THAMES. [From our own Correspondent.] Thames, Wednesday.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 341, 9 February 1889, Page 2

THAMES. [From our own Correspondent.] Thames, Wednesday.

The monthly meeting of the Governors of the. Thames High School was held on Monday last. Present : Messrs Carpenter (in the chair). Dean, Brodie, Wood, Doualas, and Rev. S. J. Neill. Mr Carpenter was elected Chairman for the ensuing year. Applications were rpceived fr^m James Garria (Te Aroha), W. H. Baker, and J. D. James, for Free tuition at the School hy virtue of their having passed the sixth standard at the primaiy schools. Granted. Treasury vouchers were received from Government for £34: and £61 10s 6d, goldfields revenue for the months of September and November respectively. In the course of conversation Mr l>an said he would propose, " That a Committee of the whole be appointed to consider whether it would not be advisable that applications for admission to the school by sixth standard pupils should be made by a certain dpte, and also that they should be instructed to report on the advisability or otherwise of admitting scholars who had passed the sixth standard in the public schools." This was unanimously agreed to. Mossrs Carpenter and Brodip, and thp "Rev. S. J. Neill were appointed a Visiting Committee for the ensuing month, and were authorised to report as to the bpssfc method of improving the manner in which drawing is now taiurhb in the school. Mr A. de Conrcey Potterton tendered his resignation as French Master, nnd the Visiting Committee were instructed I to take such steps as they might deem advisable to temporarily fill the vacancy, Mr Brodie inquired what, had been done regarding the letter received at the last meeting from M»- Thos. Murray, of Mansapai. suggesting that the Governors should take steps to ejeqt Mr Had field from the Board's endowment at Waiorongomai. The Secretary mentioned that the letter 'iad been referred to the Visiting Committee, to take such action us they may deem advisable, but they had not yet met. The matter then dropped. The u^ual accounts were pissed for payment, and the meeting adjourned. The Thames "Wh/vleboat orew are in native i mining for. the matoh on Saturday with t<he Waitomntas, T!ie local prow will consist of (ho following: — (

Messrs Johnston (2), Gallagher, Rolton, H, Brownlet, and Wm. Rolton, coxswain m/ The fortnightly cleaning up for the Saxon Co. on Monday produced 4140z.s retorted gold from 345 loads of quartz, and 65 lbs of picked stone. This is scarcely as good as for tbe previous fortnight, and it is unlikely that a dividend will be declared at present. ■

Thames, Thursday, The proposed match om Saturday between the Thames and Waitemata Champion Whaleboat crews, for £25 a side,"lras-not yet been definitely arranged, although theie is little doubt that it will take place. The Licensing Elections take place as follows : — Waiotahi, Kaunranga, ami Parawai on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd insts. respectively, and Hastings on the 23rd inst. Up to the present neither the temperance no»' the publican's party has made any move in the matter. The annual meeling oF subscribers to the Thames School of Mines was held on Tuesday evening. The balance-sheet showed the receipts for the year to have been £1334 11s sd, and the expenditure £1334 7s. The assets, including ordinary and plant accounts, were stated to be £72 19s Id, and the liabilities £80 18s 3d. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year :— President (no nominations) ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs D. H. Bayldon and H. W. Moore ; Treasurer, Mr John Watson ; Committee, Messrs Carpenter, Dunlop, Bull, Clark, Smith, and A. Price. As the result of the lust fortnight's operations, the manager of the Saxon mine has banked 4090zs melted gold from 345 loads of quartz and 65lbs picked stone, making the total yield for the month 898ozs gold from 741 loads of quartz. ( The tributers in the New Moanatairi I have banked 210<>zsof gold for the month from 89 tons of quartz. | The monthly rot urn from the New j Mannkau mine, which was banked on Tuesday, shows a great improvement on former yields, being 51ozs lOdwts gold from 38 tons of quartz. The mannger of the Waiotahi has ' cleaned up for the month for 2040zs ' gold, the product of 210 tons quartz.

Thames, Friday A sitting of the Warden's Court was held yesterday before H. W. Northcroft, Esq., Warden, wlien the following 1 applications were dealt with : — R. McDonald Scott, Adeline Amalgamated, Karangahake, granted ; Adam Porter, Crown, Karangahake, gianted ; It. Mulgur, license to cut timber, adjourned until 31st inst. ; E. K. Cooper, tramway, Moanatairi creek, granted ; Chas. K. Bull, agricultural license, Karaka creek, refened to the Mining Inspector to report ; E. B. Edwards, protect ion for one month for the Queen of May, granted. The plaints lodged by the Mining Inspector for non-woiking were further adjourned until tiie 31st inst.: — J. X, Banks, Moonlight, Moanatairi ; A Bnckland, Freehold, Puriri ; Cha*. McWilliams. Young Colonial, Whangamata ; W. G. Scott, Silver Prince, Whangamafca. The directois of the Saxon G, M. Co. have declared a dividend of 6d per share (50,000) as a result of the past month 's> operations,