Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY,MAY 15,1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1324, 15 May 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY,MAY 15,1872.

The soiree to be held at Lever's Hall, Meanee, on the Queen's Birthday, to commemorate the opening of the Jtiope pf Meanee Tent, f.0.1t., will, fiom all we can hear, be largely attended. A procession is %o be formed, and the fine J3and of the Napier Rifle Volunteers have kindly offered their services for the occasionIn the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, John Boyle was charged, on the information of W- Courtney, with stealing certain articles from his house. —-Information dismissed, as the ownership of the property was disputed. The country Tents of the Independent Order of Rcchabites in this Province have adopted an address of congratulation to her Majesty Queen Victoria, on the occasion of the recovery of Ii.R.H. the Prince of Wales. The address, we believe, was drawn up by the Rev. G. M. B'Arcy Irvine, P.O.R. of the Excelsior Tent. A potato weighing 31bs. 6ozs. has been turned up at Tuapeka (Otago.) Queer things (remarks a contemporary) certainly are permitted by the present Government. At Wanganui, Major Edward* was sent to investigate certain charges against Major Noake. Major E. reports unfavorably of his brother-in-arms, whereupon Major N. receives his " walking ticket," and, Jo! Major Edwards steps into Major Noake's comfortable billet. So we find that one servant of the Government is constituted judge over another, and as a result of the judgment the office of the accused is filled by the judge ! in the Australasian, says; r— Somebody in England has discovered apiece of bone in a tin of Australian meat. This astoundingfact has produced a profound impression. Australian geography being rather a faint general impression than a branch of knowledge :—horrible visions of the Southern anthropophagi arose in the minds of tli£ consumers. They consulted the great professors of comparative anatomy to nialye quite sure that Uiey had not been involuntary cannibals. Of course they found that all right, and probably for the first time realised the lact that Australian sheep anci cattle arc not kei boneless.,