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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 437, 12 November 1866, Page 2

. Rafter Building Society. —A special meeting of members of committee will be held on Tuesday (to-morrow) evening next, at eh>ht o’clock. °

Napier Land and Building Society—We perceive by advertisement to be found in another column that the rules of the above society have been returned, duly revised and certified lo as in conformity with law. A meeting oflhs committee will be held at the Society’s office on Thursday evening next, at eight o’clock.

Impounded Stock —The work of impounding still goes ahead. We notice that a sale will take this day at the Id ounce Sale Yards, at noon.

Bank of New Zealand.— We learn from the New Zealand Herald, Ist November, that the tenth half-yearly meeting of this corporation was held on the 31st October, in the banking-house. Queenstreet, Mr James Williamson, chairman of the board of directors, presiding. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, was declared ; also 7b a share bonus j £7OOO was added to the reserve fund winch now reaches the full amount, £150,000. Mr Thomas Russell was elected a director, and Mr William Inuis Taylor auditor. A vote of thanks was given to the directors, also the manager, inspector, and officers.

Important from Taupo.—Napier again in Danger. —The Tauranga correspondent of the New Zealand Herald under date sth November, has the following, which we commend to the attention of the local authorities:—“A native report has come in from Taupo that a large party of natives headed by Kereopa, are about immediately to start from the Waikato en route to Napier, to revenge the defeat of the Hau-han band headed by the prophet Panapa, who was killed. This tana it is said is to make a clean sweep of the friendly natives about Taupo, on its way South and the latter ask the assistance of the Europeans against the expected attack. I give the report for what it is worth.” The correspondent of the Daily Southern Cross, under date 4th November also refers to this, in the following terms: “ A special messenger from Makctu arrived this evening with information that the loyal natives at Taupo were in a state of great excitement, caused by a report that an army of natives of all the disaffected in the Waikato district headed by Eewi and Kereopa, were on the march; that they would pass through Taupo on their way to Napier to avenge the death of Panapa, the Hau-hau prophet who was killed recently in the action near Napier. Very considerable excitement exists throughout the whole of the Arawa country in consequence of this information. The Arawas have been appealed to by the Taupo natives for assistance.”

Enosmotts sized Pig.— The Wanganui Times, 2nd November, contains the following:—On Friday last, one of the largest swine ever killed in New Zealand was shot by Mr James Atkinson on his land at Mount Watt, adjoining Mr Cbaimer’s property. Tho huge boar had inhabited that locality since 185 S, and for some years pa fe had been the terror of the best pig-dogs in the district, several of which he had destroyed. Mr Atkinson fired three rifle bullets, hitting the animal each time, but one bullet only penetrated the skin and proved fatal. . The following dimensions will give some idea of the size of the animal : —Length from tail to snout, 7ft 4 in; girti, 5 ft. la in.; do. round the neck, 46 inches; shield on shoulder 2 inches thick; weighty 456 li s.

The first show of stock in connection with the Tiinaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association took place on Wednesday, 24th' October. -The Timaru Herald says that “on no occasion since the formation of the District has any public affair passed off so successfully. The weather was auspicious, the attendance largo, and the exhibits largo and of the first order.”