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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3723, 30 November 1880, Page 2

A. MAII. will leave Hamilton every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8 a.m. for Te Aroha, and telegrams will be accepted at the Gruhamstown office till 8 p.m. on the previous evenings to be dispatched by these mails. To-DAT being St. Andrew's day, the banlcs ■ and several large establishments were closed. | We have had forwarded tor our inspection the first number of the Te AroAa Miner and Thames Valley Agriculturist. It is a. most j excellent publication, and the enterprising spirit of the proprietor, Mr William McCullougb, cannot bo too strongly lauded. The district of *c Aroha will now have a journal through which its claims and grievances will be circulated throughout the colony, and there is no doubt that through the extra medium of the Preaß, the Te Aroha will ba materially assisted iv its onward inarch. His Grace, Archbishop Steins, S.J., it expected, to arrive here today. The examinations at (.he Convent will commence to-morrow when His Grace will be present. The con* cert in the St. Joseph's schoolroom takes place on Thursday evening. We direct attention to the final announcement of the Panmure Art Union Drawing of

prizes, which is likely to take place during the present month. There ara now over fourteen hundred tickele allotted out of the

wholo two thousand, and intending speculators had better not miss the opportunity of going in for one of the lucky numbers. Mr Mellhone can give full details respecting the prizes, and also supply tickets, whilst to those who prefer to do otherwise can remit their post office orders to the owners' agent, Mr John King, at No. 37, Insurance Offices, Auckland. The present oeorns a favorable opportunity for investing a half sovereign with the prospect of being one of the lucky ones. The properties are all situate at the rural tillage of Panmure, where the soil is very good.

The sad murder of Miss Dobie has create d quite a sensation in Auckland, and no little indignation is expressed at the occurrence, and it ie feared that the report of the late outrages will be viewed with alarm in other colonies.

The funeral of the late Mr Charles Weston took place this afternoon, and was largely attended. The members of three Masonic Lodges and two Oddfellows' Lodges, besides a large number of the general public, followed the remains to the cemetery.

A meeting of gentlemen interested in the formation of a Thames Steam Navigation Company, for building a suitable steamer for the Te Aroha trade, took place yesterday afternoon in Mr A. Hume's offioes. Specifications, plane, and model were submitted, and a sub-committee appointed to obtain all necessary particulars, and draw up a report for presentation at the meeting to be held tomorrow.

Thebk was no business at the police court this morning.

A Derbyshire magistrate was recently entertained with the discussion of a somewhat unusual point involving the question whether a sweetheart is a vendible commodity. The case before him was for assault, but some curious circumstances cume out in evidence. A young ma^, whose cupidity was stronger than his affection, having gone with bis young woman into a public-house, encountered another individual, who on looking at the joung woman, was seized with tne curious affection called iove at first sight, and in a very practical way came to the point at once, asking the other to trade. The lukewarm lover was by no means loath, and then arose the question as to the price. The mania possession appraised the chattel at a very small turn, »nd expressed his willingness to hand over the lady for one shilling. The bargain was immediately closed, but they had reckoned without the principal party, who thought the had a right to be consulted, and refused to be handed over in the off-band manner contemplated by her lover. This was an unexpected difficulty, and the seller was obliged to declare off. To this proceeding tbe purchaser demurred, and insisted ou the fulfilment of the bargain, until at last they came to blows, and in tbe end found themselves before the magistrate, who inflicted a fine, and informed them that a young woman's affections were not to be trifled with, and that a sweetheart is not something to bo bought and sold like a cow or a donkey.