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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1012, 9 January 1869, Page 2

Not out of Town. — A clergyman one Sunday at the close of his sermon gave notice to the congregation that in the course of the week he expected to go on a mission to the heathen. One of the parishioners exclaimed, " Why, my dear sir, you have never told us one word of this before, what shall we do P" " Oh, brother," said the minister, " I don't expect to go out of town." Unexpected Discovery. — A small nugget, weighing fully half an ounce, was discovered the other day in a singular manner. Mr. Donovan, of the Shamrock Hotel, has recently been gravelling the approaches to his hotel, and has been carting the stuff from the heaps of tailings along the creek. From among the stuff thus procured a passer-by picked out the nugget, which was immediately handed over to Mr. Donovan — Tuagelza Times. Death of a Veteean.— The Marlborougli Press thus notices the death of one of the oldest veterans who visited this colony : — " In our obituary will be noticed the death of an old man named Kelly, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. We are informed that the deceased was engaged in several of Nelson's naval engagements, including Trafalgar; that he was afterwards lion and tiger hunting in India ; and until the last few. years he had been whaling and sealing on the coasts of Australia and New Zealand. After all his hardships, he was able within a few days of his death to do a little gardening, &c." Squatting in Victoria. — The golden days of squatting in Victoria appear to have passed away. The Argus of the 9th ult. says : — " A very large number of runs are advertised in the Gazette of last night as liable to forfeiture, if the rents due respecting them on the 31st inst. for the past half year are not paid before that date." Action fob Slandeb.— An action for slander Isaac v. Eempthorn, in which the damages were laid at £5000, has recently been tried in Dunedin. The trial lasted over several days, and the alleged slander mainly consisted of a charge of adultery ; the jury found for the plaintiff a verdict of £100 damages. Tasmania is in a deplorable state from drought, little rain having fallen during the last six months. In some districts wheat has been cut down for hay, and the farmers declare that they will be satisfied if they get enough grain to serve for seed next season. The depreciation in stock, also, is very considerable. Bonus .• — 'The Otago Provincial Government has offered a bonus of £350 to the first vessel which clears Otago Heads fully equipped for a whaling cruise. The vessel must be of at least 150 tons burthen, and must be owned in and sail from Dunedin. Monstee Nugget. — One of the largest nuggets that has been exhibited in Melbourne for some time was shown in the window of Messrs. W. H. Cropper and Co., of Collins-street west, on the 28th ult. The nugget was flat, weighed two hundred and eighty-six ounces, and is valued at £1100. It was purchased by the agent of the Bank of New South Wales, at the new rush at Berlin, Victoria, tenmiles from Kingower, and was obtained in five feet sinking one morning before breakfast, by a man said to be a shepherd. The Berlin rush is turning out very well in the matter of nuggets. The Bank previously mentioned has purchased, besides the two hundred and eighty-six ounce lump, one thousand five hundred ounces of gold, all more or less of a heavy description. Local Industey. — We wish we were in the position of the Bruce Herald, and then we should be able to report as follows : — We have considerable satisfaction in knowing that several energetic gentlemen in Tokomairiro, who prefer action to empty and fruitless talk, have been endeavoring to organise a company for the manufacture of woollen cloth, &c, aud that their efforts are likely to bo attended with success, as a considerable portion of the funds required has already been subscribed. We sincerely wish that such a manufacture may be established, and would also rejoice to see some indications of a distillery being added to the list of industries carried on here. A Gentleman in Sydney, lately a lieutenant in H.M.s Bth llegiment, has, we are informed, proposed to the New Zealand Government to raise, for the purpose of quelling the native insurrection, a force of 600 Australian blacks, officered and accompanied by 120 whites, principally good bushmen, and 1200 dogs. — Advertiser. Recruiting for the Armed Constabulary in the Southern Island is suspended for the present. — Advertiser. Tito Kowaeu, by the last intelligence from tho front, still remained quietly at Nukumaru with 400 fighting men, and all his women and children. — Advertiser. At the Police Court, to-day, tho Attor-ney-General, on behalf of tho Government, sued George Ashworth — a man enlisted in Melbourne for the armed constabulary, and who, on arrival, refused to be sworn in— for £6, the amount of his passage money from Melbourne. His Worship gave judgment for the amount claimed, with" costs, or in default, three months' imprisonment. — Evening Post, Jan. 2. English Teoops. — A correspondent has placed in the hands of tho Canterbury Press the following extracts from letters recoived by the present Panama mail from correspondents likely to be well-in-formed ! — From a letter dated 31st OctoWi_.« I heard yesterday that two regiments are ordered to New Zealand." •^J-om a letter dated 31st October—" The present Home Government appear to recognise tho necessity of putting native matters in the right path ; aud will assist with troops, and I suppose, also with money, which is more wanted, if the colonists meet the Government half-way and put themselves in a proper state of defence."