ARRIVAL OF H.M.S.S. FALCON.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IV, Issue 201, 18 November 1864, Page 1 (Supplement)

ARRIVAL OF H.M.S.S. FALCON.

Times office, Monday evening, 5 - 30. H.M.S.S. Falcon arrived tins afternoon from Auckland. In all probability sbe will leave here tomorrow for Auckland with troops.

V e understand that General Cameron and slalf will proceed to the South at an early period of the present week. The bead-quar-ters of the 14th Regiment, 2nd battalion, tire about to return to Auckland. —Southern Cross, Nov. 15.

lour seamen of the s.s. Aphrasia, which was recently announced as wrecked at the Ray of Islands, have been apprehended, on warrant, by constable Hammond, charged with scuttling that vessel. Others are “ wanted.”

Punctuation. —Mind your slops.—Punctuation, that is, putting the slops in the right places, cannot be too sedulously studied. Wo lately read in a country newspaper, the following account of lord Palmerston’s appearance in the House of Commons: —‘‘Lord Palmerston then entered on his head, a white hat upon his feet, largo, but well-polished boots upon his brow, a dark cloud in his hand, his faithful walking-stick in his eve, apnenaeing glare saving nothing. Ho sat down.” Equivalent of Values. —An old Indian, who had witnessed (ho effect of whisky for many years, said a barrel labelled whisky contained a thousand songs ami fifty fights.