January.

6.—Tyson won wrestling championship at Caledonian games.

10.—Invercargill Borough Council authorised by plebiscite to borrow £100,000 for waterworks.

17. — Tender of Mr. John Whittaker, £37,825 14s. 8d., accepted for construction of Waimea Plains district railway.

22. — Railway opened from Dunedin to Invercargill. Banquet at Invercargill, Mr. Lumsden, Mayor, presiding.

26.—Foundation stone laid R.C. Cathedral by Bishop Moran.

27.—Election of City School committee.

First sod turned of Waimea Plains railway.