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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2574, 7 April 1877, Page 2

We hear that Captain Best has received intimation from the Government that his appointment as captain of tbe Thames Naval Brigade meets with their approbation.

As will be seen by advertisement the anniversary sermon of the Northern Pioneer Lodge, 1.0. G.T., will be preached by the Key. J. T. Hinton, in the Templar Hall at 3 p.m. to-morrow, the collection to be given to the Hospital. There will aiso be an Open Lodge meeting in connection with the same Lodge on Monday evening next.* ; •

Me T. Bxjssell, one of the most enterprising of Thames speculators, arrived at the Thames last night. We believe he is satisfied with what he has seen and heard of the various mines he has visited, and expresses his confidence in the future of the field.

The anniversary sermons in connection with the Shortland Wesleyan Church will be preached to-morrow, by the Rev. R. 8. Bunn. On Tuesday the soiree and public meeting will be held and addresses will then be delivered, and musical selections given by the choir.

The Chicago Minstrels give an entertainment in the Theatre Royal to-night. They will be unable to play for more than one night, owing to an engagement in Auckland. They .are very highly spoken of, and at Gisborne where they stayed for one night only achieved a great success. Among . their, number is Mr Wallace, whose negro delineations have before this been favorably commented on in these columns ; he will, in. the first:part of the entertainment, take the. part of Tambo, while Mr D. Arlington will enact that of Bones. One especial feature is that triple medley dances* will be performed. They are, we believe, entirely new to Thames audiences. For ourselves we believe that there is much mirth in store for those who visit the Theatre Royal to-night.

We understand that W. H. Reed intends giving a.concert at the Academy of Music on Monday, April 16th, which will take, the form of a benefit for.himself and brother, a number of friends having requested them to do so, and as they are promised a large amount of patronage, their Thames friends are curious to see: them give a whole night's entertainment without any outside assistance—and we believe they are able to do it—and we might add, they deserve large support on that occasion even if only in consideration of what they have done for charitable purposes. And Mr Reed is determined to let the Thames people see what he can to just for once. .'-

Mb R. B. Lttsx,. who has been for so many "years connected with the Govern,men.t_of the province- and. of the colony, and who latterly has been discharging the duties of principal receiver of'the education .tax, has left'the public servicei There have been few who have performed their work with more ability and faithfulness to the public than Mr Lusk. To the many under him he always gave an impartial and honest support, and frer quently very good advice in the perform? ance of their duties. Gradually the old servants of the public are retiring, into private life, and" there is no one more* deserving of a parting compliment when terminating his long and, faithful connection with the Government S3rvice tbun M*:Xiusk.T Mr R. B. Lusk has reached a ripe ago, and carries with him into a wellearned retirement the respect of all who know him and the high appreciation of not a few With whom business or other relations brought him into contact;*— l Herald. ; i

The Guardian says:—"An amusing story in connection with the Lynch .Family of: Bftllringers^ jand-MessrsiVerten-and Margetts—who, by^the-bye, are nearly all bachelors—recently appeared in the Lantern, a comic journal printed in Adelaide. At- "the time the company were drawing very large houses at the Town Hall, and several ladies {youngV ones, we pres,ume)i wrote under assumed names, advising them to exchange the single state for married blessedness. As the epistles were very laughable affairs, one ofjthe company, at the evening, concert, read them (amidst roars of laughter) to the ; audience. It so happened that the writers, with some friends, were present, and, as maybe guessed, were thunderstruck at heaving their productionsread. Standingit, however, as long as'human patience could, and fearing, perhaps, by some mishap, their names ,mijrht--be appended,; they, with some confusion, hurried to the door; but not before the audience, noticing how matters stood, and guessing rightly they were the authors of the letters in question, had given them such a round of applause and cheers .that considerably heightened their confusion and quickened their departure. So-much; was the incident enjoyed by those present, that several minutes elapsed before order was restored."

A. siNGTOAB case, wherein legal erudidiUon, and that especially affecting banking matters would be of considerable use, occurred in Christchurch the othey day, says the Eangiora Standard. A wellknown medical practitioner who had lately attended a patient up to his last moments, ■presented a few days after, at the bank where deceased kept his funds, a cheque for payment for the sum 0f.£500. The official who received the document having examined it, declined to honour the cheque, on the ground that the signature was somewhat unlike the sign-manual of the drawer. It was therefore endorsed at the back " refer to drawer," and returned. Now, the drawer being no longer in the land of the living, it might be supposed that the cheque would be honoured, if proofs necessary to relieve the bank's; conscience be forthcoming. But the hitch is, what kind of proofs P And, so far, the cheque has not been presented a second time.

An English magazine says:—"Scattered about the earth there are supposed to be 10,000,000 or 11,030,000 Jews alive. Thousands of these persons are rich, some of them own colossal fortunes. Rothschild could buy up the fee simple of Palestine. Goldsmid might rebuild the temple of Herod, Montefiere has money enough to cast a golden statute of King Solomon. But of these wealthy Hebrews not one is willing to go back."

The following paragraph from the Glasgow Herald of February 9th furnishes a striking example of the fallibility of the law :—" A curious case of mistaken identity occurred in Stranraer. A woman was tried at the Burgh Court for the theft of a cock, which was produced dead in Court. The evidence against the wo^ man seemed clear, and she was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. She strongly protested her innocence, and cried bitterly. Shortly after the Court was over the cock supposed to have been stolen and killed was found alive. The poor woman cannot be liberated from prison unless by a warrant from the Home Secretary, signed by the Queen.

# Wanted Everybody to Know that all kinds of Watches and Clocks can be repaired at J. T.Clarke's, Pollen street (corner of Mary street). N.B. Balance Staffs, Cylinders, and Pinions worked in for the Trade. English Hunting Levers, £8 10s.—Advt.

W. FiNiiAT, one of the .'earliest established Watch and Clock Makers on the Thames, WISHES IT KNOWN that he has again commenced business in Williamson street, in connection with the Manufacturing Jewellery Business of his brother* Mr James: Finlay, and is prepared to undertake all branches of the Watch and Clock-making business. Repairs executed with promptness. Charges moderate.—[Advt.]