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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 133, 13 March 1872, Page 2

A largely attended practice for Ihe approaching concert iu aid of the funds for seating the St. George's school-room was held last night. A programme was drawn up, consisting of two parts. The first part will consist of sacred selections, and the second part of songs and glees, the whole of which will be sung by the members of St. George's Choir. At the rolice-Court yesterday, one individual was dealt with in the usual manner for being drunk.—A young man named Henry Moberley, was sentenced to two months' hard-labour for stealing 31 meat hooks and some other tilings, of the total value of ,C2, from the shop of Mr Rountree, Grahamstowu. —The assault cases of Heron v. Lambert, and Lambert v. Heron wore further adjourned until Thursday. An application for the transfer of the license for the Imperial Hotel, I’ollen-strcct, from 11. E. Morrow to Thomas Raysou, was grauted. An application for a mining lease for the King’s Hill Goldmining Company has been withdrawn. In the same Gazette the amended boundaries of the Newcastle Highway District arc published. A certain dog having been killed here lately in this town, the owner has had him buried, and got a nice headboard made for the grave, which bears the following inscription : —“lu memory of * Saucho,’ killed by savage curs, Feb. 22nd, 1872. Here lie the remains of my faithful little friend, whose fidelity and love were without human selfishness or hypocrisy. These virtues, so rare iu man, I found in my poor dumb pet, and pliice this tablet as a record of my loss.’’ The Auckland District Court has grauted an order to wind up the Ladybird and Hand-of-Friendship Goldmining Company, in virtue of the Act. The amount claimed was it 36 10s.

The Meteorological observations for February : —Mean barometer, 30’18in. ; maximum temperature, 133® ; minimum temperature, 62° : dew point, Gs° ; daily velocity of wind, 133*3 miles : total wind iu month, 1),4!17 miles. Rainfall, 087 inches.—Newton Observatory, March 11, 1372. There will be a sitting of the Warden’s Court this morning. The following adjourned cases arc set down for hearing:—Middle Star G.M.C. v. Star of the Thames G.M.C.; J. Regan v. E. Quinn and Others.

By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that all the right, title, and interest belonging to the Brighton G.M.C. on the Waiotahi Creek, including Battery all complete, workman’s tools, firewood, See., will be offered for sale by Mr 8. Joues at his auction mart, Auckland, on Friday next, at 11 o'clock.

The Supreme Court will open to-morrow iu Banco, and on Thursday iu Bankruptcy, before his Honor the Chief Justice. There is a large amount of business. Saturday’s Provincial Gazette notifies that a number of native laud claims will be investigated at Ohincmutu, Rotorua, on the lltli instant and following days, and at Oruanui. Taupo, on the 28th iust., and following days.

Mr E. Constable lias just completed sending away GO.) bales of flax for America. 1 believe Mr Walker is the person to whom it is consigned, nud there arc seventy tons more nearly ready. This shows well for this district. Mr Constable’s steam engine at .Stony Cieck lias been in full working order for some mouths past, and it is needless to say is the means of keeping a great number of bauds at work. I don’t know what quantity of the raw material is put through daily, bid it is something great.— llvraUl Waiuku correspondent.

The J). ti. Cross says, *• It is reported that arrangements arc being made preparatory to starting a newspaper in the Waikato district.

Mr Christopher Grccmvay and Mr S. Jones hare been nominated to till the vacancy in the City Couueil. The poll is to take place on Wednesday, the 20th instant, at the Mechanics’ Institute. It will open at 8 a.m., and close at 4 p.m, — Cross. 1 We regret to learn, says the Xac York Eeening Post. that Mr E. V. Coring, who rowed stroke in the Harvard University Four, when they rowed the Oxford.on the Thames, 18GD, was killed in a recent attack by Indians upon a stage coach in Arizona. All shares in the Ballarat and Rising Sun Gold Mining Company, on which overdue calls arc uot paid by the 15th inst., will be advertised for forfeiture. A similar notice of forfeiture appears with regard to shares in Nolan’s Candlelight No. I Gold Mining Company, the date in this instance being tb« 21st inst.— Herald,

Yesterday’s Herald says :—Sir J. C. Firth is deserving of thanks for his public spirit in having undertaken and successfully carried out the task of depositing the Canterbury trout in the Waitoa and Piako rivers. It appears that some 36 fish were liberated iu these waters, and that the natives have promised not to molest them for five years. During that period they will, doubtless, have increased to a large extent, although we much fear that the immense numbers of cels which exist in these rivers will do much to hurt the spread of these delicious fish. Eels are notably fond of the spawn of trout and salmon, and these pioneers of our future stock of “ speckled beau ties ” will have upstream work before the ‘‘contemplative man’s recreation ” has become an established fact in the rivers of the North Island.