THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3098, 22 January 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1879.

The Mayor of the Borough interviewed the Hon. J. Sheehan when he was here some days ago on a number of subjects. One was the disadvantage under which the Borough labored in having to make ror.is and other improvements in parts of the Borough where the land, mostly held by Natives, cannot be taxed. Mr Sheehan admitted the justice of the Borough's claim to aome consideration on this account, and said he would see what could be done. The representations then made have borne some fruit. The Mayor saw Mr Sheehan yesterday and again today, and the result is that the Borough is to receive £500 for road purposes, &c. A reminder regarding the vote for an Old Men's Eefuge has been successful in getting the £400 promised some time ago, and that vexed question may be con' sidered as settled. The Hon. Mr Sheehan has also promised that he will see that a Judge is immediately appointed under the Harbor Act of last session— the delay in which interferes with the handing over of the foreshore to the Harbour Board. The provision made by the Act is that the Governor in Council may appoint a Judge of the Supreme Court to ascertain (before the issue of the grant to the Harbor Board) the just claims and rights of aboriginal natives under the Treaty of Waitangi which had not been satisfied or discharged; and the contracts promises and engagements made by the Superintendent of Auckland, and by any person acting on his behalf, affecting the land proposed to be granted. Such Judge is to determine all questions of fact as well as of law; and is to hear such evidence as may be procurable, whether the same be strictly legal evidence or not. He is also to give such judgments and make such orders upon such conditions as ho may deem fit, every such judgment or order to have the full force and effect which a judgment or order of the Supreme Court has in ordinary cases. It will be seen from this that as soon as the Judge has disposed of the business indicated, there will be no cause for delay in handing over the foreshore to the Harbor Board, who will then have a valuable endorsement to offer tor an overdraft instead of having to get another local body to " back " their* acceptance. Another thing we are gled to learn is that the question of the railway terminus — about which some representations have been made lately against its being placed at the Goods Wharf —is settli d. Tenders for building a station at the Goods Wharf ar» to be called for forthwith. There

can scarcely be a question this site is the proper one for a present terminus. It is the point of arrival and departure of most of. the shipping, and will be so for years, and it should therefore be the terminus of the railway.lin3 from the interior.