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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4506, 14 June 1883, Page 2

. Thi inquest on the body of Mr.C. Baguell, who was. drowned this morning, willibe held at Tari:« at (wo o'otoek to-morrow. , . A COXJG&IX squabble occupied the attention of the B.M. Court this morning for some time. Frederick Tetley asked that his wife night be bound o«er to keep the peaoe, 1 ea Me* was in danger of bis life at her hand*. It appeared that tb* parties hare natifr-aoßi* '#■#,' been living in that state of amity wEieh should supersede an entry into a matrimonial partner* ship. The gay Tetley returned home to tea one evening,' and managed to excite hit wife's somewhat fiery temper. , lie apparently, used language, descripl ivc certainly, but not of a very reined nature. The irate Mrs T., disagreeing with his view of matters, 'acted—to a oertain degree—in a p)ate*onic manner.- Ska seised.a piece of erockerj, and threw it at her spouse, striking him over the eye, and causing a ! wound which bad to be attended ,to by Dr Payne. Mr Tetley admitted that he was not quite sober when he reached home on the evening in question, ancf that he bad called his wire rude, names. A witness, named Fenn, corroborated the evidence as far aa the assult was conceded, and another, named Thompson, described it, and the language used by the plaintiff to his'wife. Tb e Bench thought both persons were to blame ; tbeir quarrels bad been referred to. biw freqiseutly, and iv this case the plantiff had used offensive language t« bis wife, and ber temper got tho bettcrjaf her; he did not think it necessary to bind, tbe defendant over to keep the peaoe, but should if they again come before him, he would cause them both to find heavy sureties for suob, # purpose. „ _ - I jFaox anbtiee in another oblumu it will be s*en that tbe drapers of the town have at last come, to the conclusion tbat it is better to olo»e their respective places of business at a

reasonable hour on Sift rdny evpni-<»s, and that in future 10 o'clock will see the shutters up. Thwhour X quite late enough, both for J,heassi«tni.f«i'n.the shops find the public, and -we hope to pc« the grocers and oth«r businesses f.'llow the example. A STXPWSTr «livid»nd, will be payable to •hareWder* in the Bri >bt Smile Company on Mo day next. If present p*oitp«>ct* continu" this should be only the commencement of dis tributions of the kind

" A BTTuOfSS w-is charged in the R.M. Court this morning with allowing a chimney to take fire. The defendant had only recently got into the house, andT«hewed that there was no negligeno. The case was dismixerl. Thb Secreta»y of the Harbor Board to-day received the following telegram from Mr Hales, District Engineer :—'{ Re~your leter of the' llth insf, my instructions re the railway at Shortland are not as specific as stated, but I intend going to Thames by the Rotoma* hana on Friday moraine, and will be glad to meet the Chairman of the Board the same day if convenient. , *", >y'' r THB directors of the Queen of Beauty G-. M. Co. tire coming to the Thames to-morrow, and on Saturday they will 5 meet the County Council relative to the u»e of the water for the pump. The question of increasing the nomber ofrberdans' at the battery will also be inquired into. ; :'

< Thb acquisition of the small property between the Old Men's refuge and the Hospital is recommended by the committee of that-in*" j stitution, and surely there could be no difficulty in arranging matters with the owner of the section in question. The value of the site is easily determined. A SUMMONS for rooting up a willow tree on the Parawai Road was issued against T. Williams, and the case was called on for hearing this morning in the RM. Court, but owing to the absence of the defendant, and the solicitor for the prosecutionstating : that he had been informed by the defendant that the matter had been settled out of Court, the case was adjourned until toe,' morrow, to ascertain if such is the case. ."';' 'I'HR Hospital committee yesterday expressed their regret at haying to accept the resignation of their Itte dispenser, Mr Aitken, who has sewed them so well tfbd faithfully far the last,fourteen years..

* A tbial start of the- new wheel at the Alburnia battery was made at noon to-day. At first only 12 > heads of ■ stamps and .12 berdans were tried, and the highest speed was 72 blows per minute. The remaining 10 heads were then dropped, and the ope6d was at once redaoed to about 40 bfdirs. With 17 1 head of stamps 51 drops were obtained. The' contractors, Ifessrs Bawden and Olimo, did not expeot that the wheel would drire the mill up to the u»aal rate to»day, but'think that when two or three alterations ba^e.been made the speed will easily be reached. The noiszls used was two 1 inch** in diameter, r and the pressure of water was only four pounds. The quantity of water used Mr Climo estimates at under two sluice beads. It is inteuded to bare oat the nozzle a little more, 1 and also to reduce the size of the driring pully, so e.s to give the wheel a greater ripped, and consequently more " way." The wheel is the same size as tbe one in use at the Herald mill, and the principle fs similar, only the buckets at the AlburnU witf diioliftrge the water at each «de, in*to«d of, as isiihe case,. in the other wheels in use, on the in'siae. The water»engines formally in use took two and fire eighths sluice beads, bat the new motor is not expected to use so, much.

Mb John Martin Hawkia of the late Eev. V. Lush, for so many years clergyman at the English chnreh here, was admitted yesterday at Auckland as a barrister of the Supreme Court. * ' At a meeting of the Railway Company directors to-day it was resolvel—" That the Mayor and Messrs Brodie, Speight, and Graham should proceed to Auckland on Saturday re railway affairs." The Mayor is indisposed, but if bets not well enough the Town Clerk will go jn his stead. . ' ', *■ ."> r-'i T«K idoenaipg Committee in Cook Wiaret^ Wellington, have decided to close all hotels at 10 p m. in their district, the publicans are «p in arms, and intend to deputations© the ooa* mittee to extend the hours.

O*». Jyben Barry bas^ purchased tb> sfcstoott • I wiei*/»*<t intends exhibiting it round the colony. We suppose he will be illustrating that famous ride on a whale*; > back, which we have so often heard of l It is not generally realised that wittol establishment 0? the frozen meat trade «,->•*> meaus of intercourse and interchange be*we\»y the colonists and their,-friends in>. Knglantl h' b come into existence. When the Dunedin „ left Port Obalmen in January last with' her cargo of frozen meat,.hft« freezing oompart* ment contained' some' pukikis from Dr.- 'D<* Lautouf for friends of Us, in England. News has been received that they reached their' destination^in. excellent, condition, and the fact that presents of game can thus be sent tr ill:'no doubt be extensively, taken advantage of ere loag. John (SaAPFKI and 1 Charles Browu have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the jewellery , robbery i at Henrifkajn's Store, Victor a street, Auokland,on Tuesday night.,-Botb : are welJckbowttjo. ostensibly,,,they are hawkers. The robbers, made a complete sweep of the. stock of' watobe, jewellery, Sep., valued at £1500. They are supposed,, to. havfi..obtained an entrance from t,he back of the promts. ' . At the mooting of the, Aucklandr>rmanont Co-operative Building Society, the report showed that the amount lent on mortgage during the year, was £37,780; the reeei. ts, £62,668, being a falling off . iv, deposits received and loans redeemed on last year to the extent of £21,000 The prjfit on the year's operations was 9 per cent. TheB.MS. City of New York! with thfe London mais of the 17th 1 M*y,,did ndtf cail from dan Francisco for Auckland until the 10th in»t, eieht days late.- No reason'has yet* bet-n assigned 'or the delay. The Zealandia, with the May colonial mails for London, arrived at Ban Francisco on the 11th inst., three days in advance of her due date.' Thk Divorce Court sits in Wellington on Monday next. JLI present there are three cases for hearing, viz , Johnston v Johnston and Moore; H livell v Alivell; and Thompson - T Thompson. < ' Paicob, the butcher in Auckland^ srat fi'oed £5 and costs for a breach of tn*J >üb|ty» ) Health- Act, by having beef on. his prsasiase. unfit fpr human food. ' „.