WAIROA.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 392, 9 July 1866, Page 3

WAIROA.

[feoji a coeeespondent.] Friday, 6th June, 1866. It is very probable that our fleet of bar-locked vessels will effect their release to-morrow, as there is more water on the bar than usual. It is to be hoped that they will succeed in getting out, for things are wretchedly dull here at present. The new entrance is nearly completed ; and it is thought that it will be available about the middle of next week. There are a great many natives working at it; but their operations will probably receive a check, as the river fell about two feet last night.

Mb Johx Stuabt will sell by public auction, at the residence of the late Mr Miller, Milton road, to-morrow, (Tuesday,) at eleven n.m., a large quantity of furniture, which was imported from England expressly for private use.

Ma Routledge will hold his maiden sale to-morrow (Tuesday), at noon, at the stores of Messrs. Watt, Brothers, when he will offer to public competition a quantity of damaged flour, ex Vistula, from Sydney.

The English Mails. —Our mails for Europe, &c., both via Suez and via Panama, will be made up and despatched on Sunday next, 15th last. The mail via Marseilles reaches’ London some days before that via Panama.

Monthly Summary. —Our usual monthlysummary will appear on the morning of Thursday next. The English mail closes on Sunday next, at ten a.m.

Metalling the White-road. —The Provincial Government invite tenders for cartin<* and spreading about 145 cubic yards of road metal on Hastings-street, (White-road.) Registrar eor Mohaka.—By a General Government Gazette, dated 29th June, we learn that Andrew Thomson, Esq., has received the appointment of Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths for the district of Mohaka, in this Province.

Suicide. —It is our painful duty to report the suicide of Mr John Enright, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol, this morning. We understand that although the unfortunate man is not dead at the hour of our going to press, there remains not the slightest hope of his recovery. Opotiki. —By the arrival of the paddlesteamer 4 Sturt’ on Friday morning last, we have intelligence from Opotiki to the 3rd instant. There does not seem to be much doing there at present, but it is the general belief that the natives are far from being subdued, and that we are upon the eve of another war on the East Coast. The only troops now at Opotiki are about 110 men of the Ist Waikato Regiment; and the friendly natives at Opape (a place about eight miles distant from Opotiki), have circulated a rumor to the effect that it is the intention of the rebels to come down and attack these men very shortly. Whether they will carry out their threats or not remains to be seen. We cannot but think, however, that the Government have not pursued altogether the .wisest course in removing so many men from 'the East Coast at the present juncture.