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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 14, 8 April 1867, Page 82

Military. —Tho cutters Dolphin and Maliia brought to Napier on Friday evening last, tho detachment of H.M.’s 12th Regiment, hitherto stationed, at Wairoa, who will proceed to Auckland by the first opportunity, and from thence to landA Want Supplied. —The keepers of iivery stables, and others who may have to feed horses on oats, will hail with satisfaction the arrival yesterday of the cutter Sea Shell, from Lyttelton, with about 2,500 bushels of this grain. The Customs receipts of New South Wales for the month of Dec., amounted to £G0,466, making a total for the past year of £768,000. This is about £200,000 less than the Customs reoeipt- of New Zealand, which lias not half the popu’ariou of New South Wales, nor hilf the extent of pastoral and agricultural country.

His Excellency the Governor has cancelled the commission held by Ensign John Brown, Auckland Militia. James Stewart, Esq., and Ebenezer Hamilton, have been appointed Engineer Surveyors for the Colony. The recently appointed Inspectors of steam vessels 1 in the colony are Messrs F. D. Gibson, J. Stewart, and T. Turnbull.

Tasmanian papers to the 13th, report large discoveries of copper near the river Don. . . - "

Samuel Toms, an Ensign in the. 2nd Bat. 14th Regt., lias been brought up. at the Hobart Town Police Court charged with a felonious assault on a girl ..under twelve years of age, and remanded. ■ The 2nd battalion of the 14th Regiment which lately left this colony for Melbourne, Adelaide, and Hobart Town, are under orders to embark for Bombay. The Otago Provincial Oouucil elections, have resulted generally in the return of candidates favorable lo Mr Macandrew.

The Hon. Major Richardson has lost his seat in the Otago Council for Clutha, having only polled 49 votes to his, opponents’ 260. Amongst the rumors current in -Melbourne is one that the Postal Conference, have agreed that all the three routes should be maintained at present. It is ; likewise suggested that an intercolonial Congress should be appointed to watch oyer all matters affecting the colonies.

Presbyterianism at Wanganui.— We perceive that the Presbyterian congregation at Wanganui invite s? plans for the erection of a kirk and manse. The-adver-tisement announcing'the fact, adds that a bonus of £2O will be given for the. best plan of the kirk, and -ten for that of ,the manse ; the whole of the plans to be sent in before the Ist June. ; ‘ ,

. The Queen has directed that the decoration of the Victoria Cross may be conferred on persons serving in the local forces of tlie colony of Ne* Zealand, or who may here-, after be employed in the lpcal forces,raised; and wbioK.iiiay be raised, 1 iu ! ; teo cqlphies •q¥ , ’their;'dependOT'«es.gshw^V''-.7-- i ''-r-'

■, Mr W. H. Foley, who will be remembered as having been in Napier some time ago with tlie' Californian - Circus)’is iiow jinWellington with a new troupe., the bf ;Peru;”: ; Their pefformV teat ' '■'. - : . v ;

firb J whieli,imt J for a combinAition of fortunate circumstances, might have been attended .yvith serio.us consequences; took place in the b’akbhoiase of Mr- Casey, H&stihgs-street, on'Thursday morning last; The premises in are. completely surrounded by an extensive builddings; and at the time the alarm: was first given (about half-past one a.m.) ifc- was difficult to say where the fire had originated; At thsit 'time tHefflre was raging'. furiously and little :hope was, entertained. of. saying from totalAestructibhtheburhing building itself, to say nothing of the’adjoining premises.; But as wehayesaid, there was a combination of fortunate circumstances which served to make the result otherwise. In the first place there was no wind; there was plenty of water close handy; and numbers of willing and active men were speedily at work.. All these put together sufficed to stay the progress of the fiery element, and in less than litilf-ian.hour after the first alarm all signs of a confiagration.had vanished and our, streets, once more relapsed into their usual state of quietness. The cause of the accident may be attributed to a quantity of firewood having been put into the oven during' the day to dry; taken out while in a partial state of ignition, and placed against the wooden wall of the bakehouse, where it had smouldered until morning, and tben broke into flame, caught the wall and ascend.ed.to tlie roof, when bursting through which it wa s happily discovered, and, as we have shown speedily extinguished. We are glad to learn that the damage sustained by Mr .Casey is comparatively small. We cannot' close this brief notice without impressing upon the public the urgent necessity of exercising the utmost caution in the matter of fire.

A writ —returnable within sixty days—-has-been received in Auckland for the election of a Superintendent. The Herald thinks it likely that the election will be all over in half the time. As far as present appearances go. there is every probability of a severe contest —Mr John Williamson being the. most likely to get returned. On the night of the 19th March, a fire broke out in in the premises of Mr J. Switzer, boot and shoe maker, Pxinces-slreet, Dunedin.- The damage sustained amounted to £3OO. The Daily Times says that this was the:first alarm of fire given in Dunedin since the 3rd November, 1866, when the Provincial Council Hall was found to be ablaze. . .

Fruits oe Protection. —The effect of the protection tariff lately passed in Victoria; whibh levies a duty upon imported breadstuff’s, is already felt in South Australia. A telegram from Adelaide, of the 12th instant, appeared in the Argus of the 13th, which says :—“The operation of the Melbourne tariff has already seriously affected our'export trade, and freights for Melbourne cannot be obtained.” Whether increasing the price of the “ staff of life” by artificial means'will be relished by the labouring classes in Victoria, remains to be seen.

Narrow Escape. —ln connection with the late murder of the man Brady, between Warca and Opunake, the Taranaki Herald states that early in the night, when the murder was committed, Mr. O. Messenger, Mr. F. O. Wilson, and some Maoris passed the spot on their way to Warea; and the next evening, about sunset, Mr. A. S. : Atkinson, and a, Ngatiruanui lad, also passed the same spot, without knowing that anything had happened, and fortunately without falling in -with any rebels. Death ekoh Animal Poison.— On Monday, the 'lSfcli ultimo, Mr. James Layton was engaged in skinning a diseased sheep. He had two small pustules or pimples on liis wrist, and it is supposed that tlie -virus thereby penetrated into his system. Medical aid was. not called in; till the tbilowiiig Wednesday, when the arm had begun to swell considerably, and the . pulse was almost imperceptible. Even then the origin of the symptoms- wis -not known, and it was only by subsecpieut inquiry that the medical men were able to ascertain' tnat deceased had' been skinniug a diseased sheep. ; It was then too late to do anything except to administer strong stimulants and tonics. The poison-liad- penetrated throughout the entire system, and the only chance was to create an artificial action of the heart and nervous system, such as might resist the operation of the virus. A consultation of all the Albury doctors was held, and the case was deemed hopeless. Mr". Layton lingered on till Saturday, the 23rd, when death terminated liis sufierings. It is a curious circumstance that the sheep Mr. Layton was engaged in skinning was one of Kelly’s flock, purchased at Humbug. Greek; near Wagga Wagga. Kelly, the proprietor, died suddenly whilst driving these sheep, and Ids death was put down to sunstroke. Mrs. Kelly, his wife, died suddenly at Beechworth, after taking delivery of these sheep and selling them by auction. Her death was attributed mainly to grief for the loss of her husband. The shepherds who drove these sheep were afiheted with unaccountable swellings on various parts of the body, and two of them are even now scarcely recovered. Ahoiit thirty sheep'died in the journey between Wagga Wagga' and Albury, The pigs fed on their flesh died, 1 -without exception. At Beechworth morel of the sheCp died, and their careases being given! to the ‘pigs, "also caused the death of several more' pigs. The death of Mr. Layton has ! caused people to reflect a little.. It : is now remembered that ia' fhe case of Mr. aud Mrs. Kelly the symptoms were exactly the , same. There was vomiting, and'swelling of, some of the limbs in every - case. Tliere\ was. the. same absence • of pulsation in each instance! The conclusion now arrived at is, that all'these deaths were caused by animal poison! 1 : . '!Nb‘, inquest; was held on the reniains/of thb' question ,to; be solved‘now’is,' whether , the 1 poison -qf-'diseasfed }sk*feg';e§3imiߣ -be ’lhttodaced iinto - the; human sys'terq without such direct contact with, theblood' 'as is /usually accepted as , a necessary condition of contfigioh,'/ The r shqep. have : . been* opened, 1 : aud found, tohe . buffering ffonf/allFthe’ I hymptonri ;qf pleurp-pneumoffla.\ Tffis i Is^a'-.direase-'that,'had been . hitherto'/ §Uppbsed'To‘“ hh cpnfiiiedventif ely to cattle) ;altboiuglf;we' s have';Heafd' of horses .being attacked hy, it! matters livill do! tq~ , bxten!d; theii; 'researches ql.-hefflg infected.with/fffls,or;any!siiniiar-discase;

w fTHE-Brovinoial Gounci 1 'of Wellington -will/ meet;for tho despatch.of thei ,26tn April, at 3 p!m. ' ’'' -a/ ’' 'Hitohens, the celebrated Billiard-player, is playing, Adelaide, and intends shortly to .visit,Njew,Zealand.. Sir George Grey. —Speaking of the Governors projected movemenfe'-the; New •Zealand- Advertiser, March 29, has the fol-lowing:—-“It is said that his Excellency Sir George Grey will pay; hie intended visit, to Nelson about the ;7th of next month. Rumor, also has, it that he will not return to Wellington-until May; and that in’Tho meantime' lie will go North after he visit® Nelson. His Excellency had an interview with General Chute-yesterday, the result of which has not transpired.” .

, The Late Murder •at Patea.— The only news (if news it cad be called) respecting the late murder at Patea that we have received by. tlie last mail-is contained in the following paragraph from, the Wanganui Times, 22nd March, "which says :—> “There is reason to believe that the- halfcaste. who accompanied poor Brady, and who knew that he had a large sum of money on his person) had more to'do. with, or knew, more about the murder than the Hau-haus. No doubt the case will Be thorouglily ’inquired into, and we shall be anxious to hear the result.”

The Corporation at Hokitika with oneexception, have resigned—a memorial signed by 427 rate-payers requesting them to do so having been presented. James Prendebgast, Esq., ha 9 been appointed Attorney-General of the Colony of New Zealand. The appointment bears date 25th March. 1

. A determined case of self-destruction took place at Hokitika on the 16th March. The unhappy victim was an auctioneer named Mr 1). Jones, who cut his throat in such a manner that death must have proved instantaneous.^

The Coromandel correspondent of the Southern Cross mentions that another very promising leader has been struck in the Kapanga Company’s claim, and sanguine hopes are entertained of its proving goldbearing.