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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4252, 17 August 1882, Page 2

Thb steamer Vivid leaves for Te Aroha at 7 o'clock to-morrow morning.

The fltauraki Engineers will hold their monthly inspection pirade to-morrow night after which a meeting will be held to elect a second lieutenant.

A man named Thomas Gordon had his leg broken at Waitekauri yesterday, through being kicked by a cow.

At tbe Panorama of the Zulu War last night, tbe curtain rose to n full pit and gallery. There was also a very fair show in the front seats. Mr Thompson, in his very able lecture, gave a clear elucidation of the Zulu war and the concurrent events as they unfolded to the view of the audience. The piece de resistance of the night, however, waß the dynamite trick and blowing up of unsuspecting Zulus. This transformation scene carried the house, and was vociferously cheered. In fact, the whole panoratnn, with the moving figures and shifting scenes, is well worth a visit, independently of the numerous presents given away nightly. To-night there will be distributed as presents watches, tea and coffee service, papier mache table, and 60 other presents.

Me F. J. Wabdeli, one of the old identities of the Thames, who intends shortly to leave for Auckland, where he is going into business, was presented yesterday afternoon with a handsome quartz pendant as a souvenir of tbe esteem in which be is held by his many friends. Among those present on the occasion were Messrs Bhrenfried (in the Chair), Brodie, Osborne, Wilson, Tizard, Davies, Gudgeon, and G-ellion. After speeches had been given by tbe Chairman, Messrs Brcdie, Craig, Tizard, and othenj, a number of toasts were suitably responded to.

Sbbgt. O'Gbadt has been tried for tbe serious offence which he was alleged to have committed, and has come out of the ordeal with all colors flying. When the Magistrate remarked that Sergt. O'Grady was without an imputation upon bis character, there was emphatic applause in Court. Perhaps the conduct of the witnesses is unparalleled. Mrs Eypre stepped into the witness box in a most self-possessed style, and her manner was such as to indicate that her nerves were not of tbe most delicate order. Yet her first act was to request that " these gentlemen should be asked to leave the Court." For a person supposed to be unacquainted with Court procedure to thus attempt to interfere with the proceedings was extraordinary, such matters being usually left to the discretion of the Bench. His Worship said that when the evidence of young children was being taken, he usually had the Court cleared, but not otherwise. However, Mrs Eyre insisting, the spectators were ordered out of Court, and the doors closed. As the case proceeded, it became a matter of wonderment why the lady had insisted on the course pursued, for her evidence was a complete denial of the whole charge, and not an indelicate allusion was made. The evidence was a complete surprise, the witnesses entirely contradicting the statements they had made to the police, and no one was more surprised than Mr Heeketh, counsel for the accused.

" A Ratepayer " writes to tha editor : — Will you permit me, as a ratepayer, to ask the Engineer of the County Council where he has got the four men working that are supposed to be repairing the slips on the road, as the traffic is completely stopped, except at Jow tide, between Mr Carren's and the Puru, and by so doing you will greatly oblige.