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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3798, 1 March 1881, Page 2

MESSBS I~>. R. Gvllion and. J. Cook were elected directors at the New Whau Qoldmining meeting, held yesterday afternoon.

We have received from the secretary a copy of the circt-lars addressed to surveyors, pointing ou'. the advantages of the jN«w Zealand Institute of •"urvnyors. The document may be ae>-n at. our office

Ths Scripture Gift Association's annual report showed that only three clergymen mi Auckland, in response to the Association's request, have visited the public schools to impart religious instruction. Iv the country districts only three public schools were regularly visited by clergymen.

A'i' the half-yenrly meeting of the Thames Gas Company, Mr 0. B. Stone in the chair, the profit and loss account showed a balance of £787, and the usual dividend absorbs £748 The directors considered it advisable a dividend be declared, and the Chairman moved tnat the usual dividend of Is 6d per share be paid. Mr J. J. Tinne, said, looking ut the accounts, the balance did not appear to be very large, and he sagges ed tnat an alteration be made in the price of gas, and that the expens-s be reduced. He considered the? should be able to put by the reserve fund ba'ance each year to cover wear and tear. The Chairman explained it was not possi le lo reduce the expose*, not to increase the price of gas. Pressure had been brought to bear several times to induce them to lower if.. He migbt slate that the Jtist half year was a most unfavorable season for gas. The Chairman's motion was agreed to.

1 The owner of • Grand Flaneur, it is said, talks of taking him to England to try conclusions with some of the cracks there. Long, his owner, won £30,GQ0 from the bookmakers over his Cup victory.

A ; GENTLEMAN of the name of Peudent who had been in Bu-sia some 14 or 15 years, arrived by the niijh'. boat to act as interpreter for the prisoner Procoif'y.' With Mr Br .asey, Mr Ehreufried, and ihe police, he visited the prisoner this morning and conversed" with him for a while.

At the time the Court eat this morning t continue the hearing of the murder caae there was no clerk present to take the depoei ions Mr Thompson drew the attention of the Bench to the fact, and the Chairman replied that, it appeared a strange mater that the business of the Court was not. better attended to. Tne Bench, he sai<i, could r.ot wait th" pleasure of 'he < ffickls, or be inconvenienced by arrangements they clhdso to make. Thr Bepch would appoint a clerk. It appears Mr Allorn was uttending to bis duties in the District Court under Judge Macdonald, which was held at the Borough Chambers.

An Irish agricultural journal advertised a new washing machine under tUe heading, " Every man his own washerwoman," and in its culinary department says that " potatoes should always be boiled in cold water." The meeting of the Licensing Court notified for to-day fell through owing to the absence of the (.'ornmissioners. The Public Works stiiff in Auckland yeH frerday presented Mr James Stewavt, District Engineer, with a handsomely illuminated farewell address on his retirement from the Service. Mr Stewart's notice expiring in February, ypsterday was the last dny on which he would be connected with the Public Works Department. Mr Halef who succeeds him, left Wellington on Sunday, where he occupied the position of [Resident Engineer. The addresß presented to Mr Stewart was illurnin»ted by Mr C. Palmer.-!

Thu Government offer bonuses for 125 ton beet sugar, £1000} 10,000 gallons linaeed oil, £500; 50 tons of oilcake from linseed seed grown in the colony, £100; 50 tons etnrch, £300 ; a bonus of 50 per cent, on the value realised for the first £1000 worth of Bilk cocoons; a bonne of £500 a year for three years for the production of the first 50 tons of sulphuric acid ; a bonus of £250 for the first £1000 worth of household earthenware of marketable quality. Intending competitors for these bonuses rnui-t notify to the Government before the 3lsfc of December next of their intention to claim them some time duiing the following year.