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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3218, 12 June 1879, Page 2

Hfs WSrsliiji the; Mayor received last night* tHeL following; telegram from Sir George Grey:—t'-The- Governor states that it: will not ,h ; e in, his ;p,ow,er jto date,*. mitie whether he, can visit jthe £Kamef on the present occasion until hehas' reached Auckland, 'and atscejrtainedrwhat business it is necessary for .him to transact there. You .had■:>;b'e'ttericommttnidatelwith' him directly you hear he has arrived in Auck-land;Y:/.!;•]■-;r>i .v/A't^J^i")!/*} ,7ii')[T By a private letter from Auckland we learii ckse .[of ■ -Sergeani^major ; Cleary, who died 1 from^the effects of a wound Received, at ;the rifle butts, Jias been brought; 'urider'Mi^She»han's fn6tice, and ; will probably form the subject of a claim ! by the" widow next session m Tarliame'rit. Mb Eobert Graham has applied for

jleav;o to, appeal, to the , Supreme., Cojirt ; against the decision of tlie Magistrate in i tUe" ; KaiprU;a,cjiße.".,. >,' ff j. <„>'.,[•■■/ .Vk-.X';.'/! S " Miss fiochfort,' a daughter of Singlefam r Rdchfort.'wa^ inkrried yesteipday in An'ok? i land 1 to'Lieut. Home of H.M.S: Sandal' 1 ; ■ . , f ";.'•■■ 1 r .r1 In"*'^t j The motto on the; triumphal ftrch at ; foot of Queen street, Auckland, in honor lof the, Gpyernor'B; visit,; lis^'f^To Hit ! Excellency the Gprernor—Health/ and I Happiness/,; As the party! comes l?y the ; West Goast thei v Onehunga >! Borough I Council will; hate the, honor of welcoming iour -new 'Governor .to the; Auckland I district, and intend to present an addrfess to him upon his arriyai.. . "'■ ■" ;!(i * M^ !o!Eobke, E!q.,-l£.H,R.,,the probahle Speaker of the House of Kepresenitativesvileft yesterdayjfortoDnnedin to attend to his duties a» Chairman of the Commission on JHieher Education; 5 -

I A r named Wm..,Boyle, who,-was i found,guilty of hatingstolen a watch/and 'chain from the'steward of the "n.s. Wel- ! lington ; was yesterday sentenced to six \ months, imprisonment at ,the Onehunga ! Police Court. .-■■' : '■■■ ■■>■'.>••.:■. :.v.\; ■-.; .ii '■■;;■-! ■,--■:! i it \ (We'i,lijn Qtois telegram, inforfts, us | tha| it is stated in well informecl'circJeS ithat^any increase in thq land which (may be proposed next session w;in.,not i afFeot properties under fifteen hundred in j valuev and in regard tp'wbich the present ; rate.'of. one half-penny in the pouud will t be maintained.

j \ The^.^ock; of larid. near Taiiraiiga, | tnown;;|as^Te^Puke, lan.d.iaboiiif, wiicK | ing; 'to;"preTent^peip^ ! gazetted ai ; waste lands,, o? the Crownw iThe area i5'25,972 ac?;es,,;^ :\ (; , „,-„•,. '- y - o it

Miss Jessie Kaymond, a very old Thames favorite, takes a benefit at the Theatre Eoyal on Friday- night; It is under the patronage of the Mayor and Councillors, Major Murray^ add others. We shall be pleased to see a good .house, and trust thatlth'e! gentlemen under whose patronage the benefit' is given will take some interest in seeing a good attendance worked up. , „ „ ... , ? - f •.■ ?■ ,, j■; %- { -f \ |THEBE;Wa3 a plean sheet afc the 3sM[* Court this' morning.

I BVihtoN?s:!bakery'! md! dining rooms in i Queen .street took fire last night through •ari exposed gas jet/ butthe fire rwa's ex- t I tinguisheff'; before much flaibage ;wis! idonW" 1;' w'V '■*■<:',r-:'r^r l . 1!R I -.Dueik& the late Maori meeting a ! storekeeper who has a license> to.sell arms^ isold several double^barrelled gnnsi to -iti* inatives aud;ammunition, tho. hciefnse being I duly signed by a J;P. One J.P. was I asked to sign a- license, and he refused to Ido sot' However, they'so!on ;|;c»t anotheip,' ' I was told that seven Iguntivere^old^iy one Veek; Jand;tKdso,T'6icyygun's^OTejßeei£' ' afterwards among the King natiTes at the t meeting,' and possibly they may be now at f! Taranaki. The Act says arms,^mußt I nbtbe jSpjd to, /rebel natives, j natives rebel who resist the Queen's writ, 1 and shelter,and protect murderers.-rrStar ; Correspondent^

The monthly inspection of the Brigade * N»ill Ktake ••■ ipla'ceUthisi evening, when the District Belt will be placed on the Bhoulders of. the winner/at the recent competition—Seaman Armstrong. After the inspection we hear, a meeting of the Finance Oommjttee of.the Corps -will be held fdr the purpose' of' taking 'into* consideration the alteration of the rig of the Company's gun-boat. This.vessel has dpne, good service in ,mapy ways, and when 'required for ah'errand of mercy a willing crew has beenl always obtained. The proposed alteration will make her aseaboat, and, as one of her officers informs U3, "Go anywhere,' 1 besides greatly increasing her speed. At the Napier Circuit Court which opened yesterday, Michael Boy lan, of Gisborne, for' breach of Arms Act in selling a gun to a Maori named Tuka, who held a license that was taken out for one James Brodie, was found guilty ; but the jury added that he acted under the belief that the license issued really was for Tuka to whom the gun was sold. The point as to whether that did not !, amount to a verdict of " not guilty " was reserved fqr the Court of Appeal,, and the prisoner was released on bail. ;

As will be seen in our "mining tiews, the effects of the stoppage of the Big Pump has begun to make itself fell so much that a portion of the workiugs of the Old Golden Calf mine are flooded. We hope that the fact of a mine working on payable I gold being stopped by the water will have the effect of causing something to bo 1 done that will lead to the resumption of pumping operations.

Faosi letters received by the last mail from Master Harry Murray, who went Home by the Famenoth, Auld), wo learn that a splendid passage was experienced, and no less than 100 vessels were sighted during the run. The Captain and officers of a Swedish, ship i dined on board the Faniehpth at sea, the weather at times being very fine.'Harry further gives his impressions of life in London, remarking upon the peculiar cries uttered by the dealers and coster-, mongers, when offering their goods for 'sale.,.- ■;,' ■ ■ -'.: ■ , ; ,;, ••'-.'■ : ;

Ojjb telegrams of yesterday statedjthat nn application had been made to tho Court at Napier in. the matter 1 of McLennan; charged with the Imurdorlof his wife, to change the veuve. Tho Judge said upon this subject—-" That ivlien so atrocious a crime was supposed to have beeu. committed strong public feeling vv'lß bure to arise ; at the saino timo, it might not ailect a jury. In England a postpono-

ment was generally found.to meet the case. To change the venue would be to cast reflection on the whole community."

Tiie operations of the railway contractors in the Piako bill are endangering the safety of the houses built on the hill side. The ground is of a nature that once broken, landslips are bound to occur and the authorities should see that the pro* porty of the residents of the hill is not jeopardised.