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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1020, 6 February 1869, Page 2

— — — i i Waikoa. — An interesting letter upon the subject of the late expedition to Waikare Moana will be found in another column. It should have appeared in our last issue, but was detained till Tuesday by the person who carries the mail. Wool, according to the Australasia^ has risen from a halfpenny to a penny per pound. In the better kinds of Victorian wool the rise of price was fully three halfpence. The West Coast. — The latest news will be found in our telegraphic intelligence.. It is not, we regret to say, satisfactory. Gladly would we learn of success in this quarter, and willingly, in such case, would we give all credit to the officer commanding. The fact that we are politically opposed to him would, if we know ourselves, make no difference in that respect ; but, as yet, we see no indication that his " able dispositions" are equal in ability to those of the wily enemy opposed to him. Napier Militia.— The following appointments are notified in a Gazette dated the 29th January : — Edward Lister Green to be Major, date of commission Ist October, 1868; Ensign Alexander St. Clair Inglis to be Lieutenant, date of commission 6th January, 1869 ; Ensign Charles Cotton Lambert to be Lieutenant, date of commission 7th January, 1869. Respecting the services of the first-named gentleman, we take the following from Hart's Army List: — Major Green served at the Cape of Good Hope from 1847 to 1858, and in India and China 1858 to 1860, and held the following appointments uninterruptedly for eleven years — Military Secretary, Aide-de-Camp, Dep.-Assist. Adjutant General, Dep. -Assist. Quarter-Master General, and Adjutant of a Depot Battalion. He served in the Kaffir wars of 1847 and 1850-3; was severely wounded in the former war when commanding the rear-guard. In the latter war served as A.D.C. to General j Somerset, and D.A.Q.M. General with head-quarters of Sir George Catbcarfc (received medal); Served with the China ■ expedition in 1860 until the surrender of ,Pekin,,as D.A.A.G, of the Ist division, received the medal and clasps, and the rank of Major for this service.