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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1905, 14 June 1869, Page 2

Supreme Court.—The trial «f special jury cases will be commenced to-morrow morning at ten o’clock. There is only one case on the list—Croshaw v. the .Mayor and Corporation of Port Chalmers. Hau-haus at Ahowhenua. On Saturday evening last the good folks of Temuka were thrown into a state of great alarm by a report to the oil'cet that the Maoris residing at the Arowhenu pa contemplated an attauk-.uiiatiJibft«faaataship. Wheoff by them-

it was no joke in the eyes of the denizens of Temuka at the time. We are assured that the Volunteers turned out en masse at the call of duty, and held a meeting to see Avhat was to he done in the face of so serious a crisis. Pistols, loug rusty from disuse, weie brought out and burnished for the fray. Those of the inhabitants Avho did not possess the regulation firearms as issued to Her Majesty’s forces, at once betook themselves to their kitchens, and armed themselves Avith the domestic irons, in readiness for the melee. The inhabitants valiantly guarded their houses for some hours, and towards midnight the alarm subsided, owing, no doubt, to the bold front shown by the gallant V ohmteers, who deserve our most sincere gratitude for their brave and noble conduct on the occasion. The enemy did not put in an appearance, and it is well for them ih«y did not! Our correspondent gives publicity to a few of the reports Avhich Arcre current, but he does not say how they arose. We believe Sergeant ivamsay has set matters right, for he called upon the Maoris at the pa, and requested that they would not again frighten the inhabitants of Temuka.— Timaru Herald, June 5. Value of Racing Blood.—We observe both by tbc English and Colonial papers that the racing blood, possessed iu this Province is bold iu the highest estimation at home and in Australia. At the sale of Mr Chaplin’s stud at Tattersall's, ou the 2;hid of March last, the second highest animal sold was Orphan, a filly by JSewnuoster, out of Diomedia, which brought 1,250 guineas. Diomedia is the dam of Diomedes, one of the horses sent out to this Province by Mr W. Hobinaon, and now in the possession of Mr H. lied wood. If one may judge from the appearance of the foals of this horse out of some of Air iledwood’a marcs, Diomedcs will leave a name in our turf annals. Py Hesperus, the handsome sou of Bay Aliddletonjknit of a full sister of Plenipotentiary, he has on his sire’s side that union of Selim and Orville blood which so largely pervades the pedigree of many of the best English horses, while the successes last year of Sir Joseph Hawley Avith his Beadsman stock shows the value of the Wcatherbit family, the last u imed horse being the sire of Diomedia. At a sale of thoroughbred yearlings, hchl at Mr Burt’s, in Sydney, on the 3rd instant, Teddiugton, a broAvn colt, by Aiew Warrior, out of 10, was purchased by Air Tait for 310 guineas. 10, it will be remembered, Avas bred by Air llcdwood, and is sister to Waimea, being by Sir Hercules, out of Plora ADlvor. At the same sale, two colts by y attend on, a son of Sir Hercules, sold rspcctivcly for 295 and 210 guineas, and a filly by the same horse for 175 guineas.— Nelson Examiner.

Our Military Expenditure.—The Commissioners upon the public accounts report as follows “The department in which we find the greatest delay and irregularity in accounting for money advanced, is that of Defence ; and considering that many of the payments in this department have to be mads to the forces in tee field, or scattered in distant ports, this is, perhaps, unavoid' able. For the latter reason, and especially during the time when the engagements witi military settlers for p:.y an i rations were iuibi'uc, ib was (thougii i/.al lO pay wastes V ought not to be called on to account more frequently tu'an once a (puartor. The reauh was that very qverc outstandinj as advances unaccduntt I mw. Matters han been gradually improving hA this respect o late. The outstanding advances in the hand of military pay-masters, on kite 30th Junt for the years 1806-8, were* as follows 1806, L 63.808 ; 1807, LK6,548 ; 1801 L 25,649. After consultation! with the Ho: Colonel Haultain, we were Sable to recoimend that the military paymasters, who as now reduced to five in number, should ! required to render their accoi/isote month, instead of quarterly ; aud this mfvvy he read' done without in any way wi the efficiency of the Colonial military svice, or with the arrangement of the%idefeiß , Office. We are unable to advise at jlpresf : that the military paymasters shall CTiig ' pensed with, and that the payments on m| \ tary services be made in the manner we ba' 1 proposed for the civil services, but we entitled to regard this state ef things as c- - ceptional and temporary, and may fairly ticipate that when active operations in 'l° field are at an end, and the military forcji 18 limited to the armed Constabulary, l^ e same system of payment may be adopted!- 01 ’ this as for all the other public services.” I Agents. —The public are not gq l0 * rally aware of the obligations they are uir er to an agent for any public amusement. 'i| ie y will, upon reflection, find that they h ve much to him of a similar character to is duo to a manager of a company, cajj ,aui of a ship, or a director of any public c,Menience. The agent provides for the of the patrons of the he my be manager of, watch;-, !.. > . r.bordinatcs t see that they treat civiiityand attention, and proteoteAbpi'n from announce —all of which mak.any cn^r^^i th w transactions with 1 dertakings may prove proafiSeran^^'y- ,