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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1486, 21 November 1872, Page 3

folly to commence until such' time as the space required is definitely ascertained. It is therefore to he hoped that intending exhibitors will give the matter their earliest and most serious consideration. A meeting of the various subcommittees will be held in the course of a day or two for the purpose of appointing judges for the several departments. Medals and certificates are to be given a y the rewards for merit.

"Where is the Owner" is the heading to the following paragraph, which we clip from the Kynetou Observer, 10th October:—About one of the most mysterious riddles ever propounded has been submitted to the police foi ce of Kyneton for solution. Some time ago two parcels were found in the grounds fenced in around the post-office. In. these parcels the following valuables were found:—-A quantity of coarse gold, notes, and silver (American and English) coins, and several papers purporting to have been issued by one Edward Blewitt. Ed. Blewett, it seems, was in New Zealand, several of the papers being dated in that colony. One of the papers is a bank slip showing that Edward Blewett was the possessor of £6OO in a Melbourne bank some three years ago. (We have not given the full particulars for a very obvious reason.) These parcels, of considerable value on the whole, were found some weeks ago. One parcel was found by the domestic servrnt in the employ of the postmaster, and the other by a baker's boy. They were not concealed, but perfectly open, lying on the ground as if dropped by some one in passing. Every effort has been made by the police to discover the owner, but witho it success. The nearest clue the police ha\e got is of a very flimsy naturo. A man called at one of the banks in Kyneton a few days ago. and said he knew a man named Edward Blewett some years back in New Zealand. This Blewett had, he knew, resided in Kyneton The man who gave this information is not to be found, though he has been sought for at Laurision. Though the ground is private, and is fenced in, it has often been trespassed upon by persons at night. It is certnin, beyond all doubt, that whoever lost these articles is aware of the loss. Why is the loss concealed 1 Where is Blewett? These are questions that ought to be answered, even if the raystety is not entirely cleared up. No man, drunk or sober, could be possessed of such a variety of valuable articles and lose thern without, knowing it, and unless he had a powerful motive for so doing he would not conceal the fact of his lo>B.