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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1829, 12 November 1874, Page 2

Gents' clothes cleaned, dyed and pressed. Gents 1 lifcht suits cleaned, ss. N.B-—ln future all goods and orders will only be received at the Thames Dyeing Establishmeat, Kollenton-streot, Shortland.

Business at the EM. Court this morning was nil.

Thb Binvugh Council will hold <its fortnightly meeting this ev< niu£, when tho report of the Committee nppoinfed re the reduction of Borough expenses will be discussed, aa will other matters of interest.

Alili (ho rigli., fillo nnd interest of George Rogers in 'and to the licensed holding STo. 66, known as the Bullion claim, Tapu, were sold by auction to-dny at noon by Mr. James Craig, under warrant of diitresr from the Resident Magistrate's Court at the suit of Cramp! on v. Rogers. Tho interest was knocked down for £5 Is to a gentleman who as a former shareholder in the ground reaped substantial benefit from the claim.

The members of tho Waiotahi District. Board met last evening in Grrahamstown, tLcro being present the Chairman, Mr. Rowe, and Messrs Brodie, Hill, Porter and Coutts. A letter having been read from Mr. McLaren, Dietrict Engineer, stating that tho Superintendent had written to hire regarding the advisability of abolishing tho Tararu Board and including the district within the control of that Board in the District of Waiotahi, it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Brodie to recommend the amalgamation of the two districts. This was the only business of importance transacted.

Five applications have been made for new licenses, which will be heard at the Licensing Court (o be held on the first Tuesday in December at Sbortlsnd. Of these five licenses two nre for houses iv the Hauraki District, ■nd three in the Thames District. The names and particulars are now affixed to the Court House doors, as required by the Act. ,

The dulness of the times does not appear to hare much effect upon the building trade, as there is more work going on at present th*n for a long time before. Between new buildings, additions and alterations to existing buildings, the carpentei'B and joiners arc kept busy. It would appear that money ia plentiful nnd confidence in the future as strong as ever.

It will te seen tbat the G-olden Crown sleairer bus relumed to port, having sprung a leak after leaving the Bay of Islands. If it be correct that one of the conditions of purchase insisted upon by the Crown's new owners was delivery in Sydney by the 20th instant it is just possible that this unfortunate accident may vitiate the agreement. We should rrgret this for the company's sake, but if it were to be the means of bringing the Crown back to her original work, it would be a matter for congratulation.

On Thursday morning last (saye the Napiev Telegraph of the 27th ultimo), one of Mr. Purvis Russell's shepherds found a woman lying in the wool-shed. Ho at once went and told his wife, and she went to the shed and took tho woman into her house; and after giving her some refreshment, began to question her as to who and what sbewasT" and where she was going. The woman carried a bundle, and, on being asked what it contained, gave an evasivn reply. This excited suspicion on the shepherd's part, and he sent for the police, who on arrival, got the following particulars (it's the old story — heartless cruelty on the part of a man — of misplaced confidence on the woman's part, accompanied by sin and misery, and ending with a coroner's inquest). She was a Scandinavian, and had been at service in several places, during which time she became acquainted with a man who,' hy a proroisa to marry her, seduced her, and af erwards refused to, fulfil his promise, and she was going to her friends in the bush to be confined. She got to Waipukurau on Wednesday, intending to go on by coach ; but, before the coach arrived, her labor came on and she went iato a plantation and laid down. She then became unconscious, during which time the child was born. On recovering herselF, she found the child dead and cold; she then tied it up in a towel and went int3 the woolshed where she was found as above stated. She further states that she intended taking the baby to the bush and to tell Mr.Erieburg all about it, and seek his advice. However her plans were frustrated. .An inquest was held on Friday in the woolabed on the body of the child, when after hearing her story and the medical evidence, a |verdi«t of " Died from exposure " was returned. An effort will be made to make the father bear the expenses; meantime the public at Waipukuraa have raised a little money for the relief of the woman.

At a recent banquet held at the Government House, Hobarton, nmong the silver plate displayed was an heirloom, owned by his Excellency, in the shape of a fino silver cup which bore the following quaint inscription : —" Griven by order of the court for the Hospital of Bridewell and Bethlem, London, to Benjamin Dv Cane, Esq., as a memorial of their thanks for kis great care and pains in building of Wew Bethleni and Bridewell, and likewise for hia faithful discharge of the office of treasurer of both houses, 27th April, 1667."

At a meeting of miners and storekeepers held at the Palmer digging.?, and preeided over by Bishop Quinn, the following resolutions were passed, saya the Cooktown Courier :— "1. That owinj; to the condition of the Palmer Goldfield, the large numbers continuing to arrive fromi the south, and the danger of famine during the rainy season, this raeetißg, comprising representatives—storekeepers as well as miners—from sill tho priucipal camps, deem ib a duty to publish the following statement of facts:—2. That there is no alluvial ground on the Palmer diggings at 1 present except what has been already worked. 3. That the majority of diggers on such ground are not earning wages—many are barely making rations, aud a considerable number not even ao much. 4. That quartz reefs are not and cannot be worked sa as to afford lucrative employment until machinery is on the ground. 5. That at the present pric of provisions ilie mere necessaries of life cart' not be procured under one ounce of gold rer week. 6. That the present prices ot rations at the principal camps par Ib—flour, 33; sugar, 3s 6d ; tea, 7s; salt, 2a 6d ; jara, 3s 6d ; potatoes, 4s; rice, 3s 6d ; Blutcher boot?, which cost 5s in Sydney or Brisbane, from 30s to 355. 7. That the supplies being forwarded from Cooktown and Townsville are unequal to the present wants of the population now on the field. 8. That large numbers are leaving through fear of famine during the rainy reason."

The Intelligent Vagrant says :—ln some paper or another it is mentioned tha^ Mr. T. B. Gillies ib about to purchase the G-over-nor'a yatch 131anche, and make an extensive cruise among ths South Sea Islands in her. I btlicvo Mr. T. B. G^lies i 3 not unknown in Otago, but I write of him as regards Auckland, and I believe the fervent, effectual prayer of most men there will btf that lie may stay cruising in the Pacific for the rest of his life. Because, should ho do so, his mode x>f regarding every public subject merely as v matter concerning hie personal dislike to Mr. YogeJ, conncfc make much difference to New

Zealand. Maybo Mr. Q-illios is gping aw;? Sn disgust at liis non-appreciation by the Colony. It' so, ho hna e xcellent reasons for departure.