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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3758, 13 January 1881, Page 2

A borbebt was committed on New Year's Day on the premises of a tinsmith named Teasdale living in the . Karaka Greek. Teasdale and his wife went out to the races at i Tararu, and while there their house was entered, and a sum of £23 iv notes was taken itom under the mattress, where it had been placed for safety; The police have been instituting diligent enquiries, bub have not as lyetßiicceeded in obtaining any olue to the Ip'erpetrator of the Ihefb. . .' fe ; fcMiii-'ii«ied: Mouse, who was being ■ treatect for siire 1 hands in the Hospital, left theiiinstitution on Sunday last, and has not siri'ce,been heard of. . He wasseen to go in the direction of Block 27 (where he lived), but although'enquiries have been set on foot he ha,s not yet been heard bf.

Mbsshss Porter and Sandes, who were delegated to interview capitalists in Auckland, with & view to induce them to take up shares in the proposed buttgry; company at Te Arolm have returned to.the Thames, and state that the project is not very*favourably entertained by the Auckland investors, whose attention is at present, taken tip with the favourable outlook of the Tiki claim at Goromandel. We are surprised that such is the case, ras the Te Aroha goldfield promises to be a payable and permanent field. • ■

We are pleased to learn that the Thames will bo represented at, the Auckland Regatta ou the 29th. Mr Potts, the indefatigable secretary of the Naval Brigade has made the arrangements. We hope the '.I names crew will do honor to the district in aquatic sports, and that they will be as successful in the rowing contests as they have proved Ifchems elves good shots.

As a proof of the high notions which some people will always entertain about the rate of wages in the colony and so forth, we may« mention that one young girl who was offered 10s a,week and her board, as an untrained domestic servant, elected rather to take her chance in Auckland than accept such a low rate, and others refused very advantageous terms from highly respectable families at Katikati and elsewhere on the plei'a that it was too far from town. ■„"..'.

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor, the County Chairman, the Town Clerk, and Councillor Carpenter, /waited on Ministers yesterday at the Supreme Court, Auckland, to urge upon them the necessity for the completion of the railway\as t f&f as Kopu. The Ministers received' the deputation with their customary courtesy,^n^prt)imßed they-would lay the matter before the -Minister of. Public Works or the Premier, who was temporarily acting for Mr Oliver^ if the deputation! would f»efc forth their requirements in writing. The Mayor referred to the great necessity for the work, and the County Chairman to tha bad condition '0f,.. Jibe G-oods Wharf and the inability v ;flJ|pthe Harbour Board to re-cbrißtruct -itj^ thinking it. an arguments in favour of Kopu being forced ahead. The County Chairman also asked the Ministers w,hat was to be done in^regard to the Komata &oaet difficulty now that the Native Minister had resigned. The Attorney-Greneial jsaid that time was necessary to discus's the situation before asking such a question. After some slight further discussion, the deputation withdrew.

The Waikato Times of a late date records the following singular incident:—" Whoever before heard of hatching bees in a trousers' pocket? And yet that is what l-eally happened yesterday. Mr Dey, of the firm of Dey and French, Hamilton East, opened one of his Langstroth hives and removed two queen-bee cells for the purpose of preventing further swarming. He put the cells in hia pocket, and about an hour afterwards, wishing to show them fco a friend, put in his hand to draw them out, when he felt^ne of their majesties crawling up his wrist. She was shown to us shortly afterwards and appeared to be in a fine healthy condition. This unexpected result of Mr Dey's experiment shows that- bees can be easily prevented from ewarjxiing, and queens supplied to hives without a sovereign, provided the frame hives are used. The ' Lfingstroth' hives used by M.v Day are supplied by Mr Hopkins, of the Thames, for whom. Messrs. Dey and French are aganta."

Me T. Q-. Sandes, surveyor and engineer for the Piako County, is at present on a viaifc to the Thames. Many of the older residents will remember Mr Saudes, and be pleased to to see him again. There were very few mines on the Thames that were nob well known to Mr Sandea, who, while a writer on the Guardian, was looked upon as a good authority upon mining matters. Mr SaDdes intemis visiting some of the mines before leaving for Te Aroha. .

• An individual whose occupation in life is by no means remotely? connected with that of coocooting formented beverages, and never occupied the Civic chair, is well known to bo averse to shouting except when he is shamed into it. The other day' he asked three men who were standing outside a "pub "," what they would have to drink ?"— & most interesting question. They all entered the house with the exception of one, who was detained outside the door on business with a friend. The individual referred to paid for four drinks in the hotel, in case the detained gentleman should • return, and,after doing bo left. The next day our friends met. •'Did you have )our drink?" said he of the distillery. "No," s:iid his friend, " I could not find time to go back, but ifc doesn't matter." Our decocting friend on hearing this returned to the "pub," and jubilantly pocketed the ,§d, which we trust he will put into the po,Qr-box after its miraculous recoyery.

From ft private telegram from Coromandel we learn that the prospects in the Tiki district are very bright, and many old hands have returned to court the fickle smiles of Fortune.

Anotheb action for libel is, to be brought against the Evening- Stab. This time by Mr Wood, the enterprising tobacconist of Shortlancl, who has all the necessaries for a "good smoke" on hand. Mr Wood has always advertised ia the Evening- Stab ! Almanac, and this time his notification was j inadvertently left oufe, hence the cause of action. . . < A well known poliliciau, not resembling the one spoken of by the Negro phrenologist, informs us that despite the reaolut on of ihe 'Jouiuy Council promising to auPParawai in becoming amalgamated with the Borough, several of the County employees who never do any honest work, but loaf an existence on the public, have been oarrying p. counter-petition round Parawai and getting signatures to it. Tha resolution was.asgood tno'e to throw the Ptirawai people off their guard, but we ■ scarcely think it will succeed.

In another column Mr <H. GHllett, of the Exchange Hotel, Parnell, anr>6unces a consultation (unlimited) on the Duaedia Gup. Mr Thomas Lawless is the Thames agent.

The charming operetta Robin Hood is in course of rehearsal by the St. George's choir, and will shortly be presented to the public. .

Last evening the quiet neighbourhood of Hewton was the scene: ; of bloodshed. A. Fletcher, who for some' time past has been the fcoci'Of of the neighbourhood, was the in: dividual who suffered punishment;. Prom report it appears that the tfkrfor had been engaged to do a certain job, and was paid beforehand. On the man, who him, asking '•, if thei affair was finished, A. Fletcher tried his uau&l habit of bouncing, and endeavored to frighten his employer by offering to fight. Trie terror for the first time had found his match,' and soon discovered that he had made a mistake, for hia antagonist, with cries of ,". I'll send the hangman out of the country," ■- &0., pummelled his head so scßfirely^ that the hangmivn dropped on the ground, his face covered with blood, and, like Ancient Pistol of yore, was compelled to eat the leek. It is to be regretted lihe police", do not, take the matter in hand, and put a otop to the scenes which are sometimes" witnessed in' thut neighborhood;- Respecfeble females, on this account, are prevented from venturing out of doors for fear of being insulted, and until something is done for the preservation of the public peace these outrageous scenes will continue.—Star.

f We have pleasure in acknowledging a quantity of fine apricots from Mr Pearce, of Hape Creek. The fruit, for'flavor and richness, surpasses anything we have seen^ for a long time.

LavsES of "fine old cognac" will '(observes the Ballarat Star) find little comfort in the declaration made by Mr Henry Stevenson in his lecture, that the ingrediento of the spirit named are sugar from beet, vegetable naptha, and sweet spirits of nitre.

A tehb*ic storm of hailstones took place a few day a ago in Ashley County, in the South leland. The Btones, which averaged an inch and a half each in length, broke everything fragile in the way. Nearly every pane of glass in Mr Thomas' bouße^at Hayland station was b,roken, a number * of ewes were killed, and also a number of turkeys, and the oatß in a two hundred acre paddock wera cufc off at the root. So distinctly? marked was the edge of the storm that the w.heat in the next paddock was untouched, while a ehed on one side was battered in by the hailstones.

General Haskeli, of the Salvation Army, entertained a large crowd on a ' St. Louis street, comer the other day. He told them that he was formerly a circus man and a good card-player. He said that over in Bast St. Louis the Army had a camp, where they fed the hungry. He didn't care who came— if he was right out of the penitentiary and was hungry, he should have something to eat. Ifc wsiß no use talking religion to a hungry man. First fill his stomach. You could never convert, a hungry man. There had never been an instance ef it on earth. Of the different political parties, he said that there were good men in each party, good men in the Democratic party as well hs in the Republican. More than that, there were good men who were editors, and in Casey county, la., G-eqrge W. Ashton, editor of the Clarion, had been converted to God, the first instance in the history of Christianity.