THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3225, 20 June 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1879.

The GoTjernor proceeds to Waikato by: special train at half-past nine this morning, with- Colonel Whitmore, Kewi, and KfcT. C. M» (Thompson. He will return to Wellingto* about the end of June.

The Thtfraei ; Rifle Bangers mustered last evening' for their weekly drill at th« Shdiiland Hill. There was a good atten-1 dalles, >u.n'dej^ Captain Farrell, all the officers beijßjg present. Lieut. Pouglas was, foe the fijst tym,e, initiated into ;the .fifst dutiea; oi",Tighp guide,'' who* under .the careful an<^ able instructions of L'eut.Instru«tor Grant, performed his part with comuderabk activity and precision. Some new candidates were, tit the conclusion of the drillj proposed and admitted to membership; I iff'the flflttk arid file.l The. company Wtk then dismissed, when a 'meeting of thW'Tinanfee Committee was hefd for passing- accoutils,' Ac* 'Other important business connected with the future welfare of the corps was alstftaMen •into consideration. Captain J&tr&H', mV formed thode present that the new scarlet uniform would shortly' arrive irom London, when he,eipectqd to see one jiuodted members of tuto Kangers properly clotlied and equipped. We understand tho new! uniform ■ for tbi» «orps are «f~a utailar pattern to that worn! by! Her Majesty *s? lfftii [Boyiir£lrißh-^jßayal blue] //acinus. ?f fie head-'dc^is ii rt#be the regulation ■ helmet; Wittf " V¥o Patria '•■ on the front :'*liti^i;^MV-:---::'-";=--' :i :ri!f^:; te^ " "'. Mb B. J. O'SulliTan, Inspector -of SchoolSf arrifed here,laat ; eTening. ■

' The Attekiand Harbor Board proposes tb'erefe^tfotjier outer T on the east side of Queen'stVoet wharf, two hundred feet; long, at a cost of three thousand pounds. The Engineer reports 'favorably; and reconitnißnds the erection of now offices for receivers in place of existing ones. '' [: ;

Thk polling.t6 decide the question of the establishment of a free public library for the cityof Auckland began/ yesterday at 6 a.m., and continued to 4 p.m. Great interest • was manifested in the poll throughout the day. "A* many as ■; $00 'Votes we're recorded up t6' one o'clock. One pleasing feature of the proceedings* showing great public interest in. the poll, was the attendance of many ladies. The result posted up was as follows:—For, 728; against, 91; majority for, 638.

The directors of the Alburnia Gold Mining Cqinpany' Hare, mode a jwise selection' in 'appointing Mr Thomas Radford to the: management of. their mine. There are few men in New Zealand who hatu had' a looker or more raried

expurientcß at jniniti(» thnu Mr Ktullord Prior to bis arrival in New Zealand, eight years ago, ho had been for ton years employed in responsible positions in the New Criterion and other leading mines, in the Clunes district, Victoria. Hi»' :fhst appointment in New Zealand wa's-gs under ground manager ol the Caledonian mine, under Cuptain Eichards, a position which ho held for five years. Subsequent to this, lie was appointed to ro-constr.uct the P alto sliaft, and arrange for the-working of that mine.; and more recently,Rtill, he has been,manager of the Queen of Beauty mine—a pdsitidn which he would, no doubt, have continued to Ha 3it not been for the Stoppage of the United Pumping Association's operation^ and the consequent flooding of the lower portion of the mine. "We feel quite«satisfied that Mr Eadfoid, as manager of Ihe Alburma mine, will be found by the directors to be tho right man in the right place. TfiE captain of the schooner Shepherdess, Reports that lie,, saw the reflection of the Wellington fire, when ten miles south ' rof Kaikoara, or about 95 miles from 1 Wellington.