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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1606, 28 August 1874, Page 338

Mr C. E. Jones, at one time Minister of Bailways in Victoria, is now showman under the celebrated Barnum in America. He. is reported to perform his duties ex-> ceedingly welh An Auckland mob, on Saturday night, burned Mr Vogel in effigy, together with those representatives of their Province who supported! his provincial resolutions, namely, D. M. Luckie, Wood, Creightou, and Buckland. Cattle lifting has been resumed by some of the Ngatimaniapoto natives, one head of cattle and three horses having been recently stolen from the Wakau settlers. Major Te Wheoro is vainly negociating for the recovery of the stolen property. A farewell concert was given in Auckland to Miss Alice May, of the English Opera Company, who was also presented on the same occasion with a handsome gift of jewellery. The Company loft for Napier in the Southern Cross on Wednesday. The following apologetic paragraph appears in the Otago Guardian of a recent date :—Our attention has been directed to a paragraph in our Wellington correspondent's letter, which appeared in the Guardian of 20th July, reflecting upon the character of the Hon. Henry Eussell, arising out of certain land transactions in Hawke's Bay ; also, to a paragraph in our Wellington letter of the 3rd inst., commenting upon Mr Kussell's explanation in the Legislative Council. Having satisfied ourselves that the allegations in ques tion are Jfalse, and unfairly prejudice Mr Russell before the public, wo have to express our regret that we should unwittingly been the cause of doing him an injury.