Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1873.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1261, 29 February 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1873.

We understand that Mr Carruthers, in the Public Works Department, leaves tor Wellington by the Rangatira to-morrow. Mr Brogden, railway contractor, arrived jn papier yesterday, overland from Auckland. The hqn. the Native and Defence Minister arrived at Wellington from Taranaki on Sunday last, and, as we are informed by telegraph, was to leave for the South to day. In {-he Resident Magistrate's Court shis morning the only busings? was the adjQurnpd case of Routledge ? and Co. y. Hawkins. The clain} was reduced tq .£l3 4s 6d, the sum of £\ 16s having been chaiged }n error on the former occasion. Several items were still disputed hy the defendant, but as there was direct and satisfactory eviolence as to their cprrpctness, judgment "jvas given for the amount claimed and 19s costs, the cost* of adjournment (3s) to be paid by the plaintiff. A consignment of 51 valuable, rams from Oamaru arrived here by the. s.s. Rangatira last evening. The firiDg for the Volunteer District jßrizes is appointed to take place to jDP ( rrow morning.

Mails fqr Wellington and Southern Pqits., Australian Colonies, &c, per s.s. Rangatira, close at the Port qffice at ty o'clock to-morrow morning. By request of Col. Bfarington, a parade of the papier Y°.h mt eer Artillery Band tqq]v place last evening. A selection, of music—the pieces comprising which being principally arranged by Bandmaster Collins—was played in a highly effective manner, considering ihe numerically weak state of the Band. An accident occurred this afternoon at the Custom house-street wharf, which came yery near being attended with a fatal result. A little boy, .sqn of Mr Northe, fell into the harbor, near the watermen's steps, and was on the point of sinking when observed and rescued by Mr A. Peters, who plunged in to. his assistance. The child, when observed, was quite unable to, call for assistance, and the help catne only in time. This is nob the fiis.t instance of the kind that has, occurred within the last few days. We would remind those, interested that the "Vaccination Act, 1871," pomes into, force ta-moriow (Ist March ) Messrs. Large and Townley, in another column, announce the receipt of a large assortment of pictures. The stock, which comprises oleographs, chrqmq lithographs, photographs, &c, is very extensive and well worthy of a visit. The export of live, stock from Pqrt A.huriri during the month of February is composed wholly o,f sheep—3,4s.o having been sent away. We regret to, learn from Christen urch that the death rate in that city and its suburbs, among infants, is alarmingly high, and that in one day last weejc as many as thirteen burials were recorded. From all accounts the epidemic answers to that knqwn in England as choleraic diarrhoea. From Nelson, too, we learn that the same disorder has been somewhat prevalent there. Fresh protective works for the preservation of the town of Gfreymouth have been commenced. They are being constructed of large blocks qf stone from, the neighboring range of hills. The hon. E. W. Stafford is at present on a visit to. Auckland —some say on a political mission of some kind qr other. The panorama of the American War is at present being exhibited in Wellington. Mr. W. Wrigley, an qld and respected settler, died at Blenheim on a recentdate. His remains were followed to the grave by about a hundred settlers. A project for the reclamation of a large portion of Lake Ellesmere has been mooted in Christchurch. Coach communication between the city of Christchurch and Akaroa was formally inaugurated by the Superin tenclent, Mr Kolleston, the other day. In the cqurse of his remarks he fully recognised the necessity of improving the connection between Canterbury and the West Coast. The Wellingtqn Police are in future to be protected from the assaults of the elements. The liberality of the Pro vinciai Government has enabled Inspector Atcheson to advertise for. the supply of twenty-four great coats. Partridges are becoming established in Canterbury. The Lyttelton Times publishes a letter from Mr T. Keeve—"On the Ist February my son started a covey of partridges, half-grown, on my land. There wtire upwards of thirty birds in the covey. This morning a goldfinch paid us a visit." A new Wesleyan Chapel has been opened at Tararu, Thames. The crops generally in the Oamaru district are turning out better than was anticipated, the wheat giving in aoine instances as high as i 5 bushels to the acre. A German woman lately killed herself because, unable to keep her dog, she was forced to drown it. Rome is just now crqwded w}th ecclesiastical dignitaries fr.qm all parts qf the woild. It is said their chief amusement consists in inspecting qne a-nqthers' photographs, in the studio of tlie. sbhe, Allessandin, who holds an office that the " fisherman" never dreamed of—photographer to the Pontifical Court.