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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1066, 12 July 1871, Page 2

A sitting of the Petty Sessions Coun is appointed to take place at West Olive to-morrow. The Maggie, brig, which leaves for Newcastle,'N.S.W, to-morrow, will, we believe, be the bearer of a cargo of potatoes. The Lord Ashley, from Auckland, arrived at Tauranga at 0.30 p.m. today. A telegraphic summary of news appears elseuhere. We are informed that some time during Saturday night, some person or p«vsons boarded the brig Maggie, and stole the binnacle. No traces; of the lost article have yet been found. In Lhe Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, the charge of assault brought against Mr M'Murray by a native was dismissed.—There was no business at the Court this morning. As some anxiety was beginning to be felt regarding the safety of the s.s. Na pier, it is satisfactory to learn that she has turned up all right at Auckland. At least so say our local contemporaries. No intimation of such being the ease has reached us yet. About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as a three-horse team belonging to Mr Boyle, of Havelock, was going down Shakespeare-road, the horses, from some cause, took fright nearly opposite the residence of Mr Hare, and bolted down the hill at a swift pace, bringing up at the bottom, near Mr Sutton's house. The driver was thrown ou'j of the dray, but fortunately sustained no injury. A quantity of tea and other goods with which the dray was loaded was also thrown out, and a portion lost. The two leading horses escaped unscathed, but ihe one in the shafts received some severe bruises. A man in Trempealeau County, Wis., in eating " cold * straw," swallowed a needle. It was pulled out at the back oi his neck three or four days after. Castor oil is the basis of all the best hair oils manufactured. To one ounce of pure fresh castor oil put eight ozs of Cologne spirit. Perfume according to your fancy. Should the hair require a stimulant, rub a quarter of an ounce of dry ammonia into half a pint of olive oil, and apply as you have need. The following instance of Yankee ingenuity is recorded :—A genuine Yankee at Lisbon, Connecticut, who wanted to put a water pipe through a drain several feet below the surface without digging up the drain, tied a string to a cat's leg, thrust her into one end of the drain, and giving a terriflic (i scat" the feline quickly appeared at the other end. The pipe was drawn through the drain by means of the line, and an expense of ten dollars saved by the speculation.