2nd Sept. last, gives an account of the in auguration of the game of polo, in Buenos Ayres, by Mr David Shennan, of Ranchos, and formerly of Otago. The first polo match in South America took place at Mr Shennan's estancia, on the 30th August, "with all the style and eclat becoming so notable an event in the sporting world." From the Standard we take the following description of Mr Shennan's estancia, and of the polo match : —

Numbers of ladies and gentlemen invited from B. Ayres arrived by Saturday morn ing's train at the Viilanueva station, where Mr Shennan had horses and waggonettes in waiting for them, the distance to the estancia being about 2^ leagues. The d*y was remarkably fine, and promised that this year Santa Rosa would pass without a storm. The camps looked in first-rate condition ; all the lagoons were full of wild duek — cattle and sheep very fat. Notwithstanding the large number of Mr Shennan's guests he had accommodation for all, the house being one of the finest in the Province, and especially suited to the hos pitable character of English estancieros. Saturday night brought some more guests from town, two of whom had ridden the whole way, 90 miles, and arrived just in tims for supper, not looking at all fatigued. Sunday allowed a day for rest before the grand tournament ; and while some of the visit >rs are exploring the gardens and plantations, which cover 200 acres around the house, we will ascend the •'mirador" and take a view of the estancia. The lands run north nearly three leagues in the direction of Galpodes ; the estancia covering an area of 3J square leagues, say 23,000 acres, most of which is fenced in with 60 mike of fencing on the Australian swing-fence principle. Looking to the N,E. we can see the town of Ranchos j but the plantations of peach, poplar, gum. trees, &C;, completely ahut in the house on the south and weßt. 