Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1301, 17 April 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1872.

The annual meeting of justices for the purpose of taking mto consideration applications for publicans' licenses will take place to-morrow. Rather a smart shock of earthquake ■was felt in Napier at about 5.20 last evening. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, one inebriate was lined five shillings. Three whales, one of them said to be very large, were seen sporting in the Bay this morning. As far as we are aware, no efforts were made to capture them. It is stated that the Armed Constabulary stationed in the Taupo district are shortly to be removed to Tauranga, and the detachment brought from there to take their place. The exact time of their removal is not generally known, although it was expected to have been before this time. By the San Francisco mail intelligence has been received of the death of Bishop Pompallier, who for some years had charge of the Roman Catholic diocese in Auckland. The deceased prelate died at Brest on December 29, 1871, A rather serious accident occurred lately at the Flagstaff Flax-mi]ls, near Dunedin, to a scutcher named Thomas King. It appeal's that King, whilst scutching, let his arm go into the scutch, the consequence being that he received frightful injuries. The flesh on his arm from the elbow downwards was literally pulled off, and the bone entirely smashed. The attendance at the monthly meeting of the " Auckland Colonists' Protection League," held on the 6th inst., consisted of four members, including the chairman ! The Southern Cross supposes that the paucity of the attendance was caused by the statements made in some of the newspapers that the League was defunct,

The firing by the Cadets of the Auckland district for the gold «tar pre sented for competition by his Worship the Mayor of Auckland, took place on the 10th inst. No fewer than 65 youths took part in the match. The weather was fine, and very favorable for correct aim, and the tiring was consequently above the average. The range- were 100, 200, and 300 yards, five shots ac each range. The prizes were seven in number, viz.:—

Ist prize Mayor's Gold Star 2nd prize £2 os. 3rd prize #1 10s. 4th prize ••• £1 ss »- sth prize , £1 os. 6th prize ... £0 15s. 7th prize £0 10s. —We append the name* of the seven highest scorers, by which it will be seen that the winner of the gold star was Cadet W. Nasmith, son of Mr K. Nasmith, engineer of the s.s, Napier : Cadet Nasmith, No. 6 Co., A.R.B. .... ... 48 Cadet Goodwin, Blue School 47 Cadet Rattray, Grammar School .. 47 Cadet Brassey, No. 6 Co. A.R.B 47 Cadet D. Gillies, Grammar School 45 Cadet Lynch, Grammar School 45 Cadet E. Partington, No. 3 Co., A.R.B. ... 43 —His Worship the Mayor was present twice during the day, and regaled the company with refreshments. His liberal and hospitable conduct deserves great praise.

It would appear that the wages of barmaids alter. A correspondent of the Southern Cross writes :—I have just seen something new in the raatier of barmaids. One of our hotel-keepers advertised for one of these pieces of bar furniture, when he received a reply from a young lady at ChrLstchuivh. The communication enclosed three photographs. These were all of the same young lady, but each in a different kind of get-up. They were numbered one, two, and three respectively. The lady wrote as follows :—" My terms for style No. 1 are thirty shillings a week; for No. 2 thirty five shillings per week, and for No. 3 two pounds. Nos. 2 and 3 are very expensive to keep up, and I would as leave come down as No. 1, unless you prefer to the contrary. My washing must be paid for, and I decline to clean glasses. I must refuse to enter the bar before 11 o'clock in the morning. I have always doubled the bar trade of any hotel I have been in." A very nice young lady this, J rather think. The hoi el-keeper referred to is inclined to accept the young lad'ys services, but he is doubtful as to the style of get-up he should give the order for. Advertisements in the Maori language, inserted in the Wairarapa Mercury, are charged for at the rate of 12s per inch ! A singular notice appears in a late Wellington Provincial Government Gazette, signed by the Superintendent, to the effect that George Knight, farmer, has been authorised to kill wild cattle the property of the Government of the Province. At the time the last census was taken the electoral district of Wairarapa contained more horses than any other district in the Colony. This fact was evidently borne in mind by several correspondents who, writing to the Mercury, suggest the advisability of levying a tax of 5s or 10s per head on horses, deducting 10 per cent, for draught and plough horses, which should be exempt. The Mercury itself also advocates such a tax, inasmuch as it " would not only have the effect of suppressing a great deal of useless riding that is so prevalent among colonial youth and detrimental to industrious pursuits, but it would also be the means of getting rid of the thousands of miserable " screws" that consume food sufficient for tens of thousands of sheep or cattle ; and, in addition, it would be a fair tax to be levied for the repairs of tihe roads on which they travel." A self-inflating life-preserver has been devised in Belgium, consisting of a belt containing carbonate of soda and tartaric acid, so arranged that when the wearer falls overboard, the two substances are mixed and evolve sufficient gas to float him. The idea is «*aid to have been suggested by a shipwrecked apothecary whose life was saved by the circumstance of his having a box of seidlitz powders in his pocket*

" It is somewhat unfortunate," says the Wellington Independent, "that just on the eve of Mr Brogden being placed in possession of the full data for various lines of railway, a dispute should have arisen as to the terras for * general conditions' to be incorporated with the contracts. Of course the Government is bound in the interests of the public to protect itself with respect to such contingencies as frequently arise in the carrying out of contracts, and more particularly with regard to the settlement of any disputes which may occur relating to the works constructed; and it is not unnatural that Mr Brogden, as a contractor, should endeavor to secure what he thinks a fair method of deciding questions of this kind. The Government, whilst no doubt admitting that Mr Brogden is no ordinary contractor, and being desirous to treat him with the greatest consideration compatible with the security of the public interests, may have proposed conditions unpalatable to the contractor, and which possibly need not be insisted upon. We understand that the points in dispute are in a fair way of settlement by mutual concessions.''

The Southern Cioss, April 8, says:: —By the arrival of the whaling barque Sea Hanger at Russell, on Wednesday last, we learn that the recent N E. gale, which visited Auckland, was felt severely at Norfolk Island. Trees and fences were blown down, and roofs of houses blown off. The new church recently erected also suffered very much. Those who have been residents on the island for many years say that the gale was one of the severest that have yet visited them. Trooper Smith, of the Canterbury police, did a plucky thing a few days ago. A farmer was attacked by a mad cow, which had already knocked him down several times, when the trooper coming up tempted the beast to attack himself, and called out to the farmer to escape, which he did. After some display of horsemanship, and a hard gallop over the plains, Smith got out of the way of the infuriated beast whose attention he had so courageously invited. The Thames Advertiser, Bth April, says ; —Mr Mackay has returned from Ohinemuri, having succeeded, it is stated, in effecting the purchase of 150,000 acres on the goldtield. This is, of course, in several blocks, between the Puru and Cape Colville. It is said that between £3,000 and £4,000 have been paid to the natives in food and clothing during the Ohinemuri meeting, which we should think forms a large proportion of the purchase money of the land. During the week ending 17th Feb., there were 136 deaths from small-pox in Philadelphia. In New York, smallpox- is decreasing, owing to the general vaccination taking place. Six deaths were reported on Feb. 17, and 25 for the week. The Lancashire Bellringers have been very successful in San Francisco. They are now making the grand tour en route to New York. The following is from the Leeds Times :—The most determined resistance appears to have been shown to the introduction of the Australian preserved meat in a Chatham Workhouse. The facts in our possession are few, but any little omissions may easily be supplied without any undue strain upon the imagination. We get a glimpse of the internal economy of the Medway Union in the short statement that chops and steaks used to be allowed for Sunday's dinner. There are poor ratepayers *vho may think such fare rather ««high " for paupers, and perhaps the guardians may have been secretly of the same opinion. At any rate, a supply of Australian meat was got in, and a dinner, with this dish as the principal ingredient, was duly served up last Sunday (Nov. 20). The effect was alarming, as it was perhaps unexpected. If the inmates were paupers, they were Britons, and thirty of them, we are told "struck" against the base innovation upon the ancient privileges of their older. We are left to conjecture what, form the mutiny assumed, but is but fair to infer that it went the length of entire abstentation on the part of the thirty from animal food on that day. If so, the guardians will hardly be inclined to

re-consider their decision. Economjr was doubtless their motive for introducing the Australian meat, and if it is; not only cheaper to buy in the first instance, but also repels a certain proportion of the inmate?, plain that a double saving will be effected. Wesuspect that the sturdy inmates of this, Chatham workhouse will, not be suflc tained by public opinion in their rebellion against the constituted authorities. We are assured by connoisseurs in the art of eating— and we can iully confirm it by our own experience—that the Australian preserved meat may be made one of fehe dainties of the day. One enthusiastic connoisseur tells us it is equal to "game pie," and since wehave that assurance from professional men and members of Parliament, wecan afford to treat Ugh dy the sorrowsbred of ignorance and pauperism which echo from Chatham. One thing is certain, the preserved meat is becoming very popular with the general public,, and it must ere long, have the desirableresult of bringing down the price of* fresh buichers' meat.