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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3027, 28 October 1878, Page 2

Thb monthly church parade of the Naval Brigade took place yesterday, 122 men being present. <

In amother column will be found a requisition to Mr MoCullough, asking him to become a candidate for the Mayoralty, and his reply acceding thereto. The signatures appended to the resignation (which was only started to-day) are rapidly being added to, those appearing haring been obtained in a very short space of time.

We observe the parade of the two companies of the Scottish battalion, their band, and color party is called for tomorrow evening at seven o'clock in the Academy of Music. After the inspection the champion belts of Nos. 1 and 2 will be presented to the winners, as well as other prizes won at the belt competition, and as several friends of the corps might like to witness the inspection and subsequent proceedings, the gallery has been set apart for gentlemen and the stage for ladies. Mrs Kilgour has kindly consented to make the presentations. The officers of the battalioa have been requested to get up in infantry sword exercise to be examined by Major Withers (himself an expert swordsman) some time before the close of the present capitation year, and as a preliminary the battalion sword instructor (Hyman), has been warned to hold himself in readiness for examination by Major Withers at the close of the formal inspection of the battalion to-morrow evening, as he wishes to test the efficiency of the instructor..

The Volunteer inspections for the month of October will be made during the week by Major Withers, commencing this evening with the Naval Brigade at 7.30; to-morrow at seven p.m. the Scottish Battalion; at eight the Engineers, and on Thursday the Rangers, Maoris and Cadet Companies. This is Major Withers' second inspection of the Thames Volunteers and from information forwarded by him to Major Murray it is likely to be a more trying one for officers and non-commis-sioned officers than the last one was,, as several young officers, who are applicants for substantive commissions, have been requested to hold themselves in readiness for examination at the inspection of their several companies. '

The following is the state of the Thames Goldfields Hospital for the week ended Oct. 26th :—Statistical Nosology. '—Constitutional diseases: remaining from last week 2 (no admissions or discharges); Local do.: remaining from last week 12, admitted 1, discharged 3, remaining 10; Derelopmental do.: admitted 1, remaining 1; Violent do.: remaining from last week 3 (no admissions nor discharges). Total: remaining from last week 17, admitted 2, discharged 3, remaining 16; 64 outpatients. . ;

A totthb man residing in Grahamstown had a rather disagreeable " centipede adventure" on Friday evening last. He had been out at a place of amusement, and when undressing he found a large centipede, five inches long, in a fold of his nether garments. He hastily attempted to brush it off with his hand, when it transferred its grasp to his forefinger from which he managed to shake it off into the fire. The insect did no damage.

Says the S. F. Post:—Not discouraged by former failures, the New Zealand government has instructed B. J. Creighton, their resident agent here, to procure 1.000.0C0 eggs this season from Mr Clarke's breeding establishment at North* ville, Michigan. The order comes earlier than formerly, and as Mr Clarke will personally superintend the transport of the eggs across the continent, there is little danger of their being exposed to the baking process so fatal last year to the shipment for this coast. Mr Creighton has placed himself in communication with Professor Baird and Mr Clarke, and also with the California Fish Commissioners, whose installment of white-fish eggs is expected to be brought across the continent at the same time.