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Thames Star, Issue 3342, 8 September 1879, Page 2

The Rev. Thomas Buddie will give a lecture this evening in the Wesleyan Church, Shortland, on New Zealand— past, present, , and future. Such a subject, in the hands of tho Her. Mr Buddie should be highly interesting, for few possess a greater knowledge of old New Zealand than the lecturer, and by the light of such experience, the future may be sketched very faithfully.

Ova old friend. J. E. Mjiedorwilrt still shows" ah intorest in athletic pastimes, for we find him accepting the presidency of tho Auckland Athletic Club. H'i3 Honor is notaliove talcing a bat or trying a spin of 100 yards with tho youngest'of the .tsanv and we may have him figuring at Parawai yet, in a team of cricketers from the City. We wore shewn to-day by Mr Paul 1 of Owou street, aomo of tho finest specimens of uiottlrd kauri timber we have seen for some time. One of the pieces which was worked into a chest of drawers was particularly remarkable, the mottling closaly resembling a beautifully shaded feather. It is said that Mr Itobert Graham was attacked by Mr O'Eorke in his nomination speech. We are surprised that good-natured Maurice should take to such tactics, for his seat was quite sure iv Onehunga, which ho has represented for years. The show- of hands wasi for O'Eorke 80, and Graham 5. Mr E. W. Puckey returned from tho native meeting oa Saturday, and left this morning for Paeroa. The negotiations have so far been successful, and probably the end will show the wisdom of the course adopted by the Native Miaister, and carried out by Messrs Puckey and Wilkinson* Native Agents. By the ship's papers of the barque Kildonan, -which arrived in Auckland yesterday, we noticed 40 cases of drapery consigned to our well-known townsman Mr James Marshall. A eemahkabliE case was tried at Norroanby lately. H. H. Jackell, a member of the A.O. Force, was charged with horse-stealing. It appears that he had been drinking at Normanby on last Sunday week, and about eight o'clock he went to tho hotel stables and took out a horse with, saddle and bridle on it, belonging to Mr W. Eiddiford. He then rode to Waihi, and told the sentry that the Ministry wore out, and that he had got a telegram from Mr Ormond to proceed at once to Parihaka and capture Hiroki, at the same time asking him for the loan "ot a £1. He then rode off, but passing the redoubt at the Waingongoro Bridge he was challenged, but to pa»s this he made use of his inventive faculties, and concocted a story to the sergeant in ,charge, ,to the following effect :— Col. Roberts orders double your sentries, keep air men under arms, tell Sergeant Strachan at Livingstone's house to take possession of the bridge. When asked if he had any writing to that effect he «aid no, orders were verbal, and that he had at once to go on to Opunake. It was a frightful night, raining and hailing all through, but the Constabulary turned out to the supposed orders, aad were marching about all night, and. up to next day, when on order came from Waihi, and not until then did they find out that it was a shameful hoax. The man was captured at Opunake about three o'clock oil Monday morning on a charge of horsestealiug. He was discharged on the grounds that there was not sufficient evidence to prove felony. We believe ho is to,be court-martialled on a charge of desertion and giving false alarms.