August.

Burning of Princess Theatre.

9.—Death of Mr. W. A. Tolmie, M.H.R. for Caversham; obituary, August 11.

10.—Mr. Justice Williams assumed his seat on the bench in Bankruptcy.

21.—Presentation to Mr. Keith Ramsay, ex-Mayor, by Council.

Mr. R. Stout elected M.H.R. for Caversham. Stout, 232; Larnach, 220.

30.—Railway opened, Invercargill to Gore.