PER PRESS AGENCY.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1925, 5 March 1875, Page 2

PER PRESS AGENCY.

Afclllakb, This day. A circular has been received from the s Government by the highway boards fthroughout the .Province, supposed to bift' either in connectioii with the proposed constitutional changes, or as a basis of a property tax. It chiefly to the amount of rateable property in the district and the taxation raised. - .; Arrived: Phoebe from the South. 2.36 p.m. The Pheebe brought a hundred and fifty diggers ibriOhinemiiri; [ They state there will Be a big rush. „ .■ 2-56. p.m.. .(TheV statement about the the, 150----diggers is incorrect: there are only 37 steerage passengers on board the Phoabe. _„,..;.:-..; (i. ,-5 . .. .NAPilJßfiThis day. { More "Fires in "Poverty : Bay.;" ■;:.;;..;.; : :i.;; Two other fires have occurred in tlie Poverty Bay district. 1 Potiloraih;'s seven- 5 roomed house was burned —nothing saved., Mnlloli-y's hotel at Tologa- Bay also burned. The fires occurred in the day time. ''The Gikborne Music Hall had a narrow escape from fire on Wednesday night, through the upsetting of a kerosene lamps., ; , : - . _„.: . i. ... „:; , ,;. i.- : - : .r: .:.■

The following items'are from the Auckland Star: —

'"■-'■■■ —;;''—^Wellington, Thursday. The Post indulges to night in a bit of milci-chaff at Ministers' happy; frame of mind now that the horrible load of anxiety regarding Mr Togel's fortunes is off their mind, and the whereabouts of Mr Vogel is knownifor certain. J - r The Post pitches into railway mis-. management on. tlia '. Hutt } line, "but ex-, onerates the traffic manager and all the smaller officials; laying it at Mr Passmore's door.

Mr James Osgood is again going into business here. He resumes; occupation of his old house—the Metropolitan.' After having taken a vexy extensive, tour away from the colony, he comes back convinced that there is, no place, like New Zealand after all. "

At the invitation of Colomal Architect the upholsterers of tho town have vied with each other in the production Of '' specimen, seats'^ for the House of Representatives, the object being to obtain something tasteful to the eye, while studying the comfort of hon. members JTne competition,-has produced about half-a-dozen specimens. One sent in by Mr Duffi of Lambton Quay* was declared to carry away the; : palm; Mr Fuhran, of Christchurch, being the judge. The com-petition-decided who should carry out the contract for furnishing the Chamber, and Mr Duff was yesterday busily engaged with his staff striking a semicircle, which is to form the back of the Chamber. The. House will present- the appearauce Of arhorseshoe, the seats being handsome design m niafoon. The material for the new hangings J_s expected to arrive every day. ; ">'■'•-'•'"!-s^' iJ- ','■■■■>'"■■-■■