MbssbsH. 0. Lawlor and T. L. Murray, J.P.s, presided at the Police Court, to-day. John Mullan, an old man, was fined 5s and costs, or to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court (as asnal, of course) for drunkenness. The game prisoner was charged with assaulting Constable Dunn twice with a walking stick to the great detriment of that officer's shine. The accused said be did not remember anything about the transaction, but no doubt what Sergfc.-Mojor Kiely said was correct; he would plead guilty. The Bench, after lecturing the prisoner on the heinousneSs of assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty, sentenced him to be imprisoned till sundown. At the Rifle Bangers' district prize firing this morning at the 200, 400, and 500 yards ranges", seven shots afc each range, the scoring was as follows :—Serg't. G-ibb's, 64; Vol. Hales, 63; Corporal Buckley, 61; Vol. Penk, 60 ; Vol. Latham, 57; Corporal Graham, 52 ; Vol. Simpson, 51 ; Vol. McCormick, 50.
The following regulation regarding " reply paid " and " collect " telegrams is gazetted:— The sender of a " reply paid " or " collect" message must, if requested to do so by the officer in charge of the telegraph statiou, lodge a sufficient sum of ironey to cover the coat of the " reply " or " collect " message. Any surplus of cash will be refunded upon the delivery of the reply, and the money lodged with a " collect" message will be refunded when the recipient has paid the charges.
Mb B. McGregor, auctioneer, reports sale of Thames Jockey Club privileges as follows : Gateß, £155, Mr Griffiths; grand stand, £34, W. Brown (butcher); grand etand booth, £21, Grriffithsj No. 1 publican's booth, £31, McFudd ,• No. 2, £32, McFudd; Templar booth, £10 10s, S. C. 'Williams; Templar booth, £4 10b, Misi Kowe ; fruit stall, £410s, Yaughan ; fruit stall, £7 ss, W. Wood; fruit stall, £2 ss, W. Wood; cards, £12, Anderson ; total, £314 Is. This is the largest amount which the privileges of any Thames meeting have yet realised. The event is likely to be very successful, as nearly all the horses which have entered are expected to run. The amount which will be given away in stakes (£500) also has never been exceeded.
Tkb Juvenile Opera Troupe will open at the Academy of Music on Monday evening for a short season. The company played 16 weeks at the Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 14 weeks at the Queen's Theatre, Sydney, and 6 weeks at Garner's Theatre, Adelaide. The troupe includes the original Mrs G. B. W. Lewis' company, of Melbourne, consisting of forty performers. The Auckland Prats refers to this company in most complimentary terms.
Fob the convenience of residents up the Kauaeranga Valley and visitors to the Orphanage, Mr Alex. Phillips has decided to run a coach as far as Mr Murdoch's farm every Saturday and Monday, commencing on Saturday next, the 16th insfc. Particulars as to the hour, etc., will appear in our issue of Monday.
A meeting of the railway directors waa held last night. Mr Lind3ay Jackson reported the result of his investigations in Auckland regarding suitable land available, and laid upon the table maps, which he explained satisfactorily, It was agreed that Messrs Fraser, Brodie, and Bagnall be a committee to go through the maps and schedule with Mr Jackson, with a view to picking out the portions of the land which the Government should bo applied to for on behalf of the company to report to a meeting to be held on Tuesday next. Mr Jack* Bon reported that there is a large area of Crown land available for the company's objects. This land, if taken up at the prices actually paid for it by the Gbvorhment., ranging from 2s to £2 per acre, would" reach in value nearly £100,000. A letter waa received from the Undersecretary for Public Works in which he stated: "I am directed by the Minister of Public Works to inform you that as soon as the company is formed (i.e., incorporated) and in a position to submit bo me definite proposals, the Government will be prepared to consider the application as promptly and as favorably as possible."
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4350, 9 December 1882, Page 2
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