The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1891.

Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 6788, 23 January 1891, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1891.

Three letters, a quantity of telegraphic matter, &c, are unavoidably held over till tomorrow.

Capt. Edwin forecasts heavy gales from northward, changing by west and south-west, with heavy rain between the 25th and 29th insfcs.

It will be recollected that some time ago a petition was forwarded to Government praying that the various Licensing districts in the Thames Borough should be amalgamated. The Town Clerk has now received .fche following telegram from the Under-Secretary of the Justice Department:— ** The amalgamation will be gazetted as soon as possible—probably next week. Parawai Ward, having been added to the Borough recently, is not included in the Borough Licensing district. It will be necessary to do this in the new proclamation, and the delay has arisen from this cause."

The cricket match Tradesmen v. an eleven of the Thames Cricket Club, was played at the Parawai Garden 9 yesterday afternoon. The Tradesmen were the first to go to the wickets, but with the exception of J. Lang 5 and Billings 5, none of the batsmen succeeded in making any stand against the bowling of Messrs Peel and Egginton, the innings closing for 31 runs, Peel securing 2 and Egginton 5 wickets. Tho Thames Eleven in their first innings made 70 runs, of which number Egginton contributed 26, J. Gribble 11, A. Lang 9, and Aitken 6. The Tradesmen on going in the second time were not more successful than in their first attempt, and only succeeded in putting together 33 runs against the bowling of A. Lang and T. Aitken, who were well on the wicket; the former secured 5 and the latter 3 wickets in this innings. J. Lang with 6, Billinga 8, and J. Nodder 10 were the highest scorers. The match thus resulted in the defeat of the Tradesmen by an innings and 6 runs.—A match, Grahamstown v. Shortland, will be played in the Gardens to-morrow afternoon, when the following players will represent their respective teams: —Grahamstown —Clark, Peel, Potter, Stephenson, J. Buchan, Waite, Lang (3), Johns, J. Christie, Gellion, W. Newman, and James; Shortland —Meldrum, Jordan, Purdie, Egginton, Hill, Houghton, C. Christie, Styak, J. Gribble, G. Newman, Gibson, and J. Park.

At the Police Court to-day, before H. W. Northcroft, Esq., ~RM., Samuel Howard, licensee of the All Nations Hotel, was charged with having on Sunday last supplied liquor to other than bona fide travellers. Defendant made an explanation to the effect that two men called at the hotel for dinner, and it not being ready, they asked to be supplied with drink. The girl, unaware that she was committing a breach of the Act, supplied them. He was absent at the time. His Worship said that this practically amounted to a plea of not guilty. Sergt, Gillies said that after the information had been laid, defendant came to him and asked him not to subpoena any witnesses, as he intended to plead guilty, and would thus be saved expense. He (Sergt. Gillies) told him that if he had any doubt about having committed a breach of the Act, then he should defend the case, but defendant said ho would plead guilty. Consequently the witnesses had not been subpoenaed. His Worship therefore adjourned the case until 10.30 a.m. on Monday next for the production of evidence.

Whose duty is it to impound goats and cattle found wandering at large in the streets ? This question was asked by Cr Wood last night at the meeting of our City Fathers, and by way of a chance guess two or three Councillors simultaneously answered " the police." The correctness of this reply, however, was challenged by Cr Wood, who said he had been informed that although the police often did impound cattle, it was not their duty to do so. He* therefore suggested that a ranger should be appointed, and pointed out that no expense would be incurred thereby, as he would be paid by the fees obtained, Cr Radford referred to the serious damage done to gardens by goats, and gave an instance of a case that had occurred a day or two ago. After a good deal of conversation the matter was relegated to the General Purposes Committee for their consideration.

A complaint was made by Cr Brown at the meeting of the Borough Council last night regarding the excessive fares sometimes charged by cab drivers. He said that several visitors to the Thames had spoken to him about the matter, and were desirous of knowing whether there was any bye-law regulating the fares from various parts of the town. Councillors generally were unanimous in stating that such a bye-law was in force, and it was previously incumbent upon cabdrivers to post a copy of the fares that could be charged thereunder in their cab?. The matter was, after some conversation, referred to the General Purposes Committee to inquire into and report.

Wb are pleased to notice that there is every probability of the Thames Regatta, which has been dormant for the last year or two, being resuscitated this year. A meeting of gpntlemen interested in holding a regatta on St. Patrick's Day is called for to-morrow evening at the Royal Hotel, when we hope to see a large, attendance of those interested .in aquatics. •

At the R.Mv Court to-day, the following cases were'dealt with: —Hohepa Hikairo v. Mohi Hamera, claim £100, adjourned to 6th March j T. Byrne v. J. GK Ralph, claim £36 15s Bd, judgment forplaintiff, with costs £3 18s; John Read v. J. C. Cooper, claim £52 14s, judgment for plaintiff, with costs £5 14s; W. T. Reardon v. T. Crawford (Bright Smile G.M.Co.), claim £14 11s 6d, [adjourned until 6th February; J. Clark v. W. Styles, claim £8 3s 4d; adjourned to 3rd April; J. Cooke v. Hohepa Hikairo, claim £18; adjourned orci April; J. A. Miller v. Hohepa Hikairo, clai:u £6 4s 4d, adjourned to 3rd April. The Court s still proceeding as we go to press.

A letter was read at the meeting of 4hc Borough Council last night from Mr George Wilson, Mining Inspector, stating that he had not yet completed the compilation of the past quarter's gold returns, but as far as he could ascertain, the Bank returns were as near as possible to the battery r Jfcrns, and would be a fair basis for the division of gold duty. The Bank returns for December quarter were: Thames Borough, 40650zs lSgrs j Thames County, 64580zs lOdwts 6grs.

The directors of the Cambria G.M. Co. are considering the advisability of adding several nioro stampers to tbeir battery, and the , following letter on the subject was read at the meeting of the Borough Council last night from Mr K. McDonald Scott,'the Secretary to the company :—" For the convenience of the miners and the necessity of additional crushing power being supplied to the Thames mining public, this company has been urged to add additional stamps to its battery. It should be stated that the publio use the battery at the present time,, and that sometimes crushing is shut out for want of stamps. The directors have not made up their minds to comply with the demand, but in the event of their doing so this letter is for the purpose of asking whether your Council will consent to the extension of the battery streetward a few feet outside of this company's allotment. Such extension in no way interferes with public traffic or thoroughfare, and if made will without a doubt bo a benefit to the mining public. An affirmative answer will oblige."-—The letter was referred to the General Purposes Coianjjttettf ffjiorfc,

At a meeting of the directors of the Mountain Flower G.M.Co., held in Auckland, Mr C. D. Waite was appointed manager of the company's mine.