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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3606, 17 July 1880, Page 2

Wb would draw attention to the Old Maid's letter on the educational system in onr first pag*.

Ik our advertising columns appears the memorial .of incorporation of the Luck's All G.M.Co. together with the list of ■hareholders. The list contains names of many of the principal'mining men of Auckland and the Thames.

Ik a prerious issue We referred" lo Mr Bush's fplendid assortment of kauri gum specimens. We believe that the enterprising owner, who is an old resident of Melbourne,, intends taking the exhibit to the Melbourne Exhibition, where we have no doubt it will attract considerable attention, and if the owner is to ditposqd he could easily sell it. Mr Bush Values the collection at £100. .„

The intelligence and respectability of the supporters of Messrs Brassey and Mclihone was made a great point of by them at the meetiDg last evening.. Some of their myrmidons, who *ere'utterly at sea as to what was going on, kept up an-artillery fire of cheers at certain periods, md were particularly conspicuous when Messrs Brassey and Mclihone were speaking.: They were then in safety, and increased their discharge of Tocal grape with every sentence. When the Ber. Mr Laishley rose to propose his resolution, they were a trifle at a loss to know how to act. One more knowing than the rest cheered the rer. gentletlemari, when be was indignantly -stopped by the others who told him in voices of suppressed rage that " that was not the place to cheer." After this who can doubt the intellectuality permeating in the minds of some of the doughty adherents of M, B. and F. ?

We leavn by telegrams that Mrs Cox, of the Nottingham Castle Hotel, Piako, got the middle finger of her left hand crushed in a mangle, n cessitajing amputation of the first joint) which was' performed by Dr Sandes.

c Wil learn that a yal dable pointer owned by Mt Alexander Jamieson, was found poisoned early this morning. We would commend the circumstance to the attention of the police, as it is very annoying to hare Tp'uable animals ruthlessly desti-oyid by fitting surcessorß of the renewned Borgia family.

To morrow special services will beheld in all the Protestant Churches in commemoration of thu Oentena' y»of the founder of Sunday School*, 'Robert Raike?, and on Monday evening a^ratid Service of Song will be Held at the Academy of Music.

The appendix to the West Coast Commissioners' report gives details of the expendi--1 lure of £1000. advanced for alleged,compensation for lands purchased on the West Coast. The following among other itf>ms are catalogued, as supplied by storekeepers per order: of Hon. Ji Sheohani June, 1878 :— Umbrellas, eaoh 20s and 18s 6d; 1 shawl, 255, for William Thompson ; 1 shirt* lls 6d ; 13 yards print, 10s 6d; 1 waistcoat,. 10sj 1 pair trousers, 16s; 1 cap, se; 31b candles, 3s; 1 umbrella, 20*; 2 rugs, 50s; 1 shawl, 15s, for 3ergeant Wallace ; 1 pair blankets, 365; 36 pannikins, 18s; 8 buckets, 365; 2 iron pots, 10s; 7 knives, 15s 9d; 6 axes, 345; 61bs. candles, 6s. Mete Kingi; 2 rugs, 535; 2 blankets, 325; 1281b; tobacco at 4s 9d, i £30 8s; 6 gross matches, 10s 6d; 6 gross pipes at ss, 30s; total £58 18s 3d. Per order of Sir G. Grey : An umbrella for Rewi, 20s. R^wi ordered, on the 20th July, 18 guineas worth of goods, including salmon, painkiller, wizard oil, preserved milk, 2501b5. pork and other delicacies. In December, the Native Minister gave an order for shawls, elastic side boots, costumes, trousers, &0., to the extent of nearly £14. There are several printed packages of such items, making up the £2000.—Herald.

In the case of Barrett, of the Borough Hotel, Cbristcharch, whose name was made prominent in connection with the Orange riots in last July, and whose license was subsequently cancelled, the Petition Com* mittee of the House, before whom Mr Barrett laid his case, report, that while recognising ithe i License .Bench as a tribunal, to deal finally with such matters, they suggest that in tiew of certain: exceptional circumstances connected with, this, case; the Licensing Bench should be asked to reconsider their decision. The petition of Mr Ehrenfrwd may perhaps be so dealt with by the Committee, and probably the Thames Licensing Bench may be asked to reconsider their deoisions.

Thb Wellington correspondent of the Herald says:—Nearly all this afternoon wa« wasted on a discussion of Sir George Grey's motion for. a committee to enquire into the petition of Mr Ehrenfried regarding the rafusal of the licenses 1 of certain public-houses at the Thames. The Colonial Seoretdry said that if the matter came before the House, Mr Ehrenfried would probably be restrcted to one license. The motion was lost upon a division.

As showing the. extent of the, pressure put upon their customers by the Banks in New Zealand, it may be mentioned that, during the two years ending on the 31st of March last, the total advance have been reduced by no less a sum than £4,098,303. In other words the sum named has been* squeezed out of those who owed the banks money. . :

Mb GISBOBNE is reported to hare said in the House, "the Treasurer borrows with one haad and taxes with the other, taking care not to let his left hand know what his right hand is doing.

Lately, in that romantic spot, Akaroa, a J.P. named Fenton said on the Bench, " that being an unpaid Magistrate, he did not consider himself bound to strictly adhere to the law."

Foe the parlour, drawing-room, school, or assembly-room, different styles of Pianos are. made by ChappeU and Co., and imported by J. GttlQO, Pollen street. These instruments are manufactured in London by experienced workmen, add of the best material only. References kindly permitted to many persons on the Thames who hare bought of. me.-—J. &BIO&. ; Specialities of great men: Gladstone for politics, Kelly for sticking up banks, and McLWer for tobacco. You can't rub the latter out. Just try his speoially imported Cuwtail Twist and Vanity Fair. The best of materials manufactured in a proper and workmanlike manner should gire satisfaction. Hencs we are pleased in daily, elmost hourly, hearing such exclamations as " My word Douglas your loaf is now splendid,"

" Those biscuit!) are really beautiful," •• My compliments to Mr Douglas and''tell him I ham'fc eateu such bread for years, &c, &c."