The Hawke's Bay Times, PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THURSDAY, 27th DECEMBER, 1866. GENERAL SUMMARY.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 454, 27 December 1866, Page 4

The Hawke's Bay Times, PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

THURSDAY, 27th DECEMBER, 1866. GENERAL SUMMARY.

“ Nullitis addict ns Jtrrarc hi verba aagisiri.”

Again we have but scant and meagre materials for the compilation of a summary, events, cf any importance having been singularly rare throughout the month. It is, however, gratifying that it is so : far better this than to have to record further breaches of the peace by Natives, and the necessity of having to meet them on the field. A few flying rumors, noticed in our lust summary, as to the intentions of a body of the disaffected to make a second descent upon the Province’, has, happily, proved to have been without sufficient foundation; in fact, it seems that the signal failure of their late well-planned attack, and their utter defeat at Omaranui and Petane, has effectually placed a check oa all similar attempts for the future. Our statement respecting the enforcement of the new Postal Regulations was, as we suspected premature, and arose from an error in the instructions forwarded from headquarters to our Postmaster here. It was not the intention of the Government to bring the new rates to hear until the Ist of January nest; and the Napier postmaster, taking example by the action of the Chief Postmaster at Auckland, resolved to defer their enforcement; hut not until a large number of papers were posted bearing the new rate of stamps, Tli is, however, is the last summary we shall be able to send via Panama for the nominal rate of one penny,.

A most striking and beneficial change of the weather has taken place and continued during the month. A long-continued and excessive drought has given place to a genial rain, which, indeed, had already commenced as we went to press with our last summary. We then feared that it was but a shower, hut a vast quantity of rain has fallen, and we believe that, apart from the hindrance to pastoral and agricultural operations caused by its continuance, enough has fallen to satisfy the earth for some time to come. The last two days have, however, been moderately fine, though exceedingly cold and rough for the midsummer season.