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The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1883.

Tfe Warden's Court was kept sitting all to-day, the time being principH'ly occupied by the heaxJng of the case ifcOouobie v. MeDonsugh.

Ins natives charged with 'obsti.'uc"ngj&pHurst house end party, were for .tril o^jcjiasges-ef-t ß lSstfe D^'r obbe.y of Mr -Sni'stbouso.

A meeting of the Harbor Bond was held in the ,Boret ; gh Chambers last evening, Mr Carpenter in the cha:. 1. Tenders were opened for the ijghfc to occupy the co. \ shed and goods shed on the receiving wharf at Slio.-t----land, and the goods receiving shed at Burke street whav*. • For.the Shorll"nd whaif «>.nd shed the tender of the Thames Hirer Steam Navigation Company, at £60 a year was accepted, and the Burke-strcet wharf shed was let to Messrs Fiaser and licne for £15 per year. Mr ErYington wrota to the effect that he had thought of causing tnoveable floats to be made for the dredge' to give more buoyancy to it, but after consideration he had resolved that it would be cheaper aad better to make the b.*rge of wider beam, whioh he had ordered to be done ah an expense of £40 additional. '■■ He also Btatad that the dredge would .be delivered in ten day?. The matter wil be Considered at next Tuesday's meeting of. the Board. It was resolved to ( call the Harbour Master's attention to the damage done to the Board's property at the Shorfchnd Wharf by boys, and that he ba instructed to remove anything likely to be damaged into the sheds. The Secretly of Customs wrote slating that the Government could not accede to the 800-d's r. quest that it should have conceded lo it the right to the storage of %j.npovrdor at Paeroi and Te Aroha. It was resolved that the Mayor be communicated with and esked to see the customs authorities re an arrangement ofofche matter, end that ste) 3 be taken to satisfy the Government that the rights in question bad been granted to (he Boa.J. .Messes: Grjham and Fraser leave Wellington tomorrow on their return home. Thb qu.r.arly m-ellng of tha Wesleyan Church we held at Grtihamstowj on Wtdn;sday last. The junior circuit btev.^rd, Mr H, T-. luwry, read the b .I?tj-:--aheet for the quarter, which showed the income 1"> be £9414 > lid, and the expenditure £IC3 13a 3d. The follow" Jg m:mber3 were appoin.ed a cammitte-j of, fiaanca: The circuit Lteward3 and Messrs Killer and W. Ashby. A hecrty • vote of thanks was presented to the Rev. O. Doan for his pulpit services rendered during hV short visit to the

Thames. ' In the Warden's Court the dispute about a pariaerjbip in-Gfolden Crjwa" shares at Karangahake betwen Dixou, Davy, and others wts eet down for heading, but the length of the c. se McCombie t. McDonough prevented its being criled on up to the line of our "rep-rt closing. Just ai we ere going to ~Ben« judgement wes delivered in the case of McCombie v. MeIWough heard in the Warden's Court. The 'Bench dismissed rtie objection of McDenougb, tad expressed an opinion that McCombie waj entitled to the license.

A me SINO of the Parawai Eoad Board was to have beon held et, 7.30 o'clock last eyeni ig at the school house, but at the appointed time only the secretaey, Mr Dean, end Mr Jsmes had put in en appearance. Thee two waited hulf-an-bour, but as the other members did not roll up, no business couM be transacted. It is Compulsory that cert, in busiaess shou'd be done prior to the sth of next month, and a shoi'i time is only available to do it in..

This moroing at the Po'ice Court, tVree .inebiiatea were mulcted in the sum of 5s e^oh or in default, to be imprisoned until the rising of the Cou-t.

iMITATiOK five pound notes of the Uricn Bank of Australia ere in circulation, two 0' them having been received at the bank in •Dunedin. These two were photographs from the same note.

At the baif-yecrly meeting of the Bay of Island Co si Company, beld in Auckland yesterday, the report showed that 18,352 tonsj of coal had b< en sold. No dividend had been declared, the" balance m hipd being carried forward. The retiring directdra were relccted.

Ihb machinery er;3tcd at the Crown Princess shaft by the Winding Association was Bet in motion this ffieraoon. There was only about 71bs preß&ave of s'e:m, but tbis was sufficient to drive the online at a good speed, Everything worked *a! 'ifacto, i'y.

Thube -re ten"casejfor the Supurme Cou't session, at Cbrietcburcb, md thirteen prisoners. The charges iiclude murder and rape.

The new d'rect Mne of steamships to England, via Magellan's Straifs, the first of which sa Is about the end of this monih, is, it appears, going to bo well patronised, as a telegram from Christ church says aU the saloon berths in the British King r.re applied for, besides 70 steerage passages.

Tub following are the particulars of the poisoning rase at Kaitannata, which was briefly referred to in our (tjlegrams yes'erday ; —Miss McCormick was stayijg there with her brother-in-law, Mr Percy. She intended leaving for her home in Southland on Fti ay, 23rd inst., tnd on Thursday evening a few friends were invited to meet her. Whilst dancing refreshments were banded in, and Mig; McCormick look a tart, and no sooner did she take one mouthful tha i she cued out " I'm poisoned," and ran to the doctor. He applied the ncr ;sary remedies, ynd Miss McOoimick qufte recovered, lhe doctor thinkb she swallowed none of the poison, which he concludes was caustic soda or ( orrosive sublimate. Nothing "an be learned pS to how the poison got into the tart, and the matter h now in the hands of the police. The tarts were of home ro nufaclure.

Mb J. Maeshaii wiH close his drapery shop in Owen s reet (i»t: J. Co?grave and Co.) on Friday, 30th inst., for the puipoße of marking remnants cid marking dowa the remainder of stock unsold, and will re-open on Saturday, the 31st inst., for a final clearing sale for one week only,

The Kaiapoi Borough Council are much incensed at the delay in dealing with their la'e clerk's caie in the R,M» Court, and talk ftbout communicating with the Minister of Justice On the subject.

The Chmtchurch society paper is getting its editor and proprietors into hot water again:—Phincaa Selig, one of the proprietors, applied in the R.M. Cou c tc-day t> have S. G-euse, the business nonage. 1 of the Jennie Tee troupe, bound over to kfep the peac-a on account of his having, on Mi.reh l?tb, challenged Selig to fight, using provoking and insulting language to him. The aflVr took place in a billiard room of the Commercial Hotel, and arose out of Geuae having stopped the Society's tress pusses because of its critic>m.on " Grasshopper." The Mapistrate}Mr Richmond Beet-ham, did nc^jsoosU'ei the affair serious, and declined..£o"Dind defendant over. _„...•- ""' pri"e at the Middle Park sle of yearlings in Chr'stchurch yesterday w.j brought by a chestnut colt by King of Clubs oat of Id: lia, the dam of Betrayer, Sir Modred, and Cheviot, who fell to Mr Pi'brow for 625 guineas. Thhreen cots and n'lliej were sold, realising 2070 guinea?.

" Captain Poiitooxi" of the Salvation Army, has arriv.J in Dunedin to begin operations, and he has 'taketi the Temperance Hall for three yearj. He is t ceompanied by a lieatenant and his wife. Captain Edward Wright and a eubalt r j are t go to Auckland.

Th 3 Dunedin L^ind Board yesterday received a full report ■ from ; the Government auctioneer ronoerning the recant sale of deferred payment pastoral lands. The auctioneer gives particulars as to the buyers of cash section,-*' who did the bidding, and who3e cheque was received as depoiit. In regard to one purchaser mmcd Philip Young, a farmer at Clar rirei Tasmania, Mr Martin added, " In reply to the usua" question put by Mr H:rlow/th ealemen, as to postal add-ess and occupation, the embarrassment acid apparent i^noranca of the purchaser attracted my attention. Ltherefore put the fallowing, questions to him: How long have you been here ? When c*id youerrire? Have you ev<»r seen or been in the country ? ahe answers were : I arrived a few days ago and have not Been the country. He could only give Hobarton as his address." The Land Board hold a specM meeting to-day to consider the report.

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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4440, 29 March 1883, Page 2

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The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1883. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4440, 29 March 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1883. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4440, 29 March 1883, Page 2

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