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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 681, 13 May 1869, Page 2

Cheap Flour.—-The Launceston Examiner, April 20, quotes flour at £lO per ton. Seizure.—We learn that on the last visit of the St. Kilda to Poverty Bay, a quarter cask of rum, on which duty had not been paid, was seized on account of the Customs. The Provincial Council has now been sitting three days; but as usual at the becrinninoc of the session the work done has been nominal —not an item of real business being yet disposed of. The order paper for to-day, however, is better tilled than the previous ones, and some of the items will no doubt cause considerable discussion. Address to the Prince. —As will be seen by our report of the Council proceedings, an address to the Duke of Edinburgh was adopted yesterday. We spare our readers the infliction of the address, which, was as flat and unprofitable as such documents usually are. Some doubt has been expressed as to whether it will not be too late to reach Auckland before the Duke's departure. Harbour Improvements. The Quay Wall.—On Monday morning last Messsrs. Days and Bristow commenced driving the facing piles for the quay wall, Eastern Spit. Notwithstanding the' unfavorable state of the weather* and other drawbacks, we are glad to report that the work progresses favorably. The contractors hope to have the job finished next week. From the New Zealand Gazette, 4th May, we observe that all that portion of the Colony situated within the Provinces of Hawke's Bay, Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington, comprised between the thirtyseventh and fortieth degrees of south latitude, has been proclaimed and declared: to be a "Disturbed District" within the meaning of the second session of " Colonial Forces Courts-Martial Act, 1868/' The Eingleader, revenue cutter, in charge of Mr Hewson, head landing waiter of Auckland, arrived in port on Tuesday last, from Poverty Bay. She brought down two witnesses in the case of treason against two natives, set down for hearing before the Supreme Court on Friday (to-morrow.) Mr Wylie has not arrived. The Ringleader had also on board a Hauhau prisoner, in charge of a constable, Native Affairs.—." Under this heading will be found in another column an article from the Wellington Independent of the 2.7 th ultimo. While agreeing .generally with the views of the writer, we must take exception to the slur cast upon the military, many of whom we know personally to be respectable and wellconducted men. We need not go further for an example than to the ■detachment of the Royal Irish now stationed in Napier.