Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1871.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1043, 15 June 1871, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1871.

Tend<T3 are required by the General Government for the execution of certain road works at Poverty Bay. (See advt.) A sitting of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand is to be held at Wellington on the 3rd July next. We learn from the Auckland papers iJiot the Earl of Belmore, Governor of New South Wales, accompanied by the Countess of Belmore, will shortly visit His Excellency Sir George Bowen at Auckland. We (Evening Post) understand that Constable Brady shot some sort qK a str-mge sna monster on the beach between LrLaiwaru and Ngahauraiiga this f-.ftern'tp t, '* ,e body ;■■:' the'animal ?.'»»;j r-<h.;ver] ;vj J>.«* Princess i. otel,

| Ypijng men wlio go to sen young j ladies have adopted a novel method of obtaining kisses. They assert, on the authority of scientific writers, that the concussion j>roduced by a kiss will the flane of a lamp to nicker, ! and easily induce the damsel to experiment; in the interest of science The first kiss or two, the parties watch the flame to see it nicker, but soon become so interested in jbhe experiments as to "■ let it flicker if it grants to.

We have frequently (says the Evening Post) dwelt on the great want of a continuous stream of immigration to the Province, and it is therefore n'ith great pleasure that we notice the arrangements made by the Government to encourage and assist the emigration of persons who already have friends here willing to aid them. This is decidedly the best clai-s of immigrants we can have, and we trust that the liberal arrangen.ents made by the Government \vill be largely taken advantage of.

An interesting fact has turned up in connection with the affairs of the late Mr Scott, who has so generally been set down as the murderer of Mr Baillie, in Mji. The will of Mr Scott has been opened by the executor, a -gentleman residing in Collingwood, and it appears (says the Melbourne correspondent of the Geelong Advertiser) that the der ceased was possessed of a good deal of town property, the whole of which he has bequeathed to Miss Baillie, a daughter of his supposed victim. One of the greatest (perhaps the greatest) feats of newspaper reporting and special despatch by land and sea was achieved a short time ago by the London Times. Br Russell, the wellknown Wrtl . correspondent, and Mr Kelly, of the Times staff, were the reporters of the entry ot the Germans into Paris, Dr Russell rode into Paiis on Wednesday morning with the Prussian troops, and he and Mr Kelly left Paris by special train of the Northern Railway at 2.50 p m. that day, and arrived at Calais at 9.30. Thence a special steampacket conveyed the despatches across to and they proceeded by special train to London The courier reached the Times office and delivered his despatches at 1.15 a.m. on Thursday, and the whole of the report of those special correspondents was published in the regular first edition of the Times on Thursday morning.

The Wavrego correspondent of the Maitlan<i Mercnry writes :A 1 th ough T have not met Mr Gilmore tunce his return from Cooper's Creek, I have heard from a leliable source some further particulars ot the expedition. Mr Gilmore found the blacks out there very numerous, and generally speaking very violent—they attempted to stop him once or twice on his way out, by mustering in force, He saw nothing of the white man spoken pf, but strange to say, whenever he referred to him through his interpreter (he had to use three at once), all the tribes in the vicinity persisted in pointing towards the place whoie he eventually picked up the bones in. As I stated before, the bones were found on the surface at the foot of a sandhill, and the margin of a large waterhole. The blacks state that five men weie killed there the bones were found, and two on the other side of the waterhole. The hones were, of course, very much decayed, and the blacks account for the disap pearance of everything in the shape of saddlery or other equipments by stating that as soon as the men were killed everything they had with them was thrown into the large waterhole spoken of. The horses, amounting to seven in number, are said to be there to this day, and Mr Gilmore further states that he saw their tracks only a day or two old, or, at all events, the tracks of some horses running at large there. J believe Mr Gilmore states that from the stony nature of the ground his own horses were not in a condition to enable him to follow up the tracks ; but I hear from another source that the principal cause of their ha->ty retreat was want pf ammunition, wliich, considering t|ie number of blacks around them, they did not feel safe in being without as Mr Gilmore had only one, white man with him I have not heard whethei the Government intend sending a party out again or not.

LOSS OP THE S.S. AUCKLAND. Froij the Sydney Morning Herald of the 29i1) May we clip the following particulars of the 10.->s of the fine steam Auckland:•— , . ' On Saturday evening shortly after nine o'clock a telegram was received by Capb Trouton, from Capt. Walker, dated from Twofold Bay, announcing the startling intelligence that the Auckland (s), while on her passage from Melbourne to Sydney, had gone on shore on a reef some 40 miles S.W. of Cape Howe, at 1 a.m. on the 27 th inst. The telegram referred to, after describing the locality of the wreck, seated that the crew and passengers had been safely placed on hoard the Macedon (s.) This vessel arrived in Sydney yesterday afternoon, the Company's Wharf being crowded with people anxious to learn the particulars, which we give as detailed by Mr Stewart, the ehiet officer of the Auckland, who came up by the Macedon. Mr Stewart reports that the Auckland left Melbourne at 2.35 p.m., and cleat ed Port Phillip Heads at 7.10 p.m. on the 25th inst, with an easterly breeze; passed Wilson's Promontory at 8.30 a ra. oil the 26th—wind N.E., fresh, weather cloudy. From this point the usual north-easterly course was kept for Cape Howe. As night advanced the weather became still more Overcast and threatening, with an increasing breeze and heavy rain. Capt. Walker and his chief officer kept the bridge, never leaving the look-out for a moment, when at 1 a.m. breakers were seen ahead. The engines were promptly stopped, and then reversed to full speed astern, which was only the work of a moment- -the machinery being in such admirable order—but all too late; the struck the reef with a crash which must have stove in several plates. The engines were kept going astern, and soundings taken round the ship, and cargo shifted from forward to aft to bring her by the stern. The boats were also got ready. Finding that she would not come off, Captain Walker knowing that the Macedon was. astern, fired rockets and blue lights, which were fortunately seen by that steamer, which at once bore down. The boats were then lowered, and the passengers safely transferred to the latter vessel, where they were kindly received by Captain Pain. The boats then returned to the wreck, and got out the passengers' lug gage, as also the mails, with the excep tiou of iwo bags—all being safely placed on board" the Macedon. A third trip was then made, but by this time the wind and sea had increased 10 such an extent that the Auckland could not be boarded, and it was with considerable difficulty that the boats reached the Macedon again. By this time day had broken, and Captain Paiu having had his boats taken on board, those belonging to the Auckland were hoisted to 1 the davits, and the steamer kept on her course to Twofold Bay. Hete Captain Walker, the chief engineer, and four of the hands went on shore with one of the boats ; and the Macedon con tinued her passage to Sydney. The Auckland was going nine knots when the order was given to stop and go astern. The site ot the occurrence is stated to be on a reef between Cape Conran and Cape Everard, tw r o miles and a-hay from the main land. The Auckland had on board on freight 50 tons of iron and 500 bags of potatoes, as also the following passengers :—Mrs Bennett and three children, Miss Clarke, Messrs. M.'Millan, Peacock, Chapman, Gregory, Cullen, Pennester, and 9 in the steerage.