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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3220, 14 June 1879, Page 2

The reappearance ot the favorite steamer Rotomahana after receiving her new engines r and a thorough overhaul, 'many of our leading citizens assembled at the end of the Good s Wharf to welcome Captain^Parquhar. V-After the; vessel had--hauled alongside thej wharf and everything made snug,! i one, ;oF j the owners of the steamer, j Mr' George 'Fras'er) of the 'firm of Fraser; and Tipne, Engineers, Auckland, invited! the company on board to partake of J some refreshment. Col. Fraser, our esteemed i R.M., was ,y,ojted, to .the chair, 'arid after; the usuaT loyal toasia, ' s in 1 eloquent! and complimentary terms''proposed the; health of the owners land captain, wishing; them every success, at the same time pas- 1 sing a high enconium on.the energetic! proprietors fpr^tJie public spirit displayed \ by them in further, adapting their vessel j to the requirement's' 1 of' ihis important • district. He trusted that, should His .Excellency the Governor visit the Thames, 1 he would do so in a locally built' vessel. A very good> attendance was- at the Theatre Royal on the occasion of Miss Raymond's, benefit. A capital programme was. presented. The little wonders, Amy and Edith, did very well indeed, and were encored. The whole entertainment was Worth seeing, and we would advise all in want of an hour's amusement to attend to-night. We direct attention to the preliminary notice in another column of the*institution of a new God Templar Lodge. It is intended to hold the meetings monthly, and to provide for the members a good programme of music, &c, each night of meeting. The initiation fees' and contributions are fixed at somewhat higher rates than in the existing lodges. It is also in contemplation to start a club reading room in connection with the lodge, open to all members of the order. ■ „. r '' We have to acknowledge (he receipt of the; ".'Fifteenth Annual' Repott of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce:'' It is,a. neatly got. up little pamphlet containing, besides the report, comparative returns of the imports and exports,pf the various ports in the colony, etc.

By the Southern mail*we have received the avant couriers of Professor S. S. and Clara Baldwin, the celebrated, eiposeirs of spiritualism.

A teleghum from Wellington says that Mr Bryce is the most qualified man for the'position of- Chairman- of Committees in u the House' 1 of Representatives, and mentions, besides Mr Hamlin, Mr Kelly and Mr. J. E. Brown-as likely to be candidates.

1 Mb Robert Graham has brought his family to Auckland^ owing to tho adverse decision given in the action brought against him by the Government for occupying thei Rotoruaiand. < ; : „(

TkE Fiji Times urges that a mah-o'-war should be, placed at the. disposal of the Governor to visit' the Polynesian Islands in his capacity as High Commis"sibUer, and punish such offences Jas |that of the murder of Capt. Moller.

The Hotoinahaua arrived Lore at 2 o'clock this afternoon from Auckland, having left there at 9 o'clock this morning. „

Mb H. E. Jones has sent to Mr McLaren a valuablo. collection of mineral specimens obtained on the Thames, for tho purpose of having them sent as Thames exhibits to the Sydney Exhibition. ;

We believe tho intention of the mover in the matter of having a by-law passed by the Borough Council prohibiting the keeping of pigs, is not that it should apply, to the whole municipality, but that it .should: be in the. power of the Council to be aible to proclaim certain portions—the most thickly inhabited—to be • districts in which pig-keeping should not be allowed.

A becent Gazetto notifies the acceptance of the resignations of commissions of the following officers in the Thames Scottish Battalion :—Lieut. G. D. McVey, Sub-Lieut. W. H. Hargreaves, and SubLieut. It. Graham.

Five hundred and eighty'volunteers have been raised in Taranaki in one week. At Hawera and Normanby there are two; hundred and seventy infantryand cavalry. Taranaki ought to be able to chew up Te Whiti, prophesies and all, by itself.

We had no idea that the ex-Premier wasso bloodthirsty. ■ At a recent'meeting at Hawera to discuss native affairs,' 1 Major Atkinson is reported to have said :—"He hOped if?war did come the natives would be exterminated.'* 5 Doubtless t the Major; will take a hand^when the exterminating cbmds round. ', j V," '■ "l •; • ■". \! 'V ''' ,'■' ■'* '• '■ :

SayS" a Taranaki paper:—.On Saturday^ afternoon a Maori was gazing in wrapt amazement at one of the American; Dioramaplacards, whereon is delineated ; a battle which happened during the time! of the American War: He turned round Utid interrogated a pakeha w!hb was. passing byi and wantedtd know if the fighting was still going I qn. .VjWheH Ke was f -informed that it happened about sixteen jears ago he showed uninislakeable, signs! of disgust, remarking that; it was " Too much the humbug." Perhar s that Maori thought Te Whiti, and the;A.C. Force ; were having a passage of arms;; and was anxious to know the result. 7; ; f/

THEf comedy' of " On? fidyis,'' 'which was represented continuously at a London theatre every night—ecbjeptf Sundays— for over three year*, became so monotonous to the, actors who took part in it, that two of them became insane, and three died. It is now withdrawn.

~A V buitoe who recently lost a case in the Queen's Bench through the ignorance, as he asserts, of his solicitor, always alludes to the latter individual when he speakß of "him as' " Old Necessity." Asked to explain this appellation, ?, he answered," Well, I call him Necessity, you see, because, as you perhaps may have heard, Necessity knows no law."-*- ---. Fun. •■' :■..-> :.•:■,, ■.:■:: ■■■-■■ ■■:: —

A woman named Eliza Daw triedto drown herself yesterday at Christchurcii. She was rescued by a constable arid subsequently restored. The woman's husband recently went home in the Stad Haarlem, and this circumstance.,led to the'attemptr ' -'■'..' \\ ," ,' ,'•. M . [■

taking the loan of some trifling articles of finery from a female friend a young woman, aged 23, of superidr education, and prepossessing appearance, was charged with larceny at the police Court, Christchurch, "and sentenced to 7 days' imprisonment. ; ' i v s v

; Sis William FitzK«rbert, it is qndef. understood, Will bid farewell to the House of Eeprosentatives by letter through .the clerk of the House. ,I , '.J ■.'.■.. ", V-.„.'.,. ',''.

5 The Wellington Chroaicle has thei following upon the Native question :^ " We think it premature to say much on' the subject now, but as the telegrams from Patea declare ' That the principle should be rigidly enforced of making jthe lapd pay the cost of war.' it is impossible to avoid the question. We entirely agree with the foregoing priijciple r and declare I it'ought to be enforced iri'the fullest sense. Suppbse there" is war and the Goverhnuent forces and tlie; settlers compieteljrdefeati the natives, then of course the land north of Waingon'goro river ought to be taken' possession of, sold, and settled upon;f but \ ishould there be no war, the land ought I be^taken possession of all the'same,! owing to the lawless acts and threatening | attitude of ', these natives.- -The country; has already been put to heavy expense in raising and arming a force, and organising; the Volunteers, and taking measures lor! the defence of the threatened districts 1:; that expense must in some measure' bb met'iby the 'seizure, sale,^nd occupation| of land!"' Of course it is but right that! the natives should be allowed some land' on which tosettle, so' that they might be' able to live." . •■••..•

The Saturday .Advertiser says:—rHisWorship the M.ayor of Dunedin- made "a manly irid sensible* speech at the Mppre' Banquets He remarked thatiit made;his | blood, boil,to hear ,sp much talk about our \ leading men when, the monied citizens were referred to. r> Quite right, Mr I Walter,-iquite right; OujP/Jeading meni are not those who, through a succession ! of fortunate • circumstances,. have been ' pitchy forked into wealth, but the tjitizens | who dfevote all the time atid attention at \ their disposal to the service of? the public!, Away with this cant of " leading men," and "leading families^" ani •• good society," and let us have "-honest men," and " respectable families," and " decent society/ .■]\ - :-; ,■'\ :, 1 [ f--. ; - ;

"Honour and shamo Lorn no condition rise, Act well your part, there all the honour ,-■' lies'.'-' ■' ■■■:;'''. ■"■ '.' ''■'- W.,! '"A

By importing direct from the manufacturer, I am able to sell pianos and harmoniums at very^ low prices, and the material and workmanship cau be guaranteed. J. Gbigg; Pollen Street.— |}Advt.] .: ■ v ■ ,