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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5646, 25 March 1880, Page 2

To -morrow faolug-- Good Friday, tho ■ HiSßArs'i) .-will not '' bis publisliod, but it; Mill make- its appearance as usual- ouj Saturday morning. * - \ Mrs 11 T. LVi-igUbusLS of Waipawa, : has ; reported 10 . the police tlia.fc on Tuesday' afternoon she was .galhoJ'iiia ftrcwoo'd on | ihe beach at Is r dpier vrken she saw- the : body of a man rolled up by tho waves', Thinking that it \vrts .someone, who. lilfe herself, .was galller'iug uie\vuc>d,. ana who had UOGH knocked down by the surf, she ; placed her hands upon it, but found the man to be quite dead. One hand was torn oft, and his features were unrecogablc, the face having apparently been attacked by fishes. The clothing, which was muck torn, was all black, and the man wore top-boots outside the trousers, and 'a, white shirt with gold studs in it. She had not lime to haul the body beyond reach, of the sea, as a large wave just then came \vp and forced liei""i:6 ~£iin away, and when she ledkbd back she saw th^t. the man had been carried out by the r"eUring AvaYe. Mrs Brig-house things from the appearance of the body that' it had been in the water for some time, Yesterday a horse with saddle and bridle was seen .floating near the shoi'e, and it is conjectured that it belonged to the man seen oil Tuesday. We have to thank Mr Miller, manager of the jSTapier-Ejopua liiie, for enabling iis to send the; Herald through to-Waipawa yesterday.. The bundles were takeivas far as Te Aute on an engine, and then trollied over the portion of the lino under water to an engine on tho other side. We had made arrangements for . iho despatch of the papers by coach, had it been found impracticable to convey them ■ by rail. A man named William O'jSTeil 1 was arrested yesterday at Porangahau, on suspicion of having stolen £278, the property of Mr James Bissett, from the hotel there. Only £25 was in cash, the amount being made up by cheques and promissory : notes. The money and securities were in a cash-box which was missed, and the constable discovered the box near the house. It wss 'stated that O'lVeil was seen to leave tho hotel with something concealed under his coat, and the footmarks leading to the box corresponded; iu size with his boots ; in consequence he was arrested yesterday, afternoon. .■ • The retriever dog belonging to the Southern Cross, which it was thought 1 had been drowned on Saturday last, has turned up pu board the Lpch,Eleet now" , lying in the bay, About dusk on Saturday those on board noticed a dog swimming round, the ship, so a boat was lowered and the dog was hauled on b.oard, none' the' •worse for Ills long swim. He, had been, five hours in a very rough sea. ..... Tho card-sharpers and others whose; implements with which they wage Avar oil' mankind were seized on -the race days' have beeu driven ,to seek charitable aid. For misbehaving himself on tho.Pakowhai racecourse, and' resisting tho police when he was arrested, Edward Mitchell was, yesterday fined 20s and .14s . copts.by Mosses Lyndon and -Kennedy, J.P.'s. / Wo remind members ol the Napier^ Working Men's ..Club. that thcjialf-ycai^y. meeting for tho election of 6ilicers/&c., takes place this evening. ' '' The monthly inspection . by Major lloutledge oE the .Artillery Volunteers-' took place last evening. . Tho {Battery was under command of Uaptain Garner: . This trip of Mr Stcelc to IN'apier with" a" dramatic company has been peculiarly unlucky, Their 'opening night was moderately fine, but every evening since the rain has come down in torrents' until last night when the Theatre was closed. The" weather seems now to have cleared up, but |Mr Steele does not intend again to" " risk the elements " before Monday, when the company will present " Our Boys." . ■.:'": Colonel Leckic, of tho Imperial service, the inspecting officer of Volunteers for the North Island, will arrive here on Saturday next. The usual annual;inspection of- tho Napier Volunteers will take place in" front of the Athencoum at 7 a.m. the same morning. It is to be hoped thoro will bo a good attendance of both companies. The wind blew ofl: shore yesterday, and this, combined with the flood-water in the : Tutaekuri, made a considerable improvement in the bar, and steam was got up in tho Southern Cross, but as tlierc was only Oft Gin of water on the bar she could not go out. The total rainfall during the last week amounted to 12 - G7 inches, of winch 4"9G, or nearly five inch.es, , foil on Saturday > ■Ou Friday I#7B1 # 78 inches were registered,

and on Saturday 1\32 inches. The average Jlor the week was 1-58-1 inches per day* There was quite a commotion in town yesterday afternoon when the Hawca was seen steaming ttp the bay, and it was found' possible to communicate/ with' her. It reminded <me of the :bld times "when a vessel -was'sde'n only4,very tkrc6 months or so. The Mincmoa, with his Excellency the Governor on board, arrived in Wellington from- Napier at eleven -o'clock On Monday morning. We .team from our Wellington exoHugcs that , heavy , floods occurred at the Hutt on Sunday. Between Hay- . ward's .-and Belmont ; groat daniago has been done', a.ver.f large extent of land Hvih.e; Been washed away. A quantity o£ drift-wood was floating in the harbor /yesterday, and the water presented a very muddy On Saturday aftcMioon : ii little M6y named Frederick . M'lntosh, £dv Of an hdtdlkeepcr at the Lower. liutt, was standing on the river bank below the bridge watching the flood, when the earth \ipori which he was ■•standing guvd way,, and he was phni'gcd into the river. Every effort was made to save him, and one of his brothers jumped in after him, at the risk .of \\{s ovyu ljiio, and was only rescued with. difficulty, but the boy Was Swept Away and drowned. Tnc following cruel imicndo is from. the l^ost. It is applicable to more papers than the one named :— The . 'Southland Times objects to hoi'se. racing,, yi a leader a few' days ago llio editor, bewailed the fact mat tile sport had been, revived at tnvercargill.. It is worthy of notice that these strictures did. not appear lintil after. tho meeting had L . taken" pld.cei.aiid tlie Tides hiUd'i'etfetVc'U ilie fuilbcnent of the advertisings * --■ - ■ ; iAn interesting discovery has recently been made at Chatham, in tEe. shape of an old Dutch, wn.r vessel, t?iic of (lie fleet -which, tiii'der- Do Kuytes, raised such a commotion in • London id the reign of Charles 11. by ascending the 'iiiver Tham,es. and for a time . almost, threatening the metropolis itself. ' This vessel, now discovered in the operations for the enlargement of Chatham Dockyard,, sank on her return voyage! Part of the guns taken from her have Been sent. to the gun factory tit Woolwich : tho others will pro-; bably Do handed over to. ike, Diitcli Government as interesting souvenirs. Luther's redding ring is on erthibiton at the jeweller Si lierr Kdrhdj-.'at TJitsseldorf^ The ring; wliicli Bears the inscription, ;' "\br , Martino Luth'eto, Ca therina von Bora, 13 June, 1525," is a work of .considerable art;. „Onit is represented the Passion of Our Lord, the cross and the. body diE Jesus forming .tile middle, sur-' rotiuded by all .the chief tools of the; carpenter's craft, a small .ruby, t sparkling' recalling the;holy blood;, . • -'■ ; The NeS> Ztatena- t)mes has been' sllowii; some specks of water-worn gold: wliicli' were found in tlie. gizzard of a . d ack ' ' purchased . by Mr ■G> •"Edmonds, Wellington, at. Messrs •! H'Lean's sale rdduis: Tlio IJird, one of three wliicli he pitrckascd,..-liad' been -brought from M'Cs'sbs Parsons and Masted' s' ! farm at Brightwater, '-Nolson. where, no dqilbf, the shiny specks found the w.ly iiltO tli.iiir strange hiding . pltlce. 'iVrc. should be niore gold Avh'erbHhese;s|)edks'canie" from. „ Tb,ey. ,say i iii. America tlijak all their liitmorists have b'eon;compositors :—Artcmus "Ward, Orpheus C. Kcrr, Nasby, Mark !PwAiit,'iTo)*li J^illiri'^,, 3sts PartjiigtoH«: \orel- H?f-K Jdo ; HiirriF.; firidgefi Smith, Si Hawkins, Charlie Willinghani, Cousin Annie Barnes, Alex. . Stephens, John T. Martini John Shivers) Henry H. Tuckcy, ; Eveii Howell, 12.. -V. Clarke -all of them have set mmion on daily papers. . Mi» U; -3. Smytke, rdprcscfht'ative of Messrs Thomas Co/ok and. Son, of Liidgato 1 Ch'cu^ Boiidohj whowAs el" p'assengei' by tho Tc Anaii, li'rtd' p-n ,iiiter ; viejv recently' with the Minister for Public Worts, iij." wliicli. lie.^pointed. pxit the, ad : vantages. lb.at miglit bo expected to accrue to New Zealand by -iw'clurliagit in Messrs Cook's round-the-world.' -tours,- as many young men iii a goodiposition'WOtild avail thpinsolyes^pf the opportunity of making a tour of the colony.- Mr Smyth, accordingly: suggested to the Minister '-that 'it might be advisablo to follow the example set by some of tho Australian Governlnbrits-- who had granted to Messrs' Cook's tourists certain facilities for travelling on the railways at rcdiiced l'dtes.