Mb Reevbs has introduced into the House the " Mining Companies Act, 1872, Amendment." Section 3 of the proposed Act provides that "Blank forms of transfer of shares shell not be permitted. In every form of transfer there shall be written in ink the name of the transferee, whether a person or the company. Transfers may be made on a separate document appended to a scrip certificate, instead of being endorsed thereon." Section 5 provides "Besides the parties mentioned in the 35 th suction of the said Act as being entitled to make application for the rectification of the register of shareholders, the following persons, that is to ,say, any person claiming to be a member of the company or claiming as a company or otherwise howsorer or any
person whose name appears on (he aforesaid register may apply in the mauner provided by the aforesaid section for such rectification; and the Court on any such last mentioned application may decide on any question relating to the rectification of the register irrespective of the manner how or the parlies between whom the question shall arise. Section 14 says, " Pending the complete realisation of the property of a company, the Court or a Judge thereof may in such cases at such times, and upon such terms to it or him may seem proper, authorise the liquidator a company's affairs to disburse moneys for reasonable expenses incurred in or about the winding up proceeding or for the payment of any ad interim dividend or dividends to the parties entitled thereto."
The Kail way Commissioners report says, speaking of the Hamilton to Waihou portion of the Thames railway, "the work as a whole would* be premature, and we can only support the present construction of the three or four miles towards Morrinsville, which would form part of the line to Cambridge. The remainder, we think, may well stand over for some time to come; but if, during the next two or three years, the anticipations of a large increase in settlement now entertained by those interested in the district should be realised, we recommend that the. work should then be proceeded with, as soon as further funds are available." In, reference to that portion from the Thames to Waihou, "We are of opinion that the good water communication which exists between these two points makes railway communication unnecessary in the present state of the district;, as regards settlement. It is a matter for regret that the reclamation at Grabamstown and Shortland should have been entered upon before the construction of the railway itself. We consider that the expensive reclamation for the two station sites so close together was quite unjustifiable." We shall ~ hate something to say upon this matter in a future issue.
We have to acknowledge the receipt of the following bills:—Native Lands Frauds Protection, Native Succession, Native Land Court, Fencing, and Animals Protection, (Hon. Mr Whitaker); Drainage (Mr Murray); Rabbit Nuisance (Hon. Mr Waterhouse); Hawkers and Pedlars (Hon Mr Dick); Hospitals and Charitable Aid Endowments, and Public Health Act Amendment Act (Mr Stevens); Married Woman's Property Act (Mr Finn).
t In consequence of the unpropitious weather the Primitive Methodist soiree was postponed last evening, and will take place this (Tuesday) evening. '
The monthly inspection of the Thames Scottish Battalion and Thames Naval Brigade was held laet evening, but in consequence of the inclemency of the weather there, was but a poor muster of both corps.
The keel of a large ketch intended for the timber trade between this port and Auckland, will shortly be laid by Mr Robert Stone at his yards Shortland. The Teasel is being made to ttie order of the owners of the Adah and Zillah.
Mb L. W. Pabsons notifies through our advertising columns that he is prepared to take pupils for the pianoforte. Mr Parsons is a pupil of Professor Deusehman of Birmingham, and a member of the Birmingham Musical Union. - Applications can be made to this office.
MbNewjll PHlMiPs'^lecture which was postponed until to«morrow evening.in consequence of the unfavourable weather, will not take place until Friday 30th, as to-morrow evening the Academy wi)l be occupied by a dress rehearsal of " Pinafore."
Last evening we were, informed by a young man named Thomas Quigley that he had reason to believe that the wreck reported on the Manaia coast is the remains of the cutter Three Brothers which has been missing since the 2nd inst. from the Great Barrier. That vessel left the Great Barrier, with a load of firewood for Auckland, and that is the last heard of her though on the sth her dingy was picked up floating on even keel off the Waikawau. Oar informant's theory is that the. ill-fated vessel beat up to get under the lee of our peninsula, and while so doing struck a floating log and sank. The crew of the vessel was Thomas Blair, part owner, and two Portuguese, whose names we have been unable to asoertain. The polio telegraphed to the Coromandel police, but they evidently knew nothing of the wreck. Mr Quigley left here on horseback to see if the wreck is that of the Three Brothers, and will probably return here this evening.
iNTJLMaENCE was received in New Plymouth yesterday that eight additional prisoners were in charge of the Constabulary at the camp. The arrest of four prisoners was made on Sunday, and yesterday morning when the usual inspection of fences was made by the Constabulary,-four other natives, who were engaged fencing, were immediately arrested. They surrendered without the least opposition, and will be brought into New Plymouth and shipped on board the Hinemba for Wellington.
The committee appointed at a meeting on Friday to arrange for the representation of Auckland in the Champion Outrigger race, at the Intercolonial Begatta, to be held here in 1881, has decided to send an order for a boat by the City of Sydney. The work will be entrusted to Swaddle and Wintry's, of New-caetle-on-Tyne, England, and the outrigger will be suitable for twelve stone men, and without provision for a coxswain, the latest improvements to be introduced into its construction, iucluding swivel rowlocks, sliding seats, self-stearing gear, etc. The cost will be £80.
The Industrial Home enquiry was continued yeßterday in Auckland. The evidence of Mrs B. Moreley, who had been four years on the Ladies Committee, and that of Mrs Henry Neale, the oldest member of the committee (ten years' service), was taken. Their testimony was strongly in favour of the matter and matron, as to the management of, and attention paid to the children. Thk following table—extracted from, the Registrar General's report on the vital statistics of the undermentioned Boroughs for the month of June — gives the population, number of births and deaths, and proportion of deaths to the 1000 of population of each borough :—
The Her. C. M. Nelson, in his sermon on Sunday evening at St. Paul's, Auckland, was particularly severe on the Orange controversialist*' cue*
To-bat an unpleasant rumor wai circulated to the effect that there was some reason to believe that the wreck reported by the natives on the Manaia beaoh was that .of the cutter Lady Bath, which left here on Sunday night for Coromandel, having on board Mr Jacob Enko, Mr John Leydon, and others. It appears that the natives who reported the wreck now state they saw the vessel capsize, and if this is the case the wreck cannot be that of the Three Brothers. We may state that at the time the Lady Bath left the weather was very dirty, and the cutter is not noted for being very, seaworthy. [Since the above was in type we learn that Mr Bichard May telegraphed this afternoon to Coromandel, asking if the vessel had arrived, and promptly received a reply that she had turned up this morning after a very rough passage.]
Wk are informed that a libel action will probably spring out of a letter which »p« peered in the columns' of a contemporary
We would remind ratepayers of the annual meeting of the Farawai Highway Board, which takes place this evening at the school room, Farawai.
The .best of materials manufactured in a proper and workmanlike manner should give satisfaction. Hence we are pleased in daily, almost hourly, hearing such exclamations as " My word Douglas your loaf is now splendid," "Those biscuits are really beautiful," "My compliments to Mr Douglas and tell him I havn't eaten such biead for years, &c, Ac."
Spiciajditiks of great men: Gladstone for politics, Kelly for sticking, up banks, and McLiver for tobacco. You can't rub the latter out. Just try his specially imported Oowtail Twist and Vanity Fair.
Auckland .. Wellington.. Christchurch Duncdin,... Thames Napier Wanganui .. Nelson .... Sydenham .. Lyttelton .. Timaru .... Oamara Hokitika .. Cavcrsham.. Invercargill.. Borotjom. Estimated Population. 15,022 21,582 ' 14,183 23,359 6,814 5,415 4,163 6,804 7,796 3,653 3,791 5,093 2,(if18 3,786 4,283 Total Births. 46 90 52 70 21 21 16 5.0 45 16 11 26, 14 12 2D Total Deaths. i 22 28 21 34 . ■ 4': 1 8 4 5 8 3 5 2 2 3 of Deaihsto 1000 of population. 1-46 1-2J 1-39 1-41 0-69 0-15 1-02 0-59 0-64 2'l» 0-53 / 0-9S 0-75 0-53 0-70 T0ta1.... -I I 493 ; , I i | 147 ..•■
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3614, 27 July 1880, Page 2
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