Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1871.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1130, 26 September 1871, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1871.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Napier at about 5 o'clock thjs morning.

The s.s. Napier, for Poverty Bay and Auckland, has been detained until 10 o'clock to-morrow night. An advertisement in to-niglit's paper announces tfrat the first anniversary of the Hope of Napier Tent, T.Q.8,, -will be celebrated by a soiree in the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening, October 3, —tea on the table at 6.30.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this moraing a disorderly inebriate was fined ss. Bethune y. Landon. —A claim of <£4, for eight week's services as book-keeper. The defendant entirely disputed the liability, and said that h'e had given the plaintiff board and lodging in his hotel in return for his services, on the distinct understanding that he was to receive no salary. Several witnesses were examined, and their evidence tended to confirm tin's latter statement. Judgment was accordingly given for the defendant, with 1 4s posts.

A correspondent at Grrahamstqwn (Thames), writes as follows :---" I have just been down the Caledonian mine. 'The ran of gold is again coming lower flown the reef, nearer the. wall, and iy looking well.;

The Hawke's Bay Times this day completes its first year as a daily journal, haying first appeared in that form on Monday, Sept. 26, 1870. As far as we are aware, no intimation has yet reached Napier relative to /the departure of the s.s. Ahuriri from Wellington for this port. The following sums have been paid to provinces and the county of Westland on account of capitation money fov the quarter ended June 30 :—Auckland, £31,000; Otago, £35,00.0; Cantevburv, £20,000; Wellington, £12,d00 ; Nelson, £12,000 ; Westknd, £6,750 ; Hawke's Bav, £3,000 ; Taranaki, £2,4.00; Marlborough, £?,350 J

A few days ago a sett lev at Qhineinuri was brought up before a number of Maori magnates, and formally tried by them for stealing a box of paints. An interpreter was appointed by the self-nominated judges, and the prisoner was afforded every facility for defending himself. Ho was found guilty and ordered to pay 30s and costs, the latter item being 4s charged for the summons. The Otago Dock Board have adopted the following .scale of charges for the use of the dock :—All vessels will be liable to a dock rate according to the following scale : Vessels of 1,000 tons and upwards, 6d par ton per day; 900 and under 1,000, 6Jd; 800 and under 900, 6Jd; 700 and under 800, 6fd; 600 and under 700, 7d; 500 and under 600, 7Jd; 400' and under 500, 7Jd; 300 and under 400, 7f d; under 300, Bd. Double rates will be charged for the day of docking. The dock dues will include and cover the cost of pumping, shoring, wedges, and blocking ; and the cost of all labor connected with opening and closing the dock, and all incidental labor connected with the docking of the vessel. The Southern Cross, of the 18th inst., says :—The Education Bill at present before the Assembly does not seem to be acceptable to the Catholics of this city, as a petition was being numerously signed yesterday against .making it compulsory that the authorised version of the Bible should be read in all schools under the Government, and also against some of the provisions respecting aided schools. Similar petitions we learn are being signed throughout the province, and are to be for warded by the Phcebe to the lion, member for the City West for presentation to the House. The Taranaki Herald of the 13th .September gives an account of an inquest held on the body of a man named Patrick Gildea, who committed suicide by hanging himself in a stable in Devon street. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died by his own hand when in a state of mental derangement, caused by excessive drinking." A late Auckland paper ways : We perceive, from a Liverpool ex change, that a gentleman famous in musical circles has been gathered to his fathers at a ripe age. Mr Benjamin Hime, lor the last fh e and forty years, was one of the most extensive music publishers in the world ; and with his brother, the late Mr Edward Hime, was connected with most musical enterprises undertaken in England during that long period. An immense number of favorite songs had their origin in their establishment, and many of the most eminent composers and talented musical performers were helped into light by the spirited enterprise and the liberality of these gentlemen. One of the above named gentlemen was the father and the other the uncle of Mr G E. Hime, of this city. By their decease a gap has been left in the musical world which will not be easily filled up. The following is from the London Echo, July 13 :- Mr William Webb, tireman on board the Amazon, found it amusing, some few days ago, to hang a poor bear, eleven weeks old, and "as tame as any dog," over the side of the yessel by a rope eight feet long. While the anjmal wa>> in this agonising position the "gallant tar ;> took up a 281 b. weight and threw it at him, thereby entirely smashing one of his feet. For this braye and humane conduct we rejoice to learn that Mr Webb will suffer one month's imprisonment with hard labor. We wish it had been three, and would not ha/o protested if a little i corporal punishment had been added.

A late Auckland paper gays; —It will be remembered that a few months a<'o a line young lad named Crosbie was dro.vned off Rangit-oto under very distressing circumstances. His widow mother was almost wholly dependent upon his exertions us the bread-winner of the family. Messrs. J. Ogilvie and R. Pollock, of Drake-street, and J. Robeitson, of Vulcan, interested themselves on behalf of Mrs Crosbie, and collected £57- I.o*, which they have disponed of as follows : Paid off part mortgage on cottage, £4O; legal expenses/deeds, &c, £3 17s; back interest, J£3 3s ; insurance, £2 5s ; sewing niachine, <£B 10s. A Thames correspondent writes as follows to the Southern Cross:—T heard from a reliable source this morning that measures for another attempt to establish better relations with the natives and to open the Upper Thames country are in train. Two separate and distinct parties have been appointed or authorised to take action in this important matter, one consisting of one gentleman, who is, however, a host in himself —1 mean Mr James Mackay, jnn ; and the other of the Ilev. Mr. Maunsell, Mr Puckey, and Mr Kemp, RM. Mr Mackay's mission is confined chieliy to the opening up of the country to Europeans. He is to negotiate directly on behalf of the General Government, and on the 18th instant he proceeds to Te Moananui's settlement to hold a korero with the chief natives of the district. Messrs. Maunsel, Puckey, and Kemp are entrusted with the delicate mission of overcoming Te Hira's scruples to the construction of a road and a line of telegraph to Katikati. May they be successful !

The Whangarei correspondent of the Southern Cross records the following : —An accident occurred in our harbor last night whereby two men from Paj.ua Bay lost their lives by drowning. Three men were in a small boat, fishing near the Snake Bank till the turn of the tide—about 8 p.m. Tn putting up the sail for the purpose of returning home to Pama Bay, the halliard came out of the mast, and one of the men foolishly climbed up the mast to put it in again. His weight was too much for the little boat, and she instantly went over. One of the men, named Robinson, managed to get on the bottom of the boat, He saw one of his companions, named Captain Williams,' sink and rise no more; but the other, his own brother, he could not tell what became of. He was under the impression that he swam away from the boat directly she went over. The survivor clung to the boat, shouting loudly the whole time, for about three hours, and drifted out towards the entrance of the harbor for about five miles. His shouts were very luckily heard by Mrs Aubrey, who had not then gone to rest. She immediately g U P ntsr SOTIS > helped them to launch the boat, and in a very short time the unhappy man was safely in their boat, nearly exhausted, but quite sensible. Captain Williams leaves a large family quite unprovided for; Mr Robinson leaves a widow and one child —now in Auckland

A new bridge across the Clyde at Hutehesontowii, Glasgow, called the Albert Bridge, has been opened. It makes the eighth in the city, two of that number being railway, and two suspension biulgcs.