The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Rsurrexi. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4398, 7 February 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Rsurrexi. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1883.

; The stewards of the Thames Jockey Club are notified of a meeting this evening.

His Honor the District Judge ruled to-day that witnesses subpoenaed but not called were not entitled to expemee.

A XBXTIV& of the Thames Naval Artillery Company is called for tc>morrow eveningThe maximum strength of this company has not yet been reached, but, very probably such will he the ease in the course, of a few dtys.

One of the jurymen in the District Court to-day expressed his surprise at only receiving ten shillings for two days' services in the case of Wight r. Aw tin. -

A B ABIDE of the newly reorganised Rifle Ranger Company will take place to-morrow evening at the Drill Hnll. We understand that the Company i* considerably over its minimum strength, but that a few really good volunteers will still be allowed to join, and that it is advisable for such persons to make immediate application for admission. All uniforms, arms, &c, of members of the old company must be returned forthwith to the Orderly Room.

A witness in the District Court to-day showed an excellent memory. He swore that be remembered " the flood."

At the »ale of Mrs Prater's estate, the township of Ohiuemuri, held to-tiny in the Academy of Musio by Messrs D. R. Gellion and Co , about a quarter of the property was sold for the total of £728. The prices of the various sections were Allotment No. 8, £13; do. 1, £17; do. 2, £12; do. 19, £15; do. £20, £l 4; do. 21, £23; do 22, £35 ; do 23, £13 j do. 18, £13; do 24, £12; do 25, £12; do. 16, £12; do. 17, £12; do. 13, £13 ; Do. 14, £13; do, 28, £25; do. 29, £25; do. 26, £18; do. 27, £18; do. 39, £2«t; do. 40, £20; do. 38, £16; do. 42, £15; do. 41, £12; do 30, £48; do. 31, £48 ; do. 52, £28 ; do. 108, £10 ; do. 61, £11; do. B*, £11; do. 36, £11; do. .37, £11; do. 32, £11 { do. 33, £11; do. 34, £11 ; do. 35, £11.

The Thames Valley Bail way Coy'e. direc ton h«ld their usual meeting at the Couucil Chambers last evening. Present—Messrs Eraser, McDonald, Speight and Meunie. The Chairman reported the result of his visit to Auckland to interview Mr Sheehan, who had written .to him informing him .that pressing engagements prevented him going to Auckland with sub committee appointed to proceed there to get the Com* pany's contract with the (dtovernment, signed. It was resolved that replies to the, letter re* cently receive.'!, from the Government; be left to a sub-committee to draft. The number of shares applied in the Company has increased.

Thb d image done by the recent fire in the Domain in Auckland is estimated at £100. Tbe four lads who thoughtlessly caused tbe conflagration were < harged with the offence at the Police Court yesterday morning, and diecharged with a caution.

Thb Botomahana, C*pt. M. Carev, arrived at Auckland yesterday. Bbc left Sydney at 4 p.m. on the Ist inufc. Her passengers are— Saloon: Mv and Mrs Perpot, Mr, Mrs and Mies Niccolis, Mrs and Miss Grant, Mrs Willdigg, Mrs Richmond, Mist Stephen and nurse, Mrs Gage, Mies Haiti", Eer. G. Brown, Mesers Stepheneoo, Wright, D. Nathan, Stewart, Hoodie, H. V. Abbott (2), Bacon, West, McLeod, Garden (2), Ward, H. Schartz, Oodrington, Johnson, Wade, Baivelle, Stephen, Roberts, Master Stephenson. Master Humes, . and 31 in the steerage. - ', At a meeting of the Auckland Harbor Board held yesterday afternoon it was agreed that a bill be prepared and submitted at the next session af Parliament empowering the Board to rest atlotment 32, section 2, city of Auckland,- in trustees., as. a sailors' Home reserve, and also to enable the Board to contribute £600 towards such home; and, further, that" the General Government be asked to contribute £500 towards the samo object. In the event of tbe scheme failing the land will revert to the Harbor Board.

Mb Jas. Mills, managing director of tl c Union 8.8. Co., was presented at.Dunedin yesterday with two handsome Mao i mats by the Ngapuhi tribes as a memento of the rpgatta held at Auckland on (he 9 h of November lii«t.. The mats were accompanied by an address in> Maori and Brglish. T'e latfer reads as follows:—"These mats were ore>ent.rd by Ihskn Tetui, a chief of the Ngapuhi tribe, to Jas. Mil's, Msnaser of the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand, as a token of regard from himself and the Ngapuhis for the Company's kindness to them on the occasion of their visit to the Nor h Shore Regatta, on the 9th of November, 1882."

The perjury case again&t Wakatutu came on for hearing at Cambridge yesterday before Mr Seranche and 001. Lyon. Mr Northcroft, who wab the first witness, explained the cause of hi? non-appearance on Friday when subpoenaed. -The notice bad not reached him in time. Wit' ness was examined at considerable length by counsel. He considered passages in the information setting*'forth.the statements of the accused when giving evidence in the forcible 1 entry case against, Walker and others immaterial i 'o the issue, bnt could not say whether those , statements would be material to the insue when the case was brought before the Supreme Court;

ComfiaintS are being made about the condition of the road between the Thames and Paeroa, and-paesengers aeeert that unless eomething is speedily done to effect repairs on if, it will become impassable.