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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2001, 3 June 1875, Page 2

The only case at the Resident Magistrate's Court; this morning; was a case of drunkenness. -;■:•-^rri- ?:;;•; .■;-. -:■-—.-:■..:'■■ Is common with many persons we are led to enquire why Mr Inspector Thomp■on should have been chosen to!" assist" Major Keddell in pfosecutingathe enquiry into the alleged illegaMssu%of miners' rights at Ohinemuri, in preference to calling in the aid of the locajflpolice establishment. Mr-Thompsonf-we know, is a smart officer, but his duties hare hitherto 'been *coriflried?to carrying" out the provisions of the Arms Act. With-, out disparaging Mr Thompsonv we" think Mr | Sub-Inspector Bullen - Would have. been the proper officer'to -be employed in the service or Major EeddelL^ .' * ■■ r;' A chimney on. fire 1 A small matter for onlookers, but serious for the owner of the chimney. There-was a great blaze in a chimney on the Earaka la3t ; night-—we are not going to be more particular—but it was soon put out-by a fireman and some volunteers. 'In connection with fires in chimnies it has often occurred to us that;a ; great injustice is done by the operation of the Act. - Thusly :. If. a chimney takes fire and results in.burning down a house, the occupant most likely escapes prosecuiion and gets his insurance. If a man is unfortunate enough'to .ir|a chimney and puts it out without ftny damage c or alarm to his neighbor.he is most likely fined in the sum of 20s and costs. Is'itfair ?; • - The five hundred logs, Jbrought down to the booms of the Shortland Saw Mill Company will, we are" informed, keep the j mill going for 'two months, and moreover these logs are expected ■to produce over half a million feet of timber for local use or for exportation; of a value approaching £4,000. Before this stock is exhausted other freshes may be expected to bring down large quantities of logs.

We understand that Mr Tunny, Government Analyst, will shortly pay a visit to the Thames professionally, when samples of milk and other necessaries of life will be submitted to him for examination. Our milkmen,-.therefore, had better bo on their guard, a$ if too much Hape CreekbrKauaeranga water be found in their mixtures unpleasant consequences may follow; We have been told that some of our local milk-sellers are under the.impression that' they can evade the provisions of the Adulteration Act by the plea that they retail two qualities of milk —one the pure article at so much per quart, and the other a mixture of milk and water at so much. "We can't say positively, but we fancy the plea would be bad. "A mixture of chicory and coffee may h& very nice, but the milk is an article which people would prefer '' reducing" themselves.

These *is an impression abroad, shared by a few members of the House, that the 30th of the present month, the day to which Parliament was last prorogued, is the day on which it is absolutely to meet at Wellington. In answer to several enquiries on the subject, we-may say that will not meet on that day. The prorogation takes place from times to time, and no doubt before the end of the month we shall hear of another prorogation to some date in July, when the magic words intimating that the Assembly will meet "for the dispatch of business" will form the concluding; part of;theproclamation. Unless these words appear in the proclamation the prorgation fixing the date is merely. formal. When they do appear the meeting ,of the legislature is a certainty. At present beyond the Cabinet circles, if, indeed, even within them, the day of meeting is as yet unknown.—Cross. ... .;...-....

: .Among the vanbus articles 'i brought from the-Nor them territory'-by the Claud Hamilton (s.), which arrived here on Tuesday evening last (says the Newcastle Chronicle), was one which is seldom s«en, and when once seen never to beiforgotten. While the above vessel was in the Roper' River, one of the officers was presented with a*n alligator's egg. The officer laid it in his bunk, thinking that thai, of course, wbuld .bejthe;best place for it, to prevent its -being broken; and having occasion to go to his bunk upon arriving in Newcastle, to his great astonishment -beheld, a live alligator, which had evidently just escaped from the shell, the warmth of the bed having, no doubt, hatched the reptile. Last night it was still alive and doing well. Some of our Newcastle Barnums will, doubtless, af ail themselves of this extra-ordinary-contribution to natural hi story;