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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 852, 27 October 1870, Page 2

The Kingston (N".Y.). Gazette says that oa Thursday, August 18th, a party of ladies and gentlemen were enjoying themselves at Miner Kill Falls, near Gibson, Greene Coonty, whea one of them, a young lady, named Miss Gill, being near a steep precipice slipped and fell from a rock, a distance of over 120 feet, into the water bejow. The party, with one excep* tion, stood transfixed to the spot. This one was a young man belonging t& Kingston* named Eugene Kewcomb, who, seeing the situation, at onoo went to the rescue, bpring* ing from crag to crag he descended the cliffy and at last found himself in jumping distance of the water's edge, which he reached at & single bound.. Without pausing a moment ha sprang into the water, and caught the young lady iu his arms a id brought her to the shore. It was fon»nd she-was in an insensible condition, and Mr Newcom.b at on.ce bore her to * house a half mile away, when restoratives werek applied, after which she was takea to ihes home,, about a mile further on- Sne wall found to be badly bruised and cut» h,tts at !&afc a£C.ounsi %a$ d-pjing. weJJ,

CALIFORNIAN MAIL ROtJTfi. The North Pacific Transportation Co/s foe steamship Moses Taylor, 1,354 tons, sails at 11 a.m., to-day, with the New Zealand and Australian mails. The Moses Taylor has just undergone a thorough overhauling. Her saloon has been elegantly fitted up, and for the future she will occupy the route between here and Honolulu. Australasian passengers will now be much better served than they have hitherto been. The excellent accommodation of the Moses Taylor leaves nothing in that direction to be desired ; and her speed being so much greater than that of the Ajax, which has hitherto occupied the route, three days' time will be aaved. Messrs Holiday & Brenham seem determined to leave nothing undone on their part to make their portion of the service as great a success as can reasonably be expected, pending final arrangements for a subsidy to a permanent line •of fast screw propellers, which they hope hereafter to be enabled to enter into with the Colonial and United States Govern.meats. Congress will unquestionably grant a subsidy of £60,000 sterling per annum. With an amount from the Colonies anything like equal to it, a line of powerful steamers ought to be obtained capable of running at least thirteen knots per hour. It will be observed by reference to another column, that Sir Geo. Grey, late Governor of New Zealand, expresses the confident belief that the whole distance betweeu England and Sydney can be accomplished in thirty-six days. This is four days less than we have hitherto ventured to calculate upon, yet we know that Sir George, who has .recently had access to all the best steamship authorities, is right. With steamers making a good time on the mild Pacific as do the Cunard and Inman lines on the more boisterous Atlantic, the time mentioned by Sir George Grey would be easily accomplished. And why should we not jiave steamers capable of making as good time ? A subsidy equal to the amouut name 4 is amply sufficient to pay for them. In these days of rapid communication and of active commercial enterprise, our Australasian friends are bound to insist, when the matter comes to be finally settled, that the very best time be guaranteed. Interested as we are in the San Francisco route, and feeling assured that its many advantages will in the end win for it general favor, we are specially anxious that it shall receive a fair trial, which will never be the case until fast and commodious steamers ply between here and the Colonies, and until perfect arrangements are. made with the overland railways, and steamship companies on the Atlantic, so that close connections may be made right through to England.— News of the World.