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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 838, 11 October 1870, Page 3

Another old and respected denizen, in the person of Mr Edward Hackett, has passed away. Although Mr Hackett had been ailing for a considerable length of time, his death was both sudden and unexpected. He attended a meeting of the Oddfellows' Lodge, of which he was an office bearer, on Saturday night. He took ill there and had to leave, accompanied by two of the brethren. On hia way home he grew all at once much worse ; a blood vessel burst, and he had to be carried along. On reaching the house life was extinct. Wanganui Ohronicle, Oct. 4. A Parliamentary return moved for by Colonel Haultain shows that between the 30th June, 1869, and the 31st March, 1870, 80,012 rounds of ammunition, 127,932 caps,. and 282 stand of arms were issued by the Government to friendly natives. The Evening Post says:—lt would be interesting to know how many rounds of ammunition are supposed to have been fired by these natives in our service, how many of the arms and how much ammunition have been returned to store, and what is supposed to have become of the balance unaccounted for.