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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1183, 28 November 1871, Page 2

The Thames Advertiser, Nov. 17, Hays :—The marriage of Capt. Reynolds of the barque Ballarat, with the only daughter of our worthy Postmaster, J. J. Fitz Gibbon, Esq., was celebrated at St. George's Church yesterday with great eclat. Such a galaxy of youth and beauty has seldom, if ever, been witnessed on tije Thames. The wedding party numbered some thirty persons; the Vide looked really magnificent, being handsomely dressed, and with extreme taste an'd neatness,, in a white satin dress, trimmed with orange blossoms. One of the lookers-on counted 45 single young ladies in the church, exclusive of the wedding party, plainly showing the interest taken in such an event by the fair sex. A " Fruit-lover" writes thus in a recent issue of the the Evening Post :-- Sir—The fruit season is coming round, and our friends, the blight-birds, will have to bear a good deal of blame from those who forget, that at other times of the year they eat blight only. The mischief can be largely prevented by placing at short distances, say ten feet apart, three sticks tied at the top. Suspend from these pieces of tin (paper will do nearly as well) about three inches long, to hang down about a foot from the ground. Strawberries would not now be touched. I believe that trees might be protected by hanging these pendants on the branches. The Rev. J. Buller gave a a discourse at the Wesleyan Chapel, Grahamstown, on the 7th instant, on the death of Bishop Patteson. He. took for his text the words " Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." Referring to those engaged in the Island labor traffic, Mr Buller said : c * How great is the guilt of those sordid men who thus enraged the passions of those savage islanders ! On their heads the blood of the Bishop and his fellowlaborers rests, and at their hands their lives will be required. T know how prone men are to overlook the crimes of civilised men, and to denounce the atrocities of savage tribes. But the Lord Jesus is the judge of all the earth, He knows how to estimate the guilt of all those who are instructed, and He knows how to have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way. Speaking of the effect of Bishop " Patteson's death, Mr Buller said it might be the means of raising a feeling whereby the strong arm of authority would be put forth to suppress the nefarious trade in bone and sinew. The New Zealand Herald, November 18, reports that, a fire had been burning for the previous few days in the Kawakawa coal mine, An engineer was despatched by the Coraerangon the 17th inst., for the purpose of getting it out.

In South Australia paper fibre is being manufactured from the rushes growing on Lefevre's Peninsula and elsewhere, The plant from which fifty bales have been made and sent to .England is extensively grown in Spain, and the product is exported in large quantities to Britain.