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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3720, 26 November 1880, Page 2

We understand that Messrs A. and G. Price intend buildiDg a shallow draft and swift steamer for the Thames-Te Aroha trade, making vie of the engines of the steamer Ruby, which they have purchtised from the New Zealand Insurance Company, The new vessel is expected to be ready in about two months.

In a case in the Auckland Police Court yesterday, it transpired that a bushman, named Nicholas Stanton, came into town to see the circus, and knocked down £63 in three days in beer.

The Ellerslie race course is all alive of a morning, the horses preparing for the coming summer meeting.

Thb young man injured in the Wellington, baths on Wednesday died yesterday afternoon.

At the sitting of the R.M. Court this morning four civil cases had been set down for hearing, but were all adjourned.

Eomb days ago a popular young Thames pressman went to Auckland to see the circus. He sat down in the dress circle beside an unostentatious little man with whom he spocdilt entered into conversation. "What do you think of the Observer?" said the Thames maD, "Oh, its right enough," was the reply; " I think it's a scurrilous little rag,"*fjaculated the Thamesite, authoritatively. The unostentatious little man turned right round and queried " Young man, who are you." " Ob, I'm Mr ,of the Advertiser, 1' replied our friend, with the air of a Gladstone. "Ob, are you," was the reply, "I'm Bathbone of the Observer." The Thames man didn't faint, bat he said he thought that Te Aroba would be a sucoe#s.

At about eight o'clock last night, some larrikins amused themselves at the expense of those out in the street on the look out for news from Te Aroha. They ran up and down calling out " extra " and disposed of a numof blank pieces of paper to the intense disgust of the news seekors."

A Ts Akoha correspondent suggests that as the streets of Ruaknka have been named after the great poets, the streets of Morgantown should in a similar manner perpetuate the names af the great painters. " How," he asks, " would Barlow street, Landseer Boad, or Hurst Square, sound.

St. George 1* Church choir will perform Sphor's Oratorio of " The Last Judgment" on Wednesday, the Bth proximo.

The funeral of the late John McGregor took place this afternoon, the remains being followed to the Tararu Cemetery by a large number of Volunteers "and private citizens, the cortege being one of tke largest witneieed here for some time past.

A PETITION to the following effect has been signed and forwarded to the County Council j —« Having in view the urgent need which now exists for direct road communication between the Borough of Thames and the Te Aroba mining district, we respectfully request that you will b* pleased to convene a meeting of the inhabitants for the pnrpose of impressing upon the Government the necessity of at once coming to an arrangement with the native chief Tukukino respecting the passage of the main road through the Komafce," '

What abouf; the Fatetere petition? Up to the present. w« have heard nothing of Sir George Grey being in Auckland, and .regarding the petition nothing hnn transpired. We trust thht the Chairman of the meeting will take steps to ensure the memorial 'reaching the Governor, v ore especially now that the people of Cambridge are taking sides with the Government, and urging that the proclamation be withdrawn from the land.

Bakes and Co. report that the market yesterday at Parawtn was well provided with provincial and locally fatted cattle, all of firstolass quality. The bidding was rather slow, but eventually aU found purchasers. The supply of sheep wns again plentiful, and were at lower values tbnn last week. Lambs were offered in full numbers, and not being so good as usual, met with a decline in price. They quote beef, 26s per lOOlbs; wethers (heavy weights), from 12s 6d to 18s 6d; mixed sexes, from 9s to 11s 3d. A good sample oats realized 2s 6d per bush«l, and salt 4s 6d per bag.

We understand that Mr J. B. Coney, Chief Postmaster here, received instructions to proceed to Te Aroha for the purpose of opening a Post Offioe there—at some store* keeper's place ye presume—and in ac« ordance therewith he went to Te Aroha this morning. We likewise hear that the postal authorities have made arrangements for sening the Te Avoha mails via Hamilton. This arrangement, if true, we must strongly deprecate, as the Thames route is by far the most expeditious. At any rate we trust that it will not apply to Thames letters.

A good story is told of ■ Q-rahamstown publican who contested the Mayoralty in consequence of a bet. He knew he he 1 not the ghost of a chance of election, but the wager was a valuable one, so he was duly nominated. On the votes being counted up it wes found that Bonifaw had only 13 votes recorded in his favor. He did not sit down and bemoan his injured dignity —no, ndt by any means, but he started off to find the thirteen "good men and true," who had recorded their votes in his favor. 'After some days' srarching he found 11 of them, and having thanked them heartily " shouted " and sent them away rejoicing. It was some months before he discovered the 12th man whom he made gloriously tight. " And did you ever find the 13th a iked the friend to whom Boniface was relating the veracious story, " Well, he replied," after I bird found that 12th man, I sat down and pondered as to who could possibly be the man who made the baker's dozen. Suddenly a brilliant thought struck me. I remembered I had voted for myself, so I went and had a jolly good booze on my own hook.