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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2938, 16 July 1878, Page 2

From the following letter, received by the southern mail to day, it will be seen that for; the present the idea of joining Parawax to the Borough must be abandoned, the "one third resident householders 1' required to sign a counter petition havjing been -, obtained, and the sittxation being now that of stdtii quo ante, : A little more unanimity must exist amongst the residents of the aristocratic suburb before its incorporation with the municipality catf be'accomplished :•>-" Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, ;Bth July, . 1878.— Geptle.men,7rH.is Excellencyj the. Governor has referred to Ministers your petition of the !2Oth ultimo, praying that the District of Parawai may not be incorporated with the Borough of Thames ; and 1 am directed by the Colonial Secretary to inform you that as the petition is signed by not less thnn one third of the resident householders of the district (see subsection 3 of section 25 Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,) His Excellency will not be advised to. incorporate the district with the Borough.—l have the honor to bej, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, G. S. Cooper.'—A. J. Ailom, Esq., J.P., aqd others, Parawai, Thames."

The following letter was received at the Borough Council Chamber* to-day. The promise contained therein-must be gratifying to all, as it has rettf often occurred to many that the indifference exhibited by the Geological Survey Department to the chief mining centres was suggestive of failure on the part of those at the Inad of the departinelit;' to appreciate the. real objects for which such;-an establishment is maintained! We shall look forward to the promised work with more than ordinary interest;—" Colonial Secretary's

Office, Wellington,- New Zealand, 10th July, 1878"—Sir,—-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th ultimo .addressed to Sir George Grey, requesting that Dr. Hector may be instructed by Government to visit the Thames district in order that he may be enabled to report upon the quartz reefs there. Sir George Grey has referred your Worship's letter to the Colonial Secretary, by whom I am directed to inform yoa that the re-survey of the Thames mines will be the first work of the Geological Survey Department for next season.—l. have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient serrant, G. S. Cooper.—• His Worship the Mayor, Thames."