Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1870.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 834, 6 October 1870, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1870.

LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

The p.s. ' Comerang,' from Auckland, arrived in porb at 8 o'clock this morning. We have to thank Capt. Chrisp for the prompt delivery of our letters and files of Auckland papers to the 3rd inst. The latest shipping and commercial items will be found under their respective heads. We append a few extracts of general news : The Shotover claim, on the 3rd inst., lodged 1,282 ounces of gold with the Bank at Grahanistown. Another lot was expected the same day. The Vale of Avoca Goldminiug Company had a crushing on the 3rd inst., when 128 ounces of gold were obtained from 53 tons quartz. The p.s, Williams, which arrived at Auckland on the 2nd inst., brought up from the Thames two boxes gold, containing 6,000 ounces for the Bank of Australasia j and the p.s. Challenger also brought up one box gold, containing 2,317 ounces for the Bank of New Zealand. The following paragraph appears in the Auckland Evening Star, 3rd inst.: Major Ropata and his followers, numbering about 80 of the Ngatiporous, have returned to their homes. The schooner Colonist, having them on board, and destined for Tuparoa, was spoken by the Comerang in Poverty Bay. The Raglan correspondent of the Daily Southern Cross, under date Sept. 26, writes as as follows :—" A facetious gentleman of my acquaintance used to say, referring to our times of dullness, that there was only one hall-crown in the settlement, aud that all the inhabitants were occupied in chasing that coin. During last week, however, they had better game, in the presence of between two and three hundred pounds, which Mr Searancke, R.M., paid to' the Raglan natives to complete the purchase of the Puketutu native reserve by Mr William Robertson. Everything passed off much more quietly than was expected. The money was paid on the night of the 21st; was divided next morning ; and by noon the natives had all left the township on their return to the various settlements. In all probability some of them are responsible for a lire which took place the same evening on Mr Cbamberlin's run, adjoining the township. A very large amount of growing flax has been destroyed. I believe the run was leased by a settler here. It is said that the suspended works of the company's flax-mill here are about to re-commence. The proprietorship of this mill is, or was, in Auckland, and some gentlemen connected with it are now here. The 4 Flora' arrived here last night. Rain is much'wanted here. The ground is as parched and hard as if we bad none for months." The Thames correspondent of the Southern Cross writes under date 27th Sept.:—l have to report a sad accident to a coloured man named Clements, a labourer, working for the contractors who are felling timber for the Moanataiari Water Supply Company. Together with another man he had been occupied in slab-splitting during the last day or two, and had just prepared a large kauri tree for splitting by sawing it into five-feet lengths. The tree was lying up and down the bill side. With the view of freeing the logs which had been just sawn through and left, Clements forced out the centre log with a jackscrew, when suddenly the upper logs slipped down the hill against the lower ones, and caught the unfortunate fellow's leg between them, crushing it to almost a jelly. He was removed, to the hospital* placed under the

influence of chloroform, and the injured limb was amputated just below the knee, by the house-surgeon, Dr Lethbridge, assisted by Drs Sam and Trousseau. The Southern Cross, Ist Oct., says <:- We understand that his Excellency the Governor, accompanied by his Honor the Superintendent, T. B. Giilies, Esq., will proceed up to Waiuku in the p.s. Luna, from the Manukau, on Tuesday. The party expect to reach Waiuku about 2 o'clock on that day, and will take a look at the surrounding country. We have no doubt that the settlers of Waiuku will give a right loyal welcome to the Queen's representative, who since his arrival iu the colony has shown his anxiety to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the condition of the out-districts.

The Thames correspondent of the Daily Southern Cross reports that a daring and successful attempt to break into the Golden Crown Company's office was made on the night of the 30th September. The office is entered from Golden Crown street, and contains the safe, and a box in which are deposited the specimens as they are taken out of the lode. The hope of obtaining a rich booty out of this box was the incentive to the burglary, as the box was found broken open, as well as the office door. But the would-be thieves were fated to a bitter disappointment the box being empty; this, let me add, being anything but its normal condition. Disappointed in the box, the thieves turned their attentention to other parts of the office, which seem to have been thoroughly rummaged, but, beyond a few muudic specimens, that may possibly have been mistaken for the real article, nothing was abstracted. A box of mathematical instruments belonging to the manager, Captain Richards, had evidently been an object of interest to the nocturnal intruders, the contents being scattered about on the table. The Tauranga correspondent of the Daily Southern Cross writes as follows under date 25th September:—Mr H. T. Clarke and Colonel Hamlin, R.M. for Maketu, returned from the interior the other day. The obstruction of the works has not been removed, the tiresome natives insisting on payment of dBSOO for permitting the line to cross their country a distance of five miles. They also demand a yearly tribute of «S 1 for each post, and 5s each for every post cut from their forest.

At the Resideut Magistrate's Court, Tauranga, on Saturday, before Messrs EL T. Clarke, Commissioner, and E. M. Edgecombe, J.P., John George William Cann, late sub-storekeeper at Tauranga for the Colonial Government, was charged with receiving into his possession, on account of the Government the sum of £& 3s sd, and fraudently embezzling the same.—-Prisoner was committed for trial at the Supreme Court, bail being allowed in his own recognisances of ,£IOO, and two sureties of MSQ each.

A daring case of attempted incendiarism (says the New Zealand Herald) took place on the 27th September, but it was fortunately frustrated. This time, the building selected by the incendiary was St. James's schoolroom, in Wellingtonstreet. This school is near to the church, and is kept by Mr M'lntosb. Shortly before four o'clock, smoke and flame were discovered to be coming out from beneath one of the windows, and it was naturally supposed that the fire was in the schoolroom, which at this time was deserted, the boys and the master having left, but no Are was to be seen in the room, and the people present on the spot were a good deal puzzled as to where it came from. In the meantime it was making progress, and had burst in several places through the weather-boards, when it was found to be raging between the lining of the school-room and the wall. A plentiful supply of water was obtained, and the fire was very soon got under, some of the weather-boards near the ground having been cut away with an axe, the better to get at the root of the fire. It was then discovered that some straw, partially consumed, and paper were under * the floor, where the fire had evidently been lighted, with the intention of burning down the building. We sincerely trust that the perpetrator of this dastardly crime will be brought to justice, and after this attempt we are certainly inclined to helieve that the rags, &c, could have been lighted -in Rutlaud street, on Friday night, with no other object than to bum down the adjoipg buildings*

The British Hotel at the Thames was sold by auction on the 27th September for £2O.

The s.s. Keera, from Auckland, arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day. We have to thank Capt. Bain for papers to the 4th inat. There does not appear to be any news of importance ; The New Zealand Herald, October 4, says:—The fore-and-aft schooner Peri, recently arrived from the Islands, and which has been advertised to be sold by auction during the past week, was seized by the Customs authorities yesterday afternoon, on a charge of smuggling. One of the. officers of the Customs department was placed on board at 5 o'clock yesterday, and we understand that the baiiifis will,take charge of the vessel to-day. The Bank of Australasia, on October 3, received by the p.s. Williams, from the. Thames, 2,755 ozs. of gold, the usual monthly shipment. The Right'. Be v. the Bishop of Auckland was a passenger for Wellington, by the s.s. Airedale, which left the Manukau on the 3rd instant. The annual meeting of the Drury Auxiliary of the United Kingdom Alliance was to take place at the Public Hall; Otahubu, on the 6th instant.