] We are not sufficiently. Terse.d',in.the^ mysteries of •, ' ' Yankee, grab • " to >.ans wer£ following ; query. from. a. correspon dent, but perhaps some of our -readers can give the required decision : — Six men were playing " Yankee grab "—shillings' and supplement. - Two of the players were in 'partnership, which was known to all the others, The supplements having risen the pool to 14s, one of the partners threw 1 0. This was not beaten nor tied, till it came round to the ■ other partner, who at the first throw scored a tic. Ho picked up the dice and finally threw 13, thus dividing the money with his partner. Was it fair play ?

We have received a letter from "An Old Volunteer " respecting the defence lof this district, which we think it would be injudicious to publish. We are requested to state that the Port Ahuriri day-school will be operied f on Monday next in the old • school-house' until the. new school-building is- com pleted. The school will be under the superintendance of tho newly-appointed master, Mr Gush. , • The 'New Zealand Herald has un earthed the following old message from Tito Kowaru, which will be read with interest at tho present juncture : — " Wharekura, 2Uth June, IS6S.— To Puano and the rest of the Tribe, — A word for you. Cease travelling on the roads, Stop for ever going on, the roads which lead to Mangamanga (i.e., the camp of tho colonial forces at Waihi), lest you bo left on tho roads as food for the birds of tho air and for the beasts of the field, or for me ; because I have eaten the Euro pean Trooper Smith as a piece of beef. He was cooked in a pot ; the women and children partook of tho : food. I have ben-un to cat human flesh, and my throat is constantly open for the flesh of man. I shall not' die, I shall not die; when death itself ahall bo dead, I shall bu alive. That is the word to you, extend in <j to Mataugarara. That is a light (/.<?., clear) word for you, extending to ' all your boundaries. Cease. Stop. 