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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4484, 19 May 1883, Page 2

At the Police Court before Hi Kenrick, Esq, R.M., this morning, James Troy was charged with stealing four pounds from Win. Wenlock. It appeared that the prosecutor and prisoner were in company yesterday and were drinking together. The accused took the prosecutor to the Coach and Horses Hotel, mri left him in a bedroom. Wenlock had four, £1 notes and Borne silver in his pocket, and while be was lying down the prisoner went into the room, and deliberately placed his hand in his pocket, and abstracted the four notes and ran down stairs When Wcnlook spoke to the landlord on the subject, he was told he had better see tka police. He then reported the matter to Constable Stapleton. Evidence was given by the prosecutor, McKee, the landlord of the hotel, a servant employed in the house, and Constable Stapleton, who, with Detective Doolan, effected the arrest of the a-cused. The Bench held the charge proved, told the prisoner that he bad committed a most impudent robbery, and sentenced hm to four months' imprisonment with hard labor.

A meeting is to be held on Monday to take the initiatory steps for forming a woollen factory in Wellington. It is propossd to form a company with £100,000 capital, in £5 shares.

In a few days a portion of the Government Printing Office in Wellington will be lighted by electricity. The trial of light will be made on Tuesday next.

Mb B. H. Tatxob will conduct the services at the Oddfellows' Hall, Shortland, as usual to-morrow .

A. NUMBEE of the rettfen's at Parawai" hare signed a petition to the Governor, praying that the district may be annexed to the Borough. It will be forwarded to Welling ton early next week.

Thh Rev. C. E. Barley has been specially requested to redeliver the sermon preached by him two or three months ago, on " Man's Suicidal Destruction." He will do so according to advertisement to-morrow evening.

It is estimated that since the 10th inet.4s4 tons of potatoes have been landed in Auckland frdm vS6nthern'pbrVs l 'arid":iio Ire'''rc6Ti'4gn'mentß are ordered.

Ma Tho3. SpttbGEON, pastor of the Auckland Baptist Church, and two other delegates from the Auckland Blue 'Ribbon Army, will come to the Thames on Monday next for the purpose of inaugurating a branch of the movement here.

Wahear that Mr McLaren, the Inspector of Miners Rights will shortly commence a tour through the district, when woe bet rde the miner who is working without the necessary authority. A visit by defaulters forthwith to the Receiver of Goldfield's Revenue is advisable.

150 tons of the first instalment of the plant for the Rotorua railway arrived in Auckland by the Westmeath.

A young man named Robert Gordon Munro, formerly of the Tha ■ es, died yesterday at the Auckland Lunatic Asylum.

A committee has been formed to gat Mr Macandrew's portrait placed in the Otago University library.

Neably 600 persons have joined the Blue Ribbon Army in Christcburch, since the commencement of this week.

Mb O'Cahaghan, the member for Lincoln, addre.sed his c nstituents at Prebble on last night. A vote of thanks was passed

The Herald's Wellington correspondent writes that Sir William Fox has visited Te Whiti recently, and found him still in an excellent frame of mind, and, in a large degree 11 Europeanised." He still insists on the strict cleanliness of his people's cookery, butter for his bread, and chairs for his rest. He will not squat on the ground, and he will not tolerate {Maori cookery. On a recent visit, being incited to breakfast with Te Whiti, Sir William went in fear and trembling, anticipating "high" shark, and dubious cleanliness of serving, but what he did get was a thoroughly English breakfast, with tea and coffee, eggs, and milk, &c,, served in irreproachable style, and on a tablecloth of scrupulous cleanliness, while Te Whiti was most courteous, and quite a pakeha host. In short, Te Whiti's introduction to civilised life, and schooling in civilisation, have had the beet results, and are bearing the happiest fruits. Te Whiti's present plan is to lay off Farihaka into a native town, as nearly after the design of Nelson as possible. He was charmed with his sojourn at " Sleepy Hollow," and means to copy it with the closest fidelity practicable. He is going in partly for planting English trees, and for improved vegetation and sanitation generally. This is a marvellous change in less than two years.

The appeal for subscription for the Wild Deer passengers in Dunedin is not being well responded to.

In Chambers yesterday at Wellington judgment was given in the case of Williams y. the Queen, which was an action to recover damages through the steamer Westport striking a snag while loading coal at Westport. The proceeding in this case was on a petition of right. The issues of fact joined between the supplicant and Crown were tried by a special jury at Nelson in December last, when the issues as amended at the trial were answered in favor, generally speaking, of the supplicant, and damages were assessed at the full sum claimed, £1500. The present motion was on behalf of the respondent on the issues found, or for a new trial. The rule was discharged with costs, the Court giving their reasons at great length for deciding against the respondent and in favor of the supplicant.

A petition will be forthwith lodged against the election of Mr Edward Shaw for Inangahua. Four grounds are aU leged,—two of which are said to be fatal to his election.

A lively meeting of the burgesses of Eaiapoi took place on Thursday night to consider the recent action of the Borough Council in respect to the defalcations. Messsrs Fraser and Mathews, the late finance committee who resigned from the Council, recently explained that they had resigned because their recommendations bad not been acted upon, and requested fnrther time to consider the books and auditors' report. This was refused. Had the request been granted the com* mittee would have remitted the auditors' report back to him. A Tote of thanks was passed to the commmittee for the explanation, but a motion pledging the meeting to support their re-election fell through. The meeting declined to vote either for or against.

Who wants a cheap harmonium ? To reduce stock quickly the undersigned offers eleven harmoniums (0, 1, 3,7, ad 10 stops) for sale at a very heavy discount. -As sojn as these are disposed of he will be prepared to treat with parties desirous of purchasing or leasing Ill's centrally situated business premises in Pollen streef.—J. Q-BIQG—[ADVT.]