(By Splodgar.)

That the Wakatipu 8.8. Co.'s Moun taineer hag been laid up for the winter. Th:it the Ben Loinoud, who does the winter trade, has taken up the former'r i running. That there are no empty hoasea Queenstown. That this is a good sign. That fresh buildings are being gradually added to the town. That vhe erection of tho new Wesleyaa church is progressing. That Mr D. Brown ia the contractor. That amongst the latest addition to the number of local tradesmen is Mr Gavan, bootmaker, alongside the Little Store. That Mr Cochran has been improving his Little Store. That the County Councillors are pleased over their appeal being sustained. That the last waa like all other " Go vernor's speeches." fiat the landingof Chineseimmigiant* in the colonies is being opposed- That "thereby hangs a tale"—if not tails. That this is the tale of the Auckland moneyed Chinaman (Quei): — That " people say that Chinamen are no good, and that Chinamen are n'irty." That "I have seen such dirty people amongst the Maoris and Europeans that I could hardly credit my eyes." That " I have seen Europeans living in houses along with fowls in one corner aud pigs in the other." That " the people looked as if they did no: wash themselves once in twelve ! months." That " one day I was out shooting in the country and became very hungry ; I went into a farmhouse, and the people were so dirty that I could not eat with them. That " I went out into the field and male a meal on turn pis." "That you'll find dirty people in a.L classes." That the Invercargill people threatened! that they would become desperate over the influx of 100 Chinese. That their conduct was only such aa. might have been expected from the savage inhabitants of, say, a South Sea Island. That the Invercargill crowd simply followed the prompting of an erstwhile dormant savage instinct,, leaving the matter of the superiority of those people over their yellow-skinued brethren ac. open question That the Chinese are-admitted to be God's creatures,, "allee- same as white man." That British been, trying to christianise them. 