Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1259, 27 February 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1872.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, the adjourned case against Joseph Parker, the alleged runaway apprentice, was dismissed. Mr f3tec!man appeared for the prosecutor; Mr for the defence. The Resident Magistrate agreed with Mr Lee that in the absence of the indenture, the criminal charge could not be sustained.— This morning there was one civil case, Routledge, Kennedy, <fc Co v Hawkins, a claim of £ls Is 6d for goods delivered. Defendant disputed some of the items in his bill.—Adjourned to Thursday, at 11 am. The English Mail via Suez reached Hojkitika at 5,30 this morning, by the s,s. Rangitofco, frqm Melbourne. has, been a native church meeting the Thames, the result of which will probably be the foundation of a o,( Native Jpynod.

Amongst the passengers by the s.s. Keera, for Poverty Bay, on Sunday night, was Mr. A. G. Horton, one of the proprietors of the Timarti Herald, who intends, we hear, should the inducement offered be. sufficient, to start a newspaper at Gisboi ne. The return of gold from the Thames for the month commencing 24th Jan., and ending 20th Feb., shows that the total yield of gold was 13,788 J ounces, from 7,4-69 tons of stone. Col, Harington, Inspector of Volunteers, arrived in Napier, overland from Wairoa, at 3 o'clock tins afternoon. The animal inspection of the Napier Rifle Volunteers, the Hitie Cadets, the Artillery Volunteers, and the Yeomanry Cavalry will take place to. morrow, on Olive Square. We observe from our Wellington exchanges • that, in accordance with a request forwarded to England, the board of directors have constituted Wellington a district of the Rechabite Order, The effect will be to greatly facilitate the extension of (be order throughout the province by the constitution of tents in the country towns under the direction of the district officers. Hitherto authority has. had to be sought from the Auckland district, which has caused delay in carrying out the necessary forms. It is stated that in many instances the bush fires in the Auckland province have l>een caused by gum-diggers who recklessly set fire to the undergrowth to enable them to get to the surface of the ground in search of kauri gum. The railway works have been fairly commenced in the province of Auckland. The Herald says :, —"Workmen are crowding in for employment at the works, but as only three miles of line are in the contractors' hands, only a limited number of men can be employed at present. The wages paid are at the rate of 8d an hour.

Coromandel is regarded at this time an a most promising reefing district. The discoveries lately made of highly auriferous reefs have been most encouraging, and many experienced miners are strongly of opinion that Coromandel will eventually surpass the Thames field in mineral wealth. The most singular incident and narrow escape during the recent floods (says the Grey River Argus) yet related occurred at that part of the Grey River opposite Reid's station. A loaded carsco boat, belonsdnsr to Mr A. Constantine, left +he old Ahaura on Wed evening, intending to make Laird's landing that night. The river rose so rapidly that the boat had to be moored for .safety at one of the numerous islands with which the river is here studded. During Thursday night the water covered the island, and after dark it was discovered, to the dismay of the crew and passengers, that the island was being washed away bodily. There was a lady, the wife of Mr W. Quinlan, of Reefton, with her four children, among the pissengers, and tbe presence of these Helpless little ones increased the danger of the situation. The boat was, with great difficulty, cleared of the now fast disappearing island, and thanks to the pluck and energy of the crew, another and larger one was reached, where the boat wag left high and dry when the water subsided. The horses were given up for lost, but it appears that after they were cut adrift they made the mainland, and at daylight they swam off to the boat again. A brewer and his family at Ahaura (Nelson gold-fields) had to sleep in the brewing vat, their house being flooded by the river. A man named Michael Coleman, in the employ of Messrs. McDonald and Matheson, contractors, Manawatu, left their place on the sth inst., for Palmerston. On his return there was a heavy fresh in the Manawatu river, and he was heard to say that if there was no other way of crossing he would swiiu the river. Nothing moie being heard of him for about a week, a search was instituted, and his body was found floating in the river, attached to a snag, a quarter-of-a-mile below the crossing. One of the Melbourne City Councillors has been fined Is lor resigning. The English practice of photographing criminals lias been adopted at the t Parlinghurst jail,

A quartz reef has been discovered near Rosy, West land, and good pects obtained from it. The town of Hokitika escaped any damage by the late floods on the West Coast. The Waitahuna correspondent of the Tuapeka Times says :--" What may happen to a man in Waitahuna was exemplified in the of a hard-np digger* w h Q way travelling down country in seai ch of employment. In passing through Waitahuna on ihe 29th ult., he called at the residence of a friend, but finding no one at home, he resumed his journey. He had not- proceeded tar before he was overtaken by Constable Youngston, and arrested, at the instance ot hk friend's wife, on the charge of having stolen a pound note from her dwelling. The man, of course, protested he was innocent, and the lady as strongly protested he was guilty, as a neigh 1 >or ot hers had seen liim enter the hoase. Ah to the pound having been removed from where she had placed it, that was quite clear to her mind, the List time she saw it being about three o'clook in the afternoon Under the circumstances, the constable could only do what he did—lock the man up. Between nine and ten o'clock, the lady's husband, who had been to Waipori,returned home; and on making him acquainted with the state of affairs, he at once told her that it was he who had taken ihe pound note. No time was lost in explaining matters with the officer in charge, who at once liberated his prisoner, who will carry with him recollect ion* far from pleasant of his short sojourn in Waitahuna.

A most extraordinary case of suborrwtioii of perjury has just been brought to light at at Wanganui, the particulars of which shortly stated, are as follows : —Some time ago a mob of cattle were reported to have been lost or stolen from Mr Pharazyu's station at Waitotara. A man. named Edmonds was manager at the time, and the removal of the cattle was enshrouded in suspicious' circumstances. Some little time elapsed, and no clue could be obtained as to their whereabouts. Edmonds then made it his business to see a man named Wood, and in the course of a conversation with him broached the subject of a prosecution against a person named Rolls, of Wanganui, for killing the cattle, in which Wood was to swear that he had seen Kelts kill one beast, and bury the hide. For this qf>rvice Wood was to receive .£IOO, and a free passage to any part of the world. Wood made some remonstrance to such a dastardly proposal, when Edmonds hypocriiicjilly replied that "God knew everything, and he was sure God would carry him through." The proposal went so far, however, that a search warrant was issued and Kells' premises were searched, but no trace of the missing cattle was found. Woods' conscience at this stage pricked hi in so severely that he turned round and told the truth of the matter, so fai ab least as Edmonds was concerned, in the prosecution of Kells. Edmonds has had several hearings, and on Monday, 19th instant, was committed for trial at the Wanganui Police Court on the charge of subornation ot perjury. Besides diphtheria English cholera and typhoid fever are yery prevalent in Victoria and Now South Wales. The Sydney Exchange Company is now in a flourishing condition. The Wesleyan Methodist body in Victoria has twenty-four Chinese converts in Melbourne and twelve in Castlemaine. The Victorian Government has decided to offer a reward in order to clear up, if possible, the Gallogly mystery. Several cases of sunstroke at Guild ford, N S.W., have,been cured by the plentiful and persistent application of cold water. Sir Hercules Robinson, the new Governor of New South Wales, will arrive in Sydney about the 2Qth May next. The Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society relieved 4779. persons last year. An Irish editor congratulates himself that "half the lies told about him ain't truth."