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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1768, 2 September 1874, Page 2

Tia Wiltshire' feat has come to a termination,.says the Otago GJ-uardian.,. It;, will jbei; remembered that Mrs. Wiltshire Succumbed•■' a few days ago j but Mr. Wiltshire still felt confident that ha ,would be able to perform his task. According to rumour, however,, everything has not.been, going very smoothly' 'within the marquee of lajfce.; The' result, *P* parontly, was, that Mr. Wiltshire also desisted yesterday afterßbonj for the marf uaa Was :in utter darkness last night. It will be seen' from our law reports that both Mr. Wiltshire and his sgont yesterday figured as defendants in the Kesidenfc Magistrate's Court, at the /suit pf some.of their creditora.' We are ininformed that the services of the police have' been frequently sought of late for the purpose of quelling little disturbances which have broken out within tha ptecintß of the marquee. '

The Wariganui Herald ■ iiotices, with; a car tain amount of reticence, a disgraceful row ■which took place one night last week in the house of Mr. Blake, oaddler, Wanganui. The Journalist says that the offender •was " a person, who professes respect ability in the day- time.? Of cpurne those who are acquainted with Wanganui hare no difficulty in identifying this person, whose conduct not long ago wa* much canvaased, without) however, apparently teaching him circumspection. The paragraph goes on to say that this person found his way into the bedroom, where Mrs. Blake was lying, asleep. Blake coming into tha bedroom at the time (about 12 o'clock) closed with the man, and a scuffle ensued. Screams ware heard next door, at Atkinson's hotel, where the Oddfellows were' holding their banquet, and several men rushpd to the scene, vbpro they'found Blake holding the midnight marauder' down on tha floor by the ears. Blake and his wife appeared to (bo indignant, and intended laying an information, but it is stated to-day that he has receiyed from,third parties the sum o! £30 and & promise to be,set up in business, if ,ho will say no more about it. B.lake, it is said,; is satisfied with utu. - /-<,,- ■