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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 943, 16 May 1868, Page 2

Cheap Meat. — It will be seen from advertisement that the butchers, to meet the times, have greatly reduced the price of meat for cash. News from the South should have arrived yesterday by the steamer Ahuriri, but she had not made her appearance up to a late hour last evening. The Monument in memory of the late Mrs Barclay arrived on the 12th instant, by the Agnes cutter from Auckland, having been transshipped ex Au .Rcvoir from Sydney, tt is a very handsome obelisk of

polished Aberdeen granite, with the inscrip- ! tion in gilt letters. Although the weight was considerable, viz., 2-g- tons, it has been landed in excellent condition. A Shark, measuring fully six feet in length, was caught on Thursday evening, behind the Masonic Hotel. The line with which it was captured was not more than six fathoms out when the bait was taken — thus proving that no inconsiderable risk is incurred by bathers venturing beyond the surf in that locality. Artesian Well. — Within the last few days Lord and party have driven on the property of Capt. Tuke, Meanee Flat, and found water, after four days' driving, at a depth of 138 feet, with' a very good flow. The same party proceeded yesterday to Waipukurau, to sink an experimental well for Henry Russell, Esq. The result of boring in this hitherto untried locality will be looked forward to with interest. Napier Rifle Club. — The first annual competitive firing for the Napier Rifle Club Cup, will take place on Monday the 25th inst., at the beach range, near the Bluff ; each competitor to have five shots, at 300, 400, and 500 yards respectively. The successful member will take possession of the oup and keep it till next yeai*, but it will remain the property of the Club until such time as any one member shall, for the second time, score the highest number of points. The Experimental Boring in Napier is not yet, we regret to say, going on favorably. During the week the old shell has been completely opened up, and the chisel been down through it, to a depth of 190 feet, or 17 feet below the main pipe, without producing any flow of water worthy of the name. The presumption now is that the water bearing bed is further down still, and that another stratum of clay has to be penetrated before reaching it. Seeing that the pipe cannot be moved down without applying such force as will probably bend it, and that water cannot, as was hoped, be reached by means of the rods, the position becomes one of great difficulty and trial. The public fully sympathise with Mr. Garry in his repeated disappointments — which have been through no fault of his — but sympathy will not pay the very heavy expenses he is under while persevering in his efforts to obtain water for the townspeople. Routxedge, Kennedy & Co. will sell, on Monday next, at the Sea View Hotel, under a bill of sale, furniture, bar fittings, &c.