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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3962, 9 September 1881, Page 2

The question of voting a «urn of money for assisting and encouraging prospecting on goldfields was brought before the House by Mr. Reid,, the member for Hokitika. Mr Kolleston, in his reply to Mr lieid, said the Government intended in the Supplementary Estimates to make proposals of a different character, instead of granting sums of money as rewards for. new discoveries or aids in prospecting the present goldminiug districts. He did not think that the expenditure of money in the direction indicated would be so advantageous to the interests of the goldmining districts as expenditure in subsidies to open up tracks, and in otherwise assisting the development of the goldfields. It was the intention of the Government to propose, in the Supplementary Estimates, assistance in respect of diamond-drills for those districts where the form of the country particularly made that mode of prospecting advisable.

It has happened many times in this world that men, in the discharge of their duties, have shown more zeal than discretion, and Constable Dunn, a new arrival on the Thames, it would appear is a man of that sort. He followed into a public house an individual whom he thought had as much intoxicating liquor as was good for him, and because the landlord, Mr Twohill, gave the man another glass of beer, our zealous constable laid an information against him. So we understand, the case from the evidence given in th<? police Court this morning, but' the Magistrate very properly dismissed the case, for there was no evidence to show the man supplied by Mr IVohill with beer was drunk. If; m addition to giving publicans a homily on the enormity of supplying drink to persons already under its influence, His Worship, had addressed a few words to the constable, pointipgout" his duty, he would have done a service to the state, and supplemented the very hmi{ed education which some of the raw matenal lately* taken into the A.C. Force have received as to their duties. We have heard .several complaints of late about the" unnecessary interference t>f softie members of tfete police force, but we do not in any way blame^the officer in charge of the ,s.tation, *"bergt.-Major ! O'Grady, who f qipce his arrival'*^ the : Thames-has'given,,the greatest satisfao-^ ,«p^ the impartial discharge of his own j^nties.' 'It is unfortunate for-him that he has'such Unskilful men'placed voder him. y^e like to giv*-* credit for faithful discharge ojf duty, bttt when, the liberty of •the subject is being interfered" with, a man is wrongfully accused of being drunk and incapable, and a business man is put to the annoyance and expense of defending his reputation, endangered 'by the over zeal ot a public servant, it is time to find fault. ■

y . Mb'••Dßijriß nibvpd in the House last w|§ht ior leave to introduce a"bill is prevent'tjie" printing and publishing of ; siß?,ndalous ; newspapersV He sai'dj.inekplanution^that the bill .'designed to'^lifc' a sfcop.ito a,class of objectionable prints called' society papers, which had lately made their appearance in *New Zealand. . The small pox is steadily increasing in Sydney, despite the eii'jrts of the authorities and the medical men. There are now 120 persons employed on' quarantine duty. Owing to the spread of the diaea c, it was found necessary to swear in additional special constables, of whom 20 are now employed. Tub Zealandia left San Francisco for Auckland with the English mails on the 28th ult., one day late. The City of Sydney arrived at San Francisco with the homeward mails on the Gfth inst., two dajs before time. . Me SlinnnAN is now in Napier. ■ lie intends to open an office there for native business. : ~ It is announced that Hanlan hug withdrawn from the sculling match with Boss, which was arranged to take place dt Toronto in October, next. Hia reason for breaking off the match has not transpired. Is the Council yesterday, the Hon Mr Whitaker moved the second reading of the Bill. Mr Chamberlin opposed it, and moved it be not read till next Parliament., Mr W aterhouse considered the Bill a most objeelioDable one, and likely, to lead to the dismemberment of the colony. It ii said the crew of the man-of-war Emerald are prohibited from getting leaTe to go on shore in Auckland as scarlatina is prevalent. The Press regard the order as a good joke, considering the vessel caißo from a small-pox sfcriokeu port.

MB3 thuNNiTY called at. our oflioe io day, and requested us to say that tbere is no foundation for tku statements made by the police during the hearing of tho case against ber yesterday. ■■ ■ Me Bbodik, and probably His Worship the Mayor, leave Wellington this evening for the Thames. The Prince Imperial licensed holding and plant was sold to day by Mr Carpenter to Mesars A. and Or. Price, for the sim of £250. Which shall be my choico ?—(To young men.)— Smoking, public house, a diseased constitution, "anger, no ie<fc; or total abstinence, sobriety, a healthy constitution, safety, happy-., homo,-money 'in bank. A calculation.—-Nhii-pence per week puffed to tho sky, i» in one year the sum of £1 19s j in 1 years £13 13a; in 14 years £27 6s ;in 21 years £40 19a, the price of h. nice suburban freehold ;—Try the plan ! (at Savings Bank.)