Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1323, 14 May 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1872.

The Star of the South (s.) left Auckland lor this port at 5.30 last evening. The .Rangatira (s.}, hence at 10.30 a.m. yesterday, arrived at Wellington at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The Napier (s.) it announced to leave for Poverty Bay at 7 a.m. to-mosrow. Mails for Australia and the United Kingdom (via Suez) at Hokitika at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The outward nails for Europe, America, &c., via California, will close at Auckland on Thursday next. In the .Resident Magistrate's Court this morning one drunkard was fined 10s., with 10s 6<l costs. Roper v. Lopdell.—-This was a charge of rescuing a horse on the way to the pound.—Fined Is and 8s costs, Spiers and Holmes v. Schultz.— Alleged breach of contract. Claim of M'2s. damages.— Decision reserved till Friday. Giiligan v. Peacock. Disputed claim of <£G 4s 6d. —Judgment tor <£3 lqs and 16s costs. Neagle v. Q. Oatham.—Claim of .£l3 12s 3jj-d.—Judgment by default for amount of claim, and 00-ts Ml 4s. The late hour to which the Court sat precludes us from giving a fuller report. information Ua« been received from Mr Seed, of the Customs, that the ringleader o,f a gang of smugglers, supposed to be carrying on operations in the Poverty Bay district, has been arrested and convicted of smuggling, and fined M IOO.. He is named Green. The schooner Meteor has been seized and sent to Auckland. The following is a list of the prizes presented to the committee of the Thames, Rifle Association, to be fired for at the forthcoming rifle matches The selection is somewhat varied, it niust be confessed : —A pair qf band some vases, a clothes brush, a new suit of clothes, Shakespeare s complete ■works, two, duelling pistols, a ritie, a gold breastpin, a bag of c half, a handsome gilt Bible, 1 lb. tobacco and a knife to cut it, a pair of fancy slippers, a handsome cradle, a child's pelisse, six months.' subscription to, tl e Thames Advertiser, a 100-lb. bag of flour, scrip \i\ sundry claims, and- a considerable amount in cash. \n the Waimea; dis.tii.ct (Nelson, province), a movement is, on foot to, form a joint stock limited liability company for the manufacture o,f cheese arid gutter. It is stated one oiit of every fifty persons on the diamond fields at *&\s Cape Qf Gqo.d Hone have goo.d. lu.ck.

A somewhat singular ciroum stance is related in a recent Thames Advertiser. A few days ago (says our contemporary) a large log of kahikatea was brought to the Hauraki Saw Mills. Tt was sound at both ends, and to all appearance, a solid log. But, when the first slab was taken of it, a cavity of about three feet in length was discovered, and in it was found the remains of a tui bird, in good preservation. ]t would appear that the bird died while sitting in its nest, and the wood grew around it. There were eight inches of solid timber on all sides of the bird. We clip the following account of the first steamer built at VVanganui, from the Wanganui Herald of the 23rd April :—" The luiilding of the paddle steamer Tongariro, which was commenced in IS o vein her- la*t, has been watched with a considerable amount, of interest by all those having the wellfare and progress of the town and district at heart. Not the least pleasurable portion of the history of the steamer will be the launch to-morrow. This is an event which will create some additional stimulus of excitement in our busy lit tie community, and to morrow will no doubt be reckoned as a red letter day in the annals of Wanganui. The builders are Messrs Law and Gilmer, who have completed their work to the entire satisfaction of the owners. The length of keel is seventy feet, with eighty feet over-all ; b.read.th of beam, fifteen feet four inches; depth of hold, five feet six inches. The engines are horizontal, of twentv horse-power nominal, capable of working up to eighty, and are being furnished by Mr Murray, of Taupo Quay, and are already partly fitted. The boiler is one of Field's paient, has been specially made to order in Auckland, and will be brought .down by the St. Kilda on her next trip. The peculiar features of the patent consist in the ' disposing ' of the tubes, to, use a technical term, and in the construction of the boiler ilself, which entirely prevents incrustation, or in more po.pu.lar phrase becoming sailed- an all-impoiv tant desideratum in marine engines. The keelson was hewn from a splended, black birch. The framing is of rata, and rimu planking, copper-fast.ened. Trenails and galvanised iron spikes have been also used. The boat will dtaw about four feet six inches foi'ard, and between four feet six inches aft, when loaded. Mr Irwin, mate of the s.s. Rangatira, will be the captain of the Tongariro, with Mr Hunter, the well-known engineer of the Walla hi, acting in the same capacity in the new boat." A French countess seized a pinion pher at the supper table, and exclaimed, " While they are cutting up <he fowls, and we have got five minutes to spare, do te-U me the history of t!;e world, for I want to know it. so OAUQU"