Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1285, 28 March 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1872.

We once mare call the attention of persons qualified to become voters whose names are no oa the Electoral Roll, to the necessity at registering their claims without delay, The time for doing this will expire the day after to-morrow. In the critical state of the country, it is the duty of eyery person having the smallest stake in it, to be in a position to exercise the franchise whenever an opportunity for doing so may offer. Forms of claims may be obtained at this office.

Thirty-nine pure bLed Leicester sheep arrived here to-day per Star of the gouth, from. Auckland. They were consigned to Mr Co^. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning an inebriate who had been found sleeping in some back premises in Hastings-street at an early hour this morning was brought before the magistrate an 4 dismissed with a ca^tion^

We have been veque.sted to announce that the Rer. R. Taylor will (D.V.) conduct Pi vine Service on Sunday next, 31st inst., as follows ; —At Kaikora, at 11 a.m.; and at Waipawa (in the Court-house) at 6.30 p.m. The amount of money deposited in the savings banks in the co'lony for the last quarter of 1871 was £12,171, and the amount withdrawn .£9,687 9s Bd.

Some of the persons employed on the telegraph works ac Katikati report a singular occurrence happening about three weeks ago. During an easterly gale there was no ebb tide there for nearly two days, and it was high water all that time. This was no doubt caused by the extreme force of the wind acting on the water. The election of a member to represent the district of Rodney (Auckland) in the House of Representatives, has resulted in the unopposed return of Mr John Sheehan, Provincial Secretary of the Province of Auckland. Mr Sheehan is the first member of the General Assembly, of the European race, born in the Colony. A petition has been agreed to by the the committee of the Auckland Alliance, addressed to the Justices of the Peace, the prayer of which is that they will refuse all new beer and spirit licences to houses, and tha'j they will withdraw existing licenses from all houses of discs repute. The committee also, through the press, appeal to the public for pecuniar)- support, in order to make a canvass and test the feeling of the public on the question of the Permissive Bill. 170,000sheephavel>een booked foi the supply of this season's operations at the New Zealand Meat Preserving Companies' factories at Wash dyke (Timaru), and Kakanui. We learn from the New Zealand Herald that on the arrival of" the City of Melbourne at Auckland on the 24th inst., she hauled alongside the p.s. Nebraska, and commenced dis charging her cargo of wool. She also brought 106 casks of tallow for transshipment to America, but the Nebraska was so full that she wa« unable to take it on board. This speaks we'll for the trade that is already springing up be tween these colonies and America.— The Nebraska left Auckland for San Francisco at 0 p.m. on the 24th inst , with a cargo of wool, flax,. tfec, and 95 passengers. '"•' .

The trials of a journalist "out- of copy" awaken the liveliest sympathy in an editorial bosom, The following extract will show to what straits an Auckland paper was on the 6th i ns t. : " St. Matthew's Church was filled yesterday morning by a principally consisting of young ladies, who viewed with untepi*essed feelings of delight and approbation the performance of two marriage ceremonies. What keen noses women have for this kind of thiug. They seem to scent a wedding from afar, and, like hawlss, flock in from all quarters to feast their eyes upon the agonies of the victims whose fate they envy. Attracted by the unusual agitation yesterday, we entered the sacred fane at the time the service was proceeding, and could not hut notice the breathless interest with which each advancing stage of the cere mony was watched, livery available po<t of vantage was occupied, the backs of seats especially forming favorite roosting places. We notieed there one ladies' school in its entirety, teachers and all, and we trust that the early lesson thus instilled in the female mind of' what they all hope to come to,' will not be thrown away,"—and so forth.

The introduction of Chinese coolies into Britain—a subject first broached by the Globe a few months ago —is thus referred to by the London correspondent of the Dundee Advertiser :—" I understand that a step is in contemplation by the great employers of labor in the mineral districts which, if carried out, will give rise to one of the severest struggles which have ever marked ihe long contest between labor and capital. It u said that some of the ironmasters and colliery owners propose to cornmen ce the importation of Chinese coolies on a scale sufficiently large to enable them in the course of a short time to carry on their works independent, or nearly independent, of certain kind** of British labor. It will be reUiei.ubere;! that some time ago i\ similar

policy was adopted by a few of the great employers of labor in California and Nevada; and when we recollect the storm caused by that course of procedure in a country where labor is so scarce as in America, we may form some idea of the commotion it would excite in our country. I cannot slate to what extent the idea has taken active development. I know that communications have been opened with parties in China, but whether these promise to lead to a successful result I cannot yet say." A correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes:—The settlers on the Puhoi River have suffered very much from the effects of the late freshes; many, in fact, have lost the entire labor of the previous six months, and the coming winter will press very hard upon them. It is sad to contemplate misery and distress where, the other day, all seemed prosperous, with a cheerful future before them; and it seems, indeed, somewhat moie than a fair share of the ills of this life to. suffer both from drought and flood in one season, yet such has been the lot ot the settlers here. The Puhoi runs up for many miles into the interior, and nearly all the settlers, Germans and others, had during the fine dry weather, amassed an enormous quantity of shingle blocks, palings, junk spars, <fcc, in the river, to await the first fresh, and they had as usual constructed the bushman's common dams. These did their duty well during the first fresh, and all seemed to be couleur de rose in the eyes of the poor settlers, as they thought of the stock they uould be enabled to provide for the winter, and frequent were the congratulations on the happy propect before them ; —little did they dream of the reverse in store. Scarcely had the first fresh subsided, and things begun to resume their usual busy appearance, when the floodgates of heaven were opened, and the rain deluged down on the doomed settlement. The mountain creeks filled to overflowing, burst their bounds, and, leaping down unwanted tracks with apparent maddening iov, da>hed their floods into the river, which rising as by a magicians wand, soon swelled its usual quiet stream into a frantic boiling torrent. Nought could resist its power;—timber, trees, props, blocks —all, all were caught in its triumphant course, and swept on and on till lost amidst the |depths of the, mighty sea; while the 1 poor settler*' on the banks, powerless; to save, viewed the des;ruction of all their hopes. Sad, sad, indeed, to see the toil of months thus cast forth in waste upon the waters! After the subsidence of the fresh, the settlers commenced their toilful work of trying to regain some of their stray property, but with only partial success; at times immersed to their necks, endeavoring to rescue some stray waif of their floating property. But much, much had gone, impossible to be reclaimed; and many have given over in despair whilst others are just as persevering. Most of the property thus flooded out to sea has been carried by the wind to what is known as the Long Beaoh, and some of those who own the derelict property intend to. go thither, and, if possible, make it up into a marketable condition; but it is rumored—almost beyond belief —that some parties, with the spirit of old wreckers, alike devoid of shame and honor, are already seeking to benefit from others' losses by secreting (much of the stuff washed up on the beaches. A Liverpool captain writes that last January, after he had left port for New York, cholera broke out on board his ship, and in a short time twentyseven passengers had died of it, although they were treated according to the stereotyped remedy provided by "the book." The skipper then applied a method of treatment that had been recommended by his predecessor in command, and did. not lose another patient !on that voyage or since. The remedy was this —"A tablespoouful of salt and a tablespoonful of red pepper in half a pint of hot water." He was himself attacked by a violent cholera, but the medicine carried him through. He a4 c l s Tim medicine acts quickly as an emetic, say in one or two minutes. It brings up a very offensive matter, which sticks like glue. Provided with this simple receipt, I no longer consider the choleui an unmanageable disease.."