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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 69, 27 April 1868, Page 104

The Seaeoh edb Gold in Wellington' Peovihce.—The Evening Post, ofthe 15th April, learns that “Mr Grove, the gold prospector, had been laid up .at Campbell’s station, Opaki, for several days,;with cold and rheumatism; having left his party one week prior to'their stock of provisions being exhausted,!© search for the- horse and take back a fresh load.-- Iri. consequence of the heavy rainfall, and sudden rising of the rivers, he was forced to: make his way through the bush, where he got. lost fpr some time. Beings wet for several -days," aud having rio fire; he was too’ ill' to fulfil the arrangements he had (made ‘with his men, and proceeded to Grey town.' He has reported -progress to the (committee, and arranged .with them to return in a. few days,’ or when he feels himself sufficiently recoyerd. He has furnished the committee with a tracing of the route he has taken since h e started; -showing the creeks: arid localities he has prospected .arid also ‘some quartz ’ reefs, which he ■ describes as being well ‘formed arid very, wide. ; 'He lntends to corifinebimself priricipafiy toithadattur during: winter months, ‘if he ban posst hly%ace : fcUfeir;'cbntiriuatibri?^ ( c ; v

[HttßoisM bv!A T remarkable:iUßtanee!of bra very; on the; part pf a httle,girl...and.qf.cowardicejT-or,wor.s j e —on" the paW of two “merii’’ 5 is from 1 the Ballarat > Star, , arid 1 is 'wbrthy'bf record “ At, a.. fire. which .occurred in the, earlier part of the week in the*’dwelling, house ‘of Mr Forest; farmer; at Middle Creek;' near Glengower,. during the .absence from home of the proprietor arid his We~one at' a school'meeting, 1 : arid the other at Cluriea—' a: most, herpip act of, affection was performed by'Mr Forests eldest girl, a child only nine yearsbf age, who upon the first alarm of fire, had got out of the bedroom where the fire, was believed to have originated, arid in which herself and her two sisters were sleeping. Recollecting their peril, and finding that , the two laboring men who were present would not attempt to rescue them Miss Forest made her way through the blazing-tbriber, arid succeeded in saving her sisters and . happily without any serious injury to either them or herself. All honor to snob a child, and shame upon the men who'could starid ’ by while two infants were exposed two rineb a terrible fate.”

Death oe the Host. Victob Yobxe.— The Hon. Vietoi Alexander Yorke, third son of the Earl of Hardwicke, died suddenly at Aston Clinton. . He had been staying at Anthony Rothschild’s, and had engaged to , take part in !an. entertainment given on that evening' to the villagers,! in Lady Rothschild’s Girl’s schoolroom. After an overture, played by the. Misses Rothschild, he sang “.The Children’s Kingdom,” lifter which the school children sang Mendelssohn’s “ Departure.” Mr Yorke, ‘ then commenced reading''Tennyson’s “ Grandmother,” which he prefaced by a few remarks, but on coming to the words “ He stood like a rock,” he fell from the platform:in a fit, from which he-never rallied. He was removed to the schoolmistress’s room, where every attention was paid to, him by Lady Rothschild: and the Misses Rothschild. Mr Ceeley, of Aylesbury, and, Mr -Pope of Tring, were, sumbut their .assistance t waß of no avail, and he expired about a quarter-past eleven. Mr Yorke was under nqedical treatment, haviog bad. a. fit about, two months. agtf. He was 2o years of age,- and was a Lieut, in ,tbe Royal Horse Artillery. [The late nobleman, was the' brother of tlie Hon. Eliot Yorke; at present in the suite of the Duke of Edinburgh, 3 . GoDXBUBN AS l 'A : SANATOBitJM.—As the raliway extends into the interior, the gentry of the metropolis arebegiririirig to appreciate the ad vantages afforaed.^to invalids by the'difference between the climate of Gpulburn arid that of Sydney. Tlie, Eurrajoog has hitherto, been. Highly. recommended; but. though tlie. air is pure and. the scenery delightful, there is not that change of tera,perature that' is found in the Goulburn district. We are here. upwards of 2QOO feet above the level of the sea; arid most of the English fruits grow to perfection in our gardens arid orchards. The .scenery is very fine; and the most celebrated'lake in the colony—Lake George—is within llve-and-twenty miles.of the town, while there aria'other attractions in the fainos Shoalhaven Gullies, arid,me.Whombeyan Caves, in addition, to delightful clrives in every direction.. The hotel accommodation is excellent, and the charges extremely moderate... Uriderthese.circuuistances.it is riot surprising"' that; follo.wirig(the. example .of Sir John Ypurig,j wjhpse for , and frequent visits to'GouJburn know,n, we have within the Had imariy vi sitors ~from tlie metropolis ; ,- and.it [is, a matter nf. congrattdation that .in almost every, instance those pchq have been in.pnrsuit.(of healthT have. derived.; considerable beriefib. from amqngst us i—- . ’Comripr.driP'as de-Calais publishps the snhjoinqd letter, which Has obyious interest to agncultunstst —-“i. baive good'news .to give you. . Mons Georges Ville,l£oUbwing . his ingeriious method of studying the vegetation!of plants themselves, has just discovered the cause of the potato disease : . the qryptogames are the'result,. not the source .of malady Let anyone example , the experimsnta at Vincennes, arid he. will be ponvinced 'of this as. I have beeri. In the .experimen tal farm there .may pe'seen a patch of .in five .divisions,, but all eontiguoris to each other).. the; first. is L with ,npt; a diseased leaf; the second ip eatan. away by the malsdy.;; /the^.third Js 'as.'hiie ip the first;. the. fourth .m. diseased as ith'e second; arid ihe.fifth reserpbies,t^.e ; first and;third. Thius.M. Georges Ville producjßspor, avoids thejdisease at, him [the. pleasure and ( right v bf. explain ; ing his invaluable, ‘discQvery, of ; which he has made , no..mystery ~tp irie), t I ; confine myself i to. announcing, -as, I do. wjjthplea,surp, that this gentleman haß_»endered an immense,,service, to . all culturists, for [whom the pptatop" lnable a resource.—Believe me, ; ‘APShufeldt; jun., by iQlucagd'Aitesian Welk. wpfehpred,!Btates,Jnthe ; c’an, cte^) gki ft distarice. pf ,16 .feet friom ihe : aridi tall; all the way down!; ;.yvh?ri®® t .dicl t Vot ,;the. cenwifiigal ,outT?!!Mt’d.why yras no 1 penetratadr 7 .partipular (sjjfet^ftneari; Btre/im f b Befc»ri)t£M[jpbint).wqß Reached we could pump-out:an abundant supply-; hridttHis [S true)dfhujtidreda, gf’.dHiet sian wells. soattaireq the.country;; ;'<hey;dp ; nc^diMliarge^ oy .P«taF«“g- au%eren.to taat,