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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1667, 4 May 1874, Page 2

By an inudvertuncc in our Saturday's gold return the Bird in Hand was said to have banked I'2o/. . llj'o- of gold; that amount war-banked by the Hand and Band. Thb brig Drover, having. discharged her inward, cargo, entered oulwavds at the Cub torn Home today. She wi)L load kauri timber from the Short!amd Saw Mills, her destination being Newcastle, N.S.W. Mb. Stove, at whoee yard the schooner Btaiu wa* built, and wli et successful launch we lately noticed, informs us that it is more than probable that he will commence active operations in ship building before long ',Should other offers fall through II- Stone intends to build a vessel on hp own account. This.will be good news for the shipwrights. Thk Sew.Zealand Tablet has 'enured upon; it» second year of publication. In ,ah article' on " Ourselves," the Tablot has the following paitage with reference to ita conduct tovfardß contemporaries*:—lti the not uhfrequenfcjpassages of arms rhat liavo taken place' between ourselves and our Brethren of< the - Pres!-—whilst- hitting hard as we conceived^ ourselves bound to do, in . Belf-dcfonoe|—we 1 %aye ulwtiya wisEcdi aud eudeav6urod,-tbp, to .avoid persijrialities and .confine 5 '■■■^tnbtly='"\witbiri;itb6;;rlimiti!'of'lit verary-';-Va^fare..' "Whether we have, succeeded jPrfiot, others,, mu*t judge, but "our conscience Woes 1 not

The carcases of several weris conyeyed through the s^refets'oh Saturday evenin|, in and ; emitted a most" offensive effluvium all along the route. Several persons were heard tosay, as the drays passed, that they would cut no boef for a w^ek. The bullocks wore rlauded from the Star of the Soutli and we're conveyed^to Parawiii—for boiling down purposcß, it is presumed, and to obviate the necessity of, and possible penalty for interring the dead animals at Tararu.

A half-caste Maori was brought down the river on Saturday afternoon in Mr May's boat, suffering from a compound fracture < f the log" yOn arrival-at-GralniiUslowri Wharf a Btre(chi.'r wus ..procured-;and/..the womfded man was conveyed to the hospital. He-jap peared to bo very weak., froni loss of blood, 'l'he accident was received while at bush work near Kerikeri,' an \ the wounded leg hid been rudely and attended to. . This arrival, "bomiug just afl.er the "news of -the fatal accident;, at,.the Central Italy m|ue, caused a painful sensation. . : „. . ;

•/'Mb. BifADXAtTGH, in alelfer to the National ■Reformer,' says':—" No ■'judgment Vpah; 1 be .formed on the marvellous force of American recuperative energy without' seeing Ohic&go. To think that o, visitor might have stood*on > Madison Bridge only a few raonlhs .ago and seen Beven miles of charred debris, and to see to-day the almost top magnificent buildings -which greet the eye, seems like re'opeaing n page from ' Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp.' The .Grand Pacific Hotel, where I stayed, beats anything of the kind I havo.-yet seen iii tho-.world."""

Chabies Lemon, E?q., General Manager, has issued the following notice with respect (p telegrams, for, Europe:—" Senders of English telegrams /are hereby informed that telegrams for India, Europe, G-reafc Britain, or America can, at the option of the senxler, after "their'arrival in India, be forwarded on to their respective destinations by any of: (he undermentioned "Stanch routesjat the sjuxie rates of charges as those now in force, viz , — via, Bed tfoa, via Teheran, via Turkey. [ ]STo charge is made by the Cable Company forlthis additional instructions but, it must in.evory caso'be written on the telegram by theaender at tHe time of presentation." '.. ; >

The following is': taken by the ; Ofcagq Guardian;from the Tipperary ;Advocate of Saturday "evening February ,7, 1874: — '"Yesterday 200 young" females embarked on board the clipper sh.ip Asia, at (Jueenstown, to sail for New Zealand. They are receiving free passages from the New Zaaland 'G-overn-ment,.and 100 of them came from the Cork, Workhouse. This .system, .of emigration n.ayfieem to the guardians a yeiy simple and effective manner of relieving > the- rates,) biifc theyipught to consider whether it ia judicious to. hold out so strong an: inducement to idle people to enter the Workhouse a3 the prospect of being sent out; to a prosperous colony." : • ;

The follovyiug is from the London iExaminer :'■■ —" A masonic banquet took place on November 8, which, does indeed, in the;languarge of a penny-a-liner, f deserve notice.' The members of the Great City Lodge rsiofc at the Cannou-strcot■Hotel, and ruucb. xtp the disgust, we should imagine," "of; the 'chef of that" establishment, dined sumptuously off bread and cheese and.ale. When the officers and ■visitors;had pariaken of the repast, the W.M. explained to the -visitors that the-lodge had determined to give "up banquets (whick cost between £50 and £60), and to giye^ the amount thus saved to the charity fund of the lodge. The bfliiqueterii do not seem to have sufi'ered so frightfully from indigestion a,3 one might have supposed, for most of the visitors were able to,.speak and express themselves highly gra'tified'°witlr the experiment, and the members were so. delighted with, their unexpected success that they at once resolved to give up four out of six monthly banquets, and so increase the charily fund to 'he extent of about -£200." " ;

The Borough Council haviDg elected their officers, it is fair to assume tliur. the securities offered : iwevo, satisfactory, :.- ThcsieiSecuritieß generally' 1 lake \\\u 'form of personal i'siii'eties in bonds of tlie required amounts. TS is objectionable in m:jny "ways. . The r person requiring to give si?curity for the due fulfilment of a t.rust is placed under obligation to personal friends, and is liable to. be left in the awkward' ■ predicament Jof ■ having '< his security withdrawn ah any time. This might bo obviated by recourse to one of the Q-untin-tee Societies doing 'business-.in;.the colonies, which system would off?r gveator security to' corporate bodies and companies requiring guarantees from their Beryajxtß,:and would be much more satisfactory to those wlioj are called upon ta find security. We are informed that,in Victoria the guarantee business i 3 nearly alldone by the societies. Minc;and legal managers requiring to find security have recourse to the, society. - The company pay the premiums, thus securing themselves against loss througu failure of personal bonds. The same system i 3, we believe, • generally adopted by shire and borough councils,'and might be followed with, advantage in ,this district.