THE NEW GOVERNOR.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 889, 2 November 1867, Page 2

THE NEW GOVERNOR.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, Oct. 28, 1867. The following despatch, from the Eight Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information. E. W. Stafford. Downing-street, Aug. 22, 1867. Sir, — You were informed by my despatch No. 37, of the 18th June, that you would shortly be relieved from your duties as Governor of New Zealand, and that you would bo apprised of the time at which your successor might be expected to arrive in the Colony. I have now to acquaint you that I have submitted to the Queen the name of Sir G. Bowen, the present Governor of Queensland, as your successor in the Government of New Zealand, and that Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the appointment. I regret that I am unable at present to. inform you definitively of the time at which Sir G. Bowen may be expeoted to arrive in the Colony ; but I have desired him to give you as long a notice as is practicable of the probable time of his arrival. I bave, &c, Buckingham and Chandos. Governor Sir George Grey, X.C.8., &c, &0.. &c. Melbourne. — Telegrams from Dunedin state that the Omeo has brought intelligence from Melbourne to the effect that the dead-lock between the two branches of the Victorian Legislature is not yet at an end, as the Council has, for the second time, rejected the Appropriation Act containing the Lady Darling vote. Earthquake at Sea. — The " Weekly Express," of the sth, says : — "The shock of an earthquake was folt on Tuesday evening last, on board the Lord Ashley, half-way between the Bay of Plenty and the Mercury Islands. The weather looked threatening, and the wind was coming from the N.E. Sheep for Fijis. — The "Southland Times" is responsible for the following : — "A recent letter from the Fiji Islands states that a tract of land on the north-east point of the island of Vauna Levu has lately been sold for a sheep run. The gentleman who pxirchased it has left for New Zealand, to make arrangements for sending down 201,000 sheep as soon as possible." Race for the Telegraph. — The Melbourne " Herald " has received some particulars of the last exciting race for the telegraph wires at Sydney on the arrival of the Panama August mail. It appears that Greville and Co'.s boat by some means got entangled by the steamer's side at starting, and the " Ai'gus " boat thus obtained an advantage of about six lengths, which, however, was reduced to two lengths before they reached the shore, although the " Argus " boat was pulled by five pairs of sculls and Greville's by only, four. The two horsemen then commenced the land race, the " Argus " horse having a slight advance in the start. The odds, however, were still to be in favor of Greville's horse, which was the better animal of the two. In the gallop up the town the "Argus" horse fell, leaving Greville's courier in sole possession of the field. The rider of the " Argus " horse was not much hurt. Chatham Islands. — Capt. Fox, of the St. Kilda, has kindly favored us with a file of the " Chatham Island Chronicle," a weekly periodical published in manuscript on a half sheet of foolscap, and combining tho tranquil charms of a magazine with the more exciting attractions of a newspaper. A late number states that measles has been very prevalent amongst tho natives during the last three months, and 33 Maori' inhabitants and 16 Mariori have been carried off by it. 25 prisoners were attacked by the disease, but in only two cases did it prove fatal, in each of which the natives refused to obey the instructions of tho medical officer. The disease is supposed to have been introduced into tho island by Wiremu Thompson, who was a passenger by the St. Kilda the last trip but one. The Ngatimuhuuga chief, Tangari to TTmu, died at Mangapo on the 14th ult. The " Chronicle" announces, as a remarkable event, that the first " belltopper" was worn in the Chathams on the 25th August lastv — " Independent," October 29. Milking Sheep. — Monadock, in one of his interesting letters from Paris to the " New York Times," says :— " I used to think the Yankees were sharp when money was to bo made, but they cannot begin with the patient, saving, flint-skinning Europeans. The English, and even the Scotch, arc wasteful in comparison. For instance, what Yankee would ever think of making his fortune by milking his sheep P Yet here, in the Exhibition, is a sample flock of sheep kept expressly for milking, and their milk is more profitable than their wool or mutton. One company, in tho department of Avignon, makes of the milk of sheep four million pounds of cheese a year, which is sent all over the world, from Bucharest, in Roumania, to New York,, whence it is distributed, no doubt, over the western continent. It is also sent direct to China and South America. This is the much admired Roquefort cheese. It is made with great care, and ripened in extensive caves of a perfectlyeven temperature, a model of which forms one of tho features of the Exhibition. I recommend this industry to the good people of the White or Green Mountains."