THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3093, 16 January 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879.

The Hon. the Native Minister interviewed the chiefs of this district at Taipari's carved house, Parawai, yesterday, and a long korero took place, chiefly on matters of purely native interest. One of these was a complaint that the County Council had not carried out its agreement with the natives by fencing the tapus on the Ohinemuri Eoad, and that the survey of the railway was going on without their consent. The County Chairman explained that want of funds had been the cause of the fencing not ■ being done. The Council having spent so much money on the road they had not funds for any thing else. They were, however, now in the possession of funds, and would fulfil their agreement. After some discussion the natives agreed to permit the railway to pass through.their land, and elected a committee to act with the County and Government in the matter. Wi are pleased to learn that the name of Mr L. Ehrenfried has been placed on the Commiwioa of the Ptacs for the Colony,

The particulars of the fatal accident published yesterday, though hastily collected, were in the main correct. The/ deceased was aged about. 40 years. The face and; chest were crushed in, but there were nc^injtfries to the lower portion|;of the body. On the arrival of the bodyiin town an inquest was,held before Br. /Kilgour/>Coroner, and a jury. Two %<t the men who saw the accident gave •evidence, and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned.

Thb mail;arrived aj^l o.'ebck this morning, a few hours behind "her due i date, theiSteamjer City of Sydney/having jhet with an Occident 460 miles from Auclcla%l^> European and American summary of in our column*this. ,»v«iing7V, -■:•■ -^ -.-r-r^" 1 </t £ : '"\Messbb G eUwn and Col^epott^wrge attendance at^t&eir sale oi| horW yesterr day, when satiifaclow, "prices Were real lised :-^plti, from £4;10s to £10! 2s od:' brqod mares, £7 15s to £9; saddle hort«< £6 10s to £7 15s*,

t A meeting cf Lodge Sir Walter Scott will be held on the evening of Wednesday next for the annual installatiofypt' officers, yhen the K.W.P.G.l4 ; ,|^.l;;swrhi}aker ikjjxpected to be pres^n\; -Jfcis prt>posißd tolKvea banquet after'the installation, Itp^i improbable it will be made a-joint affSr'b^t weeen Lodges Sir Wafter Scotf. sand the Lodge of Light. , *^ ' A correspondent sends us the particulars of a somewhat unusual ball that took place recently at East Tamaki. Our correspondent says that when he heard the particulars of it he was forcibly Struck with the: vigour and heartiness of the pntertainmfent, and he 4houghJ|tfth4 inhabitants of "other districts migtitqjjjjte i ty^now something of it. The.powers' of, endurance in the ladies and gentlemen who ;tbok. part in the ball shew what matoridSjpur settlers are made of. The ball |F^»nique in its way, and Vas given at a^'irttnfer's house in the East Tamaki district,' when' all the leading settlers were present, together, with many from the^Wairoa, the Thames, and a few from Auckland. Proceedings began about ,£ p:m. by croquet, tea at 7, after which''the ball opened, and continued, with/only interr*|V for supper and refrestfments, till/the sun shone on the dancers. Breakfast was served at 7 a.m., aw as soon at^ihe tables were cleared ; away the muflid struck up again; and .the dancers kept it it right through the r 3ay, leaving off only for dinner and tea, till "the candles'wera again in requisition. All night long the dance and song went on. Supper again wai served, ancTagain^ the candles yielded to daylight and break-/ fast stopped the dancers' feet. . A game of| croquet closed the ball, which had lasted' twq'nights and nearly two days, and many of /the ladies started off home—a; ride of 15/ miles—looking just as fresh add rosy' as when they began. Amongst the was one young gentleman whose name is not unknown on our, racecourse, wHo had sustained a galop for two * and aj half hours without a resfy to one ladyV playing, when.both dance* and musician were stopped by the rest of the company, > neither party having given in.—Herald... Sons bright newspaper man? at TaraV naki writes thusly respecting the port of Thames :" —" A recpat' visitor to the Thames informs us tnat he. has made a discovery which others appear to havex overlooked, viz., that the Thames harbor is a mud pond. Its imbecility is of the most distressing kind. Comparatively small craft have to anchor out at sea, whilst a tender; which draws abbtir as much water as a minnow woujd, crawls along in a liquid the consistency of pea soup, and has to be hauled alongside with ropes." We are glad to see it is admitted we have a harbor. We never heard of anyone who saw such an article anywhere within fifty miles of the thriving seaport of New Plymouth, and it is doubtful if any will ever be made, unless some convulsion of nature should, one of these days, transport Mount Egmont to the vicinity of the Sugar Loaves, which would make it rather lively for New Plymouth.

Undue the heading of " Shady Turf Business," the Wanganui Chronicle sajs: —" In our ' Special's' report of the second day's racing at Bull's yesterday, reference is made to a transaction which does not indicate a very high sense of honour on the part of the chief actor therein. It appears that Mr T. Bush and Mr Tane, of Wanganui, having drawn the favourite (Maritana) for the handicap in Jackson's Bweep, were not a little surprised at receiving a telegram from Mr Delamain yesterday morning, asking them not to do anything until they had seen him, and a further telegram from a friend who was acting on their behalf, stating that Mr Delamain had declared he would not run his horse unless the fortunate ticket holders agreed to give him £50 out of the money they expected to receive should the horse be declared to win. The first natural impulse was one of deep indignation, but that was succeeded by a feeling of resignation, as the only chance of getting the money. In connection with the victory of Maritana, we understand that Mr Gibson, the owner of the second horse, entered a protest yesterday against the favourite, on the grounds that the rule regarding horses', ages to be specifically stated had not been complied with. It is said that Mr Gibson proposes, if needful to appeal to a Court of law on the subject. The whole matter wants sifting."

The New Zealander draws attention to the fact that a fight took place in the public streets of Wanganni between Sergeant Donnelly and Policeman Buchanan on a Sunday, and that the policeman has been transferred to Wellington, and Sergeant Connelly remains in Wanganui. It comments on the affair as follows :— " What course of action would Commissioners Broham, Thompson, or Weldon take in an analogous case ? Would they sit simply looking on while such a scandal and disgrace to their department took place P Is there any other branch of the public service where a similar outrage on departmental decency would be condoned? Or is there, it may be permanently asked, any other portion of the colony where such an event connected with the police could hare a similar termination P"

Thb following is telegraphed to the Herald copied from a Dunedin paper :— " We should like to learn the names of the ' braves' who enticed a Chinaman hawker into their office upstairs in Government Buildings yesterday, and after assaulting him, rushed to the banister and spat upon him as he was escaping downstairs. As they may not have stayed long enough to learn the effect the bag of sawdust had which they threw at him when he arrived at the bottom of the stairs, near the entrance to the Post-office, we may inform them that it struck his shoulder, and the sawdust flew across his

face, blinding him for a time. Had the Chinaman's assailants been 'larrikins,' we 'should have lectured them, but as they were 'young gentlemen,' we hare nothing to say, except that it was great fun to see John; wiping the dust from his eyes and spittlefrODolhis clothes." V TiBBE" v waj| no business at the E^l Court this morning., ' ''• t ;These is one ohild that lias started pretty high in the world. As the captive" balloon in w Pans was mounting, to the clouds two weeks ago a young lady in the car was taken ill. A doctor/from Tarbes, who happened to be in the < car' safjr her wifely delivered of a boy before/the^ balloon reached the ground, ,when a cabjtcigk mother and child tolib'hotel. 'Wm. huiband, son of one of the -leading Manf' Chester manufacturers, f- presented doctor with ,§IOO. for his^mces.', .' <- A cobeespondent, wrtting to ope of the Dunedin papers, warm the^sporting putilic Tto be shy of putting any xjjojoey on ijfcir fancies for the approachiug race meeting, at least for awhileV/'l£e also says thai during the last six months some half-a* dozen swfodies have been perpetrated on th«ir public,'and. adds: " Tiro or, three horses are already* being put^forw^Sd RS favorites, the%wners of .which dp not intend to run thenL They, are iSihply put in the market by theAookraakers. Hoping t}ie above few remarWifijff r be the means W kdeping a too- confident publrfc from being 1 had, —I am,&c, Hawk." Inafo6|note| the editor states that tha best way for " Hawk " to carry out his prbfessed t ,ifish to save the pockets of the public would; have/beep to have named .'.the hors»> 'ftirklr alluded^., r The fact is, howeterj? that the prihcipafaftVourifi&^ret tli'e'Cui: j^e Malta, Titania, Fishhook, and Tempi©vj lon, arid instead of these horses having j been pot in the market by bookmakers]' all the horses are being heavily backed by .the public from dhoice. '' '