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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4291, 2 October 1882, Page 2

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quarter beck*), Whitpeide, Sims, and Warbriclt (half backs), Arneil, Carter, Clayton, Croxton, Bindon, Henderson, Biggs, Mackj^ O'Connor (forwards). The team is no't'so strong as lasf. |J Ti|^;Wajfeat)O^in^;s|^s ; i|f^>entl^ man, whoge name we^Kave beeii reque|tedv J^o withhold,, and .W|.o -iliis for ipme |ip>e; past .-beeh^ aware tif t|ie presence -of alluvial gold in the Taupo or Tubua country, is at present' negotiating with Government by way of ascertaining what support they are willms: to lend in securing ancl< work ing the new discbveryV- The! gentleman to whom we refer has been prospecting with the natives for several] months past, ani we have every reason to believe his expedition has not been I fruitless, but instead has been attended | with great success. The Supreme Court sessions opened today. Judge Gillies in Ins charge to the Grand Jury, said'the;calen*daXXas"*iUßnt one ; there were 18 persons charged with 24 offences, none of an aggravated character. , ;. • _ „ Thomas 1 Binney pleaded guilty tb two charges of stealing from the person, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for each offence, the sentences to run concurrently. Edwin Stone, of Stone Bros , shipowners and merchants, died,-to-day. „ , ... In reply to a deputation of clergymen re the Contagious Diseases Act the Mayor said he . would not be willing tostaj its coming into operation^' He ; would endeavor to prevent prostitutes' obtaining certificates of cleanliness.