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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2633, 16 June 1877, Page 2

The skating rink at St. George's Hall will be opened this evening from halfpast seven to ten o'clock. Terms as usual.

Mr Lewis, Evangelist, will lecture at the Templar Hall, to-morrow evening at half-past 6, on " The Enemies of Christ."

Me J. D. Wickham, the one-and-a-quarter broker, intimates to his patrons the welcome intelligence that their warrants for Moanatairi No. 10 dividend are awaiting their acceptance.

* Captain Fbasee has received a telegram from W. J. Hurst, Esq., Mayor of Auckland, informing him that the man-of-war Sappho will visit the Thames Harbor on Tuesday next and remain till Friday. Mr Hurst will be the guest of Captain Digby and his officers during the Sappho's stay. The arrival of one of Her Majesty's ships of war in these waters will be an event not often seen since this has been a European settlement, and we have no doubt that our civic, and naval and military dignitaries will avail themselves of the opportunity to extend to the gallant officers and men of the Sappho that courtesy and hospitality which is always exhibited towards distinguished visitors.

We understand that some of the Ohinemuri Natives, in emulation of their brethren at Parawai, are anxious to form a volunteer company. Whether their wish 'will be acceded to after the recent belligerent attitude they assumed towards the Aroha natives we cannot say; but we should scarcely consider it advisable to place Government arms at the disposal of natives who can be so easily roused to take hostile measures against their own people. It is stated, too, that the European residents at Paeroa and neighborhood contemplate offering their servicces to the Government as volunteers, and that if accepted a good strong company can be raised. Probably we shall hear more of these warlike tendencies shortly.

Again there was a cleun sheet at the E.M. Court this morning.

The eleventh number of Enoch was published to-day. It contains notices to readers, acknowledgement of subscriptions or donations received, a leading article on "The Doomed Mahometan Empire," a second one on "Peace on earth, and good will to men, when ? " Demon spiritualism is also treated- on, with special reference to recent eventß; in Auckland. There are also extracts from current newspaper literature, and the ten pages which. Enoch coutains are still published gratis.

We bog to draw attention to Mr Craig's sale of the Warwick Arms Hotel and furniture, Shortiand. To anyone wishing to go into this most lucrative business it is a good opportunity. The premises were built by Mr Burnett in the eai'ly days of the field, where for many years he did a very large and profitable trade ; the present proprietor a few months past completely metamorphosed the interior, and made it one of the most comfortable in the province. The same gentleman., we see, also offers on Wednesday the comfo;v~ble family residence at Tararu. lately r:?upied by Mr James Stewart. This is

F.i :ated on a large piece of freehold ground, and should sf it investors well.

i^early every newspaper in New Zealand has published a " map of the seat of war; " some have published more than one. Of course there are exceptions to every rule, and we happen to be the exception; but we are only waiting for the fighting to commence in earnest, when wo may be induced to give our subscribers a map after the style of Mark Twain's, so that everyone can fill in the names of places according to taste, without being under obligation to the atlases and gazetteers rA the period. We propose this course, because we defy anyone to discover on any existing map the various names of places mentioned in the telegrams as wired. A map, therefore, on a large scale, with plenty of blank space to fill in the places as wired, the battle grounds, and the number of killed, wounded and prisoners, will be something out of the common way. Besides this, if the war should be long continued, and an accurate account be kept of the killed and wounded, it will be found at the termination of the war that the world's population has been considerably reduced —perhaps sufficiently so to render necessary and even desirable a migration to the old world. Another reason which induces us to postpone the publication of a map is the fact that the liberalty of newspaper proprietors has been overdone in this respect. One of our exchanges has lately come to hand done up in slips cut from maps of the war. The inference is that that paper exceeded its requirements in ordering a supply, or that it has received so many maps in exchanges that it is able to- economise paper by using the imprinted side as exchange wrappers. Maps of the war must, at any rate, be a drug in the market in some quarters.

The decision come to by the directors of the Moanatairi mine not to work out the rich block is still the subject of comment. The following letter appeared in yesterday's Herald :—Sib, —l think the shareholders of the Moanatairi mine should call a meeting, and pass a resolution urging the directors to cause the block of ground from the bottom of winze to the 80 feet level above to be worked. It would be unfair if the directors refused, seeing that when the block referred to was worked out, the lower drive would be into the shot of gold, and thus a constant and steady supply of gold could be kept up, which would regulate the market, and put a stop to those sudden and vexatious fluctuations so detrimental to the property held by shareholders. —I am, &c, One of Them.

The people of Gisborne appear to have recovered from the alarm excited by tfie threatened attack by Te Kooti. A (x'.ogram in yesterday's Herald says:— .o report of Te Eooti coming is now ;; nerally disbelieved. Volunteer corps : re to be formed at four places from GisbjrnetoOrmond. The Government is much censured for not permitting the 400 stand of arms to be placed in the hands of the townspeople and settlers in the district. Several Maoris with their wives have moved nearer to Gisborne. The Government have not replied to the telegram asking the whereabouts of Te Kooti. The 490 stand of arms are still lying unprotected in the Customs shed, no guard nor watch being placrd over them; any six men could car'y them away during tho night. Te Kooti wants his wife to go to him; she refuses, hence his desire to come to her. Te Kooti, should he put in an appearance, will be shot down instantly.