. Awarf-JAT. ■PrEttßa, lafceV, .comnnndcr of ths French nival forces at-Madura ra-, has arrived at Marseilles serioisly ill. aud it is feared that his condi ijn is hopeless.
y-ars Ti ¥oon, a C.destial resident of Balla-a r ., lidding ihatiluE.iM pean or Ans ralian-born (.'.anises i.f that colony were not up to his sia-idard of good looks,' de-iied to send to C )ina for an iluionrl-eyed wife. After a lo' of formalities had been gone through, lhe Chinese lady set sail for Austra'ia, aud arrive I in Sydnev Her travedinj expanses alone co3t £lll, the niarriajre fee pai 1 was £lO, and £IjO was expended in furnishing a house—total, £2 10. Ti Poon is now the inmate of a luratic asylum.
O.ve of the Auckland schoolmasters (Mr Worthington, head master of the Wei esley street school) has smartly rapp-d over the knuckles by the Education Board of t.b'afe distrie for taking on himse'f the (unutions.of the Board, Mr Worthington had removed an under-teacher as unhfc for duty, when the latter accounted for his absence by producing the certilio ite of his medical attendant to the effect that he was suffering from ulcerated throat and nervous debi ifcy. which necessitated him being away from the school for a week.
