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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1329, 21 May 1872, Page 2

Mi. George Scott, of Gisborne, has been appointed Inspect or of Sheep and Brands: for the Poverty Bay district. We take the following from the Thames Guardian :-—"A paragraph appeared in the Auckland Evening Star of Wednesday, May 15, stating that Mr Gillies is to be made a jf-dge. We lielieve that it is in contemplation for Mr Beckham, R.M., and District Judge, to retire on a pension, and that a new Judge of Bankruptcy and District Court will be appointed It is very probable that the post has been offered to Mr Gillies, and there can be no doubt that in the event of his accepting the office that the appointment would give very general satisfaction However parties may diner from Mr Gillies in politics, there can be no doubt whatever that he is one of the ablest lawyers in the colony, and has many qualifications for making a most excellent judge. Some short time since the Mayor of Auckland was gazetted an R.M., and it is not improbable in the event of Mr Beckham's retirement that hits appointment would not be tilled up, but that the Mayor would discharge the magisterial duties of the Auckland Police and the Resident Magistrate's Courts. We are not aware that any definite arrangements have been made, but the above is the substance of the rumors which have been current for some time, and which, we believe, are not without foundation."

The following is from the New Zealand Herald of Saturday last :—The hall of the New Zealand Insurance Company's Building onoe more begins to wear its old appearance and activity. Bui. " Caledonian " and " Thames " are not now- the order of the day, " Bismarck," " Siege of Paris," " Lucky Diggers," &a, are all the rage, and Goromandel is the place looked forward to l>y the sharebvoker, jobber, and speculator as the field wherein to make their fortunes. Notwithstanding the heavy licence Ices paid by sharebrokers, and ;he other conditions attached, there seems little diminution in their numbers judging from the state of the Exchange and of the "Corner"—which is still a favorite spot with this portion of the community. And the Coromandel boat is not neglected as it was a few months ago, when nobody cared what time it came in or went out. But now crowds flock down the wharf nightly to meet it, and the Thames boats are quitesecondary in eoiir-ideration. As the passengers land from the Alfred they are button-holed by their friends, and anxiously asked how it "is looking,'' the it referring to a particular claim in which said friend is interested. "Splendid, magnificent," "one mass of gold," and similar ejaculations meet the ear at every turn; v hile there are some sufficiently sanguine to boldly asset t "that it ICoromandel] will turnout the richest gold field in the world " Let us hope their sanguine anticipations may , be realised.