PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1661, 27 April 1874, Page 2

PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.

AUCKLAND.

Auckland, This day. Armed: Taranaki, s^s. Sailed : Wellington, s.s. , In the Supreme Court the case against Messrs. Brogden for wages of workmen employed by sub-contractors was determined in favor of Brogden. The Chief Justice held that a contractor is only liable for the debts of a, sub-contractor.to the amount of money due by him to the sub-contractor. When aUjmoney due has been paid to a sub-contractor the liability of the contractor ceases. Workmen must look to their actual employer for wages. s ■•«■ . ; A rule nisi was granted calling en the Evening Star to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the proprietors for certain remarks on Captain Eraser, Resident Magistrate of the Thames. Rule returnable on -Monday. The Judge proceeds South on Wednesday. ■ - The funeral of the Eev. Father Norris was one of the most imposing ceremonies of the kind ever seen in Auckland, full gorgeous ritual of the Romish Church being. employed on the occasion. The body of deceased having been'brought* into town late on Friday night, soon after midnight, it, was laid in St. Patrick's Cathedral. At 2 o'clock yesterday morning a solemn requiem of high mass was celebrated by the Rer. Father Lonergan (the pastor who succeeded Father Morris at the Thames), Rev. Celebrant (Father Fynes), assisted by immediate companions and class ■ fellows of deceased,' namely, Father O'Reilly; Deacon; Father Golden, Sub-Deacon ;; and: Father Walter McDonald, Master of Ceremonies, lifter high mass a solemn absolution was pronounced by Father Lonergan, assisted by other members of the clergy, at'the'catafalque. The Golden Crown ancT Enterprise brought up nearly 200 mourners from the Thames. These comprised representatives from nearly every corporate body—political, religious and social—on the goldfields. There was evidence of a wide-spread regret Jbeing |elt at the lamented father's decease. At two p.m. the members of the Hibernian Societies of the Thames and Auckland met at St. Patrick's Hall, having been invested with regalia orders. They walked in procession to the Cathedral*; and at three o'clock the funeral service of the Church was performed by Father Fynes, .assisted by other clergymen present. Father Fynes delivered an impressive address, and referred in: affectionate terms to the past career of Father Norris. The church was crowded to excess, a large number being unable to gain admittance. Among 'those present!^ we're His Honor the Superintendent, Mr Sheehan, "member of the Provincial Executive, Warden Fraser,; and several leading gentleman of the Thames and Auckland, an evidence of the respect in which the deceased was held. When arrived at the church the procession was swollen to an enormous length. Mourners could be counted by thousands. Father Fynes completed the service at the cburch and grave. When the body was lowered to its last resting-place visible signs of emotion were general among the vast assemblage. This morning the leading representatives from the Thames were hospitably entertained at the Presbytery in Wyndham-streiet previous to their departure in the Crown. The resident Fathers thanked the visitors for the solicitude for, their pastorV fate, conveyed in their attendance at the funeral. ? '