LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 254, 19 April 1865, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. “ Punch in Canterbury.” —We have received the first number of;this promising periodical, which we doubt. not will with every encouragement,'ak it deserves to do. Tliedithographic sketches are excellent in their way, and though from the local reference of. the cartoon its wit is lost to non-rtfsidents.-dn- - Canter buryj«we™4iave-”ißr ,( doubt! it will 'be' relished and appreciated there.! ' We would . recommend subjects;: of colonial Interest for the pen of the humorist and the pencil of the artist. J Mortality amongst Children.— This fearful complaint, having some of the symptoms of diptheria, continues unabated, and :s a source of great grief to several bereaved parents, and of fear to many others. It seizes on the strong and healthy, and rapidly carries them off.

An Editor in Trouble.- I — A correspondent from Wanganui informs us that the editor of the Chronicle has lately been confined for twenty-four hours in the guard room for refusing to attend drill as a member of the militia corps, and this although he held a certificate of unfitness for the duty from a medical man. Our correspondent adds, “ we are in the hands of the Philistines now.” Surely this is very hard upon the worthy editor, who has our sympathy. We hope the whole press of the colony will join us in exposing so tyrannical an act.

Body Found. —We are sorry to have to report what seems to be a very serious case, either ef accident or crime. A body has been discovered in a bay on the western side of the harbor by Mr Morecroft, and has since been seen by several others. It appears to be without head or arms, and nearly all the toes are gone, probably eaten off by fish, and appears to have been in the water a long time. It was quite naked except a pair of socks. The bay where it was found is situated between Poraite and Capt. Carter’s property. The attention of the authorities has been called to the above facts. The Pai Mae,ires in Mercury Bat.— We learn from the Southern Cross that a large number of Pai Marines, about a hundred, had arrived in Mercury Bay from Whangamata, and were endeavoring to make converts. A native meeting was held last week, to which the Europeans were invited to attend, and as there was no apprehension of a disturbance, it was a peaceable one. The Pai Marines said they were going down the coast, and intended to settle at Mercury Bay. Arms for the Local Force. —lf the General Government will not or cannot send us soldiers, they have done what they can—they have sent, us per Lady Bird 143 stand of arms. We have only to add that if these are to be placed in the hands of the natives they had better have left them where they were before.