Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1294, 10 April 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1872.

The crew of the cutter Mahia, recently wrecked at Wairoa, arrived ovet land from that place this afternoon, About dusk yesterday the signals were run up that a brigantine was in gight from SU., but as no vessel ha* arrived here, either during last night or to-day, we presume that the signals referred to some vessel passing the Bay. "We are informed that the s.s. Keera js expected to leave Auckland for this port via Taumnga and Poverty Bay, on Saturday next, 13th inst. She will probably be the bearer of the two English mails via San Francisco, now lying in Auckland. Building is now progressing so rapidly in Christchurch that at present there are not oarpenters in the city sufficient to do the work. The wages at present average 9s per day. From our Southern files we learn that Mr St, John Branigan has had another attack of his old malady. There is now no hope of recovery ; it has been necessary to put him under restraint, and it is very doubtful whether his system will long survive the loss of his reason, {Some x'emarks of a contributor to the Australasian apply very aptly to the present statu of affairs in Now Zealand. He says ; —There seems to be just now a tentative process preceding Government appointments. Before the final and decisive notice there are rumored possibilities, hinted changes, contingent likelihoods, The way seems carefully tried beforehand. The probability of public hostility to any particular appointment is carefully sounded ahead. The lead-line is always going. Uncertain sounds gradually develope themselves into distinct with the I)eriodic certainty of Qantelo's egglatching machine. The deposits in the Irish Savings Banks amount to £26\000,00Q and are vapidly increasing. The American whaling trade is increasing,

A Garrick Club has been formed in Wellington. The writer of " Casual Notes " in the Otago Daily Times says that Mr Hallenstein v as elected forWakatipu chiefly on the ground that he was in favor of national, as opposed lo denominational, education. A resident at Mount Ida (Otago), whose knowledge of the district dates from the first discovery of the goldfields in the locality, informs the Bruce Herald that the present season has been the worst ever experienced there, owing to the fact that no rain has fallen for the last nine months. Mr. Calder, M.H.R. for Invercargill, recently refused to comply with a request from his constituents that he would address them. He said :—" I was of opinion, on my return from Wellington, and am of the same opinion still, that your interests were better secured by my silence, at least for a time. The fact is, as 1 believe, we have a Government which, in its reckless career, will brook no opposition; and, having the power, may possibly possess the will to visit the shortcomings in this respect of representatives upon their constituents." Gypsum (sulphate of lime) which is used for the manufacture of plaster of Paris, is said to abound in Canterbury. At Adelaide, a child fell out of a window while in a state of somnambulism, and was dangerously hurt. About 100 miners are annually killed by accidents in Victoria. There have been four changes of ministry in South Australia siuoe November last. A lucky resident at Moonta found nearly ,£l2O in bank-notes blowing about his back-yard the other day. A Victorian grown trout, 23 inches in length and weighing 7Jlbs, has been on exhibition in Melbourne. The population of Canada has increased 12 per cent, since 1861. On the 3rd Apri;, 1871, it was 3,484,924 Baltimore claims the largest bakery on the west side of the Atlantio Ocean. An approximate, measurement shows that sixty miles of streets were laid waste by the fire at Chicago. A Celtic Association has been formed in Greenock. The Japanese are buying up large quantities of pure-bred stock in California. Republican Clubs oontinue to be formed in many of the large towns in Britain. The Oxford and Cambridge boat-race was expected to 'ake place on the 20th March. The New York Tribune having contributed its share to the exposure of Tweed & Co., is now directing its attention to the scoundrels of the judicial bench. It seems that some of these worthies are in the habit of putting a great deal of money into the pockets of their friends and relatives, by naming them as referees in cases of arbitration. The following illustration is given by the Tribune :—Some time ago a very important case, involving a large amount of money, was brought before Judge Barnard for reference to commissioners. As the case had attracted considerable public attention, great oare had been taken by the counsel on both sides to select well-known commissionei's. The proper motion was made in court, and the papers handed up to Judge Barnard for signature, the counsel little dreaming that any objection would be made to the commissioners agreed upon. Judge Barnard looked at the paper and said, "Ye*, this is all right, all perfectly proper, with the exception of the names of the commissioners." He then took his pen, scratched out the names of the prominent citizen*, and inserted tho-e of Samuel Jones and two others. The counsel in the case were astonished. One of them arose and said, " But, your honor, we thought that as the case was one ot great public interest it would be well to have men of known integrity, men who have the public confidence" Judge Barnard coolly replied, '« You are peifeetly right, sir. J don*t know any men better in the city than those I have appointed. One is my father-in-law, auuther my, brother'in-law and another uty family physician."

GOLD IN THE UPPER WAIKATO.

(N. Z. HERALD, APRIL 3.) Our Cambridge correspondent - - telegraphed to us a few days ago that gold had been discovered at Tuhna, on the Wanganui river, and that Kewi Maniapoto had gone thither. Yesteiday he informed us that the King had received a bag of alluvial gold and quartz. From information which has since come to hand we have no doubt whatever of the truth of these reports. The Wanganui river, however, to which reference is made, is not the great river of that name which rises near Lake Taupo, and discharges its waters into the ocean on the West Coast. It is a considerable stream which rises in the ranges and falls into Lake Taupo, about ten miles from the point where the Waikato issues from the lake. The gold discovery is, therefore, all the more important to this province, as it promises the ultimate development of a goldfield in the heart of the Taupo district, which must obtain its supplies from the Waikato and Bay of Plenty settlements. Fifteen )ears ago one of our Mangere pettier* discovered gold when crossing the country near the place where the discovery has recently been made; and about four years ago an old chief brought an auriferous specimen from his land in the same district, and gave it to an influential Auckland settler. At that time the natives were not indisposed to open the country to prospectors, but Te Kooti's troubles breaking out, the country was closed. What may be the result of Rewi's visit to Tuhua remains to be seen. In all likelihood he will turn the Europeans off the land; but at all events good must come of the discovery. The fact that gold, in payable quantities, exists pn the confines of Lake Taupo, convenient to the Upper Waikato and Bay of Plenty, must tend to the location of population, and the extension of settlement in the adjacent country; and when the goldfield is opened, the early pioneers of colonisation will reap the reward. With regard to the discovery, we may mention that tho specimen which the native chief brought to the settler referred to was of a peculiar character. The metal had been subjected to intense heat, the gold having evidently been melted. The Government at that time were communicated with; but Dr Hector having travelled over the country, and reported that it was ton-auriferous, no attempt was made to acquire the goldfield or to obtain permission to work it. A gentleman acquainted with the district in question, in whose word we have every confidence, anticipate* that alluvial diggings will be developed there. We trust no untoward event will again happen to complicate native affairs.