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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2056, 6 August 1875, Page 2

To-day being the sixth anniversary of the formation of the Grahamsfcown Fire Brigade, the engine shed was decorated with the available supply of bunting in honour of the occasion.

To-night wr'll be the fii3t appearance of Frederico Aireq with his combination troupe of English and Continental Artistes, as announced to take place at the Theatre Koyal. Eecd's Str.'ng Band will assist to vary the pei'formp.-ice with selections from i'avox'ite operas, and row, at. Lalf-past two, a g.and Matinee is* announced especially foi* lr lies and chil^ dren,. children being admiiled ibrthe small sum of skcpencs and "adults .for. a shilling, to all parts of the building; in addition to this liberaliiy on'the pai'fc of the management Professor Jacobs will distribute 200 useful and amusing toy books, &c, from his Magic Cabinet.

Of the personnel of the present House of Representatives the Post says :—"At least a score of names might be picked oufc of the seventy-eight whose absence would cause no general regret, and, indeed, whose presence could very advantageously be dispensed with. We do not think that the New Zealand House of Representatives was ever at a lower ebb than at the present motneat, and we trust that the elections which will follow the session will result in a very marked improvement in the character and calibre of its constituent elements. The Fifth Parliament will not occupy a position of honor in the history of the Colony."

A Dunebin telegram to a contemporary sa yg :—lt is rumored that the heed of a banking establishment has been informed his presence at the Club would be dispensed with, in consequence of his having spoken o?. a prominent Duned;n citizen, and member of the Club, £s a swindler.. When summoned before the Club Com - miitee, he denied having used the word swindler, but admitted that he considered him a dishonest man. Fc ;ling runs very high on the matter amongst the upper ten thousand, and it is not improbable there may be a pulling of noses in consequence.

■v The Taranaki Budget of the 2nd instant says:—On the approach of the steamer Taupo yesterday, the services of Sergeant Cuffin had to be enlisted by a fond mother for the purpose of preventing a daughter of 19 years of age eloping with a married man, who is the father of six or seven children, the whole of whom aro now living but a few miles from town. A tradesman in town managed to get a small account owing by the lass, settled by tho would-be decoyer. In spite of the solicitations and jeers of friends, the girl vowed she would leave with the man of her choice.

The Taranaki Herald says:—"lt is not generally known that New Zealand possesses glow worms. We, however, lit on a brilliant assemblage of these interesting insects last night, in a road cutting in the bush. They were scattered about like tiny stars, on a bank under some fern leaves, and were quite as brilliant as we have seen in England." If the writer had ever penetrated an old drive in a Thames mine he would have discovered that the glow worm flourishes in some parts of New Zealand, the tun« nels of some abandoned mines being almost illuminated by the phosphorescent light from myriads of thjse insects.

Sic James Feugfssqi?, tho late Governor, says the Tribune, is confidently named in certain circles'as ■-the'■■coming AgentGeneral. These gossips forget, that it is well to be off with the old love before one is on with the new.