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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1391, 2 August 1872, Page 2

The principal merchants and storekeepers of Kaiapoi showed their respect to the memory of the late Capt. White, master of the ship Zelaudia, who was. drowned dining his voyage from Lyltelton to London, by hoisting flajj* half-mast high on their places of business. Business in Oam am, according to the local journal, " is nearly suspended, from the state ol ihe roads." A Timaru paper thinks that a whaling station on that part of the coa*t would pay. A large whale was seen off the coast last week.

The bays and harbors about Akaroa are swarmed with fish about the size of sardines. All save one of Queen Victoria's, ladies in waiting are widows, her choice .since Prince Albert died. They receive .£BOO per annum, and are Widows of deceased peers. At Ballavat the chemists and druggists assistants have commenced a« agitation for .shortening hours of laW that they arn required to serve in their various establishments. As we grow old, time surrounds n* by those who love us, instead of thfc* we love. Deep rivers move with silent majesty • shallow brppkii are noisy.