* # *On account of great pressure on our space we are compelled to defer com ment on the Indian and Colonial Ex hibition, which was opened on Tuesday in London with great pomp and ceremony, speeches by the Queen and Prince of Wales, andTennysonian doggerel. Cable reports of the speeches appear elsewhere. Several Licensing Notices for the Borough of Picton and District of Picton are advertised in another column. The sum of L 761 was collected at the port of Wairau iu Customs duties during last month, and L 76 in beer duty. The Pelorus Jockey Club will hold their annual general meeting at Dorreen’s Hotel, Havelock, on Saturday evening next, The chief business will be the elec tion of officers for the ensuing year, It is notified in our advertising columns that Mr W. Syms will sell by Public Auc tion, on Tuesday, May 18th at noon, the property situate at Pig Bay, Port Gore, Queen Charlotte Sound. The entertainment to be given at the Volunteer Hall, Picton, by the Blenheim Ethiopians takes place this evening, and promises to be most successful in every way. The fame of the Ethiopians has reached the peaceful Pictonites, and the advent of the darkies is looked for with anticipations of pleasure. The trouble begins at 8 o’clock. Mr John Conolly yesterday asked Mr Justice Richmond if he would sit in Chambers during his stay iu Blenheim. The settling of the contributories in the case of the Picton Coal Company had been adjourned on account of His Honor being in the district. His Honor replied that the matter could bo settled by the Regis trar, and was of opinion that a judge being in Nelson might be considered out of the district so far as Blenheim was concerned. The following are the players to repre sent the Waitohi Club in the match against the Marlborough Club, for Mr Dodson’s prize on Saturday : —Full back, W. Fitch ; half backs, Messrs S. Beck, H. Baillie, W. Beauchamp; quarter backs, Messrs G. Patchett, G. Hood, and A. L. Arrowsmith; forwards, Messrs Godfrey, Allen, Beauchamp (2), Speed, Harris. T. Mowat, and H. Mowat; emergencies, Messrs Hebberley, J. Har ris, Galloway, and Aldridge. They leave Picton by the Saturday 12.30 train. 