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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2935, 12 July 1878, Page 3

Municipal BOROUGH OF THAMES. NOTICE OF THE COMPULSORY TAKING OF LAJSDS UNDER "THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1876," FOX DRAINAGE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Borough of Thames propose to cut construct and build an open channel or aqueduct for the purpose of draining from the westward side of the Bridge in Pollen street in the said Borough which crosses the Karaka creek and thence in a straight line haying a direction westerly to the Hauraki Gulf and that such channel or aqueduct will be of the uniform width of fifteen feet or near thereto and will be cut made and constructed and will occupy the site set out shown delineated and mentioned in the plans drawings specifications and schedule hereinafter mentioned. And JN otice is Hebeby Furthek Given that the said Council will require for the purpose aforesaid and propose to acquire under the provisions of " The Public Works Act 1876 " the land being the site of the proposed channel or aqueduct and which land is a portion of a 1 block of land situate in Shortland in the said Borough called and known as JLaraka and.numbered 1242 a and which said land; with its divisions into allotments and the numbers of such allotments aod the names of the several owners and occupiers thereof are particularly delineated set out and named in the said plan and schedule. And Notice is Hebeby Fubther Given that the said Council have caused a survey to be made of the land aforesaid and have caused plans drawings ' specifications and schedules to be prepared showing the land proposed to be acquired as aforesaid with its division into allotments and the numbers of such allotments and the names of tfaeir several owners and occupiers so far as known and also the nature of the said works proposed to be executed as aforesaid and that all such plans drawings specifications and sche- . dules are now deposited in the office of $he, Town Clerk of the paid Borough in Albert street in the said Borough and will there remain and be open for the inspection of all persons for the space of forty days from the twelfth day of July 1878 from the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon to the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon. ; And Notice is Hebeby GiTEtr that all persons affected by the cutting constructing or building of the said channel or aqueduct or by the acquiring of the said land or any part thereof are'hereby-required to set forth in writing any objections to the execution of such works as aforesaid or to the taking or acquiring of such land as aforesaid or any part thereof and to send such objections to the said Council at the said office of the said Town Clerk within forty days from the 12thday of July 1878 being the date of the first publication hereof. F. C. Dean, Town Clerk. Thames, July 11th, 1878. ffIHE following letter was sent to the Thames JL Advertiser Office and refused insertion. I am therefore compelled to avail myself of the advertising columns of The Evening Star to secure ils publication. W. S. GEBENViIM.

(To the Editor of the Thames Advertiser). Sib, —As poor " Pack " is dead—poor fellow ! I am sorry for him ; he was a man who did not fear to wiite the truth. I wish I could say the same for you, but, alas! I cannot, and, although I have like many others looked on you with contempt, I did not think you capable of publishing what you knew to be untrue. If you had been content with viHifying my character, I would sti'l bare treated you with the same silent contempt I have long been in the habit of doing. But in your eagerness to please a customer you even go the length of laying the blame due to your neighbor on a young lady, who would, I am quite sure, be unknown tp you if you saw her. I am well aware that if Mr Marshall withdraws bis advertisements it would be a heavy blow to your little paper, aad though you must have read " Puck's "letter before it appeared in last Saturday's issue, your want of brain, I suppose, was the cause of your' not seeing that by doing what a newspaper man would have done, viz., expose a grievous wrong (which would have been the cause of your neighbor'/* withdrawal of bis patronage), and, gained some credit for yourself, instead of publishing it and then trying by way of a stop to lay the blame on other shoulders. And now, sir, with this preface I will give you the facts of the case, and leave the public to judge who is right—you or I. Some months since Mr Marshall, yoEl" neighbor, got ai lady from Melbourne to superintend his dressmaking establishment, and this lady, on behalf of Mr Marshall, engaged several young ladies as improvers, they having already served their time to the trade. My daughter was one amongst the number, and though she was to give her services for nothing for three months, I was quite satisfied ; but in the first week the said Melbourne dressmaker gave the young ladies notice that they would have to. stop one night in each week till eleven p.m. I, on behalf of my daughter, objected, and when I found that the said rule was persisted in, I desired her mother to go and bring )er home, and she Las never been in Marshall's \7o:k-rooin since lo my knowledge. X saw Mr Marshall next day, and reasoned the matter with him, and he agreed with me that long hours at the needle were cot conducive to the health of young people, to say nothing of their- returning home at unreasonable hoursl. Here ended my grievance, but since tben, I find that though. I warned Mr Marshall that it was against the law to keep young girls to a late,hour, he still persisted in doing so ; and finding that you^really had one MAN in your employ, I mentioned the matter to him. He wrete the article, and I believe you read it before it was published, but you were not man enough to stand to it afterwards. So far as wishing to inflict injury on Mr Marshall, I had no euch thought. I have been a customer of his for many years, and am still, and, he has stated you had not his authority to publish what you have done, and I believe him. He also tells me that he has broken theslavish rule of bis Melbourne Forewoman, so that young ladies working at his establishment can now return to their homes at proper hours; bo you ccc that even a Chronic Grievance-monger, as you please to term me, has done some good. Perhaps you might do worse than follow my example. —lam, &c, W. 8. Gbebsviijj. July 11th, 1878. 2797 iLL-HJSiAjUS, lnvoiusa, 4c, on rulaa or *.. plttiu p»per, oi every size and quality exe«.ut:d with despatch at tnc Evening Star Office. ■ iiVJSKy variety oi Label lor Soda-water MJJ Manufacturers, in lettor-press. Superior designs in lithograph, at the Evening Stab Office.