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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1768, 2 September 1874, Page 2

We ara indebted t« an esteemed cprrsspondent for a copy of TheHbngrEojng Times Mail Supplement of the 4th July. <

We have to acknowledge receipt from the Government Printing Office of No. 45 Now Zealand Government Gazette," and Noi 13 and, 14 N«w Zealand, Parliamentary Debates.

Thebe was no sitting of the Warden's Court to day, when the? drainage cases were to be again brought on for hearing; The Warden is in Auckland, and th* cases were accordingly adjourned by the Clerk of tjie Court. . „....,,„.... )

Some of the brethren of the mystic tie object to balls, but this mode of celebrating anniversaries in Masonry has precedents in the old, country, for we notice that a. Masonic Ball was recently held in Liverpool, the object being to render substantial assistance to one of the noblest charities of the brotherhood, i.e.—-the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution, whibh, with its'accumulated capital of about, £10,000, is doing a great and noble work, in a quiet yet very. satisfactory manner. . . ■

A teM&bam from Brisbane of-.date 19th July says: —The latest accounts from the Palmer are favorable. The alluvial is pro Ting rich and extensive. The reefs are good, but their proper development is impossible without machinery. The starvation of numbars is certain, unless extraordinary efforts are made to get supplies. The country is unsuitable for horses, but good for bullocks. Provisions at Cboktownare cheap and plentiful. Five hundred tons are awaiting transport. Carriage is £120 per ton.

Oue esteemed morning contemporary takes us severely to task this morning. On Monday we said the Luna with the English mail was not likely to arrive until Tuesday, and lo! she put in an appearance on Monday at midnight. We •were in error, which we sire not ashamed to acknowledge. But our big brother reads a homily on journalistic amenities, and then uses language which certainly does npt. display "the,quality of being pleasant and • agreeable,; '■ talks of "forbearance" anfl 4want of discretion'.^ In the politest manner we can command, let us tell our big brother of the other side of the street that we deny his forbearance as regards ourselves, while we admit that he has on several occasions preserved a discreet silence ■when the only alternative that existed was lo confess to error. We don't set up to. be infallible, ■which our contemporary, does. We ;e'Bri, r however, excuse'his irritability under present circumstances. Badgered on all sides, we can'understand that'he; would: like to see all the "Jittle" papers in the Province consigned to limbo, except the particular sheet which sings his praises ad nauseam.