A allocking tragedy ocourred at Mor poth, Woßb Maitland, recently. It ap pears that a youth named John Morton, aged 19, residing with his atenfather, Joseph Tricklobank, procured a'double barrelled gun for tho purpose of going shooting. His stepfather objected, and a quarrel ensued, ending in Morton step ping up to Trioklebaiik and discharging both barrels at him. The shots shat tered the unfortunate man's breast, causing almost instantaneous death. The affair has created a great Bonsation. An exchange says that a picked crickot team of eleven lawyorn from Liverpool played a picked eloyen lawyers from ' Manchester. The day was fine, so a large company assembled to see which lot of I lawyers tad the best practice. With the first ball of the second over a dispute arose, and the twenty-two lawyers gathered around the umpire to argue the point, The argument continued with no signs of abatement till 5 o'clock in the evening, when the umpire died. Tho greatest astonishment was felt by the onlookers that he held np so long as ho did, considering what he had gone through, A good story Is told of the sojourn of the Jubilee singers in Dunedin. They stayed, while in tho southern oity, at the Grand Hotel, and at the dinner table one night they met a " new arrival" fresh from tho Old Country, and with vory hazy notions as to things colonial. He seemed favourably impressed by them, and next day startled his acquaintances by remarking that he had no idea the Maoris woro so civilised, and that he thought thoso that he had met at the Grand on tho previous evening must certainly have boen chieftains and ohjeftainesses I He was Bomewhat sur prised, however, that none of thorn were tatooed !

A weoks Evangelistic Services con cluded last night in the Masterton Pres byterian Church. The Revs. J, Dukes, Charles Murray and Robt Wood have been conducting the services, in which great Interest has been taken, tho attendance each night being largo.
