The programme of tlio Middle Saliool ping pong touroaujeufc appears in this issue. Several novelties, which ought to make Ihe tournament popular and attractive, appear in it. The handicap fur ex-pupils will give the old bojsaiiu' girls a'i opportunity of assisting thoir old £0:-oV, Nidging from fom.cr ex pcrienc , fiere is m>doubt of (houx ' pupilsi' lliugupinl-rco. Anothercl.i.-s which ought to 'o popular is that- to,- tkoso;who liavo never playod in a piibliy tournament, cr \sho, Lavia* ilonu ;o, have been put out in the firs', round. Our correspondent writes under date Morve.i, 7ili July, asfollc;vs: At a met ing of the Co uraitlci! of the' lata Peace Celebration, ht-ld this evening in Mr Nieoll's re'reshment roftms, Mr Wells submitted a statement of receipts and expenditure, The (ormer r.iirninli'd lo 1.8553 d, and the laller lo Ifi 10a 2d, leavingacrcdilbßlinceofJjl 15s Id. It wan a»ieed to fence secuiciy lie o'>k planted at the Celebration, The dis posal of the remaining balance, le I to reimrka on the long felt want of a pu )• he hall ai.d a readingroom. Tbe Co'ii mittee decided to call h public, n eating at an early date to consider ibcadvita bill'yol proceeding at once with these buildings. The brethren of tlio A.0.!?. (Court Pride of Oainaru) and of the iVot.j.ii.ml, Alliance met i;: a frhmiily gamy. ; r eacliiu in the Oddfellows' I'all last night, when a plo.-i.sant ovoning \7 s spent, and some exciting games liiycd Bo fortune of the gamo was with tlio Foresters, who scored <l3 against tin ir )ppoueuts' So. Tlio teams mio kO a iide, so that JO tables were requited. Altorthe contest was ov;r ; an iulorva'. was spent in the enjoyment of sing and ; itory, enhanced by tho excellent supper mpplied by Mw Ilapbun Brothers. ' Phegatberingbrok.iijui anoarlyhour, to participants ie- = ~ ■,,■; tothogool nfluenceof upon friendly ooiolk-s in gonoral, and thesa two in larticidar, The Committee of the Horticultural ociety met on Monday night in the lorough Council Chamber's, there being reaent-.viesdfinics Davis (Vice Pres ent, in tbe chair), House, Piper, and Pard, Misses Church, Kdwarda -and teadland, Messrs BuzVn, Clarke, Jtoroil »n. Jones, Mitchell, S:raclian, Williaii. 