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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1221, 13 January 1872, Page 2

The barque Ballarat has now on board 2,500 bales of wool. The favorite steamer Napier is announced to steam for Poverty Bay on Monday evening at 8 o'clock.

The rifle match yesterday between the Napier Rifle Club and the "Wanganui Rifle Association terminated in the defeat of the former by 18 points.

By the last Australian mail we received a copy of a monthly circular issued by Messrs*. Goldsbrough, containing reports of the state of the Melbourne wool, (allow, and hide markets. We find it stated therein that Melbourne is becoming thoroughly established as a most important wool market. A large number of English, Scotch, and Continental manufacturer are there represented, and considerable purchases have been made for direct transmission to the factories. The operations for Ameiica have also been on an extensive scale, and a number of ships have already sailed for Boston, New York, and San Francisco respectively.—The circular will no doubt be valuable to merchants and sheep-owners, to whom it possesses special interest. During the violent thunder storm in Melbourne, a short time since, a powerful entire horse, the property of Messrs Degraves, was being led through Eliza-beth-street, and probably disliking the effects of the rain on his back, he suddenly broke loose, sprang across the channel, and took shelter under the veranda of Mr Mooney's chemist shop. Happening to look inside he espied his reflection in a lai'ge mirror thai stands opposite the door, and nothing daunted, walked straight into the shop, presumedly to have a closer view of himself. On a nearer inspection he expressed unmistakeable symptoms of satisfaction at Ins appearance by nodding his head, pawing the floor, &c. The consternation of the proprietor may be more easily imagined than described, as he momentarily expected destruction of the surrounding glass cases and their contents. After satisfying his cui iosity the horse suffered himself to be blindfolded, and was quietly backed out, having only damaged a few bottles of patent medicines.