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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3667, 27 September 1880, Page 2

His Worship the Mayor, and the County Chairman have been detained in Auckland by a meeting of the Haurafci Pumping Association meeting, advertised for to-morrow. It is probable at the meeting the deed of transfer will bo signed, and the money payable to the Moanattdri Company for the pumps handed over. It is said a well known engineer will be appointed to tbe charge of the works.

The art union advertised in ocr columns for the disposnl oi valuable portions of lands is being full" subscribed for, and at an early dale the drawing will tnke place. This mod* for dispoeing ot lauds and other property seems to be quite a favorite one in the Oolonieß, for in our Australian exchanges we notice a well known personage in Ballarat is offering tne whole of his estate in an art union, and a cafe proprietor in Dunedin is following a similar course. Tickets for the one advertised in our columns can be obtained of Mr H. Mellhone, of Shortland, and Mr Lawless, tobacconist, of Grahamstown.

We were shown to-day by Mr J. Wright two excellently dressed lrnnb skins, suitable for mats, prepared by bis brother, who we understand intends si art ing a fellmongery here. Another resident, Mr J. B. Mason, has recently been employing his spare time in dressing goat ekiue. .He has been highly successful, and believes that with the aid of a littl6 capital, a good paying industry in dressed skins could be started here.

The evidence adduced at the inquest to* day shows how uncalled for were the remarks in this morning's Advertiser concerning the 11 refusal" of the doctors to attend Miss Sinclair. Our contemporary should be more careful with bis facts, and we hope he will make the amende honorable in full tomorrow.

We direct the attention of miners to the advertisements in another column signed by Mr J. W. Walker for various works required in the Kuranui Hill Company's mine.

The following is the State of Sick at the Thames Goldfiold Hospital from 12th to 25th Sept., 1880:— yt^tiatioal Nosology. —Zymotic —remained 3, admitted 'A, discharged 2, remaining 2 j Constitutional— Admitted 1, remaining 1 ; Local—remained 8, admitted 2, discharged 2, remaiuiwg 8; Violent—Kemainod 8, admitted 2, discharged 1, remaining 4.—Total, remained 14, admitted 6, discharged 5, remaining 15. Out Patients, 30.— T. Aitken, Dispenser.

We regret to not-ice that Mr Wade, tinsmith, one of our oldest business mea, is leaving for Grisborno, whero he has purchased a business.

Ix will bo seen by reference to our Melbourne cablegrams that the Now Zuuland horse Camballo took high honors at. the race meeting in honor of Sir Hercules fiobinaon. This should improve Camballo's value in tne Melbourne Cup betting market.

Vhbey FteWABT, in a lett«r to the B>y of Plenty Times, says: —" With regard to the To Puke settlement scheme I h *ye had a^ood deal of up-hill work, but, thank Qoi, I have been able to overcome oil th« obstacles. Thrro is no disguising the fact that my scheme has mot with great opposition, and thiifc there is ft very strong feeling abroad against purchasing land without bei.g on the spot and saeiug it first. However, despite all this I have been successful, and not only so but I have made arrangements with a couple of fiends who possess unlimited capital to clear, plough, and lay down in gniss all the residue of the block not taken up by the party that is to sail by the Lady Jocelyn. I have myself unbounded confidence in the future of the Tauranga district, and on the faith of my representations the gentlemen I speak of have agreed lo invest, their money in the Te Puke block, and as soon as the ground is cleared and cultivated it will be sold in England a3 improved land. This will keep a constant stream of emigration to the district, which I think should go ahead. Many people would prefer to take up improved laud to going on. hind in its natural atite, and there will bo no diffiouly in disposing of the entire residue here. Tho expenditure of £50,000 in the district in Ibis venture, independent of the capital which will bo brought, out by the Bottlers who have been already booked, should certainly give au impetus to the trade of Tuuruuga aud Hie neighbourhood.

Cx.auk.sox, Buys die Observer, who made ovoi- £50,000 in the Shoiover Oluun at the Thames, was lately working as a lamer in one of the. coal pita ot Newcastle, N.S.W.

Tre Tablet states that the Bey. Father Malioney hit-a received into the church in Nelson Dr and Mrs Duff and family, who are likely known to many of its verniers—Dr Duff bring son of Alexander Duff, D.D., who ho distinguished himself in the o»use of the Indian Missions as to be appointed Moderator of the Free Ohur.-h of Scotland.

TUBKK scoro and ten years have been assumed to bo the span of hutn-.'.n existence, hut the seventieth ye;r of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company finds it still .breasting the hill of prosperity with, undiminished vigor. The 70th annual report announces that the company during the paat yet»r received in fire premiums £902,670, and with life premiums and sundries the total income amounts to nearly one and a half millions' sterling. Ii may not be amiss to remark thut in 1858 the fire premiums were only £30,000 per annum, and that the profits distributed to the shareholders in that year were £10,000, whereof) in 1880 they are £90,000. The gross assr-ts under all heads amounted to £5,154,761. It will never be forgot!en how the Colopsul losses in the United States of recent times, and that in 1871 —the losses in Chicago alone were £450,000—have been faced by the iNorth British and Mercantile Insurance Company without a ripple on the surface of their financial statements, in fnot the shareholders were hardly aware that any exceptional Lsses had been incurred. To those who have not been brought in contact with this great company the above comments may be of value, showing that there is no office in the whole world which can command more confidence with those connected with it whether as policy nolders or shareholders than the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. —The Review.

It makes one feel uncomfortable to hear a judge talking ia this way about the ten per cent reduction in his salary. "The country will yet realise the folly of degrading and pauperising the juiicisl bench (says Judge Weston, of Grreyrnoutb). By-and-bye our Courts will be presided over by men possessing neithor lioncur, experience nor ability, and so it will come to pass that crime ■will go unpunished, the innocent will suffer, and property will be no longer safe to its poss:Bors. Of all the institutions of the country, the Bench should be the most carefully protected, its occupiers should be plnced beyond temptation, and beyond the influence and caprice of members of Parliament annually exercisuble." The following table—extracted from the Registrar General's report on the Tital statis-' tics of the undermentioned Boroughs for the month of August —gives the population, number of births and deaths, arid proportion of deaths to the 1000 of population of each

It can be unhesitatingly aßserfced that C. McLiver sells the beet and ckeapest tobaccos and smokers' requisite* on the field. He buys his goods for cash in all markets, and consequently the benefits to bo derived from dealing at; bis establishment cannot be excelled. Note the address, and give a cull. —U. MoLIVBB, Brown street.

loroupl Estimated Population. Total Births. Proportion n i m l ofDeathsto Deaths 1000 of Deaths. population . Borough. Auckland .. Wellington.. Ohristchurch Dunedin,..; rhames .... Napier Wanganui .. Nelson ....i Sydenhani .. Lyttelton .. rimaru Oamaru .... Hokitika .. Caversham.. InvefcargUL. 15,022 21,582 15,156 23,959 5,814 6,650 4,168 6,804 7,790 3,653 3,791 5,09S 2,6(58 3,786 4,283 . 45 96 51 92 18 32 20 18 39 17 13 28 8 13 18 13 49 18 23 1 3 3 15 12 8 6 3 8 3 2 0-87 2-27 1-19 096 0-17 0-45 0-72 2-20 1-54 219 1-68 0-59 3-53 0-79 0-47 T0ta1.... 514 •• 167 • •