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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1376, 16 July 1872, Page 2

A late Gazette proclaims the opening; of the ferry at ilie Upper ManawatUs river, on the eastern part of the Gorge,, on the main road from Manawatu to Napier. The Tim am Herald, July 3, says : We stated last issue that the operations of the Washdyke Meat Preserving Establishment closed for the reason on. Saturday last. In all, 100,000. sheep-. ha.\e passed through the company's hands, 83,000 of which have been. " tinned," the remaining; 14,000- for the most part having been eonverted into* tallow. We learn from the Lyttelton Times tha<- at a meeting held recently of the S'tb-committee of the Acclimatisation Society it was decided to endeavor to procure a supply of salmon trout ova from Tasmania; and, acting thereon, the secretary, Mr Fair, has sincewritten to Sir Robert Officer, Chairman of the Tasmanian Salmon Commission, applying for some of thi* season's spawn. The Melbourne Leader, July 4, declares that the telegrams to Europewill have to be cheapened, as the present rate h ruinous to a small journal, besides threatening to give a monopoly of trade to large importers. The Auckland Evening Star, July 10, says :—News was brought to town this morning of a melancholy accident which has occurred at Waiwera. It appears that yesterday afternoon twobrothers named Ryan were out felling; bush in company. The younger brother,, named Edward John, had been working for some time, and had completed a good portion of work when just as he was giving a finishing stroke to an enor* mous tree it fell jbefore the expected time, and instantaneously crushed to death. The deceased was only sixteen years of age, and was the son of Mr Ryan, firewood dealer on the Queen-st. wharf. He was well known and greatly liked, and his sudden death has caused sincere regret with a gieat many sympathising friends. The body of the deceased was brought into town by the boat that conveyed the news, and will i be interred to-morrow afternoon.