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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2579, 13 April 1877, Page 2

To-mobbow will-be visiting day for the public at the Moanatairi mine, between the hours of eleven and twelve. Visitors will be expected to provide themselves with the necessary admission fee of not less than one shilling as a contribution to the Hospital funds.

We are requested to call t'.ie attention of those interested to the alterations in the time table of the Rotomahana: instead of leaving here this evening, as previously notified, she will do so at 8 o'clock tomorrow morniDg.

A meeting of the friends of Father Nivard was held at the Pacific Hotel last night, and about 20 gentlemen attended. The business was to consider a letter from Father Nivard, formerly respected pastor of the Roman Catholic Church on the Thames. The meeting was nearly unanimous in acceding to Father Nivard's appeal for help, and a subscription list was at once opened, the amount subscribed showing the liberality of the donors. A committee was appointed to collect further subscriptions.

The adjourned inquest on the body of — Macdonald was held at the Salutation Hotel last night at six o'clock. The only additional evidence offered was that of Jessie Alexander, in whose company deceased had been seen on Monday night. From what this witness deposed, it would appear that Macdonald followed her towards home, and the probability is that being unacquainted with the locality he had on returning fallen over the catting. A verdict of.". Accidental death " was returned, with a rider calling attention to the want of protection to the public from the cutting being left as it was.

, The foundation has been laid for making the village of Waipukurau, within three generations, one of the wealthiest cities in the Australian colonies. We hear that the Hon. H. R. Russell, to whom Waipukurau belongß, has defined by survey the limits and boundaries of the township, and, in his will, has bequeathed the whole of the property to the local governing body for the time being as trustees in perpetuity for the benefit of the town. Mr Eussell has sold none of the freehold, but he has a numerous tenantry holding 96 years' leases. On the expiration of those leases, Waipukurau will, no doubt, boast of a Mayor and City Council which will then become the wealthiest Coporation in New Zealand. There will be no occasion for rates and taxes, the rentals will give a revenue far in excess of the city requirements, and to absorb the surplus, probably, the Council will vote the Mayor a salary of £10,000, and the Councillors an honorarium of £2000. There will be some piping times at every election, and the statue that will certainly be erected to the honor and memory of the' Hon. H. ft. Kussell, the founder and benefactor of the city, will perhaps look down on scenes of waste, extravagance, and corruption, induced by excessive wealth and high stakes to play for, that will make the very marble weep. —Napier Telegraph.

The following paragraph is taken from the London Guardian of February 7 : " A telegram, dated Auckland, New Zealand, February 2nd, was received by the Bishop of Lichfield on Saturday last, February 3rd, reporting that the election of the Rev. John Kichardson Selwyn to be Bishop of Melanesia was confirmed by the General.Synod of the Church in New Zealand on the.26th January ; and that the day appointed for his consecration was Sunday, the 18th of February. It is proposed, to hold a simultaneous service in Lichfield Cathedral at 11 p.m. on Saturday, the 17th February, New Zealand time being between 11 and 12 hours in advance of Grenwich time." The fact was alluded to by Bishop Selwyn in one of his speeches.

The ceremony of consecrating Masonic Lodge Eemuera, under the English Constitution, was performed last night at the Newmarket Hotel, Newmarket, with all the impressive rites suitable to the occasion. The members of the craft assembled about 6 o'clock in the ante-room, and then proceeded to the lodge-room. Shortly after 6 o'clock the acting Deputy District Grand Master, with his oificers in order of procession, entered the room, an 3 assumed the chair after the grand honors had been paid him. Prayer having been engaged .in, the Lodge was duly opened with solemn music 'and the reading of a portion of Scripture. -The credentials and warrants were then read, and the Lodge constituted in time-honored form. The consecration ceremony, with prayer and anthems, and followed by the invocations, odes, responses, &c, was next performed. This part of the ceremony was brought to a close with the reading of the proclamation by the acting director of ceremonies, the reading of another portion of Scripture and the singing of an anthem. A meeting of the newly constituted lodge was then held, and Brother William Lodder was installed as Worshipful Master. At 9 o'clock the brethren present sat down to an excellent banquet, prepared in host Cunningham's best style. The usual loyal, patriotic, and Masonic toasts were proposed, re>sponded to, and drunk in bumpers. The remainder of the evening, or rathe^ night, was given to conviviality. It is expected that the new lodge will be one of the strongest in the Auckland district, inasmuch as there is a large number of our business men, who Jive at,B.emuera,,Epsom, and Newmarket. The lodge will commence operations with a membership of about 50.—Herald.

A numismatic discovery almost unparalled in extent has been made near Verona. Two large amphorsa have been found containing ho less than two quintals, or about 600 English pounds weight, of coins of the Emperor and his successors within the hundred years following his reign. The number oi coin is estimated at between 50,000 and 55,000. Of those of the Emperor Probus there are more than 4000. The majority are of bronze, but there are some of silver and others of bronze silvered (~su^eera^tß-J They are all in the _ finest state of preservation, and, with the exception of those of Gallienus, which are a little worn, they are fresh from the mint as to make it eyident they were never put into circulation. The' discovery has been considered of sufficient importance for the Minister of Public Instruction to despatch Signor Pigorini specially to Verona to report upon it. All the finest examples are to be placed in the Museum of Verona, and the remainder either exchanged in sets with other museums, or sold, as may be decided upon.