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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4254, 19 August 1882, Page 2

We notice that the Borough Council have had an asphalt crossing put down at the shore end of the Burke street wharf. This will be a great convenience, especially to passengers landing at night.

A sebmon on " The Future Life," by the Bey. S. J. Neill, appears in the back page of this issue. It is our intention to publish that gentleman's lectures on "Life," the first of wMch will appear early next week, and the second next Saturday.

Me E. H. Taylob lectures at the Oddfellows' Hall tomorrow evening. The subject of the discourse will be found advertised in the usual column.

The Rev. S. J. Neill is announced to deliver the second of his new course of lectures on " Life," at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening.

At a monthly meetiag of the Hauraki Engineers- held last night, Sergt. William Lucas was chosen Second Lieutenant.

At the Police Court this morning Dr Kilgour and Mr H. C. Lawlor presided. Alice Trainor applied to tho bench for a prohibition order against herself. She did not want to have anything to do with drink whatever. She wan unfortunate that when she took drink b9J head was gone. She had three children depending on her. She worked hard, but the cursed drink was her ruin. At hotels where she was employed one and another offered her drink. Order made that no publican in the Borough or County should supply the applicant with drink for twelve months.

Mhs Jeffbey applied at the Police Court Auckland, yesterday, for a protection order to shield her from the drunkenness and continued cruelty of her husband, ex»detective Jeffrey. He waß not now in Auckland. She had suffered a great deal through his brutality and intemperate habits, and was afraid to live with him. She left him eight weeks ago. He was c ntinuaUy drunk and frequently beating her. He had been drinking for years, and hud injured her nose with a billet of wood. Had knocked her down-stair*, and kept her out in the cold for hours. She had never given him o casion for drinking. She had four children, respectively 7, 5, 3, and 2 years o'd. She had a lodging-'iouss, and was maintaining herself. She wished for the protection of the Court, and the exclusive custody of the children. An order was granted.

MesSHS MEAftS and Cj., the entetprising Thames grocers call the attention of the public in ho half-hearted manner to their large stock of groceries, provisions, produce, &0., which is on sale at their establishment in Pollen street. They announce that their stock is the largest, best, and cheapest of the many cheap stocks on the Thames, and defy any oihev house here to give better satisfaction to their customers. Mr Mears is a most energetic business man, and has, with the not-to-bedespised aid of the printer, succeeded in building up a business which would be no discredit to Queen street, Auckland. Many other business people here might with advantage take a leaf out of the book of this firm.

The Panorama was again well patronized last night. The exhibition went off with the usual success, and to the evident satisfaction of the audience, who repeatedly cheered the various points of interest touched on fey the lecturer, notably the torpedo explosion. The march to ths relief of Ekowe, and the funeral procession, is a piece of ingenious mechanism well worth seeing, there being some hundreds of figures in motion. In the presentation of gifts, the gold watch was given to Mrs O'Brien, an elderly lady in the pit, who seemed to receive it with much pleasure. The matinee to-day was well attended, the pit and gallery being crowded, and the front seats fairly filled. To-nighfc the principal gifts are —a silver watch and tea and coffee service, also 102 other presents.