THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3393, 6 November 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1879.

Ik another column will be found the announcement tbat the annual Flower Show in connection with the Haurabi Ladies' Benevolent Society will be held on Wednesday, the 19th inst., at the Academy of Music. This show has always been a great favorite with Thames people, and has been the means of putting considerable sums of money at the dispesal of a very deserving Society. We trust that this year will be no exception to the rule, and that our amateur florists will do their utmost to gain the various prizes so generously given by our tradesmen and others.

We noticed this morning another shipment of our new local industry, the Thame3 hematite paint, and we were told by the proprietor that he had forwarded to the Auckland Agricultural Show for exhibition on the 10th inst. samples of the new pigment, the silica paint. A sample of this paint was on view in the Borough Chambers yesterday, and parties capable of judging pronounced ifc a moat decided ■uceesa. With white silica as a base, and the hematite as a colouring, acy shade from a light Btono drab to the darker hues can be obtained Wo would

imagine that were these pigments grouv.d in oil and supplied to tho tr»d« n great saving in time, labor, and expense would be the result as, instead of having to add pigment after piguierit to gain tin* shade oquireJ, the painter'has any required shade naturally. Any of the shades mixi'd with "skim milk" raako a durable wash fur a minor, settler, or up-country house; and when we consider the expense attached to painting an upcountry building, these pigments must be a groat desideratum, as with them every settler can become his own house painter. Wo shall watch with some interest our little local factory, as the proprietor is continually discovering some commercial value in our mineral resources, and we should certainly give him credit for the progress he has made so far, and trust it is not tho only channel in which he will develop our local industries.

Last evening the bills around tho town were ablaze with the Guy Fawkes bonfires of our Thames youth. There was a great run on oracKers and other fireworks during the day.

Yesterday afternoon, some men digging the the trench for the new County supply pipes near the site of the old Kuranui Hotel, unearthed the skeleton of a man. A gentleman versed in anatomy was shown the skull, which he at once pronounced to be that of an adult European. It is stated that in the early days of the field, a den of infany existed in this vicinity. Perhaps the remains discovered yesterday are the relics of some undiscovered crime.

Oun Paeroa correspondent writes :—We are pleased to notice several^ new buildings and additions to old ones in Paeroa. Of the latter class, Messrs Cassrells and Bennett have made a very handsome and valuable addition to their Criterion Hotel in the shape of a billiard room and several other rooms ; the billiard room is large, woll ventilated and well lighted, possessing a first class table, and will no doubt bo liberally patronised. This is now the most complete hotel in the township, and the proprietors sp.;re no pains to maintain its deserved popularity. By special invitation our popular Justice of the Peace, P. Austin, Esq., opened the billiard room last Wednesday. A number of friends partook of refreshments, and tho proprietors' health was drunk in bumpers. Mr Austin complimented them on the possession of such an excellent table.

Is Abbott's £5000 sweep the first prize, Parriwell, goes to a bushman named Gibbs, roaiding in Kennedy's Bay, near Coromundel ,• the second to a man residing and working on the island of Waiheko ; and the third to a resident at Waugarei Heads—all workiug men.

A cobhespodent writing to the Auckland Star says:—-The action of the Victorian Government in sending a circular warning the employees that any of them who are known to be gambling or taking active participation in horse racing or; sweeps will render themselves liable to be dismissed, might well be followed here. A spirit of gambling is permeating the whole community, particularly among youths and young men, and unless legislation is provided that some restrictions should be imposed muny parents will regret that such mntters arc allowed quietly to be fostered and encouraged, while more trifling infractions are made the subject of police investigation.