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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3829, 6 April 1881, Page 2

This evening, a grand vocal and inatriimental concert, to be followed by a dance, will be held at the Academy of Music, the profits whereof will be devoted to the aug« mentation of tho Thames Scotfcißh Band fund. Amongst the lady fingers we notice the names of Mrß Kilgour, Misses Belcher, Probert, and JElunter, and the masculine contingent will likewise be strongr, including as it does the the primo basso, Mr McLiver, Mr Ibbetson, the silvery tenor, 'Messrs Wiseman and Bachelor, the inimitable coraiques, and others of lesser note. We notice that Mrs Kilgour will sing "The Charmed Song," and the celebrated brindisi, " See how it Sparkles." From the array of talent, we expect to have the pleasure of listening to one of the best concerts ever held here. The two hives of Ligurian bees which Messrs Hopkins and Clarke, apiarists, received from California per mail steamer were liberated to-day. A letter which accompanied the consignment, and whioh was from one of the California " Bee Kings," stated that last year the writer had sent 40 tons of honey to Europe, 20 tons of whioh was the produce of 173 hives of Liguriaa bees. It is a pity Mr Brown should have said at the meeting of the Harbour Board that if the Borough Council persisted in its conduct re the election of Mr Marshall to the Harbour Board they -were fools. These reflections upon the-Borough Council are in bad taste, and the speaker should have remembered that the "wayof foola is right in their own eyes." So a wise man once said. 1 A meeting- of the Hospital Committee takes place this evening. Am advertisement appears in another column calling the ladies and gentlemen who are preparing the opera of the Sorcerer to a full rehearsal at the residence of Dr Kilgour to-morrow evening. Thb senior member for the Thames,. Sir George Grey, is expected to arrive in Auokland to-day. It is expected he" will address his constitutants here and at Coromandel, but there is no arrangements yefc made whe= ther he will appear on an Auckland platform. He is to proceed, to Chriateburoh at an early date, und address the electors there. Tbttb bills have been found by the Grand Jury against Francis Hallett Sheppard (five bilh), larceny ; John Proeoffi, murder; John Sutherland, brettking and entering; Samuel Brown (three bills), larceny; John Purcell, breach of Fraudulent Debtors' Act, also three charges of forging and uttering ; Ed win Hunt Jagger (three bills), forging and uttering; Hugh' s Storey, assault with iutent to do grovions bodily harm.

Thh following assistants in the WaioKaraka School have passed the recent annual examination;—3rd year, pupil teachers— Misses Mollhone, Horgan, and J. Whytej 2nd year—Misses Paterson and Wolff. The above have been under the tuition of Mi Horatio Phillips during the past yeai*. Mr Francis Lowe and Miss Annie Joll, candidates for appointment under the Board, and prepared by Mr Newell Phillips have also passed their examination.

A Melbotone wire Bays:—Mr Sargeant, M.L.A., who assaulted Mr Munro, M.L.A., has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for the assault.

The Patiki underwent an inspection this morning by Mr Nancarrow. She left Shortland at 9 o'clook, and steamed to Eocky Point, Tararu, making very good time indeed. Several of the directors, the secretary (Mr Hume), the builders (Messrs Price Bros.), and a number of gentlemen were on board, and al expressed satisfaction with the manner in which the little boat did her work. Mr Nancarrow will send ia his report in a few days, but we believe the Patiki will be allowed to carry about 175 passengers in the up-river 'trade.

Ik the negotiations with the Boers which have been drawn up it is stipulated that both sides shall restore arniß, the property taken during the recent conflict. Independence of Transvaal is granted subject to certain .oonditions. British garrisons are to remain in Transvaal, but without interference with the internal Government. Captain Elliott's murderers are to be delivered up. The Boers admit the suzerainty of the Queen, and agree to disperse if permitted to enjoy self-govern-ment. Control of foreign relations ia reserved to the British Crown.

Between 400 and 500 attended,Mr Stout's lecture at Invercargill on the Irish Land Question. The Mayor (N. Johnston) in the chair. He reviewed the cause 3 leading to the present orisis, expressing the opinion that, so far, the Land League had been made a means of preventing, rathei* tfaan of occasioning Agrarian outrages. Referring to the oppression that had been practiced in Ireland, he remarked that if the same had been done in Scotland, the people would have resisted t< the bitter end, and have conquered too. He hoped for better things under the wisa legislation of Gladstone and Bright, and pointed out that to colonials the position of affairs gave a valuable leeson what to avoid in legislation. They had to guard against the growth of a landlord class, the existence of which, in the colony, was due to the unwisdom of the earliest legislators. The lecturer held that the remedy for Irish unrest was Home Rule—the establishment of a kind of provincial Parliament and reform of tho land laws.