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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 73, 25 May 1868, Page 127

SrioRTHORNs ; FOENEyr N ;ZEAiiin).~The Farmer of January 22, says :—“ 6h Satrir? day a large herd of horned cattie of the abort horn breed; corisistiri'g ’of' cows,' heifers, and bulls, arrived iri London to be exported to New Zealand. ; They.- have been' chiefly purchased iri Yorkshire, arid comprise a fine collection.”

Fatal Accident at Greytown.—A. fatal accident on the 4th insti about two miles from Greytowri. A 'man named William Hooker, the eldest;sdn"'of"Mr Hooker there, while driving-a dray accidentally fell offhand the wheel passing over his neck and.kead caused immediate death. Apparently, the unfortunate j oung man had been taking lunch at the time ©f his fall, as when the body was found dri the road, a knife was found grasped in one hand and soma bread and cheese in the other.' The unfortunate deceased bore the character of being sober and industrious.

Hokitika. —The seacontinues-its inroads upon Hokitika. The West "Coast Tiriies of the 27th rilt. says “In the course of yesterday, and' notably about high-water mark, we observed the c sea again” make serious assaults bn some'of the more- forward of the small buildings on the beach, at the north end of Kevell-sfcreet. ; , In some instarices the fronts of the dwelltings were literally stove in by the force of the waves, arid in other cases they were so far undermined by the'cofitiriued ,washing bf the waves, that-their owners "deemed it advisable to remove them''bodily' to preserve them " from being cariied but to sea. Abreast of the railway statibrii'iip to as far as the Montezuma, the ocean continued to make slow but steady advaaces on the mainland;”

A Queer- Pig-.—A singular lusus natures, says a Marlborough paper, Vas shown to us by Mr John Ewart, the other ! d|y. It was one of a litter of pigs, -newly -farrowed. It had but orie eye. and that *of undue proportion, fixed in the middle of the forehead ; and in lieu of the snout, an appendage to: thb fpteheadV'like the proboscis .of an elephant. ( With;the exception of the feet; which were pointed and hooked, the rest of the ariiinal was perfect. ;We understand Mr Ewart intends to preserve the body in spirits.

A son of Tb Moauariui Morak'ay a: of Katikati, isrreported to have been" kilted iri a drunken brawl at Tauranga. Thenarties. implicated will, it is thought, be given up to justice. * . : : The Avon District.— The seatfor this district iu the "Assembly is riot, likely toßo begging, as '" the Lyttelton Times’-states, either 5 Mr Moorhouse or Mr BoHe'ston wil 1 ask the electors’ consent to his': election.

. .General Chute.—We learn that General Chute may be'exnbeted. to arrive'here shortly to inspect therdetachment-:of the IBtlf Regt. stationed'' iri GHore'Brb\frne "Bar* racks. . - ; ‘

: The Late DJaiioNSTRAiHON.— The Attorney-General-has - goriato Hokitikii\"for/ the: purpose; of l ooriducfcihg. the prosecutiori". against • .the. persons charged with being, concerned, in the , late FeniaiSv?: demonstrations on ; the. West Cbasti i'Lt is|; ; said that Mr'Travers, has been engagbd!for. ; the defence of the prisoners.—Wellington Independent,9thMay.“ Thb Crown prisoners . at.Hokitika' have been convicted of unlawful assembly, and fined £2O eaoh.