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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1760, 24 August 1874, Page 2

Aw English paper says:—Curious persons who examine the .Monthly. Army List have often expressed their surprise, at the display "of patriotism made by, New Ztalandas illus-. trated in its pages, where not dozens only but .hundreds of our braye fellow-subjects, are found ' bearing coinmiisions in' the co opial "Volunteer servict, which are duly recognised in the official lists.'' Of majors alone, for instance, there appear to be enough to fill a Tery respectable battalion eh their, own •coount, without any assistance from the lewer military gradsi.

Mb; Bskjamin Balmee was admitted of Friday a barrister aud solicitor of the Supreme Court, after a very successful examination. Mr. Balmer served hit. articlei with Mr. Tyler, of Grahamstown. The steamer Southern Cross arrived from Napier yesterday morning with 53 head cattle and 2SO sheep for Meisrs Banks and McHardy. . The Cross fell in with .the Pretty Jane steamer near the East Cape, and supplied her with 75 baskets of coal, to enable her to proceed to Auckland. The Cross left Tararu for Auckland last night, taking soreral ptssengers. In the R.M. Court this morning the pound difficulty cropped up again. Mr. Bullen had to plead inability to proceed against a party who had allowed a goat to stray in the public streets, on account of there being no responsible person in charge of the pound. ■ Artho | matter rests with the Borough Council: it'is to be hoped that immediate steps will be taken to remedy this state of affairs. % Of the small evils whiph infest a township, .perhaps tbere is none'more conspicuous tlian this I dissolute wander;ng of vagrant animals, oftentimes to the destruction of properly. The Bendigo Advertiser reports that "a fact came to fight on 31st July in connection with gold robberies which still more clearly shows that tbis crime is Tery, rife in |he district. A man receinly working at a crushing machine on the Birds Beef died intestate a few days ago, and on the authorised persons taking prsieision of his effects they fouad a parctl of amalgam weighing some eight or ten .pounds.. .Subsequent inquiries showed that the man, although not very long in the employ of the company, had placed about £200 to his credit in one of the Sandhurst banks. The finding of the .amalgam itself, irrespectire of the fact of his hating been able to amass so much money in a short period, point very suspiciously at least to the conclusion that the gains were ill-gotten. We may add that the man was one of the last on whom suspicion would fall, and, in fact' he had been selected for his honesty aad integrity." . A ftiKTiEHiK whose reputation for gallamtry is not the least of his social distinctions met with a singular adventure a few days ago. He received a letter in a. lady's, handwriting asking him to meet her in the Botanical Gardens, specifying certain: peculiarities in dress; The recipient of the letter' kept the appointment, and met a well-dressed female, deeply veiled, who answered to the description of her whom he expected to meet. A conversation ensued, which was so interesting that the swain did apt notice that he was walking towards a lenely part of the gardens. At last he was disagreeably areused from his dream by the lady throwing her arms around him; and before he could recover from his surprise a man had emerged from the bushes, relieved him of his watch, purse and some trinkets, and then, accompanied by the fa r one, leaped the fence and made off. Possibly the gay Lothario will for the future not boast so much of his bonnes fortunes.