Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1239, 3 February 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1872.

In the Resident Magistrate's Gonrt yesterday afternoon, Mrs. J. Charles was sued for debt by one of the creditors of her late husband's estate. As it was shown that SQine £ime after Mr Charles'*, death she had executed a deed of assignment to a trustee, and handed oyer the whole of the property, the claimant was non-suited, with cosrs.—Theie were no cases this morning,

A private telegram from Wellington announces the arrival yesterday of the shjp ,Celo3no from London. This vessel has brought out a number of assisted immigrants and qther passengers for JJapier.,

After an existence of close upon half a-century, it has been decided to close 'ihe Mechanics' Institute in Hobart •Town. "Want of public support" is fihe reason assignee' for this step.

The following paragraph, 3yhich we |ind in the Auckland Evening Star, of the 30th pit., \yill be of s'pme interest £0 our Volunteers'. Qur contemporary ways :—jf« We understand that Majqr Oordon has )°dg?d a protest against those volunteers Avhq passed the ordeal pi the trial firing at ; the Thames, on ? the ground that by the regulations the fifing should have been completed in one aay, whereas at the Thames it occupied several; and indeed one man had ja, whole clay to himself. Slipijid the grounds of protest he held valid, the fesnlt will probably be that the whole ajfair throughout the colony will ha\r ip be commenced de novo."

This raorniug, the steamer papier tapk off 250 bales of wool to the barque Glenhuntly, which vessel has npw on board 1,966 bales and 76 quarter-bales wool.

An alteration appears in the s.s. Rangatira's advertisement this evening. Sne is now announced to steam for Wellington on Wednesday next, ?tlj inst., returning to this port on Saturday, 10th inst. We hear upon reliable authority that the s.s. Albion will not, this trip, visit Napier. Large importations of grare seed from Poverty Bay have taken place during the past few weeks. We are glad to hear that the excellent Band of the Napier Rifle Volunteers intend to give an open ah performance #ery shortly— probably on the afternoon of Saturday next. .On the 27th January, a rifle match ■beiween eight Englishmen, eight Irishmen, and eight Scotchmen, commenced at the Butts, Mount Eden, Auckland. Lt would b,e finished on the 3rd instant (this day.)

From the Thames Guardian we learn that the Flagship Goldmining Company have had their late manager, Mr Ooilett, arrested on three separate charges of embezzlement.