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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3475, 13 February 1880, Page 2

The firing for district -prizes for the the Thames Scottish Cadets, took place at the Government range to-day. About 15 lads competed, the ranges 100, 200, and 300 yards, 5 shots at each range. Tno principal scores were as follows :—Cadet Burns, 38;-Cadet Spencer, 34; Cadet Lang, 26; Cadet McCormick, 20; Cadet Thompson, 20. The firing was under the supertendence of Capt. Mennie, and Lieut. Grant, district instructor.

The manager of the Kuranui Hill United is catling tenders for working several favorite sections of the company's mine on tribute;

The District Cdurfc, which was to sit on the 26th, has been adjourned till March 2nd.

On Tuesday, a 3 year old child of Merimana, a native living near the ICauaeranga booms, while playing on the logs with some other native children, fell into the deep water below the booms, and waß drowned. The body was recovered in the afternoon, and the Parawai natives are now holding a tangi over it.

We regret to learn that Mr William Bowe was' taken very ill last night, and now lies in a precarious state.

The report raed at the Borough Council meeting last night, on the motion of Cr Wilkinson re the action taken by the late Mayor on the railway compensation claims, was not furnished by the late Mayor, but by the Town Clerk, Mr Dean.

At the B.M. Court this morning, in a case in which a baker sued for bread supplied, His Worship said'that under the Millers Act, bakers were required to sue for so many pounds of bread, not so many loaves—except fancy bread.

We have received the list- of proposals of the New Zealand PrudentiaKLife Assurance Society from Mr Donovan, the local agent. This Society is within the reach of all working men, and we have no doubt but that when its principles are understood a large number of Thames miners will join it. The prospectus gives the following example of it's benefits:—A person, 40 years old next b rthday, by the payment of eightpence per week, secures for his wife and family the sura of £42 16s, without the trouble or loss of time incurred by passing amedical examination. Again, let us suppose tbat eightpence per week is beyond his means, he can pay one penny per week, and thereby secure the sum of £5 7s, or £10 14s for twopence, or £16 Is for threepence, and so on up to £200.

The cricket match, Waitoa v. Thames will be played tomorrow at Parawai, play will commence at 10.30 a.m. sharp. A 'bus will leave the Governor Bowen Hotel at 9.45 a.m., conveying the teams to the ground, where a very good wicket has been prepared in anticipation of the match. Amongst the visitors are some old cricketers, ' and it will require our local team to look well to their laurels to enable thftm to a/Jd another " win to their list. Players are requested to be punctual. The following are the names of the teams .:—Thames : Steedman, Lawless, Burgess, Spencer, Grey, Murphy, Turner, Muuro, Egginton, Gellion, Young; Emergency, West, McLean; Umpire, Mr Otway. Wajtoa; Smith, Willis, . MeCormick, Gould, Strange, Clare, O'Halloran, Murray, Stubbins A-, Stubbins. F., Walker, Parr, and Campbell.

ih: advertisement in another column it |-will be seen that Mr J. 11. Perry will meet 1 Btaeii.olders in the Blue Spur Company, aud other parties Interested in mining, in the Hauraki Club Booms fjo-iaorrow evening, and give some inforujatjiou reyarding the said Company.

A NUMBEtt of members of this Waitoa cricket and rifle teams arrived lie c last night, and were tiiis morning shown round the batteries and other places of interest by tlieir friends.