Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1871.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 990, 12 April 1871, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1871.

Militia and Volunteers.— The

New Zealand Gazette of the sth inst. contains the notification of the following appointments in our local forces : NEW ZEALAND MILITIA. Lieutenant George Edward Gordon Richardson to be Captain. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Alfred Chapman to be Captain. Date of commission, 10th February, 1871, Ensign Edmund Sutton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Ensign Henry Stokes Tiffen to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Ensign Thomas Kennedy Newton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Ensign Sydney Griffiths Brandon to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Bichard Halkett Lord to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Charles James Gully to be Ensign. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. George Thomas Fannin to be Ijmsign. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. flames Morris Wood to be Ensign. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Henry Gaisford to be Ensign. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. Henry Edward Pulford to be Ensign. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. William Isaac Spenirer, M.E.C.S.L., to be Surgeon. Date of commission, Bth November, 1870. NAPIER ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. Lieutenant William Eoutledge to be Captain. Date of commission, 17th January, 1871. seorge Henry Swan to be lieutenant. • Date of commission, 17th January, 1871. -r-From the same Gazette we learn that |}is Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by Capfc. H. R. Russell, £Jew Zealand Militia, l

Resident Magistrate's Court.— 3STo cases tliLs morning. The Court of Petty Sessions will, we believe, sit at Meanee to-morrow. Steam to Poverty Bay.—The sailing of the s.s. Napier has been postponed until eight o'clock this evening. The English Mail via Suez will be due in Melbourne to-morrow, and tljat via San Francisco at Auckland abput the 15th instant. Appointments.—From the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st ult. we find that the following native chiefs have been appointed Assessors under " The Outlying Districts Sale of Spirits Act" of last session :—For the Taupo District—Pohipi Tukairaugi, Hare Tau teka, Hohepa Tamamutu, and Perenara Tamahiki, all of Taupo. For the Waiapu District—Henare Potae, Pita Houao, Karauria Pahura, of Tokamaru; Mokena Kohere, Ropata Wahawaha, Hotene Porourangi, Wikiriwhi Matehe, Hamiora Tamanui of Waiapu. For the Wairoa District—lhaka Whaanga, Paora Rerepu, and Paora te Apatn, all of Wairoa.