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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4786, 12 May 1884, Page 2

The only business done in the Police Court this morning was dealing with two cases of cattle wandering within the Borough. In the case of Thomas Hawkins, whose cow was straying, the Bench inflicted a fine of one shilling and costs, and in another case Mrs Tierney was similarly dealt with for allowing two cows to be at large unattended. Messrs L. J. Bagnall and T. L. Murray, J.'bP., presided on the Bench.

Mxxjaa-W. Kowe (Chairman), A. Oarnie, OS. Clark; T. Kncebone, W. 0. Ord, and W. J. Speight attended a meeting of the Miners' Bights Petition Committee, held on Saturday night, and after resolving that Hate should be issued to local mines which had not received them, and some sent up country for signature, the Committee* adjourned until next Saturday night. ' Oyer 300 signatures have been obtained to the petition.

Owing to the email attendance at the Academy of Music on Saturday night, Herr Carl Sohmitt decided not to give his. second concert as advertised. The entrance money was returned to those present;.

The Borough Collector is about taking out summonses for unpaid rates, so that be will probably have a field day iv the R.M. Court shortly. The two-stamp elephant ore crusher is now erected at the Moanatairi battarjyand a trial will take place in a day or two on some quartz from the No. 9 reef. The machine is a self feeder, and works at a high rate pf epred The stamps are light, and are affixed to arms worked by cranVs on'the'main shaft, springs preventing the shock of the blow breaking the metal

The bon. the Premier has telegraphed to the Mayor that he will be in Auckland on Thursday next. As Major Atkinson has promised to visit the Thames he will doubtless do co during his present .northern tripi-%

A special meeting of the High School Board cf Governors wa3 held at the Borough Chambers this morning, the business being to receive and consider the Examiner's report on the late scholarship examination. The report stated that No. 17 (Miss Eimlin, of the ; Waiotahi) had secured the highest marks, and; had therefore won the scholarship. Mr MeGowan stated that the young lady's father had informed him he did not intend to accept the scholarship, as the time for which it wala tenable was not long enough to justify him in removing his daughter from the public school she was now attending. Some discussion tc ok place, it being ultimately decided to let the scholarship lapse. The meeting then closed, but a committee meeting was held im-m-diafely afterwards, when arrangements were made for forming four scholarships from the Ladies College Fund, the examination for which will take place at. the end of June; next. . /,. ... ■"' . , ; . .

A CONSIDERABLE number of spectators witnessed the football match Thames v. Shorflmd, played at r Parawai Gardens on Saturday afternoon. The firat tw> spells resulted in a slight advantage being gained by Thames, th y Bcoring two force-downs to Shortland.'s one. In the third and last spell, Spencer, who had been playing a, capital game for I hamps, securod a touch-down, but no goal was kicked, an ■< ■soon afterwords the Bhprtlanders forced the bull over the baundary lino. It-wus thrown in, and so far »s we can leurn, Tupara picked it up" in a scrimmage, and claimed a touch-down which was disputed. The respective umpires for 3-rahamstown and Shortland, Allom and Morgan, failed to ngree each siding with his team, and affairs were at .this stage whon the pamo was stopped, by (we are informed) Ihe Shortland captain withdrawing his team from the field. The Shortlanders appear to have.been in the wrong as far as the rules are concerned; ib showed bad taste to 80 unceremoniously close the game beciuse the point was not conceded them, as any dispute could easily have been settled after the game had been finished. It is a pity it ouuld not. hayo boen pla ed out, but in future a referee will no doubt be appointed to decide all disputes. The County Council invite tenders elsewhere, up to Wednesday, 21st inst., for cutting and forming a portion of the Thames* Tauranga road, between Mackaytown and Eahu. The work wjll be pointed out on the ground cv Saturday next, ita»'ting from Maekajiown at 10 am,

VVi! havo before Cille.i tb<> attention of the poh'co authorities to the case of the half demented deuf and dumb half-caste child Tookoy, who is allowed to wander about the streets at; herowrißweft will and evidently without much care being bes'owd upon her. S l>e is tonetantly getting into JJiisch'i?f and danger, and for her own puke stepa should ba taken to place her under proper control. •

Ma CffAßr,E3 Bhig(-ht, the well known lecturer, bn3 been engaged by the Auckland Rationalistic Association to deliver three :c----tures in that city.

We have been shewn .a sample of cigars manufactured from tobacco leaf grown by Messrs Masctn Bros., Auckland, by Mr B. Alexander, Thaim-s. Of course maturity ia required by them, but, judging by the flavor in their new stat9, ihey promise to turn out a Tery good article.

An extensive fire oocurrcd on Friday nijht at Upokongaro, aboufi^seven miles from •Wanganui, when the residence of Mr Spencer Pell was burnt to the ground. Nothing wao saved except ft valuable diamond in n gold bracelet and a gun. The origin of the fire i 3 unknown. There are insurances in.the Colonial for £700. The insurances about 'cover the value of the bouse, but the loss on tW contents is esti» 'mated'''to be much above insurance, as Mr Pel) had a large amount of valuable jewellery and other extensive property.

Sir G. Gbey addressed a largo meeting in the Garrison Hall, Dunedin, oa Saturday night. ,He had .an enthusiastic recoption. His address was, in the ruain.^a repatition of his ChristchurcQ, addresß. He opposed the expenditure of money on immigration, and spoke of the wisdom of New Zealand remaining a united people to build up a great and glorious nation. He gave a list of tha advantages they had secured, —the demolition of the barrier erected in the Legislative Council Hall beyond which M.H.B.'s when they went to the Governor's speech had to Btind, and had secured for therepre.entatives of the people the right to sit in the presence of the Council; they had opened the profession of the law to any man who paised an-examina-tion in general knowledge, they had secured triennial.Parliaments, and had extended the .franchise; There was continuous applause throughout the Bpeeeb.—At the close of the address, Mr Thome, President, of the Trades and Labor Council, propbßtd a vote of thanks to Sir George.Grey, and of confidence in him as a leader of the peeple 3 Mr Farnie, M.A., Vice-Pre3ident, seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. .

i Mi JOE r:Nixon was buried with military honours at Wanganui on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a very large crowd of citizens, about 2500 people being preaeni. Some 200 Volunteers from the local corps formed a firing party.

Nobman MoKenzis, from Ohinemutu, waa arreßted in Auckland for an indecent assault on a child named Margarei Hurley He bad been drinking.

The report of Mr Sullivan, Inspector of Schools for Auckland district, for the year 1883, shows a considerable increase of attendanre, ns fol'ows:—Q.uarter ending March 31: Number of Schools, 204. ' Roll number, 8468 males, 8023 females; total, 16,491., Average attendance, 12,820. Quarber ending June 30 V Nunjber of schools, 210. Eoll number, 8637 malei, 8209 females ; total, 16,843 Average attendance, 13,625. Quarter ending September 30T Number of schools, 213. Roll number, 8671 males, 8290 females; total 16,961. Average , attendance, , 13,122. Quarter ending December'3l: Number *of schools, 217. Roll number, ,8785 males, 83D5 females,; 'total, 17,120. Average attendance, 13,348. For the various staudard examinations the total number examined was 8327; passed 5449 ; failed, 2878;'. percentage of passes 65 4. In. his remarks the'inspector says:—" Gymnastic 3 have bean . practised much more generally and in a more efficient manner*'during :the past year than hitherto. Indian clubs hare- been added to the apparatus previously in use. I become every day more and more impressed with the value of gymnastic exercises, especially for girls."

The Northern Steamship Company have rommencfd to open a trade with Great Barrier Island, the a.s. Rowena weekly visiting Typhena, Whangaparapaia, and Fort Fitzroy.

t At an inquest on the body of O'Neill, drowned at Port Chalmers, a vei-d'ct of acci« dentally drowned wan p?seed, and to it wai attached a tier expressing an opinion that the harbor regulations relative to gangways and lighting are not properly'carried, out; and requesting the Crown to represent the nee osity for life-saving apparatus being provided.

At the Wantfanui Police Court, four native t were charged wji%,o.b3tructmg the : polio > who were arre3ting|Wiki';Eemp; the daughter of Major Kemp,: for drunkenness, when the latter, with about 2CO other natives, canoe up, and after a squabble, two of them assaulted this policeman in . charge, and other two natives. Ttie Court fined one Maori £o, and another; £3.< Majors Kemp and his daughter iwere each fined 40j. i..fi- ■■;'■■' r '. That Husband of Mine is three^times the man he was betore he began using "fells' Health Renewer." Druggists. Mobbs, tlVTos?, & Co., Sydney, General Agents.

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