POLICE COURT.-This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 549, 3 January 1885, Page 2

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before H. G. Selh Smith, Esq., R.M.)

Drunkenness.—Four persons ; John Brown. 10s.

Damaging a Shako.—Francis Shannon was char, fed with drunkenness, disorde ly conduct, and with damaging Sergeant Donnelly's shako, 17s Cd, oq the 2nd inst—A rgeant Donnellj arrested the prisoner near the Brick Hoii'e, Rokeby-fct''oet, at .j' to this morning. He resisted, and damaged hia shako.— Constable Rowlea cirrohor.itod. F nod -Cs, amount of damage, and costs, or 7 > ays.

Atibmvtino to Steal.—Peter Quinlan was charged with attempting to tteal 17s lid, tho properly o.' Juhn Broan.—Prisoner said he was drunk, but not guilty of attempting to steal.— A» the witnesses Were not present, Ihe prisoner was remanded unt'l Monday.

Supposed Insanity. — John Barron, alias Starkey, was charged with drunk and disorderly conduct in Chancery-street on the 2nd inst., to the annoyance of Mrs Ann Vcscy and neighbours —Sergeant Pratt considered that Starkey was deranged. — Remanded for medical examination.

Holiday Keeping.—John Burke, an elderly man, was charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct at the Old People's Refuge on Now Year's Day, and with assaulting the master, '1 nomas Walters. — Prisoner said ho went out and got some beer; had no recollection of striking Mr Walters; he was sorry for what hid happened. — Thomas Walters, manager, deposed that prisoner was an inmate of the Old People's Refuge; he went out without leave, and returned homo quite orunk; he tried to humour him to bed. when prisoner struck him; got Burke into bed; presently heard him getting out of the window : caught him by the leg, when prisoner struck at him with a fork; he was a quilt mau when sober.—Seven days' imprisonment. Alleged Obstruction.—Robert. Alexander was charged under the. Public Works Act, "i'h ohj'-nc v..i.' .hoiiiiis ",'*'.••:•". '-iiv.uy Cupula i'i_Jdi'ey":'_v/ 'j . ;'_„"." „J IA.iAA' ! soner's outrageous eonuuui a;.u bad _ui_ua_<;. —Fined 20s and costs. Suicidal.— William Taylor was charged with attempting to commit suicide hy cutting his throat at Helensville on the 30th ult.—Remanded for medical examination. This was all tho business.

f ■ " mW%MMM_*mW ' i T_o Governor and his Advisers. To it some days past rumour has been busy I jvith the names of tho Governor and his IVsponsible advisers, following immediately H»on the sudden arrival of th>3 Premier Hpri Dune'din,*. He namel unckpDctedly; aid was followed by His Excellency the (ivernor from Christchurch. It was kaown that whilst passing through'Christclurch" Mr Stout had a very length^ interview.' with His Excellency" on thi ' 'subject cf German annexation ifcthe Pacific, and this sudden return'of Gaernor and Premier to the seat of Goveament was, of coarse, at once creditsd to he action of Bismarck in-seising t_9 t'criiern coast of Kerr Guinea, All sort* of frategic steps wevs planned fqr tha, Government by busy tongues, and all sorts of flir.ours gained currency. It was first statid that there were seriou.s dissensions in tie Cabinet, and hence the appearance on tie scene of the Governor and Premier. Ne:dit was stated that His Excellency and Minftcrs were seriously at variance on the subj^t of annexation, and the character of the goteat proposed by Mr Service against (jei-iftn annexation. Thirdly, wo were told that|e Hinemoa was toproceedtoseaunder sealet orders, but that the object of her voyasw&n the annexation of the Samoa'n Groupjnd o>,h, er islands of the Pacific. All these tmours cached the ears of Ministers, and wfio effectually laughed out of court' tenance The expfenatjon offered was that very wjoitant Gabmu. business had to h_ transaeld prior to the. departure of SiiJuUus %cl for the North_ so important! In faet/Jiat the presence <J. the Premier was deetud necessary. But it \.i_ thought desirablethat His Excellency s_,„i_fc 0 present t tho meetings of the n^ecu. tive Coucil, and that were he present he should be at hand tv receive te result of Cabinet deliberations imfediately that result had been arrived a The subject of so much earnest dtiberation has not be n allowed to transpfe, and Ministers pooh-pooh ths idea that-nything extraordinary is going on. MrSallancc's Movements. The Hon Mr Ballance leaves for Wanganui to-njht for the purpose of being | present at 'i native meeting there. After '[ the meetingMr Ballance will visit Napier in connectioiwith the Lands Department. Some Imprtant Annexation Move. That sometking very important has been done is certaa, and I may go so far as to say that it fas reference to Pacific annexation. At present it is deemed inadvifable to publish tht intentions of the Government, but your readers will be made aware of all that ha! been done in the coun 9 of a few days.

Departure tf f'r ■*• Vogel,

Sir J. Vogel leftalait evening for Wa:< wera Springs, and ft i rumoured that tho Ainetrioa is provisitoS for a two monthd voyage.. This may or cay not be true, and if true may or may';Ot mean anything; Verb tap-.

The Stock Exchangauid Sinking Fundj Respecting a cablegim which appeared in yesterday's paperß| am informed that the Government, hafalot received any irij formation .as ,to theHlegfid protest by members of. the: fitocjfeehange againsj the alienation of the Sjjiing Fund, and the Colonial Treasurer, exgsses strqngidoubts as to the correctness of le statement) made in the Press Association special cables. Office Abashed,

The Government intii to do away with the office of Receiver^ Revenue on the various goldlields of thsjolony. aa( _ no tke has been given to the Riders of the office that their salaries wilfjt be provided for after the end of tH current financial year, when thoy will |ye to retire from the public service oifhe usual terms of compensation. Tho pal bodies will ba entrusted With the djy of collecting ths - goldfields tevenuOi t. ' *m

The New Zeand Loan?, Upon recoipt of a rflegram a few day* ago, which stated t| the New Zealand loan was not favourfy received in tla London market, and |nld pmbablv be n s t'ucßd if not withown altogether, f sought information otfie subject, and was informed that tho Gofnment had received no information on talubject, and had r§ intention of rSducinfthe amount of the loan. The subject us, however, sineS received very caret consideration ifl the Cabinet, and t| Government havfi now announced thatjking into considera; tion the state of the Hjlish nidney market j they have decided Sly to ask for tbfl one.^ remaining mjbn of the three1 million loan at the Jsent tiliie, rind ad: vertisement? invitß tenders for thiS sum will be inimeditwy issued in _ondb'ri: The raking of the ngloan of a million and a half authorised lj session will be delayed for a moro^ fiurable market. N^d inconvenience is lik| to be occasioned by the delay. . . I . . Sir George Grcy'songs and Legends Tendors are invitfby the Government for printing and bjing 2,000,. copies of Sir George Grey?a auction of Maori songS and, legends in Eng* arid Maori. hii Excellency! Governor returns t<s Christchurch on illay

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