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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4408, 19 February 1883, Page 2

Captain R. A. Edwik, of Wellington, telegraphed at 11.30' this morning :—"Bo'tweon north-east and ee*st and south-east 1 glass farther fallen; heavy gale soon; and 'very he» l yy,,ri»io, j and xljet, flooded after ton honrs." , . ,'' '•

Thebe were five nominations lodged with the Returning Officer for the Middle Ward to-day of' persons qualified lo fill the vacancies on the Licenaing Bench, hut one, that of" Mr Win. Carpenter, was informal. The following have been declared duly elected :—Messrs C. Ahier, propfrted by H. D. Driver, and seconded by Wm. Brown; Edward Honißs/'proposed by James Cockf, and seconded by W. J. Speight; ■ -John Danby, proposed by James Marshal] t and seconded by Wm. Brown ; Matthias Whitehead, proposed by James Marshall, a^nd seconded by J. Cocks.

'if' A^fibst meeting* of-the creditors of Mr ;W." F. Mason was held in the ? Court-house" at 10 o'clock this tnorniog. Mr'.Farrar cwas voted to the cbair. A great deal of unnecessary discussion took place between the debtor's brother, Mr H. 8., Masonj and: the debtor's solicitor, and those present. The statement of assets and liabilities showad.the fornaer to be £397 Os lOd, as against £23% 5s of the latter. The amount of debts represented 1 at the< meeting amounted to £154 16s 2d. After a deliverance .by Mr H V B. Mason on the laws relating to bankruptcy, bills of sale, and a variety of other matters, it was proposed that Mr r Mcl?arlane, of Auckland, be appointed creditor's : trustee.' To ' this ''**- \^s ""fjjjji moved as, an ■ amendment, '-and. Ms? -Sir B. Mason, as, proxy for . Mr," Baker* seconded that Mr H. B. Mason be.appointed. MrH. B. Mason, in a lengthy addreas, endeatored to shew the desirableness of-not ap-~ pointing the other individual who waa proposed, and strongly advised the not •to," jump out of the frying-pan into the fire. or they would find themselves non esc. ff Mr J. B. Mason claimed that the estate owed him on behalf of Mr E. R. Mason, a sum of £300 which he had paid on account of the debtor. • After Mr H. B. Mason had addressed the,meeting a few times, and bad endeavored to persuade the creditors that they need not expect much from the estate, the election of a trustee was proceeded with. Tho voting' was as follows: For Mr'McFarlane 6 votes, for Mr H. B. Mason 3 votes ; the value of Mr MoFarlane's votes amounted to £461059 d, and of Mr Mason's, £108 5s sd. As the Act provides that the trustee must be appointed by a majority in number and value of the creditors represented, at v the meeting, this result caused a. a dead lock. Mr H. B. Mason went through tho statements once more and tried to shew the folly of appointing Mr MoFarlane to the trusteeship,. ,s(r« J. B. Mason stated that if the trusteeship were plaoed in bis hands or those of bis Son, he was prepared to make the creditors an offer." Mr Miller eaid the present | was the best time to make an offer, and Mr Maeon then said lie would take tbe estate over, convey the book debts to the creditors and pay them 5s in the £. Mr/-fl. B. Mason thought that this was about the best thing they could do. At the very beat they could not get more than 5a in the £ out of it. They should accept Mr J. B. M»s<ra Js offer. Tbe meeting adjourned until 10 o'clock 'to* morrow, when, if the meeting fail to elect a trustee, the appointment will lie with the Clerk of the Court.

An information has been laid against Mrs Greening on a charge of aggravated assault on her step-daughter, who is under the age of eight years. The .injuries to the child necessitate her detention in the Hospital. It appears that she-was severely beaten about the head with a hair brush, and other parts of her body bear the marks of various bruises.

Membbes of the Lodge Sir Walter Scott are notified that their regular Lodge meeting tomorrow evening has been postponed Hill Tuesday next the 27thinat., on which occasion the Late R.W.P.M.tBev James Hill is expected to be present. It is some years since Mr Hill paid a'visit to the.- s ßcene of his former labours, and the rev gentleman is such an enthusiastic Mason, we doubt not that members of the Craffc on the Thames will give hima cordial welcome to their midst.-

' Mb Jambs Mabshai/L, our old established draper, is already making preparations for the coming season, and per ships Mataura and Brahmin, and steamer Ghilf of Carpentaria he is receiving large shipments of goods for the autumn and winter trade.

Thk season for. those high felt hats was running out, and one of our enterprising tradesmen had a good supply' of them on hand. The new style of hat was something like it about the top but was about two inches shallower, so the eater prising tradesman thought he would ran off his last season's goods. He obtained the services of a hatter for one day, and conVerted his stock into shorter hats by cutting them'down a little and joining the upp«r portion to the rim; this, of course, was covered by the band, and not a soul would suspect that any conversion had taken" place. Unfortunately for a friend of ours though, he bought one, the upper and lower part of which had not been sufficiently attached, and a gust of wind carefully removed the roof and, left him with only the rim around hie head. Tliobo hafea have all been sold. Tsndxbs aie invited up to noon of Thnreday next, for the purchase of B. Cloonan'i stock of drapery and clothing.

Uconsidbbabcb time was wasted at a meeting of creditors held thja morning owing !o 4" the loquacity of an amateur lawyer, whcwe name we havig been,unable to find oritfie law liife-ar^lfew.- ,&>»land .practitioner/ This proHdifc' young gejjitlemaa kept the meeting well 4adplies^ithPeclßions on the various law poiut« ; whio^threi^'ued to arise.- We never saw Mr Mill6r look co much in" the shade as he did when arguing one or two intricate questions with this individual whose classical language at times rendered-his ..meaning a < little incomprehensible to the commoniy, minds of gome bf those present. - ■"*'

We ware-in .-etxor in-stating on.Saturday that Scanlan and party, tributers in the Prince Imperial mine,.who contemplate forming a small company to work the block, were only allowed to eroploV four men. The agreement is that not less than four men are to be engaged, but as many more may bo put on as is deeirable.' ' ' ' '' ' -

The cricket match, ftti.rriod v. Single of the Thames C.0., played on the Waiq-Kuraka fl^t' op Saturday afternoon, resulted in a ♦tetory- for the-single team by 19 runs, the respective scores being 42 and 61 runs. The bowling of Coney/, and Thomas for-the single and Smith and Sgnrington for the married was very de9trm-.liTe. The' highest- scorers were,Fratfcr s (siugle) 15, .and Smith and Slight .(married) 8 each., .This is the second victory for tho single team out of three matches played. *

It ia said that our new Goveriior, Sir William Jervois, tacitly favours Bible-reading in the State Schools.,

Not a hundred miles from the corner there lived a landlord who.had very genteel ideas of carving, and who did not care about his boarders suffering from indigestion through over eating, tb jttie house of this good man lived an individual who cared not for those laws of nature, "by which we avoid dyspepsia jiod.pther ailment?. This man .was observant "and- satirical. He would request., the landlord to shut the dining room door so that the delicately cut slices of ham, tongue, &c,-might not be wafted off ihVpltffces* of the feasters, he would also remind the humane landlord to-be paving with his butter, as a time of famine "might come, and would bewail the dry season,, so apparent by the scarcity, of water jn the milk, at times he has been knqwnto complain even of a weakness in .his n;#£3sK§nti||,-:f hioh he attributed to the strength of tie tea" |(l'aeed before them. The good and thoughtful landlord listened to these kindly hints} a*hd resolved, if. possible, to anticipate the wishes of his boarders. . He knew that a free u^ie of pickles was not calculated to promote health, so he obtained two narrownecked bottles^ and-, stuffed theontight with large pickles. Many were the essays to remove them, but all were of no avail; those pickles were carefully ? l)bltled, and remain so

that the majority

eggs, for which* the South

j£\^j3^fcHJ^ernment have been paying, for sotriej^^^fcrt, with a view to the exfcermina ■ tion* of .'the' pest, hare been'imported from yi<toria.""r , ~~ -.-..- —. 1? story is told by the Taieri Adffl^^^'N'ot a hundred milei from (Davershtiih"|pfcresides a policeman who, so the story goe^JsTrenoftrkab]" for his officiousness and sharpness towards publicans. One Sunday recently he saw a little girl enter a hotel and come out with a billy of what she said was beer. The limb of the law had been on the look-out all the morning, and felt that his patience had been well rewarded, and congratulated himself upon having a" splendid case. Upon taking .the lid off the billy, tbaugh,-he was somewhat surprised to find nothing but pure w.ater where he anticipated finding beer. The man in blue had been keeping an eye on the hotel, and the wily publican had been keeping two eyes on the peeler; so, feeling sure that the little girl would be accosted, be had, unknown to her, filled her can with water instead of beer, and then with some friends went out to the door tp. enjoy this joke. The policeman was the only man.who couldn't see where the laugh came in, *■'■