Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1512, 19 December 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jur are in verba magistri. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1872.

At length the mail steamer Nevada has put in an appearance at Auckland, aiming at that port at "3.12 pm. " yesterday, from Honolulu—l 6 days behind contract due date. A. Press Association telegram in the Herald of this morning states that " the Nevada was detained at Honolulu awaiting the arrival of the connecting steamer. Slie left Honolulu on the 251 h November." Assuming this last statement to be correct (of which we have no doubt), the connecting steamer is not alone to blame for the mails being behind time this month, as the Nevada herself was ■Qve days longer performing her part of the service than is allowed by the terms of the contract. Of course this steamer will not come down the coast this trip, as she has to leave Auckland with the putward mails this day week. The Bay portion of the outgoing mail leaves here th,is evening bv the Star of the South j while the inward mail for this province will not arrive here, we presume, until the return of the Star in about ten days hence.

We are informed that the examination of the Napier School, conducted by Mr A. Giant, took place yesterday. The Inspector of Schools being absent tbiougb illness, the examination was conducted by Ids Honor the Superintendent and the Yevy Rev. Mr Williams. The weather was very unfa\or-. able, heavy lain falling dining the examination; but this did not prevent the attendance of the scholars to. the number of 57, who acquitted themselves In a very creditable manner,

A buggy trotting match, for .£5 $ from the Toll-gate, Tareha's jPridge, to. the Post Ollico, Port A burin, took place this morning between Mr. W. Itennett and Mv. D. Cotton,. The

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning there were two eases of threatening and abusive language— Kelly v. Baker and Kelly v. Connolly. The parties wero married women, re siding in the classic neighborhood of the Roman Catholic ChapeLShakspcareroad, and the case was one of the kind of which th&t locality furnishes so large a number, arising out of a neighbors' quarrel, .Both sides had secured the benefit of legal assistance, and the particulars—which were far from edifying—were listened to with exemplary patience by the Resident Magistrate. One of the parties, in the course of the dispute, had told the plaintiff that " there was enough brass in her forehead to make a pair of candlestick*," and this is but a mild sample of the personalities in which the parties indulged.—Both informations wero dismissed.

The rain which began heavily yesterday morning with a prospect of continuance, (teems to have quite passed over. The heat to-day has been, if anything, more excessive than before the rain. The rifle match between teams of the Napier Rifle Club and the Dunedin City Guards takes place to-morrow morning.

Mails for the United Kingdom (via Sydney) close at Auckland at noon on Monday, 23rd inst. Fortunately as regarded the success of the Bazaar yesterday, the v eather changed greatly for the better in the coui'se of the afternoon, and in the evening became quite fine. After 7 p.m. the bright and gaily decorated hall, the choice display of tempting articles, and the strains of music, attracted a large company, and a brisk business was carried on, with results no doubt, highly gratify ins; to all concerned. The day's receipts, we are informed, exceeded ,£IOO. As showing the progiess of local industries, we may note a number of courier bags, of Napier manufacture, made from the first skin tunned in the Province, which had been presented to the Bazaar. A very pretty mode! of a ship, in a neat glass case, the work, we were told, of a gentleman at Port Ahuriri, was much admired, This, we believe, is to he disposed of to-morrow night. This evening the Christmas tree is to be illuminated, and it* gifts distributed : the Napier Rifle "Volunteer Band will also be in attendance. The flags, which greatly added to the effect of the decorations, were kindly lent by Capo. Culberfc, of the ship Robert Henderson, and Capt. Bendall. We hope the Bazaar will be a great success, and are glad to see that there is every prospect that such will be the case. The New Zealand Herald has no veiy high opinion of Maori labor. In its ksue of the 10th inst. it says : "Mr Kay's sub-contract for the Mercer railway has been again sub let to Te Wherowheu. During the last week or so the Maori sub-con tractor has had re lays of natives employed on the works, but their natural instincts remain wi*h them. Afraid of work, like Joe Miller's nigger, they are not, for they will lie down close alongside of it and sleep, or, not sleeping, will play, and, when tired of playing, will give a preference to smoking, instead of turning-to again. Some of the Maori workmen appear to have a great taste for the fine arts, the sides of the :-andstone cuttings having been embellished with outline representations of horses at full gallop, ships sailing on a wind, and liguies, grotesquely done, of men and women. To do the natives no more than scant justice, it may be stated that their drawings are infinitely belter executed than their navvy work. Whether, however, this kind of thing will pay the con tractors, resolves itself into another question. Should the other portions of the line proceed in the same ratio of speed, the completion of the Mercer railway must be looked forward to in a future generation. In the New South Wales Assembly, a motion of Sir James Mai tin's, affirming the desirability of retaining a permanent defence force in the Colony, has been negatived., The Melbourne Herald threaten*proceeding* against the provincial papers far pirating their English telegrams*