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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 858, 4 November 1870, Page 3

A two-tooth wether, weighing 113 lbs., ha? been killed at Akaroa, Canterbury The Hon. G. L. Lee, M.L.C., and MP. 0., for Oxford, Canterbury, has filed his schedule. The Hon. M «jor Richardson has accepted the office of Honorary Captain of the Dunedin Cadet Corps. A tramway is to be constructed from Invercargill to the Mataura. The New Zealand Land Company contributes liberally towards the expense. George Cox, an old settler at Waiuku, Auckland, is missing. He was suffering from mental depression, and is supposed to have committed suicide. The Lyttelton Times says that a gentleman largely interested in the working of the Malvern Hills Coal-field, has sent to England for one of Thompson's road steamers with which to bring the coal to Christchureh. A letter has been received by the Government of Victoria from General Chute, thanking the Government for the manner in which h • has invariably been treated durjng his stay in the Colony, and also for the attention paid to him on his departure by the parade of the volunteers and the firing of salute. With reference to the Never Despair Gold mining Company, the Wellington Independent, Oct. 29, sa.ys:—About fifty pounds of stone were brought in yesterday, and submitted to competent judges, who pronounced it rich in the precious metal. Tiie reef out of which it was taken, is well defined, and about eight feet wide. The stone is similar to that obtained at the top, but very much harder. We can only repeat our former expressions of hope that this company will meet with a rich reward for their perseverance and energy. The Melbourne Age says :Wf lie sum raised for the relief of the sufferers by the present war, by both our German and French colonist*, has been a highly respectable one. By the mail Mr W. A. Brahe, the North German Confederation Consul, sent home a cheque to Count Von Bismarck, the Chancellor of the North Germanic States, for £1,346 7s 6d, in addition to the £JS2 2s 6d which was sent home by the previous mail—thus bringing up the total amount to 1,798 lOa. Count de Castlenau, the consul general for France, also remitted by the mail a sum of £335, which included the £IOO sent down fro?' (Sandhurst, The money forwarded from other sources to the authorities at Paris brings up the total amount sent home to over £llOO. In both cases the money will be a plied in accordance with the wishes of the subscribers, which has been intimated in a communication accompanying the remit* tances.