LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 252, 14 April 1865, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Miss Bed&ayNe’s Concert's.—' This lady ha's, we' are inffinneit, .returned from her visit to the country districts of the province, Where" she has given several entertainments, pne on tho 3rd inst.., at tlie Schoolroom Havelock; two at Waipukurau, on the sth and 6th ; and at the Court House, Waipawa, on the Bth and 10th ; all well attended. The Recent Hurricane. —Dining the recent storm on the 31?tnit., the PVnonr, while on her passage from Sydney to Nelim! sustained some damage, having carried away her foretopmait; She will undergo repairs during her brief stay in A ucklund. New Branch Service. —The s.s, Bgmont will he placed on the mute round the southern part of this island from Auckland to Manakau, and vice versa , calling at the intermediate ports twice each month. This will be a great convenience to.many, as it supersedes the necessity of transhipping goods or passengers for the West Coast, at Wellington. The Diptheria. —We are sorry to he unnhle to report any favorable change in the progress of this malady amongst nsf There is a very considerable amount of sickness, especially amongst the young; showing the symptoms of this disease, several cases having proved fatal.