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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 577, 14 May 1868, Page 2

TukA .W'ilOKACn iTWA'rC WEBI.—Tho schooner Saucy Lass as will he seen bycur shipping report, had to bring up for shelter in Wr.ngawehi during her last totit:e from Auckland to this port. Tho ohnoner dropped anchor in eight fathoms of water, Happy Jack’s light bearing south. jThis anchorage, we arc informed bv comj potent authority, is considered the best in die bay. as, farther to the westward, there is a rooky bottom and bad holding ground. Wo understand that Mr Greening, nllmt “ Happy Jack,” keeps a light burning in his window every night the wind is from the southward, without any remuneration i whatever, unless indeed masters of vessels | calling there choose to give him anythin'', j.rtmly vessels are taxed enough in this jColony, what with light dues, port dues, pte., to enable our government, if not to !erect a light-house on the Fast Coast, at heart to remunerate a poor man for the oil die burns in the service of the shipping of tin- Colony. With the exception of this solitary light which Happy Jack so kindly keeps burning in his window, there is not a single light or beacon all along the dangerous coast from Auckland to Wellington j—a distance of about 500 miles. To strangers—aye, and even to those well acquainted with tho roadstead at Wangawohi—Happy Jack’s light has been of great service on more than one occasion ; and Iwe trust something will bo done to remujnerate him for what he has expended in (the public interest.

The Artesian W tle. — The persevering energy of Sir Garry under accumulated difficulties is worthy of all praise. After much dispiriting and fatiguing labor he has succeeded"in overcoming the obstruction of 'he broken shell, and penetrated through the cud of the tube into the underlying I strata. On Tuesday afternoon we were | witnesses to a decided flow of water oyer ithetopofthe tribe on the removal of the ireds which had been employed in boring I out. t lie broken shell, and afterwards saw a ,jclearing instrument forced some ten feet | below the end of the tube. It was confidently expected that the water would fob f low on the return of this apparatus—but i“there’s tiie rub.” It is found to be so i racked as to ofler more difficulty in getting at back than was experienced in forcing it ; clown ; and on tire occasion of our visit to ft he works last evening it was slid in process of extraction. We hope and expect /.that the difficulty will be overcome this jday, and that such persevering efforts will ,'be rewarded with abundant success. [1 Great Waxwors; Exhibition. — As ,\ will bo seen by advertisement, a great wax- : I work exhibition may be expected to arrive -;iu Ivnpior by the next trip of the ‘Ahuriri’ jfrom Auckland. The press of the northern y capital speak highly of the exhibition ; and r their arrival here is looked forward to with some interest. Departure. — His Honor Mr Justice Johnston left for Wellington in the n. S ‘ Lord Ashley ’ on Monday last.