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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1029, 30 May 1871, Page 2

The Thames Advertiser, May 24,, remarks:—Whether the mail between Ohinemaii and Tauranga be allowed to ran or not, there seems within the last few days to have been some relaxation of the aukatL Mr H. M'Kenzie, the contractor engaged in putting up the telegraph line between Tauranga and Katikati, came through yesterday, and was not stopped ov hindered at any part of the route. An enormous bullock, (says the Thames Advertiser, May 20) the. property of Messrs Townsend & Rountree, butchers, Grahamstown, was exhibited yesterday at - Sargents auction mart. The immense beast.- is 18 hands high, and is estimated to weigh nearly 1,900 lbs. The animal is five years old, and has been bred on the Clarence station, Hawke's Bay, by Mr M'Hardy.. • Io is by no means very fat, althoifgH'df such an immense weight.

8 We (Otago .Daily Times) have had much pleasure-in-inspecting the numerous sketches made by -Mr Barraud, of "Wellington," during a recent tour in our Province. The sketches are of scenery near and about .the Lakes Wakatip and Te Anau. The subjects are well chosen, and handled with the well-known skill and taste of this artist. Amongst many other gems, we may notice a beautiful scene On Lake Wakatip, of which Mount Earnslaw is the principal feature. The coloring and execution, while true to nature, display the bold and majestic features of this district in a peculiarly attractive manner.

The Hamilton correspondent of the Cross thus alludes to the late drowning case at that place reported a few days ago : —" On Monday evening, at about 4 o'clock, a melancholy event took place which has . cast a gloom over the township. A young woman named Elsie Knox, daughter c»f Mr James Knox, of East Hamilton, had been keeping company with a young man here. It appears that about a week ago her sweetheart sent her a letter, breaking off the engagement; On the above evening they accidentally met at the wharf, on the east bank of the river, he being on his road to Cambridge, she having the letter in her hand at the time. She asked him, 4 Was he going to wait % ' He answered that'he would wait at the house. At the time she * T as close to the bank : she suddenly moved sideways, and, with a scream plunged in. She floated for a few minutes. The man, who had gone some distance, returned, and the ferryman, Mr .Smith, came to his assistance. The latter threw a rail, which she touched with her foot but made no effort to catch, when she sank. Unfortunately neither of the men could swim.