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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 827, 23 February 1867, Page 3

, More Artesian Wells. ~— Mr. Kells, Chairman of the Wanganui Town Board, has made arrangements for sinking an artesian well in some central portion of the town of Wanganui, , and estimates that the cost will be about £100, half of which sum will be given by the Town Board ; the remainder it is proposed to make up by gene- i ral subscription. His Honor Mr. Justice Johnston, says the Evening Post of the 13 th inst., is expected to return to town from Napier in the course of to-morrow, and the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Court will be held on the Ist March. [His Honor, it is unnecessary to tell our readers, is' still at Napier, detained in consequence of the Phoebe having passed on.] * New Zealand Birds for England. — The ship Blue Jacket, which sailed from Lyttelton for London at the beginning of this month, took to England a collection of native birds reared in the Canterbury Acclimatization Society's gardens. The collection consists of paradise ducks, swamp hens, and kakas, and has been sent with a view to obtaining in return desirable exchanges. Packets of native seeds, and a case of native plants, has also been sent by the same opportunity. Steeple-chasing in Canterbury. — A programme has been arranged at Christchurch for a grand provincial steeple-chase, which is proposed to be run on the Queen's Birthday. A prize of £250, in addition to a sweepstakes of 10 soys., 1 forms the chief attraction, :