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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2563, 24 March 1877, Page 2

Last night there was a large attendance at S crip Corner, and the excitement over Moanatairis was great. There was not apparently much business doing,. most of the sellers holding put for a higher price than that offered, which was as,far"as could be ascertained £18. The- prospect of a large interim retorting for the week to-day, and a prospective dividend* induced holders to hold on. Speculation was rife as to what the week's yield would be, and as this could not be arrived at, of course many declined to. part who would have done so if the previous day's quotations had been sustained. The rain which fell did not have the effect of lessening the attendance at the Corner. .

The usual monthly church parade of the Thames Naval Brigade will lake place to-morrow. They will be accompanied by the .Naval cadets, and Thames Engineer cadets. '

Wb have been requested to call the. attention of the Foreman of Works to the state of the footpath in Mary street, just above.the Hospital, and; to the crossing from.the south side of Mary street to the Hospital, both of which are much used by patients and visitors to the institution. A few loads of sand would materially improve these approaches, and would not involve aoy expense beyond the use of the Borough team for. a few hours.

; Among the entertainments of the coming season—our readers will observe from an advertisement—is the long-projected Snle-of Work in aid of the Baptist Church Residence Fund. The sale is to take place in the end of April, and with it will be combined various modes of spending a pleasant evening. Future advertisements will give the public more particulars. In the meantime,, those friends who are-at work will take notice of the near approach of the sale, and send in their contributions with as little delay as possible. -

Theee will be a sitting of the Native Lands. Court at Shortland on the 2£>th instant and following days to investigate the claims.of a number of Natives to certain blocks of land. From the number of claimants and the blocks in which they claim interests, the sitting of the Court should be a long one and bring grist to the Shortland storekeepers' mills in the shape of customers.

The Rev. Mr "Watt (Missionary from the New Hebrides) is advertised to preach in the Presbyterian Church tomorrow in the morning and evening. There will be collections on behalf of the mission.

The New Zealand flag was hoisted at the Borough Council Chambers this afternoon in .commemoration of the Borough overdraft being wiped off.

The subject Mr Lewis has chosen for to-morrow evening is '• The Christian a victor ; " tbe place of meeting the Templar Hall, Rolleston street.

We notice that Messrs Brown, Campbell & Co. have imported .the necessary plant for carrying on the business of manufacturing lemonade, soda water, and ginger beer in connection with their brewery. Having also secured an experienced manufacturer they will probably secure a share of what should, in the present Btate of affairs, be a rapidly increasing trade.

■' A meeting of the Tairua G-.M.Co. was to have been held on Thursday, but at the appointed time instead of the fifteen shareholders necessary to form a quorum, only nine were present, including the chairman, Mr Gr. S. Graham. No business could be transacted, and after waiting an hour the chairman said that the meeting would have to be adjourned sine die, and in the meantime the company would be liquidated. A report had been prepared for the occasion, but was not read. The excess of expenditure over receipts from May Ist, 1876, to Feb 28th, 1877, was £1287 375, which had been met by an overdraft from the Bank of New Zealand. .

The following figures, are from the Registrar General's report on the vital statistics of the principal boroughs of the Colony for the month of February :—

> The monthly inspection of No. 2 H.R.V. was held at their drill shed, Beach Road, last evening. There was a large attendance both of the men and band. ~ The company, having been inspected by Major Cooper, who expressed himself much pleased with the muster and appearance of the men, and especially pleased at the condition of their arms and accoutrements, a march out was ordered. The company, headed by their newly' formed band, which, considering it was their first march out, played exceedingly well, proceeded along Pollen street to Parawai to the residence of Captain Paul. There, arms were piled, and the company broken off for half-an-hour to partake of. the refreshments provided for them. On falling in again the Captain addressed a few words complimentary to the band on their efficiency, and expressing a hope that the members would be as regular at practice as. heretofore, and not rest contented until the band was second to none in the colony^ he thanked the men for their good attendance, and expressed a hope that there WQuld be a full muster for church parade Three cheers were given for Captain and Mrs Paul, and three cheers fcr M ajor Cooper. The men were then marched backed to town under the command of Lieut. Small. The uniform of the band was much admired by the crowd- that assembled at Scrip Corner. ...

In the following paragraph the Herald deals severely but justly with Dr Wallis for the part he took at a meeting the other night re the of the Counties Act:—-When Edmund Burke drew the dagger from under his coat tail, and threw it on the floor of the House of. Commons, some wag sotlo voce remarked, "Where is ; the fork for that carving knife ? " which considerable stultified the orator's piece of Demosthenic acting. When Dr Wallis, last night, carried his acting to the unpleasant realism of pro* during a rope to hang the Counties Act, he failed to see that he was only caricaturing himself.; and he also forgot that he ran a great risk of getting himself dubbed the " County Hangman.", From the feeling the exhibition of the rope remedy created in the meeting, it was apparent that not a few present thought that a judicious .application/ of the " end" of that article might not be without its uses in restraining the too. hasty flights of a badly embellished oratory.

Estimated Population. Total Births. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to 1000 of population. Borough. I Auckland .. Thames .... Wellington.. Nelson. Ch::istciiurch Dunedin.... Hokitika. .. 12,024 4,466 16,7.30 5,554 12,815 23,365 2,905 45 19 C 2 11 47 77 17 17 5 24 6 23 38 7 ' l'tt 1-12 Vl9, 1-08 1-79 1-63 2.41 T0ta1.... 278 120