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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 18, 20 May 1867, Page 117

Loyal Napieb Lodge oe Odd Fellows. —The tenth anniversary of the above lodge was celebrated in the Masonic Hall, on the evening of Friday, May 17th, by a ball. The*'attendance was very goodsome 25 or 26 couples being present. The musio was perhaps limited, but what there was of it was excedent—Mr G. L. Seymour presiding at the piano ; Mr Bishop performing on the cornet, and Mr Dunfoy on the piccolo. The refreshment department was under the able supervision of Mr John Robottom ; and the good things provided by that experienced caterer were of a class rarely equaUed in Napier. The. daucing was kept up with vigour throughout tho night, and it was mot until the faint streaks of light gave warning of the near approach of another day that the convivial party broke up and dispersed—every one highly satisfied with the evening’s amusement. Perfect order reigned from first to last, —a fact upon which the the managing committee deserve to be congratulated.

A countryman; not long ago, on his first sight of a locomotive, declared that -ho thought that it was the devil on wheels. “Faith an’ye’re worse than. myself," said an Irish bystander, “ for thei first time„l / ever saw the crayther I thought it was a,' \ athame-boaf hunting for wathey" .

■ Auckland papers reoeiYed last; nigh t : by the Lord Ashley contain afull account—-«itefnding over se-/Veral;columns—-of! the presentation of the .Victoria Oros9 jto* Major Heaphy, the sumptuous banquets which followed, &c. The Thames.—Froih the New Zealand Herald of Monday* last we learn that a party of some 1 ' fifty; r or sixty natives had started inland to attend A large rebel meetxag about to be held. With this exception everything was peaceable and quiet. A monster'meeting of the ehemployed is advertised,,to 1 be held on Tuesday next, at noon on the oart-sta hd near the Old Courthouse, for the purpose of appointin a deputation to wait upon his 1 Honor the Superintendent;; to solicit that further publio works may be commenced, in order fo' afford employment to persons who may be at present' out of work in Auckland.Southern Cross, May 11. Nabbow Escape pbom Dbowneng.— A seaman, belonging to one of the vessels in harbour, fell over the near the stairs, on Saturday night last. He was 'somewhat inebriated at the time, and owing to the darkness of the night, great difficulty was experienced in picking him tip. He was, however, after great exer» tions, finally rescued. by the night waterman, Thomas Hunt, and in a most exhausted state.— lv. Z. Herald, May 13. The head-quarters wing of the 12th Regiment, which was to have embarked about this date, has been detained until arriv a } of the barque Constance, which came | n yesterday, with a supply of preserved provisions, from Sydney, there not being sufficient supply obtainable in Auckland for the use of the troops on the passage ho me —Southern Cross, May 11.