The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4380, 17 January 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1883.

■,A-Pobxiow of. our,telegraphic news will be found # tHe fourth^page. ]''..

The following tenders were received for tbbidditions'to the pr'einises of the' Bank of New Zealand at Thames:—Alex. Watson £iAO6', J. J. O'Brien, £1,930; R^ Farreil' £1,784; Gt.L. Ginn, £1,699 10»; Thompson' and Sinclair, £1,698 10a. Messrs Thompson ajacl Sinclair's tender, being the lowest, will in all probability be accepted.

{ John Hovtabt, the typhoid fever patient in, the Hospital, died suddenly this morning between 11 and 12 o'olook. Every care and attention wat, bestowed on the case by Dr -Payne and tbe medical staff, as well as by the > Hospiral assistants. " *

Wi learn by telegratn that the Jury at the Supreme "Court Criminal Sessions; .found "No bil" against' Annie Stackoole, who was cr arged w^th concealment of birth.

YIBTKBDAT Charles Verner, charged with horse stealing before H. Kenrick, Esq., R.M., To Aroba, was committed for. trial at t^e present sessions of the Supreme Court in Auokland. He will proceed to Auckland in charge to-morrow.,

The Auckland agent for Dixon's ginger ale, Mr B. Holmwood, is in Grahamstown. He announces in another column that be will receive order* at the Governor Bowen Hotel. Thl directoi • of the Tfiame* T alley Bailway Company held a well attended meeting .last night in the Borough Chambers. The bon- secretary reported having wnJton to the Minister for Public Works asking the Governm nt| on behalf of the compact*, to reserve from sale aboub 100,000 acres of land, which the -company would be prepared - to take up. A communication was received from the Minister stating I thK^he did not know when hie would be able I to vwfc Auckland, and it was reaolvei that i should he not be able tooome up soon, Messrs ' ffaMwr (Chairman) and Mr B. Graham should prooVed to Wellington to hare the contract between tW Government and the company signed by the Governor, and the secretary was instructed to a»k Mr. Sheeban to accom pany them.' Several accounts were pasted for payment, and 7150 contributing and 800 preferential shares were allotted to applicant*. i vi'DtrautG the bearing of- an assault case iv the R.M.-Court to-day, a lively eonrersaUon between the plaintiff and the defendant, who was in the witness box/took place. A running fire of " No, ma'am," " Yes, ma'am," "It's not true," «Oh! yes" "Not at all,** "I never spoke .to you before," "Youdid.V was kept until one of the ladies got- a little heated and'informed the Bench that the lady in thebfli was stating what was hot true. Mi B. R/MpG&Btto* will sell by auction on Friday, the 19ch mat., on the premie— under a bill of sale—the stock-in-trade, furniture, and balauce of tho lease of the Imperial Hotel, Sbprtiiiud.

Thb corrected time? given of th* respretjvn , arrivals of the Manapoui-i and City of Sydney .at .Sydney are—Manapcmri 7.30, and City of Sydney 10.40, on Saturday night. Owing to 'the times of starting not having been aacer tamed to within Hve minute.*, the raye ha 9 been declared a dead heat. It will bo recollected that the Manapouri started frem Auckland about 3 hours and a quarter before tbe City of Sydney.

Thb time of the Resident Magietrate's Court was tak n up to-day for nearly an hour and a half in trying to decide upon a case brought before it. -It had arisen in a neighbours quarrel. The evidence for the plaintiff—-Mrs Jane Allen—went to shew that the defendant—Mrs Minna—on Thursday last had thrown an axe at Mrs Allen's daughter, and threatened to break the plaintiff's head and knock her brains out. Mrs Minns swore that she neither used the language, nor threw the axe, that her children had told her that they threw the axe over Allen's fence on Christmas evening, and she had not seen it since. Mr Miller, who "appeared for the defence, said th<it it had been intended to lay the information on account of the daughter of the plaintiff, but as the Allen? found they had made a mistake, Mr? Allen manufactured a case for herself. The Bench said the evidence was rery contradictory, And perjury had been committed by one or other of the parties. They would adjourn the. case for fourteen days to enable the defendant to produce evidence in support of her version of the affair. Messrs Tfzard and Murray were the presiding Justices.

; The Onehnnga Council hare instructed Messrs Boylan and Lundon, engineers, to prepare plans and, estimates for a water supply for the borough;: There is to bo a reservoir at Green Hill and a pumpiog-station at the Springs.

1 SHE was standing at the top of the stairs, ■with one of those 41b sandstone match-holders in her hand ; evidently waiting for her lord, and master. One of t,h* lodgeiybriaithe house was going up stairs when whig pastlii* ear # wenfc the match-»trik«r. He oye came his astonishment, and reached th« top. of,, the stairs, when she coolly j>ai<J r "I beg your pardon -Mr „ I thought it was my^ husband."- Our friend wasjorrj it was'nt. PBK9ENTATIOKS were inVde on Saturday night to two Dierabers~Of~the Auckland team of cricketers'wW went'dtt-tbo Southern tour jtownrds the^cl^se of la«t yetr. Theirs t was ifrom. the team.tpjir, V.', Buck land, and consisted of a handsome caka basket; while^ the Sficocdr:was * handsome silrer medal presented by Mr W. W. BcbinsoD, captain'of (he team, to Mr W. E. Barton, wha made the. higk^pkba^ting'»,ve{age on the trjp. Me Ahchibald Fobbbs has a rival ,in, Faptain W. Jackpon Birry, who has advertised hit last appearance, t^e subject being k'VAi'-foar Bound the World j" Kings srid. ■Chiefi I Hare Met;- Cannibals. I Have

I .ThebE successive Speakers of the Victorian | Assembly « have been knighted, viz., Sir I Qrancia Murphy, Sir Charles MacMahon, and Sir Charles Gavan Duffy. Mr Peter Lalor is the present Speaker, and all four are of Irish f Tsmlntena^visit ofthe Ivo Bl gh cricket I team to Nw_w 2f ala'd fell through solely beCBUBn the terms offered were # not considered sufficiently good. Mr Halifax was making overtures some time ago for the round tour of,, this colony, but they.failed. s;« ,- -- , <g ,"Fos' ttif^ye'ar l«8a, ih*\<joanti|y and^ raTue of tbe^old enured.for duty, ioikfce different districts bf New Zealand at* «r follows-.—Auckland, 33.059 • ounces.; value, £13i%007 ; Wellington, 55—36217^ Picton, 1,#2-£5,400; Nelson. 4672----£5,351; Westport, 4 410 — £1fi,121; Greymouth. 80.095-£320 377;' Hoiitika, B7s4s-£150,566; JB^uiedin. Tl-9d2~ £287.615; Inver,mr«;il, 11.67-l-£46696. Total, 251,214 ounces'; value, £]L;oo2fr2ttH Totals for 1881, 270,561 .ounces; Valne> J £1.081,790. Thus it will be seen that toe G-revmouth district .heads theJist witii'i 80,0950 as -of the £3201371' Auckland is fourth on the list with 33,0590z5, valued at £131.007.