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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 114, 20 February 1872, Page 3

At the Police Court yesterday two cases of drunkenne-e one of ve.trrancy. and one of a strav h<•• se. wf re dispfM.d of in the usual manner. Dr Kiigour and Captain .Skene occupied the Bench. A call of one shilling per share has been made in the Coronet Goklmining Company. A meeting of the shareholders of the Crown Prince Gohlmiuing Company is announced for ihe t ill proximo. A call of sixpence per shave has been made in this company. The regular monthly meeting of Lolgc Waitemata will take place this evening. A meeting of the shareholders of the Cock-a-dov.d.' Goklmining Company is convened for the 23id iust.

Tenders arc required by 1 lie Provincial Government for (he lease for three years of a piece of land, containing 100 acres, and being the northern middle portion of Jlauukau Harbour Endowments. It will be seen by an advertisement in our columns that the soiree in connection with the. Tararu Church has been postponed until Thursday evening next, on account of the extreme inclemency of the weather. Me think that tlie management have acted wisely in taking this course of action.

Yesterday was the usual fortnightly meeting of the kauwacranga District, Hoard, but there was no business transacted.

The s.s. Taranaki, Captain Wheeler, left Onelumgn for Southern ports at 2 o clock on Satniday afternoon, with the following passengers : Saloon : Mr and Mrs Burgess. i\ . 11. Fleming. Messrs 11. Train, W. Paeon, J. S. Kelly, Sampson, Mrs Sampson. Mr .T. Parkland. Steerage : Messrs N. A eale. White, Dimmoek, McDonald. C. llnare, P. Croft. Kennattgh, Osliorne, Mrs Praitlwood and child, and Mrs l’onnar.

Tenders will be received until noon, tomorrow, at the Superintendent's otlice. for cutting deviations to Upper Tararu road. Specifications, kc.. may be seen at the District Kngineer's otlice. Tenders will be received at tlie Kngineer's otlice, Grahamstown, until noon on Friday, for fencing in the Poser voir.

The secretary of the Henry Drown llelief Fund begs to acknowledge llu; receipt of the following amounts : Moanataiari Tramway, I,<; Ss ; Victoria Patterv. 1,5 its (Id : Middle Star G.M.U.. Id Ms KM ; 1). S. < '/css. 12s: Mr I,owe. 15s (id ; Waitemata G.M.C., Ills. The Provincial Secretary arrived at the 'Thames yesterday afternoon, from Auckland, and. should the elements lie propitious, he. is to meet a party of gentlemen interested in the Tararu district, this morning at !> a.in.,

at the foot of Tinker's Gully, to proceed up the creek, for the purpose of seeing the new read. etc.

Several foot-races came otf at Up oni on Saturday afternoon, near the Prince Alh'Ti Hotel. The first was between Kllis and Allan, for £2O, distance 100 yar is. Kllis came in an easy winner. The next was a handicap race for Al, between twelve, four amateur runners, distance KM* yards. Palmer was the winner. A race was then made no between Palmer and .1. Sonlli, who had also taken part in the handicap, for £5. distance 100 yards. The betting was in favour of South, who won by about three yards. There was afterwards to have been a horse race. but. this did not come otf. A". /.. Hr raid.

During the last week one hundred miners were discharged from the Kawakawa coal mines in consequence of the mines being flooded. Of these, twenty-one arrived in Auckland by the Comerang on Saturday, twenty-six by the Duke of Edinburgh yesterday, and thirty left in the schooner Ariel, which will probably arrive to-day.— Ur raid.

A correspondent of the Grey [liver Argun asserts that in the Courts on the West Coast there is a ‘•frightful amount of false swearing. not to say deliberate perjury, continually being committed.'’

A meeting of the shareholders in (lie Crown Prince Goldmining Company was held on Friday nfterii ion. in the Dueensfon'y Hotel,— Mr S. Cochrane in the chair. The rules of the company were agreed to as amended. Messrs S. Cochran". Ogle. <i. S. Graham. Greenwood, Stocks, A. D. MoTavish, and Coop were elected directors. It was agreed to remove the company’s otlice to Auckland. —Hr raid.

Tm: (.H'een's Kxnr.isn. — Kiltie Frenchman : •• Monsieur, voiile/. veins m'indiquer la mile All, pardon—vero ees Kermigmongjavrlalniay —Policeman : “Ugh Frenchman : “ Kcrongninnj Ah. pardon ’ere ees (ho card."—Policeman (reads):

“Oh. 1 roimu nger-lnno ! Third turning to the left—(Sot to voce) Why didn't ycr say .so — Punch.