Telegbaph Station. — It is notified that flic name of the Rangitikei telegraph station in the Wellington province has been altered to Bull's. Prc-Nic. — The Rev E. Bailey, incumbent ©E S. John the Baptist's, purposes inviting the teauu.^-j of the Sunday und Day Schools to a pic-nic at Sunmer next week. J3 harks. — Lyttelton bathers had better look out for these monsters, which would geem to be plentiful in the harbour at the preSirui time. Mr Yule, manager lor Messrs JBf'Kay'and Co., informs us that he saw two sharks, one fully 28 feet long, yesterday after boon off the breakwater/ ._■ Colonists' Society. — The fortnightly Meeting of members was held at the Literary Institute, at the usual hour List night ; Mr J. Ollivier in the chair. The immediate busi ness of the meeting was to discuss the ques tion of amalgamation with the Literary Institute, and a resumption of the debate on Mr Williams' resolutions referring to provin cial institutions. The attendance was, how ever, small, and Mr Williams was riot present, therefore it was decided to adjourn both matters until the next fortnightly meet ing, the honorary secretary, in the meantime, to send circulars to all the members, request ing them to attend the next meeting. - The Suez Mail — The Rangitoto was ad vertised to leave Melbourne on Jan. 20, via Hokitika, for New Zealand ports, and assum ing that she left on that date, she is due to day. As the mail was due at Melbourne on Jan. 18, the Rangitoto ought to have the New Zealand portion on board. From a compari son of dates, we think it extremely probable that the few items we published yesterday, received via Hobart Town, were a repetition in other words of the news brought by last San Francisco mail. The steamer, it will be remembered, reached Auckland on Jan. 8. She would arrive at Sydney on Jan. 12, and ttfe news would most likely appear in the Hobart Town papers on Jan. 13, being trans mitted by overland telegraph and cable. '• Aquatic. — It will be interesting to boating men to know the dimensions of the' boats in which the great four-oar race for £200, be tween the Chambers and Winship crews of Inter-colonial celebrity was to be rowed on the Tyne ; also that coxswains are to be dis pensed with. 