THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3825, 1 April 1881, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1881.

Should ever the .action of the Government in dealing with the natives of the West Coast come to be questioned, it cannot be said that every consideration had not been shown them both by Royal Commissioners and the Ministers of the Crown. In a late telegram we are informed that Sir W. Pox had an interview with Titokowaru, and explained to that, at one time, turbulent chief, the arrangements with iespect to the land and native reserves intended to be carried out by the Government. Mr Bryce would have taken another course in dealing with Te Whiti and his followers, no doubt considering that sufficient time had been allowed the natives to understand the Government proposals, and that the time had arrived for the vindication of the law. This course the Government could scarcely have countenanced, for their policy has been to succeed by peaceable means, although prepared, if too much opposition was shown, to call in the aid of armed men.

I The Hauraki Engineers are called together jfor parade with carbines.and side arms. . At the Diorama of the American war some ivery valuable prizes are to be given away {to-night. A piano, worth £40 is the :principal gift, and one hundred and sixty others of less value will also be given away. ! Messrs Gt-eliion end Co. will hold a sale at !Mr Baker's'yard, Pollen street. : The new steamer'for the Thames Steam ! Navigation Company will be launched toI morrow and christened the Patiki—the ! Maori name for the sole, [a flatfish. Captain ; Edward Moore, formerly of the Vivid, and ; one of the most popular of the river skippers, ; will-take command. Messrs Price will perform the ceremony "of christening. The native game season commenced last night at 12 o'clock, and closes on the 12th July. Ducks are plentiful, A cobbespondbnt from Paeroa complains of the remissness of the telegraph department in forwerding tolegi-ams for Mackaytown and Paeroa. He mentions tha|a telegram handed in r\ Auckland at 9.22 on Monday morning only reached Mackaytown on Thursday morning. The Te Aroha left Grahamstown at 3 o'clock on Monday, and by her mail the telegram should have been forwarded. Considerable inconvenience and loss was occasioned by the delay to the individual concoined. It is.report~i that Spofforfch, Bonnor, and Murdcoh intend to settle permanently in Melbourne when the Australian Eleven is disbanded. This w:U be a loss to New South Wales cricket.: A teeegkbam from "Auckland Bays:—There is considerable dissatisfaction here at the non working of claims below the 400-feet Big -Pump level, Lhe opinion being that the money is wasted so long as no prospecting is being done. The rich patch of golden stone obtained in the Success mine, Court House Creek, Coro^ mandel, was crushed yeaterday, and melted into, an ingot weighing 25ozs 7dwta gold. The Wairoa rifles have elected Mr Ehrenfried a honorary life member of the company. A meeting- of the Justices of the Peace for this district was held at the Court housa this afternoon for the purpose of revising the jury list of the district. One gentletnau was very much annoyed at the false statement made in the Advertiser this morning re the hour of meeting, and considered an unwarrantable liberty had been taken by that paper. ■ It is probable that a case of some conseauence will be heard before Mr Kenrick at Paeroa next week; The case arises out of a broach of agreement, and the defendant is to be sued for £50. Ifc appears a paddock was let to a person for the purpose of growing a crop of potatoes, but when the crop was ready for digging, the disputa arose, and the person feels himself injured by not being allowed to take the potatoes from the ground. We understand that an action for defamation of character h likely to be laid against a well-known resident in connection with the recent fracsi at the door of the Theatre Royal. •■•■". : In a case which came before the Warden this morning, the fact was brought oat that a . person had not- complied with the law in giving notice of registration. This, the Warden said, was a breach of the regulations, and while not sufficient to carry with it the penalty of forfeiture, was yet a grave offence, and one that he would always punish with a fine. It was unfair to the public for men to peg out ground, and by not registering, mislead others who, finding the ground from the register not tpken up, might be put to expense and inconvenience by the hon compliance of the first peggers out with the regulations. Lieut. Dotro-iiAS, has been gazetted captain of the Thames Rifle Eangers. The resignation of Captain JFarrell of the same corps has been accepted. A teibgbam from Auckland snya :—A visitor who has just retuiaed from the Kawau says Sir Oteoege Grey 19 in :srat-rate health, and will probably come up t3 town in ten days. The programme of his intended political tour is not yet filled up, but he will address his constituents at the Thames, and also deliver speeches in the leading cantres of the Colony. An address will probably bs de" livered in Auckland as well as at the ■Thames.