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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1762, 26 August 1874, Page 2

We have received from tho Government Printer No. 11 of the New Zealand Parliamentary Debater. , ; j The p.s. Hauraki will, we are requested to state, ba open forinspection at the Shorfcland wharf to-morrow, Thursday, August 27th. j Thb steamer Albion arrived at the Bluff this morning at 11.25 with the Engliih Suez mail. « (.v •_„ ■ ...,•* •'.?:■ i A" QirAiiTz-iAi)EN dray came to grief in the centre of Albert-street to-day, the wheel haying coino off. The roads are very heavy just now, and the wear and tear of horse flesh, and vehicles must be a serious item with carters. ■ \ A Pbovinciai Government. Gazette, published on Saturday,' is' to hand.' It is chiefly . comprised of notices under the Highways Act, Native Lands Act, and statement of the Public Account of the Province of Auckland for the quarter ended 30Ch June, 1874. ? A Baxcltttha paterfamilias describes a night's rest at this season of the year as an attempt at seeking repose: whita under; an engagement as judge to decide upon the meritp of half a dozen young children engaged in a coughing match. > The Swabian -Mercury says it has received intelligence frcm Zurich positively announcing that tho Castle of Arenberg is to bo prepared for the reception of the Empress Eugenic .and Prince^ Imperial, who' shortly inteiid taking up-"thai? residence there permanently. ; Chikamen on the Thames are net so rare as once- they, were. A number of Celestials might have been seen in- Grahamstown at an early honr this morning—new arrivals. One gentleman was heard to affirm with great show of prophetic sentiment that" these wore v mere forerunners of a regular immigration."; The weekly meeting of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society takes place this evening at half-past seven o'clock, in the, Hall of the Mechanics' Jnstjtute. -. The.busi• ntss 6t the meeting will consist in the reading of an essay on " Lyipg and Hypocrisy,*' and some readings or recitations. j We learn that Mr;. Andrew Beveridge hsis received a commission from the Grand Lodge of Scotland appointing him R. W. P. G-. Master for the North Island, and that the Provincial. Grand Lodge will be constituted as soon as Mr. Beveridge's health jfeill permit him to assume the dutiesJof his high. office, ; Me. CbATG this day offered under a warrant of the Magistrate's Court the Hand and Bancl G.M. Company's ground at auction, which after a spirited bidding between Messrs. J. D. Wickham and J. A.Eryer was knocked down to the latter at £1200 cash. The first bid was only £100, but rapidly increased to the £1200. , i ,.. ! ; ,_ j ,;,::■■■:;;.:•/ ,■-,: ->■■?= : Thebe' was no business of any description to be disposed of at the Besident Magistrate's Court this morning—not even a' single case of helpless or disorderly, intoxication to record. The weather bas been to'o'inciement for this cla.ss of, offender to show himself in open day ; and, 11^ is to be presumed; ho has', like thjo Tbarons of old, conducted his favorite pastime at'tho board. ' ••■••■■• •'■' ,'; •' ■' i The riehegt man in,,the, world isuaid to be a certain Senator from Nevada, named Jones. This worthy is, accredited with;the annual income of £1,200,000; and is reported' to 'Be •the owner of tho rooßt productive mine known —a silver mine from which he has been in the habit of drawing a profit estimated at £50,000 par month, but which, owing to thie discoyery : of anew vein isaaid to be,returning him double that amount. ' ' ! ' ' ; Tee Bruce Herald thus notices a now industry :—A new arrival in tho district has commenced at Fairfax & freslv local industry in the manufacture of broom,s of cabbage tree leaves. They are in appearance similar to those known in tho raarket as American brooms. They appear cheaper in price, and we should think will prove fully more lasting foi? wear. They are well and neatly got up, and show considerable .ingenuity in their make up. Wo understand that the maker, a native of the United States, of African descent, has carried on the trade at Tuppoka for some time, and, finding that; ho is likely to meet with a largo trade in Tokomairiro, proposes making this district his head quaters in future. ; The laying down of Bella-street tramway is being proceeded with rapidly, and the work is fast approaching completion, the line having been carried from the junction with the main line for some distance paat Pollenstreet. The mines on the Waio-karaka flab will hail the completion of this work with (satisfaction, as it will facilitate the carriage of qaartz to the mills very considerably. Thus, when the Bright Smile was lately crushing at Tararu, the mode of transit employed was move .expensive and lees convenient than it would h&ro been had the Bellastreet tramway been completed, as the qaartz could be carried from the hopper to the a ill without the intermediate. intemiptiap.. of losdkg and unloading tho drays.

Mb. Henry Wish, of Duncdin, proposes to i'bsuo a Directory of New Zealand,- containing a largo amount of information,' jnaps of each province and town, and complete alphabetical list of professions and trades, besides other particulars of the colony and pcoplo which cannot fail to be useful to busi> ness and professional men. The work ia to edited by Mr. T..H.'fielding, who has hid experienco of similar wbrkj and is/to be.pub-: lialied early in 1875: • ' , Thb Advertiser a few days ago twitted us with a " bull" of a telegraph notice. Yesterday they, " cooked " the mail notice to 10010 turio, by* aunouncing that 'the mails would! clo«e per Golden Crown at fivs o'clock. This, •was the last d*y for sending Engl:sh" leCte'r;',' and as tho mail actually closed at 2.80 o'clock the ; victims of .misplaced conndenco who the Advertiser'• correctnf sa will pifobably diicovcr tHat they have' lost a malil.' Ihe Advertiser people should remember tho advice about living in glass houso;. The AucJkranJl rßvening Star nccGiints for-, Miss Alice Maj's lameness a,s follows :— Our readers will bo sorry to hear that Mis=t Alido May is, suffering from serero Siwneness. It originated from an accident which ltappened •on .the occasion of the Opera..ComparVy's second representation of "The Grand Duchess," at the Prince of Wales Theatre, whon Miss May was hurrying from hor dres-sing-room on to the sfciiga. While in tho.act of running up two or three steps which are at the entrance of the room, her right foot slipped between two of tho sfcepg, and an injury to tho shin was This has become gradually worse/"till, on Friday last, the talented prima dona was liardljr able to [ go througtt her ipcjrfoirmanco'df Satanella. SoMS persons have a passionate fondaoss for new things ; and as powerful a dislike of things claiming ancient origin, no matterof what particular class, whether it be' a fourleggod stool or a boot-jack. Knowing this to be an ,idiosyncrasy of " some'persons," we could contemplate with a certain amount of complacent resignation a great many extravagancies of the kind; but the peculiarity has broken out in an entirely new direction. A gentleman who ia the possessor'of a fine house and grounds in a suburban portion of our district, has been endeavouring to impart to a certain shrub in bis garden, a perpetual" newness—a youth that will never decay: and hit method of doing this is as.uniquo as it is simple and easy.; On the extreme end of oae of the three branches ho has attached a ticket, which shining in the light .of the.niorning sun, makes the followiag announcement :^— "Furj 2 months' growth; price 6d." It would bo difficult to corjecture how long this little tree has already stopped at two months; and it would sbe equally difficult to enter into a mathematical calculation as to how much more than 6d it would have been worth if this Madame BachaeMike influence had not been exerted over it.