Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addiclus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1510, 17 December 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addiclus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1872.

The Rangatira, on Saturday night, was the bearer of twelve pieces of timwhat particular description we have not heard —shipped by Mr P. H. Prower, and intended for the Colonial Exhibition, which was opened yesterday at Christchurch. in to-night's issue we give the first instalment of the judgment of-the Court of Appeal, quashing the conviction of of Pa ora Torotoro in the Supreme Court for perjury, from the notes of his Honor Mr Justice Johnston. As we have already followed this celebrated case very fully through its earlier stages, it gives, ns pleasure to record the manner in which it has been finally disposed of.

We are informed that the J2lO which the seaman Michael Brickley was ordered to pay for the pilot boat was made up by the crew of the Ballarat previous to the departure of that vessel. We would again draw attention to the Bazaar in aid of the Manse innd of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, which opens in the Oddfellows' Hall at noon to morrow. Great preparations have beeD made, and a large quantity of attractive articles, both useful and ornamental, will be offered for sale. Among the attractions will be a Christmas tree, laden with choice fancy articles. We hope the Bazaar will be largely attended, and will be thoroughly successful. Of the Auckland live stock market Mr Alfred Buckland reports as follows for the week ending Friday, ]sth inst.: —At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were offered in limited numbers. Heifers maintained pievious values, but steers were lower, from 2s 6d to 5s each. Grown steers were in fair enquiry at last week's values. Fat cattle were in full supply and dull of sale; inferior animals were at lower values, but the best quality maintained last week's prices. Sheep were in moderate supply, and better worth 2s per head. Fat lambs were unusually abundant and lower in price than la>.t week, about 2s to 4s per head. Fat Pigs were in moderate numbers and without alteration in values; small store pigs were plentiful and in fair request. We learn from Adelaide that Lis Excellency Sir James Fergusson has left tor England. On the departure of Sir James Fergusson from that port, the Artillery Volunteers were denied per mission by the Government to tiro any salute.—Chief Justice Hanson has been sworn in as acting Governor. Sir James's approaching mairiage is contradicted. The Poverty Bay Standard, Dec. li, says : —The season for grass cutting and .seed harvest has opened upon us with a full blaze of sunshine, this being the first .settled summer weather we have yet had. Mr Mullooly and Mr Trimmer, each with about 40 natives, have recently arrived from Tologa Bay, to commence operations on our bountiful plains. The weather during the close months has been such as to induce the belief that the crops will yield abundantly, and we trust the supply of seed this year will maintain its celebrity for inquiry abroad, as an item of export. We extract the following interesting paragraph from a late English paper:— The score obtained by Captain Lambert, No. 5 Company Robin Hood Rifles, in the competition for the Battalion Challenge Prize, deserved notice. The score of 56 is in fact the highest score in the history of the Volunteers*. The nura ber of 60 is the highest that can be made, supposing that every shot to be a bull's-eye ; and to show what Captain Lambert did, we may state that at 200 yards he made three l.ull'seyes, and the same number at 500, being 18 at each range. At 600 the whole fiv6 shots were bull's-eyes', 20 being scored. The day was not the best that could be chosen for shooting, it being necessary at 600 yards to aim at the edge of the target. There is no record of such a score as this, and its accomplishment is the theme of conversation with every volunteer who knows anything of shooting. Captain Lambert's score has never been reached, and this is all the more remarkable, because in the year there are 700,000 shots fired in these ranges by volunteers throughout the kingdom, and since the establishment of the Volunteers, no lesss thau 7,000,000 shots must have been fired without such a result being obtained. The feat achieved by Captain Lambert is one which will be long talked of among the Robin Hoods, and will be a feature in the annals of the corps. The shooting was witnessed by many oi the best shots of the regiment, and the result was loudly applauded.