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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1170, 13 November 1871, Page 2

It will be seen by advertisement that the Circuit Sittings of the Supreme Court, appointed to be held to-morrow, have been adjourned until Wednesday, the 22nd inst. The s.s. Star of the South is ertised to steam for the Thames and Auckland at 4 p.m. to morrow; the s.s. Napier, for Poverty Bay, at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night; and the Maori for Wellington and all other ports as far as Dunedin, on Thursday next. We learn that the s.s. Stat of the South will, on her return to Auckland this trip, be laid up for a short time for the purpose of receiving new boilers, and other alterations. Tlie weather continues very inclement, and a vast quantity of rain has fallen since our last. We learn from the agents of the s.s. Maori (Messrs, Eoutledge, Kennedy & Co.) that that steamer will not leave Wellington for this port until to-mor-row (Tuesday), arrive'here on Wednesday, and steam southwards on Thursday. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, one drunkard, who had been locked up since Saturday night, was discharged without any further per nalty, Stuart & Co, v. Bower. —(Adjourned case.)- -Claim of ,£5 10s 6d. The rate of interest having been amended from 10 percent, to 8 percent, judgment was given, by default, for <£s 9*, and costs, £l. Pita v. Higgins.— Claim for potatoes sold and delivered. —As it appeared that the potatoes had been ordered from Henare (in settlement of an old account) and delivered under his direction, the plaintiff was nonsuited. Peacock v. Gebbie.— Claim of £ll 4s lQd, a portion oi which defendant disputed.—Adjourned to 11 a.m. to-morrow, foi the production of further evidence. The Resident Magistrate, this morning, in allusion to the loose manner in which persons sometimes came forward in Court as agents for absent parties, in many cases without proper authority, made it known that by the 30th section of the Resident Magistrates' Court, it was only under special circumstances, and by the permission of the Court, that an agent might appear, and he must then show that he has been duly authorized in writing. Potatoes were sold by auction at Auckland on the Bth inst. at from Mi 10s to £5 per ton. At Auckland, on the Bth inst, a publican named William Edgecomb, was charged with, and convicted of selling alcoholic liquor on Sunday to persons not travellers or lodgers. The Bench made some very strong remarks on the conduct of the publican in supplying liquor to a man already in a state of intoxication, and fined him the full penalty of ,£2O, with all costs.

By. the arrival of the Lalla Rookh last night from Coromandel we (Thames Advertiser, 4tb November) learn that the " battle of the logs " has not been resumed at Wangapoa, and the parties will probably have another tussle in the Courts of Law before renewing the combat at the mill. The man who was stabbed with the boat book is recovering. IJJe Is now out of danger, but has had a narrow escape. Paora Matutaera, of Coromandel, who had gone over in command of a detachment of natives, has returned defeated. The bargain with the natives was that they were to be paid if the logs were delivered at Craig's mill, but, as this was not done, they only had kai and waipiro. The Ngatiporou, who were mustered from Kennedy's Bay to assist Craig's party, have also gone home. The Thames Guardian's Ohinemuri correspondent says :—The only local sensational occurrence thai we have had has been the elopement, for the seventh time, of a Maori young lady. The truant dark one was* pursued, and, sad to. say, taken and brought back, and has since been " tapued " several inches thick. Ido not know what effect the ceremony has had on the mind of the dark one, but Romeo is disconsolate. A seam of coal, said to be of very superior quality, has been found in Blackman's Gully, Dunstan district, Otago. Last night (says the Southern Cross, Nov. 9) the members of the Jewish persuasion in Auckland held a public meeting, for the purpose of raising a fund to build a new synagogue in this city. The meeting was not very numerously attended. Mr E. Isaacs occupied the chair. Resolutions affirming the desirability of having a new synagogue erected were passed; also appointing a committee to obtain subscriptions. A subscription list was opened at the close ot the meeting, and in a very few minutes a sum of nearly .£550 was subscribed. The new building is anticipated to oost about ,£2,000 and it is expected that about ,£I,OOO will be subscribed this week. The site of the new synagogue is, we believe, intended to be in the Alten-road, nearly opposite St. Andrew"s Church. The Thames Guardian, Bth October, ga yy :—Mr Mackay left for Ohinemuri yesterday, accompanied by Dr. Pollen. Mr Puckey proceeded thence yesterday. These gentlemen, we understand, are going up on business connected with the telegraph. The salting down of butter for exportation is now proceeding very vigorously in Canterbury. In one large cooperage in Christchurch (says the Times), the men are wo. king almosc night and day, yet they have been unable to. supply tie number of butter casks ordered. The New York commercial letter in the News of the World, dated Ist Oct., contains the following :—ln my last letter I noted the fact that the steamer Dacotah was fitting up, and would soon sail. Since then I have heen informed by Mr Webb that she will be delayed longer than was anticipated, owing to extensive alterations in her machinery, which, when completed, will make her one of the fastest vessels afloat. The alterations include a new set of tubular boilers, the previous set having been constructed on Mr Dickinson's principle, and found to be insufficient for the speed required. The valve gear, also, being of a somewhat complicated construction, and not generally understood by operative engineers, is to be removed. This involves giving the engine a new main cylinder and new valve gear. The new boiler* are being constructed by Messrs. John Roach and Son, of double the thickness of iron usually adopted in building massive boilers, and are intended to. carry very hi<*h steam and operare the engines somewhat on the compound principle, from which it is expected the Dacotah (a sister ship to the Nebraska) will attain even greater than that steamer has shown in her voyages to New Zealand and Australia. These extensive alterations will take the remainder of the year to complete, so that the ship cannot sail before Christmas. She will probably go direct to Auckland. An Americo-Britisk Convention is arranged relative to emigration,