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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1917, 24 February 1875, Page 2

Thb Thames Sco ttish Company, band, and cadets will parade in uniform, with arms and accoutrements, for Major Cooper's monthly inspection on Thursday next; at 7 p«m. ehtrp.

The gentlemen interested in securing a special settlement at Piako i are harinff an extended stay. One of the small steamers left ,;Shprl;land.wharf on.-.; Monday week with the settlers in her, and, haying landed them, returned. None ef those who left on this mission of inspection hare as yob returned, so that they have given theKuselres considerable lime to View the land upon which it is proposed to settk.

jIN 'a'ldeal paragraph in- this morning's Advertiser it was stated that No. 2 H.E.V., would parade. this? evening.? This was an error, as No. 2 do not parade till Friday. No. $ H.R.T parade this evening.

< A pew City of London* changed hands ye'sterd&y—-the first transaction Mf any worth that bus taken place in the sbaremarket for some time.„ The prospects of the return from the present crushing are looking promising, and the shares have become firmer, in consequence. • '■*■ -I.A «V!X- * *"-' : = '-• An evening party in connection with the Thames Naval Brigade Quadrille Assembly will be held this evening, in the Naval Brigade Hall. ; • • - ■ ■A jruiißEE of persons again went from the Thames today, en route for 'Ohinemuri. The exodus, gradual ihough it has been, is making itself manifest-in the appearance of the streets, upon which there ii much lees passenger traffic than there was three weeks baok.~

~ Ths annual soiree of the; members of the Congregational Church was held last night, His Worship tbt Mayor in the chair. Tea being finished a lumber'Of gentlemen addressed the xreeting.

Peospecting on the Thames has not yet died out; nor, if the opinion of many experienced miners is worth anything, is there any reason why it should. A miner and his mate hare for some time past been prospecting up the Waiotahi Creek with good results, having made more than wages since they commenced. It might yet be in the book of fate that the Thames is to be the scene of some future rich discoveries such as the Caledonian, and in all; probability in ground at present untouched.