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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2065, 17 August 1875, Page 2

A Tou^a- lady named Miss Knoi. has been presented with a gold watch and chain arid.. an- illuminated address at Hamilton, -Wajkato, for services in the cause,, of <3oqd Templary, she haviDg gone "there as a delegate to establish lodges.

Theee wag again a large house afc the Theatre Royal yesterday evening to sco the last performance of the Airec Troupe at that theatre. The performances were again ably executed. Professor Jacobs varying his magical tricks -by the introduction of cutting pound notes.in two and-.re-uniting them, and other feats, w.hich were well received. Airec, as usual, astonished the audience by the daring of his exploits. The presents advertised were given away after the entertainment; the large present of a handsome sirloin of beef being obtained by Mr J. Anderson. To-night, Airec, with his troupe, gives his services at the Academy of Music, for the benefit of the Hospital. We hope a large house will collect to show their just appreciation of Airec's liberality, and render the benefit to the hospital a financial success.

The anniversaiy of the Thames Fire Brigades will be celebrated on Thursday evening next by a complimentary dinner to the firemen at the Pacific Hotel; after which there will be a dance. For the latter a large number of invitations have been issued, and it is probable that the party will be very enjoyable. Citizens will be admitted to the banquet by ticket, and as a compliment .to the Brigades we hope to see a number of the business people of Shortland and Grahamstown present. . ■

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning an old offender had a narrow escape of a long term of iuprisonment —indeed it was doubtful for some minutes whether the Magistrate would accede to the appeal of the offender and give him " jusfone more chance," or send him to gaol for twelve months. The offender's besetting sin is drunkenness, for which about twenty cpnvictions have been obtained against him. Through drink he has also been led into itie cbmiflissibn of other offences. >He~ha'sbeen twice'of three times in a state of helpless lunacy from excessive drinking, and served several terms of imprisonment/ .The, Magistrate, admonished defendant on the nature of his offence and urged' him tb leave off drinking ; but on the defendant promising to turn over a new leaf, he was let off. Perhaps the Good Templars might assist the man's good resolution by taking him by the hand.

The Thames brokers haying found the rules of the Stock and Mining" Association unworkable, a number of them 'have severed their connection with that body, and at a meeting last night they formed themselves into a new guild under the designation of "The Thames Stock and Share Association ; " having remodelled the rules, and established matters on a footing likely to be more satisfactory to themselves and their clients. V

"An Eye-witness " writes regarding a scene whicli took place in Burke-street last evening, which, in its sickening details, seems to have ecl'psed the " man and dog fight" of the Black Country. Our correspondent says that two men under the influence of drink, not content with kicking and punching and other modes of settling a difference, pr incapable of standing up and deciding their difference in a fair fight, fell to biting and scratching and gnawing at each other's face. The bystanders were,. compelled to take these brcites by the legs and pull tbem asunder; as soon as this was done they would njpke for each other again and renew meit. biting with thetferocity of dogs ; in fact they behaved much more like two bull dogs than human beings. Further details of this affair are furnished, but theyjare so positively revolting that we<,<cannpt sully our columns with a description. We trust,-however, that tho police will endeavor to find out who the brutes were and bring thetn r to punishment. Such a; scene as'that' described is a disgrace, to our common humanity, and tljo; actors ought to be made to feel that they cannot outrage decency and civilization by indulging in such outrageous cannibalistic propensities. No doubt some" of the. spectators will be able to furnish the police with a sufficient description of the ruffians to lead to their identirication.