THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3813, 18 March 1881, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1881.

When are the much needed alterations ordered by Judge Macdonald to be made to the Court House. The present filthy state of the matting on the floor is disgraceful, and persons whose occupation requires attendance there are troubled with the fleas that swarm on the mats. If the authorities will not proceed with the improvements, we suggest that the solicitors, members of the juries, and the police petition the Government on the question. If something is not done, and that quietly, we shall take steps to call the attention of the Government to the state of the building.

A IABGB number of persons left by the Rotomahana this morning on her trip to Coromandel and back, including members of the County and Borough Councils. The conference, will be held to-night at Coromandel, the members returning by the .Roto* mahana to-morrow afternoon.

Mb H. J. Lee, well known for many years on the Thames as an accountant, leaves in a few days to fill an engagement in Auckland. Mr McGregor will- sell his house on the Beach, and the whole of the furniture contained therein, shortly.

Mb Dunlop, the manager of the Golden Crown, calls for tenders for certain works. Tenders to be in by one o'clock to-morrow.

What the auctioneer terms "the finest business premises on the Thames," will be sold on Wednesday next in Auckland. It is the freehold property in Brown street, known as " Waller's," and at present occupied by Mr T. Lawless. Mr R. C. Greenwood bus been instructed by the executors in the estate of the late Mr Waller to dispose of same.

Mb MANNING- has been reappointed as a Judge of the Native Lands Court, and will occupy the Bench at the Taupo Court with Judge Macdouald.

We believe that the promoters of the Miranda excursion which did nob eventuate yesterday owing to the unsatisfactory state of the weather, purpose holding it on Good Friday the 15th of April.

We have received from Messrs Edwards Dunlop and Co., of Sydney, whose representative Mr F. Stephenson, is at present on the Thames, a sample rard of Messrs Brandaner and Co.'s pens. These pens neither scratch on the paper nor spurfc the ink, the points being rounded by a newly invented method. The card contains samples of 21 varieties of pens manufactured by this now well-known firm, and those we have already tried fully, bear out the qualities claimed for them., We confidently recommend our readers to obtain a supply from their stationer, and we feel sure they will not regret having done so.

We are sincerely sorry to notice the obituary of Mr H. W. Robinson, winch appears in our advertising columns. Mr Robinson was for many years a resident of the Thamee, and was highly rapected by a large circle of friends, who will deeply regret his early demise. Mr H. W. Robinson was a brother of Mr W. Robinson, of the Auckland Herald.

Thb remains of the late Hori Tupaea having been conveyed to their last resting place, the question now to be decided is who is to be his successor. His son, Tamiori Mahere who came here from TSapier, with his wife Arihia, to attend the "wake*" before leaving introduced the subject to the tribes, suggesting that the deceased's four children, including Tamiori him=elf, should be appointed joint heirs to the property. The matter, however, was allowed to remain over till the sitting of the Native Land* Court when the heirship to the property will be settled! The question of appointing a successor in the chieftanship is held over until the arrival of the tribes from south. . '