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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1905, 10 February 1875, Page 2

We observe that Mr Ley don, a' storekeeper in Shortland, is exposing •' dirt pans," for sale, in anticipation of the requirements of diggers who go to Ohinemuri. This looka like business. The famous Girard troupe arrived by the Enterprise last evening under an engagement to Mr Be Lias, and will appear at the Theatre Royal this evening. Mr George Barrel! whose name, in connection with. Mr a Barrel!, Trill bo perfectly well known, was also among the passengers by the Enterprise. To-day is the first day of Lent, commonly called Ash Wednesday. Br the steamers from Australia just arrived there isa considerable amount of interesting news. In to day's issue wilt be found some interating items selected from the budget. The beauties of Farawai and the cool and delicious shades that are to be found along' the banks of : the winding stream that runs through the Kauaeranga Valley offer so many attractions to bathers'that it is scarcely to be wondered at that persons flock thither for the purpose of bathing. A little above the spot which was occupied as n camping ground, there is a beautiful bend where the water deepens and forms a natural bath, and here *;pnany may be seen-refreshing themselves with the healthful exercise of swimming in a rnnnlng stream which carries along its surface all the fragrant scents that fill the pure and wholesome, atmosphere of Farawai. It is scarcely to be wondered at that the sea water of Grahams town and Shortland is npfc patronised either early or late. We would not wish to)'be accused of "blowing our owfl^ trumf*et" (which is a| figure of speech^ familiar to most), but we,are of the continually being'confirmed by observation, that the Thames is f eecri&rly favored by nature in* the matter of scenery, and if the trouble is taken to look around the tiuthpfthis will at once appear. Many persons ate heard to abuse the Thames for a prison where no one can walk but within a prescribed limit. These persons should go on an exploring ex pedition, and they may find come good in Nazareth after all. - , ;

c A siKGULAB cage was heard in the Besident Magistrate's Oourt tins morning. A^Mra Paul was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for damaging a mirror in the Melbourne Hotel. To this woman thero i? a remarkable history | attached co far as is known, and mry be that the part not known ia still more remarkable. Sbjs appears to be of a very wayward turn of njfed, her last eccentricity being her marriage with a man who appeared to. have been so totally uncongenial to her as to induce her to separate from him immediately after the nuptial knot had been tied,' without vouchsafing him. five minutes of her society after tiiat interesting event had taken place, and *he has never lived with him since. Sorao time ago th>s lady wag charged with stealing a watch from the Melbourne Ho el", but was acquitted, there not being evidence, sufficient to secure a conviction. A witness^ against-her ,otf that occasion was _the " jtftmdual whom sh» yesterday fav^^d ?'with the flattering attention of tnifowjpg' V tumbler at. his head."" It would seem that the proceeding "which lias cost her this. puowhmij6it" of two .months' imprisonnfe%t was iniftigatcd by.feeliogs of rerenge upon the parties who keep the public house. She has four children ia the Industrial School in Auckland; arid when in^Courfc had one wee little thing in h«K arms, i' The woman is young, and has feminine'"attractions of a decided character, but would appear to bo tho - victim, pt an excessively ill-natured tempera ment.. Howbeit, people's judgment in these cases should n] way« be tempered by th« advice of Hood. iMEove may remain behind.