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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1596, 24 July 1874, Page 298

Mr Isaacs has been elected Mayor of Auckland. ' A man named William Wright, ft carter, has been brutally murdered in a house of ill-fame in Auckland. He was set upon by two seamen, recently belonging to the barque Rooparell, kicked, and jumped upon, and «o injured that he died in hospital the next morning. The men are in custody on a charge of wilful murder. The character of the house where the affair took place is notorious; it is tenanted by native women, and is understood to belong to a " respectable " citizen. The Superintendent of the Province of Westland recently stated that the effect of the Licensing Act of 1875, by which the power of granting licences had been taken out of his hands and given to Commissioners, had been to reduce the number of houses so greatly that the revenue from this source had fallen off to the extent of £I,OOO. He anticipates that last years' legislation will result in the establishment of a better class of houses throughout the Province. The political apathy of the Auckland people is severely criticized by the Thames Advertiser: It says that " the mob of Auckland—a disreputable mass of rowdyism of which New York would be ashamed—appear to be the only persons in that city who take much interest or part in things political."

The Kennedys "have returned to-Wel-lington for a short farewell season. is causing great distj:&js in Canada. | f -^^.-a. The Auckland Sash and Door*Company | have declared adiyiwmd of. 10 jpjr cent. .. The Wanganui Resident Magistrate has decided that billiard rooms connected with hotels may be kept open all night. '■, The whole of the immigrants to Wellington per Waikato, have found satis-" factory employment. ...:>/'' , The' heaviest snow-storm known in Christchurch for many years, occurred on Monday night last. A heavy thunderstorm occurred at Hokitika, on the 17th July. A house belonging to Mr James Scott was struck by lightning, which set the building on fire. * •;,.,: Meetingshave been held in Christchurch, to protest against the erection, of a college in the Domain, with the view of influencing the Upper House to reject the Bill, Mi'J. S. Macfarlane, Auckland, has en tered an action for damages of £I,OOO, against Harris, jun., for alleged malicious prosecution. , > ~,,>..,' - -.<;' ; ; The prospectus of the Wellington Cooperative Cattle-dealing and Butchering Company (Limited), has been published, capital, £5,000; in shares of £1 each No member to hold more thaniifty sharesOn Saturday evening, 18th July, the wife of the Town Clerk of W*Btport committed suicide.by plunging into the river. She had been drinking for some days previously. News from Japan states that eighteen Japanese, shipwrecked on the Corean coast, were beheaded " because they were Japauese." A book has been published by a priest, on Christianity, of so blasphemous a character that it defeats its own object. A fire destroyed 1358 houses in the town of Hamatnatsyn. Several men and women were burned to death. The Viceroy of India has telegraphed that the reports relative to growing crops are favorable. A special telegram to the Times says the Government continue to furnish assistance to 3,500,000 natives. There can be no crops in until December, and the Government admits that some people may die before assistance reaches them. Dr. dimming in his recent work " From Patmos to Paradise" finds his favorite number the mark of the beast in the composition of the (Ecumenical Council, thus :—Number of fathers in favor of the dogma, 533 ; number in favor of modihVa, tiou, 62 ; number neither for nor against 70 ; the Pope, in favor of, I—total, 666. Fathers against, 88.. Our Tauranga correspondent telegraphs, under date 21st July :—" A boat has arrived from Tairua saw-mill, bringing Gersoti and an old hand named Henry Hawkins, who has been seriously injured by a tree falling across his back. The same boat brings also a man named Walter Birch, who has received a deep and severe cut in the thigh with an axe. Both men are under medical treatment." A Melbourne telegram dated 10th July, says:—The Rifle Association has telegraphed to England to ascertain what inducement there would be for a team of 20 to visit England. New Zealand will be asked to join. Mr M'.Lean, Native Minister, sat in the Assembly on the 7th instant. Gardiner, the bushranger, was recognized on board the Californian mail steamer in "Sydney on the 4th July. Two thousand five hundred immigrants have arrived in Canterbury during the past three months. The Government have provided barracks, and the Road Boards have erected cottages in various parts of the province. The-Road Boards are employing a large number of immigrants, and arrangements have just been completed between the Government and the City Council for employing a large number in forming outlying streets and belts of the City of Christchurch. Captain Cleland, an old Wellington Settler, was killed oil Saturday, 18th July, by falling from his.horse, which had shied at a passing coach: The deceased gentleman, when on the ground, was kicked by the horse in the chest and jaw, causing instantaneous death. An inquest was held on the .body, and a verdict returned of " Accidental death," with a rider exonerating the driver of the coach from all blame. The funeral took place off Tuesday, with military honors. The Foxton correspondent of the Tribune writes :—I had the pleasure of telegraphing last Friday, that the Bank of | New Zealand.had opened a branch estab lishmunt hfire—probably to the surprise of most people—however hangs hereto a tale. The Bank of' New Zealand selected a site for a branch about a mohth ago, intending I believe to await the erection of the building before coming here, but an old commercial resident felt moved to have a Bank at once, and the upshot of his endeavors was the complete demolishing of his once comfortable front parlor last Monday into an office, for the immediate occuption of a rival Bank, when to his discomfiture and also of the manager of the said Bank there appeared upon the ground oil Friday morning, Mr Russell and Mr Hill representing the Bank of New Zealand, who took possession with a table and two chairs, of a vacant house, and affixed a notice that this was the "Bank of New Zealand," and that they were ready to commence business—(Our old commercial resident's front parlor will not be ready for a few days). This little race has been a source of much amusement in the township, owing to the secrecy of each of the contending parties, and certainly scores one to the Bank of New Zealand.—A company is being floated here to erect a Public Hall, in sixty shares at £5 each. This is one of the many things we much need, as there is no place at present, where any amusement can be held—it is further considered by the promoters to-be a speculation that will return a good interest.—The, ketches Sarah and Mary and the Mary Ellen, have cleared from the wharf timber laden.