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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 831, 3 October 1870, Page 3

Pleuro-pneumonia, in a malignant form, has jbjroken oufc in the district of MoerakJ (Otago.) A woman at Tjmaru recently suffered severely from the effects of making a meal of mussels. She experienced all the ordinary symptoms of poisoning, and suffered great pain for several hours. A German Club, of which M-v Klein, the proprietor of the West Coast Times, is president, has been formed jn Hokitika. Mr Blackctt, Provincial Engineer of Nelson, has received the appointment of Chief Engineer of the Colony. Mr. W. S. Moorhouse, of Canterbury, has accepted the appointment of Chief Registrar of Titles under the Land Transfer Act, This will necessitate "his residing permanently in Wellington.

From our Auckland files we observe that Messrs Jjundon and Whitaker have again gone to Piajso to seek a settlement with the Maori phief in refuge there from the bailiffs. The Provincial Council of 4-Uckland w ijl } it is soid, be called together about the end of this month. 4.n Auckland journal, in speaking of the unusually wet winter that has just passed pway, says:—We haye now been five months during which there have been two days that has not rained in some part of the twenty-four hours, and people are beginning to dread that jthey will ejtfoer bepome wcbffooted or turn im if op.

An accident, which might have been attended with serious .consequences, .occurred on board the Eanagatira on her 4ast trip from Wangauui to Taranaki. The hatchway was carelessly left open, and during the night one of the crew fell down it—a distance of nine or ten feet. He was a good deal shaken, bat not seriously hurt, and, after receiving jaomo medical aid, was able to proceed to Auckland* A telegram was received in town to-day conveying the information that the house of Thomas Hawke, farmer, near Greytown, was burned last night, about 9 o'clock. The premises were totally consumed, and the inmates had a narrow escape for their lives.—Evening Post, Sept. 22. The following paragraph is extracted from the Dubbo Despatch, a New South Wales paper;—On the 14th August a terrrible accident occurred on board the Princess Royal steamer. She was preparing for her cruise down river, when a cry was raised that a man was entangled in the machinery. On stopping the engines, it was discovered that one of the crew, named Pitcher, had got his leg in the cog-wheels, and before any relief could be got, the limb was ground to mince meat % bone sinew, and flesh were reduced to one pulp. On making enquiry, it transpired the engine was on its centre, and to start it the unfortunate man had, as is the foolish custom, put his shoulder to the fly-wheel; as it proved the engine was a little off its centre, and yiolding to the driver's touch he was hurled to a.terrible doom.

A small volcano, the orifice of its .crater not exceeding a second in diameter, is now in action in the moon. After twenty-four hours solar illumination a white cloud is seen surrounding the mountain. The other day Auckland was rolling in the mud, now it is blinded with dust. The Evening News says :—ln the name of humanity—at least humanity doing business in Queen street—we crave the water carts to appear to save us from suffocation. Dust! dust i dust! in eyes, in ears, grinding between the teeth, and making us seedy ; turning the best broad cloth seedy, begriming the fairest face ; covering beef with dirt enough to stop the action of our ' monypiles,' and shading drapery in the sombre tint of dirt. Desks, counters, books, chairs, and windows —everything that can been seen or felt obtrudes the nuisance on our attention; and the City Board or some one else is the subject of malediction/ A subscription is going the rounds to lay the dust. Will somehody not give the credit and let the work proceed, or are citizens to be taught by choking to appreciate the water cart ? In the name of all that suffers, let some say, " Down with the dust!" or must we woo the clerk of the weather to visit us with a small portion of his overwhelming favors ? In a lecture lately delivered Dr Hector stated that the varieties of fish in the New Zealand waters were much more numerous than is generally supposed, numbering close on 140 kinds, specimens of which might be gathered in the course of a year. He thought that the most valuable kinds were those which do not frequent the bays and inlets, but, being gregarious, like the mo3t prized varieties of fish in Europe, will be found on banks, and should therefore be sought for in a more systematic manner than at present.

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the Bank of Hew Zealand will be held in the„Banking-house at Auckland on the 26th October, at noon, to receive the report of the directors, to eleot a director, and to despatch any other business that may be brought before the meeting. The following is rather neat in insolvencies : —Max Marcewald, of East Melbourne} gentle* man. Causes of insolvency.: Want of employment, and insufficient remittances from insolvent's relations in Germany to support insolvent. Liabilities, £3B 19s ; assets, £2 ; deficiency, £36 18s. James Palmer, seaman, died suddenly last night on board the Ruby, lying alongside the wharf. He had gone on board the vessel to sleep, though not belonging to her, and about 10 o'clock " turned in," but had not been iong in bed when he was seized with a fit—apoplectic—and expired almost immediately. JDeceased, a very old hand, was well known in almost every port of New Zealand; he has followed the sea in diffent capacities, ranging from master to cook, for many years, and possessed an exceellent knowledge of the coast. Only a short time ago he was in command of the Amateur, but, latterly had been out of employment. —Evening Post.