THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THUESDAY, MAY 23, 1878.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2892, 23 May 1878, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THUESDAY, MAY 23, 1878.

Today the nomination of Borough auditors closed, The following gentlemen have offered their services to the burgesses :— Soberfc Martin Mitchell, Samuel Cochrane Macky and Frederick Robert George Woodward* The first and last named gentlemen hare performed' the duties for two years. %.

VoiUNTEEES are reminded of the allcomers* , rifle match at Mr Barlow 's gallery to-night. Seaman Parslow of the Naval Brigade, and Mr Gentles shot off their tie resulting from the previous match last night, when the blue jacket took the cigars.

Ms G. S. Graham:, manager of the new Colonial Fire and Marine Insurance Company, intimates by advertisement that he will be at the Pacific Hotel tomorrow between the hours of two and six to answer inquiries regarding the company. '

We have been asked to state that Mr Tyerman stated at his lecture last night, in referring to the rapid progress made by Spiritualism, that it now numbered twenty millions of professed believers, and the Advertiser has. reported it two millions— probably from inadvertence. While the former seems a large number, the latter is undoubtedly small in the face of the fact that Spiritualism has taken such a strong hold upon the minds of the people.

Fkibnd, to get a good Watch, Gold 'or Sliver, Geneva, English or American, go to Wilkes, Shortland, for there you trill have the largest stock to Belect from ; also, if you wore thinking of purchasing a Brooch, or pair of Barings, Gold, Guard, or Bing—for there you can see the most varied and beet selected stock on the. Thames. Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery, repaired at Auckland prices, end gur'anteed. Established 1867.-— AsTT.

The following appeared in yesterday's Herald over the name " Alfred E. Isaacs : " —Sir,—-As the wet season has now arrived, it might be of service to pheasant-sh®o'.crs and others if you will kindly publish the following method of rendering boots waterproof, which I came across the other day in a small work on shooting :—-Drying oil, 1 pint; yellow wax, 2ozs ; turpentine, 2ozs; Burgundy pitch, loz. Melt them over a slow fire, and add a few drachms of essential oil of lavender or thyme. Brush the boots with this in the sun, or a short distance from the tire; the application to .be repeated as often as the boots become dry, until they are fully saturated. This is the method recommended by Colonel Hawker. The late Dr. Harward recommended the following process :-»-Por new boots, take Pb of bees' wax, £lb .of resin, and the same quantity of mutton suet or tallow. Boil them together, and annoint boots well with the preparation lukewarm. I Should the boots have been worn, substitute beef suet in the place of the mutton or tallow. ~ ■ ■ s Mb J. Ttebman lectured at the Academy of Music last night on Spiritualism. There was not a large audience, but the attendance was better than on the previous evening. The lecture was >an exposition and defence of the modern phenomena known as Spiritualism, the origin of which was related/by Mr Tyerman. The discourse was listened to with great attention, and at the close Mr Tyerman invited questions, but none were put. Before the lecture commenced, Mr Tyerman referred to William; Wood's letter in last night's Star. We (Herald) are sure that all our Volunteer readers, and indeed all citizens of Auckland, will be glad to learn that Captain Derrom, of the Victoria Company, has been promoted to tl c rank of Major in the New Zealand Volunteers. The information was conveyed to Captain Derrom yesterday by the Hon. Mr Sheehau, in answering an application to become an honorary member of the Victoria Company, Capt." Derrom, it may be mentioned, was one of the originators of a Volunteer Company in Auckland in 1858, the first volunteer company in, the British Empire, and long before the Volunteer movement at home. Major Derrom now stands fifth in the order of seniority as a commissioned Volunteer officer in the whole of the British dominions. With his company he took an active part in the Waikato war, and was more than once under fire. He has been most untiring and unselfish in promoting the Volunteer cause in Auckland ; he is a first-class drill, and probably it is greatly owing to his exertions that the Volunteer system in Auckland has not collapsed long ago.