THAMES, [From our own Correspondent.]

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 350, 13 March 1889, Page 2

THAMES, [From our own Correspondent.]

Thames. Situntay. Thtc usual sitting of the Warden'sCourt was held on Thursday last beforeH. W, Northcrort^Esq.. Wanlon, whenapplications were dealt with as follows r H. Chnppell, Imperial, Karnmrahake,. adjourned 21 <«t inst j- W. S. Styak, Occidental, Uns, granted * G. Walker v water-iaoe and machine site, Upper Tar.iru, granted; Joseph Fraser, machinesite, Te Mata, granted ; Win. Barrett,, occupation license near Karahgahake,. referred to the Min'ng Inspector ; Tho«. H. Russell, protection for the Britannia licensed holding, Waihi, granted for f.mr months upen the application- »>f Mr .1. A. Mi'ler, who stated that tiie uronnd had been purchased by Mr Russell, with a view of amalgamating it with theWaihi G.M. CoYs mine j Alex. Unthank, Thos, Donnelly, and John. Donnelly, residence site*, referred to theMining Inspector. Plaints for forfeiturefor non-working which had been laid by the Mining Inspector were dealt with as follows t — J- E. Banks,. Moonlight, Moanatairi Creek, withdrawn, as work has been started j- C. E. McDonald, Ruapuke, Marototo, forfeited ; H. S. Meyers, A. Anderson, and Thos, Me Donough, Silver Qu?en, Marototo, adjourned until next Court day. The remainder of the business was of an unimportant nature. The Royr\l Humane Society of Australasia, have awarded George Bullen,. son of Constable B"ullen, of the Thames, a bro-nze medal in appreciation of his humane exertions in saving- the life of a lad named Gordon Lamb at Shorthand some time ago, under circumstances already detailed in the Arora and> OHisEMURr News. The County Council recently applied to the Minister of Mines for a grant of £2,000 towards renewing the water-raoe-with 30-inch mains. The Hon G, Fl Richardson has replied stating that the matter will be i submitted for consideration by the Government, but he point* out that there is no power to grant the request without a special vote of Pkrlia^ment. He also adds r "It may not be out of place for me to express my opinion that though the County now seem desirous of prudently administering: their revenue, it must be borne in mind that had the receipts from the sales ot water been set asi le as they should have been, there would now have been amplefunds available for the renewal of the race."

Thames,. Monday. An interesting: case was decided in the■R.M. Court on Saturday. Solomon Reid,, of Auckland, sued Merenmmi Konui, a> native, for £20 for breach of an- agreement,. b«- the latter refusing to transfer to plaintiff a land scrip valued at £3tf, which hehad agreed to sell Reid for £15, and upon, which a deposit of £5 had been paid. The defence was that false representations hud been made ta induce Mereu.ana to-■sio-n a document agreeing to dispose of" his scrip for £15, Mr North croft, how ,ever, held that the existence of fraud had not been proved, and gave judgment forthe amount claimed, with costs £0 6s, A meeting of Justices of the Peace af~ the Thames distiict was held on Saturday' to consider the matter of memorialisingGovernment in respect to the prevention and reprebsion of juvenile offences. Thei «i .were present : Me^s rs Noithcroft, Lawlni-,, Haselden, Yon Rntter, Tizard, ard Dr, Kilgour. After a discussion lasting about^ three hours it was resolved to m ike n<v recommendation regarding Bible, reading-