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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1749, 11 August 1874, Page 2

We are in receipt of No. 7 New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, and the Annual Report of Government Annuities Commissioner.

CoMPAKiONs'of the Abbotsford R.A. Chapter are culled by advertisement to meet at 7 o'clock sharp.' The businsss is the nomina tion of officers for the Mark Excellent Royal Arch degree»j therefore all are invited to be present.

Wb learn that the conservative old Maori Chief Te Hira, accompanied by the faithful t quire who shot at % pakeha some time ago, dined with A. J. Allom, Esq., yesterday evening, at the l»tter'« reside! cc. According to Maori custom .the guests were, provided with a kit and; carried away with them tha remnants of the fea»t. :

Some time ago we heard a great deal of a slander case "■ Burrows v. Morrison," which was ultimately settled by defendant apologising and otherwise eating humble pie of an expensive character.' The following is the apology as published in the B»y of Plenty Timea;—" Dear Sir, —I wish to offur you my most unreserved ■ apology for uttering the slanders charged against me in this action. I greatly regret having spoken them, as they were wholly without foundation. You are at liberty to give such publicity as you may think fit to this apology and retraction. Any expenses so incurred I will gladly pay. \ send you the £50 ngreed to be accepted in lieu of damages, and I will arrange with your solicitors for the payment of all iheir costs. Thanking you for the leniency shown me, I am, dear sir, yours truly, Ja». ; T. Moniion. Mr. A. W. "Burrows, Tauranga." f

•Some very nice specimens, showing gold freely, wore taken out of the viso in tho Watchman mine yesterday, and are to be seen at Mr. MacDonnell's office. Tho slono ie very promising and is improving in quality as the work progresses.. iThis three Borough Councillors who polled tho least number.-of votes at tho first election. of the Council retirji next month, and an election will be held to" fill the vacancies thus Tile Councillors who refciro are Messrs Anthony, Kilgour and Kenuan. The nomination ot candidates will take place some time this month. Wo believo the retiring Councillors wili offer themselves for reelection j no Other'candidates are spoken ©f at presents

A lively scene was enacted on the footpath in "Pollen-street, Shoriland, yesterday, the draumtis pereonse bei'g a Maori and his wahina', \ a- wrll-kriown grocer, and one or two sfcriet boysr The cause of (ho fracas we were unable to ascertain, but the effect on the Mi<ori was very evident, who lost a considerable amount of whiskers besides roceiring sundry bruises with a large sfone at the hand of his faithful, spouse;. The matter vrotuid up by the grocer (near whoso premises the tc«ne was being acted) probably alarmed for the safety of hi« window p^nes, collaring the Maori and'binding him in the roadway, and getting well abused in his turn for not taking the contrary part in assisting to thrash the wpmani'who, her husband- said, was a bad wotoah'and'deserved it, admittm? :nfc the same time his own inability to "give it to her " unassisted.

The M.P.C. for Tauranga, Captain Mom«, recently mat his constituents. After £ivi#g an account of his stewardship, Captain Moms vtm asked by Mr. B. M; Edgccunibe, J.l* 5 '''what *stops, if any, had been taken towards commencing the reads to the Tha"> es and Waikato, and also if any arrangement hud been made for regular mail communication between Tauranga and Thames by way of Katikati. As regards first part of Mr. Edgecumbe'e question, Captain; Morris believed that Mere Kuru genorally became dyspeptic when roads were mentioned; the feelings of a lady of her rank must be,, considered. This was a Native Office affair, and the convenience of a community frequently had to give way to the exigencies of the Department. Mr. Edeecumbe might depend that the Superintendent would not forget the road. As regards second part of'-question, application had been made for oubsidy pending" communication"'by steam with Katikati, which he hoped would be successful." *• .

W'• AsJU-HvwaxJGf" /writes us (Tribune) •— Tom and Jerry go out on what is regularly termed " the running fuddle." They stop at the first; public and call for drinks. "Here, old man, just put your name on this petition, and support'the liberties of the poor man, and enable him to get his beer on Sundayß." They put their names down, go into another "pub," call for more drink, and are sg«in itrited to sign, the petition* "Oh ! we fcave filready signed} it at the, last place] we werein;";^ h Ola man,-isi{^iifc agairi hei'e. Thel'more flume's the better, or if you don't like to put your name put some others, anything ijriU do, bo that w« fill up the lists. W.e must putal stop to these cursed teeto ailers somehow." And co o.? "ad lib." I should advise the Temperance party, in the event-,'bf' the co-called petition being presented, to employ a couple of sharp sorutinee'-i to find out how many people have signed the precious document more than 6nce.4 \ 7 ; .: ' ".. • '