News of the Day.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 364, 5 April 1866, Page 2

News of the Day.

Clothing Found on the Beach. —On Tuesday last, 3rd April, a gentleman named James Laughton was taking a walk along the sea shore between the Napier Steam Mill and the Iron Pot. When he got about half-way down, he spied what afterwards proved to be a bundle of clothes. He then waked down to the Spit, and informed the police of the fact; whereupon he and Con* stable Wiggins proceeded to the spot, and took possession of the articles, which were as follows:—. 1 French-peak cloth cap (without lining) ; 1 pair black cloth pantaloons (apparently new) ; 1 inside and I outside flannel; 1 flowered silk handkerchief ; and pair woollen socks. After examining the articles, Constable Wiggins took them up to town, where, we presume, he handed them over to the Inspector of Police. The question now arises, where did those clothes come from ? What clothes did Mr Bich have on when he was missed? Nobody in town seems to know; but- we can hardly bring ourselves to believe that they were his. If they were, how did they come where they were discovered ? Did they belong to any of the passengers to or from the ‘Lord Ashley’ or ‘Lady Bird’ on Monday, the 26th ult. ? This is supposed by some to be the case, and we consider the surmise a correct one. The pair of socks would seem to warrant this also, inasmuch as in the hurry and bustle of disembarking from the steamers many things are apt to be mislaid. Mb William Bich. —Tip to the hour of our going to press this morning, no tidings had reached us of the missing gentleman whose name heads this paragraph. We greatly fear that he will never again be seen alive. Every effort, however, have been and are still being made to find his body, and we must hope against hope that those efforts will be crowned with success. Politician Tuened Teacher. —ln.our last wo inserted a paragraph with the above heading, which intimated that Mr Mantell (once Native Minister of the Colony) and his lady had been awarded probationary certificates as teachers in the Province of Wellington. But, by some oversight, we omitted to give our authority for the said paragraph, viz., the ‘Wanganui Chronicle.’ Since then, we observe that the ‘Wellington Independent’ also copies the paragraph from the ‘ Chronicle,’ and prefaces it with the remark that Mr Mantell will be much surprised to read a paragraph which confers upon him both a wife and a profession! Teanseee oe Licence. —We understand the licence hitherto held by Mr M'Nalty for “ Mac’s Hotel” lias been transferred to Mr G. H. Swan, Mr M'Nalty retiring from a business that he has carried on for seven years, besides an experience of ten years in the other colonies and England. To him Napier is indebted for much of its present accommodation, he having built the three principal hotels of the town,—(Communicated.)