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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 560, 16 March 1868, Page 2

I Madame Carandini and company took their departure on Wednesday last in the s.s. Taranaki for Auckland. I Holiday. —To-morrow, being St. Patrick’s Day, will be observed as a holiday in the Provincial Government offices. ' Opotiki. —We may look for news from I this district by the arrival of the Lord | Ashley, due here to day from Auckland. ; Rais. —A fall of rain took place during last night which will, no doubt, be duly £ appreciated by both town and country re- "■ sidents. Horse Stealing. —Two men, named James Hughes and John Campbell, will be brought before the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning on a charge of horse stealing. Cobb & Co. —lt will be seen from our advertising columns that Mr Peters will run a special coach to Waipukurau on Tues- * day next, should sufficient inducement offer. Napier Mutual Improvement Society. —ln connection with this society, a lecture will be delivered on Friday next at 8 p.m., in the Council Chamber, by William Colen--90, upon —“The earliest visitors to New Zealand —what they saw, did, and said;’’ comprising several little known, yet noteworthy facts connected with our early history. We hope to see a good attendance on the occasion. Accident. —On Thursday last, as a milk cart, belonging to Mr Torr, was going up Shakespeare-road, the horse, from some | cause, began to jib, and backed into the hank ; and one of the wheels coming in contact with a large boulder, the cart capsized. Two boys, named respectively Jus. Connor and Joseph Jeffares, were tarown violently out, but only received slight injuries. The horse (which did not sustain any serious injury} was quickly extricated from the harness. Aoricultukb. —We give to-day two valuable articles from our southern contemporaries, one of which treats on the necessity of manure, a subject that will continue t to force itself upon the attention of the agricultural interest throughout the Colony, and the other on the approaching agricultural and pastoral conference which is take place during the next mouth. Forming and Metalling. —Sealed tenders are invited for metalling 1 mile of main road between the Big Bush aud Waiiaparala, and for metalling 1 mile and 23 chains from Wahaparata towards Havelock—these to be given in by noon on Saturday, the 21st March. Also for re-metalling 86 chains of the Te Ante road, between i£aikora and Messrs Sebley and M'Greevy’s ; for metalling 17 chains near Waipawa, at * Mr Cooper’s j for metalling 40 chains between Waipawa and Waipukurau; and for forming about 31 chains of the Porangahau road through the Motuotaraia Bush—these ( o be given in by noon on Saturday the 28th March. Poverty Bat.—A gentleman from this district informs us that affairs between the Government and native? there are in a very anomalous position, lie states that the Land Court has sat twice at Poverty Bay, but that each time the Crown Agent has objected to all the claims. In J consequence of this action a large number MR of natives, headed by Henare Pot e, a friendly chief, assembled in front of Court-house, and sang a song abusing Government, and accusing them of venting dealings with Europeans. A largeSjß number of European residents openly express their sympathy with the natives, considering that the neglect of this splendid | district by the Government during the last ’ two years has been entirely obstructive to '*) colonization, *