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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1721, 9 July 1874, Page 2

To day tho. Warden's.Court was opened at eleven o'clock forenoon, and adjourned till Tuesday the 14fch instant. .. A New Zealand Ghzetto Extraordinary, published on the 3rd instant, contains Hi» Excellancy the Governor's Speech on opening the fourth seaeion of the fifth parliament of New Zealand. - '. The- time for receiving applications for Bhares in the Colonial Bank of New Zealand has been altered. Forty-three thousand ehareß have Tjeen allotted (o tho Province 6f Auckland, and the shave list will close oh the 21st instant. ANewZealand Q-azette just to hand conta'na a notification to the effect that His Excellency the G-overnoi, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by the oise hundred and thirty-third ecofcion of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," has app "inted William Davies, Esq, Mnyor of tho Borough.of Thames, to be a Justice of the Peace.

We notice that Edward Waller Packey, gentleman, has been appoinlol a truoie^ under "Maori JJeol Fstato Management Act, 1867," on behalf of several infants having interest in land pnss'd through the Native Lands Court at Sborfcland iv December lsiar."

It is notified in fcho Gazette of the 2nd instant that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband tho No. 1 Company Huuraki Rifles, and the officers thereof have .ceased to bold the-rank of' officers in tho Toluuteer "Force, their commissions having lapsed.

" One of tho Asia's immigrant?," states tho Bruco Herald, ■■" gob a job—stone breaking— at East Taieri. A man lent him. a._whftre to Bleep in. There were several cases of spirits stored in the wharo. Tho immigrant was found one day fast asleep in the whare, a case broken open, and many broken abd empty bottles kicking around. The immigrant accounted for these inconveniences .by sayiug that a dog bad come into (he hou^e, opened the case, knocked the necks off the bottles, and drank their contents, and this extraordinary thing had stupified him. Nothing more has been : done in the matter." ,-. •■

The Bruce Herald humorously remarks :— "Two solicitors started in a buggy, drawn by one horse, from Balclu'ha for Tokomairiro, about three o.clock on, .Wednesday afternoon. They got arguing some knotty, poin.fi.'. on the way, and in the ,end walked into Tokomairiro lale at night. They have not yet, said what became of the buggy; it has been seem by a mnn : who (wanted to buy .it for fire-; wood, and the horse was last observed making a hurried meal by the wajside, off tho halfcalf binding of a,law-book, 'Broom's Legal Maxims.' As he has not returned to his stable, it is supposed that hit food disagreed with him."

It is not, often that public bodies consult the convenience of newspaper proprietors so promptly, as'the Qtag« Waste Land Board. appbars to havo done.' A contemporary 6ays :—At a. meeting of the Ofcago Waste Lands Board a letter was read from thoOtago Daily Times and Witness Compaay, request ing the Board to hold its meetings on "Wednesdays instead of Thursdays, as the Witness is sent to press early on Thursday mornings, and, consequently, reports of the proceedings of the Board fire prevented from appearing until the next week's issue—a great inconvenience to the subscribers. It was agreed, in compliance with the request, to hold the meetings of the Board On Wednesdays.

The Auckland correppondonfc of the Coromandel Mail says:—"lt is announced that Captain Fraßer does not intend to proceed with the libel, case against the Star during the present criminal; sessions. This is looked upon as a dodge to let the matter quietly drop ]Jeed and Brett are determined that now it has been begun it shall nofc be permitted to subside so easily. They are underatool to have collected tery strong and voluminous evidence." [We believe there are no grounds whatever for the insinuation contained in the above. We know for a certainty that a number of Captain Fraiser's friends are rauch annoyed at tha prospect of tko caso being postponed till another session, and are prepared—some of them with subscriptions <?f £20 each, and others with lesser amounts, in order to bring the matter to an immediate issue,—Ed. Star.J

A meeting- of the Committee of the Traut-. man Belief Fund was held at the Exchange Buildings last night. Present—Messrs., Beeche (in the chair), Melhoae, Adams, and Oldrey (lion, secretary). The Secretary stated that £100 10s had been collected f r the family of the late Edmund Trautman— from the Bird in Hand Company, £10 6s ; Crown Princp, £2 Is 6d 5 Manukau, £117s; City of London, £2 3s; Cure, £1; Mrs. Endrie, £3 10s ; Mr. Endrie, £514s ; GMden Crown, £2 -10s; Exchange, £4 10s; Mr. Hagin, £1 12s 6dj Mr. Melhoae, £20 i7s; Mrs. Yon d\>r Hyde, £2; Mr. Drummell, £10 Os 6d ; Mr. Bieretoff, £20 ; Bright Smile, £7 63. On the motion of the Chairman, £5 was voted to the widow to meet pressing necessities It was estimated that £60 would be sufficient to pay the passage of the family to Germany. Mr. Beeohe and Mr. Melhose were appointed to sign all cheques for the withdrawal of monies banked by the fund. The Committee complained of the discourtesy shown their Secretary by those to whom lists had been sent at Coromandel; no answer whatever, having been received to several letters that had been Bent. The S9crefa>y was instructed to write to the shipping agents in Auckland, to ascertain tho date of the first vessel leaving for England. A vote of thanks to tha chair terminated the proceedings.