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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 829, 30 September 1870, Page 2

We learn from the Canterbury Press that a most distressing accident occurred to Mr Inness, the landlord of the G/eorge and Dragon Hotel at Templeton. While iu the act of coming down from a stack he got impaled upon the shaft of a pitchfork, and reoeived serious injury. We (Evening Post) understand that Mr Werry,who has, during the session, been acting as a Bupernumary clerk in the House of Representatives, has received the appointment of Musketry Instructor to the Armed Constabulary, with the rank of Inspector, and a salary of £3OO a-year. A very brilliant display of the Aurora Australis was visible on Saturday evening, between nine and ten o'clock. It lighted up the whole southern portion of the Ueaveqs, the hues being brighter and more clearly de* fined than we remember to have witnessed on any previous occurrence of the phenomenon here. Several parties who have seen the Aurora Borealis in the north of Europe say that Saturday evening's Aurora almost rival* led its northern prototype in beanty.—Evening Post, Sept. 26. In Ballarat the storekeepers have made the European war an excuse lor raising the price of kid gloves from 4s 6d to 7s 6d and 9s a pair. It is a little too outrageous that the public should be taxed to the extent which is now being adopted, What earthly reason can there be for an advance of about 100 per cent, on kid gloves, since so few, if any, of what are sold as Parisian kid ever saw France, but are rather manufactured in Nottingham and other towns in England; while there cannot be the smallest justification for more than a very trifling advance jn the price of the other goods which we have particularised. The Evening Post, Sept, 26, says :—One of the officers of the Luna reported, on coming alongside the wharf this morning, that whei* about half way between the baths and the, wharf, the vessel ran over the body of a man which was floating in the water. The officer who made the report saw the body distinctly, and described the dress—a top coat and boots, A number of boats put off at once, and searched round the spot, but could find no trace of tha body, which is supposed to have sunk in con* sequence of the steamer striking it. We have not heard that anyone has been missing of late, and there are no surmises as to who tha unfortunate individual may have been. Amongst the items of news brought by the last mail, we (Wellington Independent) learn of the death of Mr J. H. Crawford, late Registrar of Deeds and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps in Auckland, at the early age of 36 years. Mr Crawford wa3 present at the first session of the general Assembly held in Welf lington, acting as Assistant Law Officer to the Government, and was highly respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, For many years he had been suffering from a phthisipal disorder, and his death occurred on the 14th July last, just two days after reach* ing England, A man named Hammond, formerly Collec tor of Customs at Invercargill, is stated by the Timam Herald to have expired suddenly in the Tiinarn Hospital, on the morning of the 18th hist. It appears he burst a blood vessel on the some days ago, and was taken to the hospital, wh/re he was progressing favourably. The heernorrhage having ceased he got out of bed that morning, although strict instructions had been given that he was not to movf, and pulled np °h° °f tue blinds. This exertion, brought on a fit of coughing, and the bleeding returning, he was dead in a few minutes. The Evening Post is responsible for the fol* lowing: —" Among other items of expenditure incurred by the Colony on account of the Commissioners is one—£4o for the Court suit worn by the Hon. Francis Dillon JJfcll on the occasion of his presentation to her Majesty, The money has been duly paid, and the clothes of course have become the property of tha Colony, and the question arises will they be kept in London for the use of all future Commissioners,- or will they be brought out aud handed over to the custody of Colonel Cro-ton, the Cplonial storekeeper, la the latter case, a portion, at least, of this cost might be re-; couped by showing them at a smull charge." —Surely our contemporary has been ffiisiu* formed..