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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3678, 8 October 1880, Page 2

We are requested to state that there will be no extra charge made to pupils attending the High School for the tuition they will receiye in drawing at the handa of the newly appointed master, Mr James. Mr James ii expected to commence his duties on Monday next.

That white elephant, the Borough endow* nient, has been leased by Mr James Rattray for a term of Boren years, and the lenwe

intends to devote it to grazing purposes. At the time the Council acquired the endowment there was a great flourish of trumpets, but since then our city fathers have had cause to regret the possession of the trusteeship of a property which has \\y to the present been a drain on the Borough funds. The sooner the property is vested in the'hinds of some gentlemen interested in acclimatisation, or utilised similarly, the bettor ,it will be for the Borough. If the present course of management is pursued, it will be a long time before our citizens can indulge in the luxury of a recreation ground.

Putty larcenies, apparently committed by children, have bsen pretty .frequent here of late. We were to-dtry informed by a gentle, man carrying on business here, that the padlock of bis store was stolen from the door while his storeman was inside.

An old resident of the Thames expired suddenly yesterday in the person of Mrs W. Keliall. The cauao of death was apoplexy.

GOOD travelling communication with Tau* ranga and the East Coast will soon bean established fact, and we already hear that one well-known citizen intends driving tandem right through to attend the Tauranga races at til c end of January. The works now under weigh will be a great boon to horsemen travelling between the Thanes and Tauranga and will doubtees serve to strengthen greatly the growing bond of union between these two centres. ■&

A pbw days ago in referring to the offer made to the Waste Lands Board by Captain Steele, agent for Messrs Grant and foster, for land in the Te ArohV district we strongly Advised the Board to accept the terms offered or roal<e a compromise. We are glad to Bee that the spirit of our suggestion has been adopted by the Board, and the bargain may be said to be struck. The time for the realisation of our long day-dream of smiling farms and.happy homesteads at the Te Aroba does not now seem very far distant.

"CiosEtbe shutters, Willies dead," but. 0. Me Lives takes thie'opportunity of informing the public of the Thames that he is still alive and continues to sell only the very best brands of Tobacco and Oignrs. In bis shop you can, without any lyin', see everything from the live lion to the newest and best line in meerschaum pipes. These are no penny-a-liner's statements, but are striotly veracious.—C. McLiveb, Tobacconist and Stationer, Brown street.