THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 18?5.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1888, 21 January 1875, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 18?5.

The result of thfe t electioas, At the annual meeting of subscribers, to the Thames Hospital last night ought,to convince some people that they were decidedly ;wrong in the action they took, ia connection with the recent Hospital enquiry. Our contemporary especially must feel decidedly .Uncomfortable at the result The President of the Hospital, Mr. Wm| Bowe, was the special object of our contemporary's wrath on various occasions during the enquiry, yet Mr Rowe has been re-elected by a large majority over the head of the Eev. V. Lush, who filled the presedential chair for some years, and is now the respected minister of tfee strongest (numerically) Christian denomination .on the Thames.^'The rice-president—Rev. James liiH-~w v as unfortunately elected chairman of the famous sub'Comtafittee, in which position lie was assailed wit^, the vilest abuse and misrepresentation. *: ;3Tejfc we find the subscribers re-electing; Mr Hill to the office of vice president By such a majority that it isCuomisUlceablp as an expression of Qpiniw*, ls3itt will'the Advertiser •ay Will it contend that it repregented the feelings of the subscribers or the public, when it branded the Bev Mr Bill and-his co-committee men with dishonesty and everything that was bad ? No; the Advertiser today preserves a discreet silence, but it would have been otherwise if its prognostications of what the subscribers would do had been realised. We may go still further, and call attention to the fact that, with the exception of Captain Souter, every one of those gentlemen who formed the " infamous" sub-committee have been re-elected, while some of the old members who ranged themselves on the other side have been rejected. There is a significance in this which'cannot be mistaken, and whatever errors the committee generally, or the sub-committee referred to, fell into during the progress of the enquiry which took place last . year, the subscribers to the hospital have shown by their action last night that they give the subcommittee credit for honejty of purpose. They have shown that they do not approve of the course of action adopted by one or two prominent members, and, most of all have they shown they had a supreme contempt for the newspaper which could so far forget its mission as to become a mere partizan organ to gloss over the weaknesses of its party and villify the character and impugn the motives of all ,who coffered from it. It i& to be hoped thai; the lesson will not be lost upon some of our public men. Let them remember that " Honesty is the best policy " in the long run.

Now that the opening of Ohinemuri is supposed to be near, the digging public are concerned to know under what Act the. couatryis to be opened, and under whose administration. Bumour has been very busy during the last few days with the names of Wardens Fraser and Keddell. An Auckland contemporary stated the other day that Major Keddeli had ordera to hold himself in readiness to

proceed to Ohinemuri. Since then we have heard this is incorrect, but that Captain Fraser has been directed to be ready for marching; orders. Other reports have gained currency^ one being that the General Government retain the management of the field, and that a special commissioner will be appointed to hold the Governor's delegated powers. As far as the diggers and the public are concerned, however, it matters little to them who may be appointed Warden ; but it does matter under what Act the field is opened. If the proclamabe issued under the provisions of the Act of 1866, it is believed that the field will be more likely to be thoroughly prospected ; but the; regulations under that Act need revision, and should be at once attended to. Should it be contemplated to open Ohinemuri merely as an, extension of the Hauraki Goldfield under the Goldmining Districts Act a great deal of dissatisfaction would be caused, because, in all probability, the country would not be properly worked. A few days will probably solve the difficulty. Sir Donald McLean has returned from the North, and should be here shortly to complete the work of opening the country. A representation to him that it is the wish of the*miners that the new field be opened u.nder the Act of 1866 would, no doubt, receive consideration. .......