Satisfaction is freely expressed at the value given by W. S. Wylie during his clearing sale. We understand that further great reductions are to be made on all goods in stock before opening out autumn shipments now arriving and to arrive immediately.—[Advt.]

There is a theatre in Paris for every 32,000 inhabitants, one in Berlin for 81,000, one in Bordeaux for 85,000, one in Buda Pesth for 85,000, one in Ham burg for 113,000, one in Vienna for 138,000, and one in London for. 145,000. But there are more theatres, propor tionately to the population, in Italy, than in any other country, there being one to 9,800 inhabitants in Cantania, one to 15,000 in Florence, one to 20,000 in Bologna, one to 24,000 in Venice, one to 30,000 at Milan and Turin, and one to 31,000 in Rome.
The London co-respondent of the New Zealand Times says:—Mr 0. 0. Mon trose whose year in the Old Country draws to a close, has been invited by Sir Gaorge Grey to collaborate with him in a Maori fairy tale, founded on a curious old legend in the right hon. gentleman's .collection.
