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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1033, 23 March 1869, Page 2

By the Loss of the Ida Ziegler the exports of the province will appear much less than they ought. The cargo on board comprised 2473 bales of wool, weighing 788,655 lbs., and 8 bales of sheepskins. The shippers were —

Total 2473 bales wool Kinross and Co. ... „ 4 bales sheepskins Watt Bros. ... ... ... a „ „" The New Zealand Herald of the 18th inst. contains the following paragraph: — " It was but yesterday we published the account of summary vengeance inflicted by Mr. Wyllie, of Poverty Bay, on the murderers of his child. He did what every settler worthy of the name, far more a father, would have done, let the law of the case be how it may, shot down the miscreants the first time he met them. Yet there are found those who declare his act illegal, and would call it in question, and we actually find the Hawke's Bay Herald, to its shame and disgrace, lending itself to this view of the matter" These are pretty strong terms, but they in no way appal us. While quite as anxious as the editor of the N. Z Herald can possibly be to see condign punishment meted out to the miscreants who now infest the Northern Island, we confess to a certain degree of shrinking at the summary description of vengeance involved in shooting down unarmed men and prisoners, whatever degree of guilt might be assumed to attach to them. Notwithstanding the condition to which the colony has been reduced, the colonists still profess to uphold law and order ,• and, until " vigilance committees" become part of our institutions, such acts as that of Mr. Wylie cannot fail to be condemned. We have been forced to say more on this matter than we intended to do. Our origiual reference to it was simply a word or two guarding ourselves against being supposed wholly to endorse the unqualified approval of Mr. Wylie's conduct expressed by our Turanga correspondent. Late Fire at the Ferky Hotel.—We understand that an inquest will be held today concerning the cause of the above fire; nothing is known at present how it originated. Mr. Beukers and family retired between 9 and 10 o'clock on the evening of the fire. At about 11*30 Mrs. Beukers, who was awake trying to pacify one of the children (who had been very restive) heard the sound of breaking glass ; she at once got up, and went into the bar, when she found it all on fire. She immediately aroused Mr. Beukers and the children, but before they could get much clothing on, the bedroom was in flames and they had to leave to save themselves from being burnt. Efforts were made (by a few persons who had come across from the Eastern Spit) to save any moveable property, but the fire raged so furiously that it was impossible to cuter any part of the building, and by 1.30 a.m. on Saturday, everything but Mr. Beukers' sailloft was burnt down. Had it not been for the wind being from the south-west, that also would have gone. We regret to state that Mr. Beukers has lost a lot of valuable property which cannot be replaced. We are informed that he was insured in all to the extent of £550—£450 in the Liverpool and London and £100 in the Imperial Insurance Companies. Messrs. Routledge, Kennedy, & Co. will sell, this day, at the Meanee, sheep, cattle, und horses.—See advertisement.

Kinross and Co 1400 bales wool Rhodes and Chapman 88 „ Johnston and Co 60 „ Levin and Co 11 „ Watt Bros 697 „ Newton, Irvine and Co 248 „ Stuart and Co 59 „ j Routledge, Kennedy and Co 10 „