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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1700, 15 June 1874, Page 2

In the case of the Trautman Belief Fund managers and orhera are requested to return theiV subscription Msts by to-rrorrow (Tuesday) evemng. : Thep^ wa3 an aim in Of firo in Grahams town yesterday at noon, the bell in Williamson being rung most, vigorously. The &ie brigade and a number of residents rushed to tb.e eceno of the fire, which proved to bo a house next tbe Theatre Boyal Hotel, and the caiiso of nlaim a chimney on fire. : ; ASpirTHEEUtelegrominfoi'ißS usthat Hame le Him, 'a Maori murderer, ie on In 3 way to Auckland to be released. We believe this native was concerned in the murder of Fnlloon at Whakatane, and sovoral other outrages on the East Coast, for which ha was sentenced to death, but afterwards reprieved and his sentence commuted to imprisonment forlif". ;

" TnE-footboll match between Auckland and Th-.mes teems, which took place at Piirawei Gtordens on Saturday afternoon; lesflted in a draw alter two hours' good play. Tho Aucklanders were entertained at dinner at the PaciGc Hotel in the evening, by the Thames club, where the usual toasts werevdrunk and compliments/jxchangcd. Tho Auckland team returned to town by the Enterprise yesterday. ' '

His Ex' ellency the Governor left for Wellington on Saturday in. his yacht -Blanche. Before leaving" he addressed a lettei t3 His Honor the Superintendent, in which he says : —" I wish to tell you; -lhat-'-Lady Fergusso.n and myself havo reaily enjoyed our s*ay in 4uckland, c arid shall look forward with pleasure to coming back. Wo have been "very sensible of the kind feeling of all classes towards us."

The Portland Transcript-t>,113 a story of the Eev. M. jßorroughs, of Portsmouth, wh : years ago spent several, weeks on Star;lsland, for "the benefit of his health; and the-pulpit of tho little efono church being unoccupied, he volunteered to; preach for the: people daring his stay. The church was accordingly opened and he ministered unto them to their apparent acceptance: The preacher,' however, did not learn in what appreciation his labors were held until he prepared to take his departure, when-bis interested hearers sent him a bill for the use of the church. .-. :-: ]

'' BoW£gentlemanly larrikins appeared 1 to hafe mistake? the sfalls.of the Academy of.Mudc for the pit on' [Saturday nighti; r much to the discomfort of those who were n9t of their set. Theefc young gentlemen were from home, and ftheir liberty seemed to have intoxicated'-them. It:was Only tbo good sense and toleration of son c of those to whojn their rudeness' was directed which' saved them from the chastisement';wliicK-'they deserved. We don't wish <© be explicit, but it is sincerely to be hoped that the offenders will take a hint —reserve their roughness for the arena where such a display may be con-, Bidered a virtue. . ..-.•-. ■■.'-.' ■■■■-. ■■:■ \-: '■ '

A PEB3ON has been charged in Auckland ■with a breach of " The' Old Metal and Marine Store Dealers' Act, 1867," by purchasing old iron from boys under Bixteen years of age. As some persons in business he c may be affected by the J provisions of this Act, wo give the following, which are the regulations "for persons'erigoged in the rhaine stora business : —l. Ho shall have his name, together with tho words " Dealer in Marine Stores " painted distinctly in letters of six inches in length on hia warehouse, under a penalty of £20. 2. An accoutit of all marine stores he iria'y purchase or receive, with the name and address of the disposer,.ehullbo kept, under.a penally of £20; ;and for every subsequent conviction nfter the first he shall bo liable to a fine of £50. It ia also enforced that lie shall not purchaso any such stores from any person^or persons under 16 years of age, under: tho same peualtios as apply under Begulation 2; '

Speaking of Mr. Lemon's new patent for transmitting two messages alorig the ■wire at once, the Wellington Inrbpendanfc says—"Experiments have lately been made in England in the transmission,, at the same time, of two messages froiriopposite termini by the same telegraph wire. Thcso are reported to have been successful, although the- system is still only ah experiment. Within the last few "weeks, Mr. James, of the Victorian telegraph department,'has also experimented successfully on a plan of his own in tho same direction. We are gratified, therefore, that Mr. Lemon, tho superintendent of the telegraph system of Mew Zealand, has not been unobservant of what has been going on abror d, and has lately perfected a system with tho main object in view, which ia entirely his own. The lino between Wellington Rnd Napier was chosen for tlie[ late experiment, and we understand that tho signals- vrero instantaneous, nnd the passage of the' crossing in' sssigo uninterrupted. Sharp operator,} aro she thief-desideratum. We shall probab'y loiirn more 01 tho susjsct by-and-by, when tho system has. been ; a little more tested."