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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1127, 22 September 1871, Page 2

A property in George street, Sydney, was* recently ho hi at auction at an average of £270 per foot frontage. In the House of Representatives, Captain Kenny asked the Colonial Secretary why the lighthouses had not been erected at Tory Channel Heads 1 —Mr Gisborne said the Government, during the recess, in considering the question of erecting the lighthouse, did not consider it advisable in the face of the decline of revenue. The expense of erection would be £4,000 or ,£5,000, and the cost of maintenance about j£6oo per annum. After the present session the Government would consider the matter again.

Referring to the arrival of several American wool buyers and manufacturers by the last trip of the Nebraska already mentioned in these columns —the New Zealand Herald says : "Although not generally known, they have distributed themselves throughout the colonies, New Zealand not excepted. The scarcity of wool in Europe, owing to the war, has created a demand for this raw material, which has suffered a depression for some two, three, or four years back. It is believed that the Nebiaska will return with a full cargo of wool, and that sufficient orders for purchase are extant, by the incoming mail, to fill up any ships that can load for America."

The Morning News, 11th September, says :—" The name of the man that was drowned in the Wade and whose body wa-u found lying on the rocks near Duck Creek a few days ago, appears to be William Dawson Holmes. He left Omaha in company with a man named Marsh, and two Maoris, in the schooner Sarah, with a cargo of kauri gum and firewood at least a month ago, and they had not since been heard of. Messrs Archard and Brown, have recently purchased an interest in the schooner, and have in their possession some documents relating to her, signed by the deceased. Marsh belongs to Auckland and was probably lost with the schooner. He leaves a wife and family behind him.

The Wairarapa Mercury, September 13, says :—On Friday last ihe body of a man who was identified as G. Elliot Lockart, was found by Mr M'Lean, the overseer of the Mataikuna station, about 300 yards from the old ford of the river. From the information we have received, it appears that the deceased, who was an officer of her Majesty's Navy on half pay, and very well connected, left Castle Point in the Glimpse on 20th August, and went to Flat Point, where he landed and rode to Castle Point. He then proceeded, on Tuesday, on his way on foot to the Mataikuna station, carrying with him a few articles for Mr M'Lean. He was seen on the following day by some Maoris, who were looking for their horses, and on Friday he was found dead lying on his back, with his satchel as a pillow. Two cheques of £2 and .£1 respectively, with 12 shillings in silver, were found on him. R. Maunsell, Esq, J.P., went on Saturday, to hold an inquest upon the body, the result of which we have not yet learnt. The weather was very bad on the Coast at the time, snowing and raining, alternately, and there is but little doubt that he died from sheer exhaustion.

The following rates of postage on letters for the United Kindom via Brindisi are now in force, viz. :—For every half-ounce, lOd; and for every additional half ounce or fraction of half, an-ounee, lOd. The following particulars of a Masonic celebration is from the Thames Star of the 15th inst. : —The opening of a new Lodge, under the Scotch constitution, called in honor of the centenary just past, the " Sir Walter Scott," took place to-day, and was attended with a considerable amount of eclat. The brethren of the Lodge assembled at 10 o'clock, when the formal opening was made under the superintendence of Brother A. Beveridge, R.W.D.P.G.M. After the installation of officers had been completed, a number of candidates were initiated into the mysteries, the ceremony being conducted bv the W.M. of the Lodge, Brother A. Beveridge, RW.D.P.G.M., N.Z. The Lodge-room was inconveniently crowded, a considerable number of visiting brethren from Auckland being present, as well as the majority of the officers and brethren of the Lodge of Light, No. 454, 1.C., the first Masonic Lodge on the Thames. A grand, procession, swelled by the attendance of brethren from other Lodges, then took place to the Presbyterian Church, where Divine Service was conducted by the Rev. V. Lush. The attendance was most numerous, and the procession —numbering some 200 members of the fraternity—presented a most imposing, appearance It headed by the fine band of the Thames Volunteers, and accompanied by crowds of spectatorsfine weather and the unusual spectacle attracting all classes of persons. We have not time to refer to the service at the Pi-esbyterian Church, which was still proceeding when we went to press. A grand banquet this evening terminates the pioceedings in connection with the inauguration ot the first Masonic Lodge under the Scotch Constitution on the Thames.

The Grand Lodge of Freemasons for the State of New York, the principal Masonic organization in America, in j-ession lately at New York City, determined to withdraw its representative at the Grand Orient of France, for the reason that the conduct of the Freemasons of Paris in supporting the Commune was af; variance with the principles of Masonry, aud the withdrawal of the representative at the Grand Orient is to vindicate these laws, which the New York Masons believe to have been violated at Paris. —Examiner. The English Masonic journals hold the same views, and are filled with protests by the column.

Oak and linden trees are being planted in all the German villages hill onor of victory and peace. A tourist travelling continuously •without any stoppage can now go round the world in 80 days, making the entire journey by railway and steamship, and going by way of the Suez Canal, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, the Pacific Railway, and New York.

The following story tells how the breweries thrive in Munich : " Friend Carl," says one fat Teuton, " can you drink 100 glasses of beer in a day ? I will wager you cannot.'' Carl answered, " No, T think not" ; but the next day he accepted the bet, and quaffed off the 100 mugs of beer. « Well, I declare ! " cried his fat friend ; " most wonderful ! But tell me, Carl, why you did not take my bet yesterday ? " " Oh, I wanted to try first, and see if I could do it !" Tt appears that the small island of St. Kilda, in the outer Hebrides, was overlooked in the late census taking. The Jackal steamer therefore proceeded to that out-of-the-way corner of Her Majesty's dominions, with the districtinspector of registrars on board, to supply the omission and complete the census of the United Kingdom. It has been ascertained the number of the inhabitants on the island is 71—45 females and 28 males. There is only one child, and it is dying. For the last eight years the children born on, or brought early to the island, have not survived, and there is a decrease of the population since last census.