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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3494, 6 March 1880, Page 2

We learn that a high legal authority, present on the Thames within the present i week, gave)it as his opinion that do). Fraser will be successful in his appeal Case re the Imperial Grown mine and Big Pump site. We believe it is the intention of some citizens to ask the Mayor to call a public meeting re the railway. JHis Worship the Mayor, the County Chairman, and other gentlemen invited by Mr Firth to visit Matamata, intend to take the opportunity of seeing Ministers upon the railway and other local matters. It is said that efforts will be made to induce Minis ters to return from Matamafa by way of . the Thames, where they will be entertained at a banquet. We learn that the communion service reported to be stolen has been recovered. It had been, locked up in a box in the Church. •■■■■':'; . These; was a clean sheet at the R.M. Court this morning.

■i 'Mb Adams,-the head teacher elect for Thames High School, has had his place at the Parnell school supplied by Mr Hammond, at present second master in the Auckland College. It is now ascertained for a tact that the insurance companies have agreed to a new tariff, a much heavier one than has been ruling on the Thames for the past few months, but similar to one agreed upon by the association two years ago. - A "Whiter' in tlie"Herald'"'suggests that some steps should be taken to receive the provincial-representatives at the Kifle Association upon their return from Nelson. ' We shall be pleased at seeing the suggestion acted upon, for on the last oceasiop but a poor reception was given to the men who had w. 11 upheld our reputation and the good name of the province. We mentioned some xiays ago that it was .contemplated to form a cadet corps of the lads attending the schools in the Waiotabi'district, and an application for permission was .for warded by the Chairman to the Board in Auckland. However, at its .'meeting yesterday the request of the local committee was refused. This result seems somewhat strange, as from previous communication upon the subject the Board did not seem to disapprove of i the contemplated action, but required the j request to. come from the local committee. '.'.'.

There is a capital shew to-day of the various kiuds of seasonable fruit in the window of -Mr W. Wood's shop, in Pollen street.

The following tenders were received at Wellington for the Whangarei contract of the WhangaVei-Kamo railway :—Accepted : Pierce Lanigan, Auckland, £12.050. Declined : J Brett and Bridge, Auckland, £12,973 ; Darur and Foughey, £14 427; A. Eeese, Whangarei, £14669; Horn, Farrell and Co, Grabamstown, £14,723;. Robert Favrell, Auckland, £14,875; W. C. Breakall, Auckland, £17,126; J. S. Smith, £21,919.

Frank Fudge of the Saturday Advertiser says:—The Hon. Bichard Oliver must be an extraordinarily sanguine gentleman. His faith in the perpetual stability of the present Government is so great that he has determined to reside permanently in Wellington. The sun and moon may fall, but the Hall Ministry shall last for ever. Ah, me ! Ah, me ! I am sorry for Mr Oliver, for he is a rijjht down decent fellow at the bottom. If he had given himself time to think over the matter, he must have arrived at the conclusion that the Government of which he is a member cannot possibly last over next session, and he might have saved himself the trouble and expense of shifting his residence to Wellington. But so it ever is— The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang sift agley, • i An 1 lea'e us nought but grief and pain J For promised juy. ! The letter from the Hon. Mr Whitaker to the Waste Lands Board recommending that certain blocks of land lately acquired from the natives shou'd be thrown open under the Homestead Act was considered at the meeting, and the request complied with. It is probable that within a short time some very nice pieces ef land will be accessible to our working miners. The lands we referred to a few days ago, held by the Tairua and other Sawmill Companies, and from which the timber has been cut, will also be thrown'open, unless there are clauses in the deeds under which the said lands are held that will enable the les?ees4o retain possession of their areas during the whole term of their lease. ' • I One of the Mormon elders resident in [Auckland sends the following letter to the ! Star, which the editor has evidently | inserted verbatim ad literatim :—Sir, —All the Falsehoods circulated:by either Press or Pulpit, will not stop the '1 ruth from rolling forward and spreading on the Eight hand and the left, neither will it prevent the honest in heart from investi gating and when found embracing the I Truth, as for Mr Davies and his Challenge I will say to him and to all high and low Priest and People read thirty-eight ver.se in second Chapter of Acts* pray over it, reflect over it, and above all obey it,—respectfully yours,-John P. Sorensen (not Lorensen), Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Ma Stout's grounds for a new trial of the Timaru rioters are:— First," erroneous reception of evidenceJudge Ward baring asked a witness whether the other procession, wearing opposite colours, had ever taken place, received as an answer respecting Father Hennebery's temperance procession wearing green sashes, Mr Stout objected at the time, and argued ,that the evidence was calculated' to bi«s the jury, who might think that as that procession was not-objected-to; those ought-to be pilnisbed who obstructed the procession of the opposite party colour. The second ground was misdirection of the jury as to the value, of other, evidence. Mr Stout contended that the letter- should : have been withdrawn from the jury, as there was no evidence Jt .was received before the disturbance, or, if received, that it was not acted on. If the letter was withdrawn, there was no evidence at all against O'Driseoll.