The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1666, 2 May 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1874.

It be assumed that, after the article appeared in last night's Star," the proprietors of that :journal erer coat^mplatid an' apblogy with the view to a; settlemefit of the libel action instituted, against .them by .Qaptain Fraser. That b«ing so ■it is difficult to und^jjltAnd;how 'Mr. Bidhmond could have written as he did, because on the strength of what he wrote to hia partner, Hr. H*»k«th,; the friendi of Captain Fraser proceeded 1 to act. There har? '"^ftar^bwa j mistaken committed — onp by Bw^oni. in^ conveying the impression that the defendants in the * action would offer an apology; the other by the friends of Captain Fraser in die* tating terms before they were required, anitbeic|wrmittinff .what they had done to transpire. It-was, but natural that the a^ uJ»kW!il»fic*N?lJ§ come. out,strong on, ssuchyproirpoation- ; Reprehensible a;s the articles,iWere, out of, which the libel action ; haa^^risen, if ( the writer,. and .publishers wera prepared to accept their ii;?«il>onaibility and defend their action tp "the endithe proceedings already initiated were the only meana to meet them; and' Captain Fraser may thank Mr Eichmond 1 S#M#lf Wl^i# an^SMI In^srfe j» false position. They are now exposed to the taunt thai Ma termV: for idttiiement eminat« from the-.-.complainant'3 side, /and defendants on their part ; now dictate terms. We thought at|.th;e t> j time; ,that; ithel meeting xwas a :inistak«;;

b\*t the publication of the proceeding s"wa»^l ?lm!uc rE ligre lilter • and tlk consequence, ji&sithajfo tha,; Auckland. SMr has assumed a tone of bounce which will, we belwve,Completely temoye all chantje of settlement except in the Supreme ,irtO|srs ( |ifewill apt ibo fra*;tQ tbeilcnife between the Thames people and the Auckland iEvenirig Star; for, in talcing up Captain Fraaer's case, the Thames people were only vindicating themselves <>om a ~wHoTe"«ale rchargo of being either specimen stenlersoi 1 sympathiser^. Not one of the

gentlemen present at the meeting .the ;''oth*r night, but uud»rstood tliat definite overture* for a termination of the libel lotion had been received from the defenifiuiti biMiheir iolicitors. It was not stated t^nj words, but the impression, existed, or ■:;/s)#' aejion of those gentleman > would have >*il!ißaed :'a; different direction—Which it s^fiV feftJw t»lte the more willirgly .because St<iri:t*Bd the ; childishihreat implied in

Pv &• follow^u^. passage yr- . ,;r ; >t „ „, We, iMM^oitaaware tbat it was not of his own,option that he [Fraser] entered on this aetioo; but that he wa's impelled to it by of persons whose names we haftf,larid #hd from the manner in whioh w« have spoiled their games, hare vowed that they will crush the Star.

;i Tbi»pf^e»h. insult and threat we can I iwdeMtand to be veryjannoying to 'those ;. whoO iatjendcd the meeting the other . night, ;|^utwe; question if one of them Jajw^i"' rap;;;trlietto^,!the' Siajc-lia^ their names or notj^i-and ;as . ibr. fc ; ">their

gamei," which are* said to have been spoilt, 6 j,|fiM%<*;ppiit^^f(Wenc^^p:;the osdcupit-

tioni of a. number of gentlemen reprfe■•nting 1 nearly every proiemion and busi. .iieii oil the Tnamei, it is simply a pcjr-

rersion of the truth, because their garnet .are. going on as iwimmingly as ev«r! One #brd on the tone assumed by , &afeft>T344wrti«(Brg. , 'P-'fee;. A;dy;erti«ier'» remarks this morning simply amount tola justificatiou of the Auckland Star in j)f-lib%iliiiß the community; and [a former article on Captain: Fraser are more

injurious than the blHckguardigin of the ' "Star. THe Thames Advertiser must no oloagetftinxjMTiae. Ib will hare to declare sil<'foF*^n«i5 il<'foF*^n«i' r«iiSsß; >-<(>r^ iiUe^pthje^''^- We* axe .^i aayone';. caa be to the i.'<-j*riecutionof ne wipaper proprietors) for

play; its leader write^as heaped insult after\ insult upon the people 'of the Thames, and if the Advertiser goes milch further in justifying such a course, it will find,, when too late, that it has made *a bigjpr mistake than the friends'of Cuptain Frnser made the other night.

, We learn that Mr Maberly, who has been appointed teacher, will as Vume the charge of the Shellback school on Monday next.

■Woe are in,receipt of Provincial Q-overmeiit GazetteßNoß. f lland 12, published on Wednesday and Thursday lasfe • They contain reports ■by-the Provincial Surgeon for the year 1873 ; notice of reentry on the ground' of the Batik of New Zealand, Company's mino ; no;ifiCfttion of the election of William Davies, Esq , to be Mayor of the Thames Borough; resignation by William Davies of his sent at Waiotahi District Bdard^' also of John Wilsosi and appointment "of Willium Eowe as Chairman jof ,th_e .Board: ; and George Thorn ,-and Alfred Butler to be members ; boundaries of; the Waiotahiand Tararußoardß«r» nltere'3 , : list of perijdhs licensed to fkill gaihe is issued^ and other announcements possessing no' public interest of a" local' tendency. ]

Thb Government have, we believe, called •for tenders for Jbuilding tour: steam hmncjieaj for the vie of the harbor and health departments of Dunedin, Lylfelton, Wellington' and Auckland. No intimation of tenders being required, has been given .at the Thames, 1 although we have in our midst foun-riss capable of undertaking much more extensive,' work*. ' We have heard that tenders might possibly be sent from the Thames, i. but the .parties disposed to tender; have no inforoiation beyond what they may hear secondhand/ thej not seeing the newspapers in whicli tenders "are inviied? A saving to the *&overmnsnt would be effected by making all worksi bif thift naiufe ipiiblic in jtbe district of Thames, where there exists more than one establishment capable of turning out work equal to any foundry in the colony, either in ■point ofrtyle, in workmanship, or the extend :pf the We may mentionrthat^ih* 'time for^receiying tender* for building J|hs steam launches has beea extended till tha 21st initantj so that intending tenderers jtfill have time to obtain the liccessiry information for theif'guidance in tendering. ' The "following characteristic paragraph' appears in Thursday's Auckland Star:—The following particulars of a most Bhameful case -are furnished by a correspondent on whose testimony we pUce the greatest reliance ;~ " Sir,—Some time "ago a lady, the wife, of a :well kpowrt ' 'gentUman'frol {this ;city, wen tfto the South to spend a few weeks,[leaving a young girl her maidservant; to keep Hodge during her absence* The man taking advantage .of the -inexperience of the poor: girl deliberately seducedjher;' ITh'ere is 'riot a redeeming feature, in? the cage. The girl was previously 'Well: conducted and It would have been bad enough in a single man, but in my idea it was a most heinoue thing for a married man .with a family to do. I will tend'you. his name, |o publish; if-ypu thiug such a course .advisable^rr-I: amf &ci, HxJMANiTAS."; :CVVe should have very grea|t pleasure in publishing the name, but if we did so we suppose we should be persecuted as criminals. Thus it is, that the law while severe beyond the utn^osfc demands;of justice in dealing with a journalist, allows a double--i dyed scoundrel to escape, justice, and even shields him from being arranged at the-bar of public opinion.] |