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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1843, 28 November 1874, Page 2

Theee services will be held at Sfc; G-corge's Church to-morrow, being the First Sunday in Advent. At 8 o'clock, morning, the Eight Her. the Bishop of Auckland will officiate; at 11 o'clock a sermon will be delivered by the Eev. Piripi Patiki, and the Eev. WiTuripona and the JRev, W. Pornare will be ordained as Priests of the Church of England. la the evening, at the usual hour of evening service, the Eev. B. C. Sfcuart, Secretary 0.M.5., Calcutta, will officiate.

.: The Thames Rifla Rangers and No. 2 Hauraki Rifle Volunteers meet for inspection parade last erening in drill shed on the beach. The companies mustered in strength, and were put through drill by Sergeant-Mojor Grant, and afterwards manoeuvred as a battallion in open air under Major Cooper. At a meeting of both companies subsequently held, it was determined to accord their patronage to the amateur dramatic entertainment shortly to given in aid of the Rowing Club funds. The Match Committee of the Thames Cricket Club have selected the following players to represent their club in the match against the Thames Tradesmen's Club, appointed to take place on Monday, at the Pai'awai Gardens:—Mesfra. Robinson, Bellers, Steadman, Lnnkham, Hipginson, Whitfcrd, Crump, Paul, Schofield, Watkins, and Craw? ford- The game will commence at 10 o'olock^ sharp, and the match will be played out. It will be noticed that the Tirana Tramway Company intend running the train on Monday and Tuesday next, when those persons who wish to enjoy their holiday near home, with the advantages of eea bretze and strawberries and cream, can do so at a moderate rate. Tho Odd Fellows fete will no doubt prove a great Attraction at Tararu.

Thh Borough Council are "performing a very neeassarw work in 'tho formation of Cochrane streot. When completed it will ho a very fine roadway, and one which in course of time will erperionce a lot of traffic.

Mb. Foy, of Messrs. Toy Bros,, this morning took viewg, in different pituations, of tho Crown Prince poppet-heads, with the hands ongagod in tho mine stationed thereon, and about tho mullock which has accumulated round tho shaft. The weather was very favorable, nnd some good views were obtained.

We lure received per last Southern Mail a copy of the spoeclx delivered by Sir Donald McLean, K.C.M.G-., at the complimentary dinner given to him at!' Napier oa tho I Oth instnnt. The speech ia issued in pamphlet form, nnd printed by Messrs Dinwid<3ie, Morrison and Company,

Wo are in receipt of £Tew Zealand G-azetto No 61, published on Novetnbjr 19fch 5 and also Auckland Provincial Q-overnment Q-azeite Extraordinary, publishod yesterday, containing the correspondence which passed betveeen His Honor the Superintendent, and the Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Crown Lands on the proposed visit of the former to Britain.

" The B.M. Court business this morning was of a light character. The hearing of the charge against James Nor to a for a breach of tho Friendly Societies' Acb wub again postponed, by request. A man wa3 summoned by his wife for having used towards her certain carefully worded expressions of a foul nature, and this case was also romanded, defendant " being in liquor." He had probably soug t consolation for domestic jars in courting the bowel. The auction sale of effects remaining on hand from tho late bazaar was to have taken place this afternoon at threo o'clock, at the rooms of Mr Edwin Binney, but at the request of excursionists, cricketers and others who wish to bo present at the sale, but would be prevented if it took place to-day, the auctioneer has postponed the business until the afternoon of Wednesday, on which occasion all who wish to acquire some souvenir of a very successful bazaar will have an opportunity of doing so. There will in all probability be keen competition for the goods at present unsold. The members of the Sir Waltor Scott Lodge intend celebrating St Andrew's Day—or rather night, by a social meeting at the Freemasons' Hall. It was intended, at one time, to have a more pretentious celebration, an excursion to Ohinemuri, with a pleasant dance in the evening, but the time was too short to perfect tho arrangements after the project was mooted. In order to mark tha occasion, however, the brethren have decided upon a little sociality in the evening at their Hall, which will no doubt bo well attended. Lv the Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, t'^ere ia. Bays iEgle?, a book called The Rainbow. In it there appears a lon» article, demonstrating that the world is perfectly flat, that astronomers are all wrong in asserting it to be round ; that if it were round, the Scriptures would have mentioned it: that, on tbe^ contrary, the terms are corners of the earth waters under the earth, &c, and tha writer settles tho queation by asking how, if the earth were round, and revolved' quickly, could a secure foundation have been got for Jacob's ladder? And this is a writer of tho 19th century, who presumes to instruct intelligent readers.

The following incident is related in the Hobart Town Mercury of October 31:—" On Friday la9t, a girl named Margaret Ayre, a nursemaid in the fa j ily of the Rev. R. Hayward, accidentally fell into the St. Paul's River, Avoca, near its junction with the South Esk; and, but for the presence of mind shown by tho eldest of her little charges, a, little girl of six years of age, mu3t have added another to the already long list of those who have lost their lives by d> owning in the same place. The child, first sending a youger Bister home to the parsonage for help, went a little lower down than the scene of the accident, and climbing out into the tea-tree ; pushed cut a branch to her nurse as she drifted down, and which she managed to "catch. Finding this insufficient to save the girl, she then let herself down into the river, grasping a bough firmly witk one hand, while with the united aid of the other ar.d the teatree she helped the girl icto a placo of comparative safety. Meanwhile the help summoned'from the parsonage arrived, and the nurse and her brave little preserver were safely landed on the bank and conveyed home, much exhausted from thoir emmereion, and efforts. This little narrative shows how much may be accomplished by those valuable qualities—presence of mind and self-contrji. It may perhnps be additional interest to note that the little girl is grandniece of one who possessed them in an eminent degree—the gallant Sir John Franklin." > The stewards whose exertions have been (directed towards making the proposed Thames Races a success met last evening at the Exchange, and the attondanoo was very satisfactory. The financial statement submitted by Mr Home, Secretary, showed the present condition of the funds to be cheering, and Mr Home stated that he had met with great encouragement from the influential gentlemen on the Thames. The following gentlemen were added to the stewards :— Messrs iiowe, .Young, and H. R. Jones; His Honor the Superintendent to be patron. Gents' clothes cleaned, dyed and pressed Gents' light suits cleaned, ss. N.B. —In future all goods and orders will only be received at the Thames Dyeing Establishment, Rolleston street, Shortland.