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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1811, 22 October 1874, Page 2

The handsome sum of £194 17s 6d has been realised from a fancy .bazaar held at Tfiuvanga in aid of the English Church.

At the inquest on the body of Henrietta te Puni, the native woman, recently killed at Kohemaramo, the jury returned a verdict of 11 wilful murder," and the Maori Newton wa3 committed for trial at. the next sitting of the Supreme Court.

A Pbovikcial Goybekment Gazette published on Tuesday contains a number of notifications under the Highways Act; appointment of collectors under the Education Act, 1874 ; Bye-Law No. 2 of tho Thames Borough Counoil; and notices of times and plaoes far investigating land claims iv tho Native Lands Court.

A member of the Armed Constabulary named William Joyce, stationed afc Opotiki, dismissed the service for marrying without having first obtained the permission of his superior officer, has been re-instated in the* force. The man had applied for tho necessary permission, but the wedding feast; having been prepared, and the bride willing, the marriage took place although the " permit" had not arrived. The rules of the service had to be enforced —hence the predicament in which tho bridegroom found himeclf.

We notice that Mr. William Eowo has called a meeting of persons interested in the establishment of a High School. This lie has done at the request of a number of gentlemen; who have held two meetings to talk the matter over and arrange preliminaries to submit to tho meeting, which ifc will be noticed, is to be held afc the hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Friday evening next. The want of a superior school in the district, opsn to persors of moderate means, is very much felt ]aat now.

An interesting marriage ceremony took place yesterday, particulars of the names figuring in which may be seen iti another column. After tho ceremony Mr. John 33. Beechu, mannger of the Grown Prince Gr.lt .Co., and Messrs John Daniels and Charles Waite, underground managers in this mine, presented, on behalf- of the workmen, a large family Bible to the bridegroom, Mr Keller, as a token of esteem from the workmen of the mine (Crown Prince) of wbicbi Mr. Keller is braceman.

Two cases ajainst one party at tho Eeeident Magistrate's Court this morning—one for being the ow&er of an unregistered dog, and the other for allowing him to bite eouie one— fell through because of informality in the wording. Mr. Tyler for the accused party showed that the information in both cases disclosed no, offence against the law, and there being no offence set forth the defendant stood in the position of being a most injured individual. A complete bungle was made of the wording, as it appears, lince a dog must is the ono instance be shown to have been at large in 6ome highway or unenclosed place ; and in the other to " allow " a dog to attack and bite is no; offence against the law. It is a vary nice point however, and the owner of the dog mayJ congratulate himself upon his lawyer, having conceived the brilliant idea of hitting upon it.

A Tiiiß is related of a 6harp little boy in one of our local echooLi. A playful stranger the othor day visited ono of the many school* rooms, und, in the course of hjs observations, aiked a very small child whether he could solvo a Biblical problem. .'Tho infant confessed hia inability to do this, but professed that ho could "draw nn inference." "Well," said the Btranger, " what would ycu infer, from the passage which tolls of tho asa snuffing up tho east wind." " Wky," was the confi 'ent reply, ".that ho would snuff a long while before he would get a belly-full." The stranger turned his attention to tho teacher.

An nmusing story comes from Duncdin. It appears that there are two lawyers thero who cultivate tho custom of the Chineso population considerably. One had a sign placed over his door, on which wa3 an inscription iv ChincEe, which rendered into English became "Very good barrister—very." His opponent also had a sign pHced over his door, but it, would appear that on eorae occasion or other he had displeased the Chinese actis*"- who did; tho work for him, for when it was put up tho Chinose read it as " Him no good." Tho artist was, perhaps, something of a rogue as well ns a wit.

Wij aro revy sorry to hive to record the untimely death of tho Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society. Tho class was last night adjourned to on indefinite period, which is tantamount to its having expired; and this is anything but a credit to the young men whoso object it should^, bo to eeek " Mutual Improvement." Likewise, it U not to the glory of a town numbering some ten thousand inhabitants that it cannot support in anything' approaching prosperity an institution which should commend itself to everyone who can appreciate intellectual enjoyment. Probablythe class will moefc with more success when it again meets, which will likely be after the extreme cummer months have passed. :

Hbee is a specimen of English from an Italian Ghiide to the English langusge :—" A Protestant mini3ter, very choleric, was explained to the clrldrenthe Pentateuch ; but arriving at the artie'e Balaam, a young boy commenco to laugh. The minister, with indignation, chide, ,threaten, and endeavor once more,to prova that a ass was can speak, especially when ho stwa before him a angel nraiied with a sword. The little bi>y continue to laugh moro strong. The minister bad Hied into passion and givo a kick the child, which told him, weeping, 'Ah ! I admit the ass of Balaam did spoken, but he did not kicks.'"

We are told that there is too much reason to believe that the reported coal discovery at Mata Creek, Waikawau, is likely to turn out something like the prospecting claim at Hikutaia—a will-o'-the-wisp. There kas been considerable reticence displayed by the projectors as to the exact locality, and yesterday one of them, after inducing the Mining Inspector to visit tho locality of the alleged coal seam, refused to point it out. It is difficult to account for this rather suipicious behaviour, because, if such a discovery as that reported has been made, it would, we should think, be to the interest of the discoverers to prosecute it at once.

A merchant came into a printing office a short time since, and, seeing a pile of papera lying on the table —it being publication day —unceremoniously helped himself to a copy, and said, " I s'pose you don't take any pay for just one paper ? " " Not always," was the repiy. Shortly afterwards the printer entered the merchant's store and called for a pound of raisins, which was quickly weighed out to Mm. Tho printer took tho ivisins, saying, " I s'poso you don't charge anything when a fellow don't take but one pound ? " " No," said the grocer, after seeing tho disadvantage under which he was placed by his own stingy illiberality towards the printer, and said, "When I get any more newspapers from a printer I'll pay for them."

The sensational octopus story which has recently gone the round of the papers is of somewhat; doubtful authenticity. A correspondent of the Field says: —" With regard to the supposed loss of the Pearl, echooner, 150 tons burden, Jame« Lloyd, master, through being attacked by an octopus while on a voyage from Mauritius to, Rangoon (a notice of which has appeared in your columns), I beg to state that no mention of tho existence of such a schooner can ba discovered, after careful search, in any of the shipping registers of nny nation ; neither is the existonco of such a steamer as the Strathowen recorded, the ship which professes to have witnessed tho catastrophe. I may add that no authentic account of tho loss of the rchooner has ever reached Lloyd's."

The following amusing incident is related by the New Zealand Times :—A well-known member of the bar, whilst severely crossexamining an applicant for his discharge in tho Bankruptcy Courb yesterday, received a very brief if not satisfactory, reply to some of. his juquiries from (ho insolvent; who, from the " voreign indonation mit vich he spoake de English language," could not well be mistaken for an Irishman. "What property had you previously to going into buuness ? " inquired the barrister. "Da same as vot I've got now," replied the bankrupt. " Ah! f ndwhat may that be, pray ? " continued tho legal gentleman. "Notings/' quietly responded the questioned individual. The barrister changed the line of inquiry, amidst a general lnugh, which was not confined to the floor of the Court, and in which he good nataredly joined.

The Printer' Eegister makes an announcement, at once so startling and gratifying to newspaper proprietors that we cannot- do better than quote the words in which it is put forth :—"The combinaiion of the Typo Founding Company's patent type casting and finishing machine, whereby the fused metal is within two minutes converted into a perfect type, and whilst yet warm- conveyed through the two machines into the stick of the compositor,; indicates the dawn, of a new era in daily newspaper printing, it being an ascertained fact that the manufacture of now type daily for the composer is attended with less cost than the d'stribution and resetting into lines for the machine. '' We, therefore, confidently look to the time—not by any means distant —when one at least of pur leading daily journals' will every morning appear with entirely new founts, the Patent Type Founding Company having already deliveved a first instalment of the machinery, and boibg busily engaged in cutting new. punches of minion and bourgeois to the order of the enterprising firm who will inaugurate this most startling of trade innovations."

- A London correfpomlent of tho Otagrt Daily Times, writing about Parliamentary matters, says—Tho principal debate of Jhe mouth, however, w.is that on the 'tome Rulo question. It lasted over two nights, and, if it was nob particulary instructive, it wis by no means devoid of amusement, owing to tho ongornces of tho Irish members to enact tho roleoftfie Kiikanjiy.cafc*. Tho o'Donogbi>;e in particular was inado to ftrel how good en opportunity ha had given' his enemies to triumph through having written a book, or rather pamphlet, some .yesra ago, and some quotations from w-iich caused him no lit'le chagrin. Two or three of the Irish members, moreover, to tho no small diversion of the Honse, told tales out of school regarding tho authorship of cortain Ar!iclcs,&c.,in the Irish "National" newspapore. Sir Patrick O'Brien was tho victim of a malic ous reporter or: compositor. 110 declnred wilh pride that ho belonged to "the Latin race," and next; morning one of the papers made him esy (hat he belonged to ■" a Tatting raco." Amid tho rears of (he Houbp, nlso Sir Patrick re'orted to a member who was beseeching him.in h friondly way to stop his extraordinary oration, < in the words " You're a fool." At length two of Sir Patrick's friends boldly seized him by the coat tails, and literally pulled hi *? back lo his seat, while the House rang again with the laughter of hororable members. As a contrast to this lively speech, was that of tho Marquis of Hartington, who speedily sent the House to sleep. . Ou nil sides mombers were to be seen wrapped, in happy slnmbe", and Mr. Pisracli was the only minister who managed to resist tho soporific influence, but the Marquis went en all ihe same. He heard himself- talking and was happy. Tho debate concluded in the defeat; of the motion by 459- votes to 61.