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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3166, 12 April 1879, Page 2

We hear that certain sections of the community who look on Sunday travelling as a dire sin are adverse to the Waikato campaign', as it will entail the men travelling on Sunday. On dit that a well known clergyman—chaplain to one of the companies—has or is about to resign his commission in consequence.

The Te Aroha leaves for Omaha tonight at 8 o'clock instead of 7 as previously advertised.

A vert interest:ng article on " Exposure of Spiritism " will be found in the 4th page.

A lectuee of considerable interest is to be delivered to-morrow (Sunday) evening, at 8 o'clock, in the Academy of Music, by Mr Byers, the American tragedian, on a subject that has created a great deal of controversy throughout the world, to wit, " Spiritualism, and the Ghost Theory." The admission is free, but a collection will be made to defray the expenses.

There was a clean sheet at the E.M. Court to-day.

The anniversary sermons in connection with the Grahamstown Wesleyan Church will be preached to-morrow by the Rev. Mr Watkins and on Tuesday the welcome soiree to Mr Watkins will be held at the Grahamstown Wesleyan Church.

A supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, of date April 2nd, notifies that a sitting of the JNative Lands Court will be held at Shortland on the 22nd April for the rehearing of Hori More's claim to the Te Hape South, No. 1 block, situated- at Hauraki.

We had today the pleasure of inspecting several articles of earthenware pottery, hand manufactured by Mr W. Plant, chemist, Mary street. The articles comprise egg-cups, telegraph insulators of an improved pattern, cups and other household utensils. These articles are composed of clay from the Moanatairi slide and other localities, mixed with powdered quartz rock, and though only sun dried have a very good appearance, and, no doubt, if proper appliances were at Mr Plant's command, a very important industry might be started here. We believe that a local committee in connection with the Sydney exhibition will shortly be formed here, when Mr Plant might obtain some small assistance to procure appliances with which some articles worthy of a placa at the Exhibition might be manufactured. We were especially pleased with the design of the insulators, which are, we believe, an improvement on those at present in use.

By a recent. Government Gazette we notice that Miss Caroline Freeman of the Otago University has won the Bowen prize for 1878, also that William St. Clair T. Tisdall, 8.A., has passed in honors, first class. Miss Helen Connon of Canterbury College has passed the first section of the B.A. Examination. With such ladies as Miss Edger, 8.A., Miss Freeman and Miss Connon, who will deny the superior mental calibre of our New Zealand women. Before many years we expect to hear of such persons as Dr Mary Jones and the Rev. Elizabeth Brown curing our bodies and our souls.

A telegeam to the Herald from Melbourne says:-—The second and third money for the Melbourne Cup has been increased by £200 and £100. The added money for the Champion Race has been reduced by £500.

In a Government Gazette, dated April 3rd, there is a notification, containing Legislative Council Standing Orders re" lative to Local Bills, one of the provisions of which is as follows :—" The member in charge of a Local Bill shall produce to the Local Bills Committee satisfactory evidence that the intention to introduce the Bill and the purport of the same has been made public in the locality whose interests are affected, by advertisement in a local newspaper, at least four times in four successive weeks. When the Bill specially affects the interests of a private individual, evidence shall also be produced that personal notice to the effect above stated has been given to such individual." This is a measure that is very much required, and will hare the effect of preventing certain parties and

cliques getting important local legislation hurried through the Parliamout in an underhand manner, those chiefly affected by it only hearing of it when it has become law.