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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3856, 9 May 1881, Page 2

'./■Thb services at the local Wesleyari Churches %tAd yesterday had reference to the wre^k pf the Tararua, sereral rererend lay members of the We»leyan Confarence being amongefc tlie victims of the disaster. At the Shortland Church in the; morning,, the Rev. • Wf J. Watkin preached from the 49th cb. 23rd v. of; Jeremiah, "There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot keep quiet." The' rt>v. gentleman related the history of tbe -wreck, giving a short sketch of each ot the Wesley an clergyr ;men who perished. At the Gtrahtunstown rjOhnrch, Mr Tredennick preached an iiupresiijrerseriiion on;the same subject; ;' r> '■•", The. reopening services at. f the. Primitive Methodist Church yesterday was. largely attended. Mr Or. Hemui' of Auckland who accompanied Mrs Hampson during her mission hßf^pr^eb^dr|iHt|WJmprnin^ and? evening, the Rev. T. "W. Adamson'delifefliig an address especially for children in the afternoen. . „v , ,..; . . 1 " Wb regret to learn that one of the children of Mr Moses Ensor, of Edwards.street, Block 27,] is' at present suffering-frtin--a -serere attack p{ apsrlfy feper,. .. THBJTnameB Scottish Battalion iD nominating Major Murray for the honorary Colonelcy haye only, shown a jn»t ifespect for. th^if late, commander, and an appreciation of his past services. We feel full well that Major Murray will give a good deal of attend m to the Scottish and Volunteer matter* ia general. ;;^ -jliß garden of one of our residents; is at present decorated with a number of ■small coloured flags. We understand the reason of to much joy is that the good lady of the house has just presented her lord end master with another son. ._. , . _ .' .__. _ ,-'■ ; '*• •- : A CAMi of one shilling per share has been made by the Golden Calf company. It is payable at the manager's office on the Blh of June. ■n- . f -.,, : _ ■ , A PPLICA.TIOVB for the appointment of mine manager for the Qtieen of Beauty mine will be receired by the legal manager, Mr D. Q-. McDonnell up to noon on Monday the 16th insh ■ ;■' .■'■- : - _■ J■ ■ i '■ .. A XiADT reader writes, calling our attention to an omission in our notice of Sorcerer—the character of Alexis is nob mentioned. We regret very much that such should be the case, but the omission was purely accidental, and the gentleman who wrote the notice is as. .deeply grieved us the frie.ids of the singer can be. The character of Alexis was well sustained, the musical parts especially being correctly given and in capital style. * ..The gentleman who took the part ia co well known and esteemed on the Tharnqs, that we are sure Done will think the omission to mention his efforts to please at the late concert was intentional. We are particularly obliged to our lady friehd for calling pur-atteation to the omission. . f i : ; \ \ Ouk iTe Aroha correspondent sends us a report of thl» res'nlt of the orusbings at the new battery. The prospectors had a ' .retj Uit yield, .yet not as much winu anticipated. It would appear that some of tAe claims have sent reryyiinferibr stdrie ta Ih* mitt, «nd necesswily but a poor return*'has been ■<«b^^ i'v"!l?,,::.'.:;.v i; ':l,:\ Ta& following are the 12 highest scorers/at the opening match fired at: the new range on ;Baturday:—Armstrong, TSTB, 80 j Cloutt HBV, 78; Harris, T^B, 76; 'Perilow, XNB^ • 76; Weir, TSV, 76 5 JamiesooT TJTB, 73 5 Johns, TNB, 69 • Climb, Tttß, 69 t Fenton, TSV, 69;':-Kendall, TSV, ,68 ; .Cactwrrght, TNB,66;Luc*B, HBV, 66. "

Tom. Ricoabdi, operate singer, was bound I oret to keep the peace towards W. H. Fenton, ' in sureties of £20 for six months, and to pay costs. ./ .

A OBICKET match between the Farawai and Kauaeranga cricket teapa was played at Pa#iw(%i on Saturdtiy, anU ittii won by the latter with one run and nine wickets to spare. The scoring-wn»^B follows f—Parawfli (Ist jnnin({f)~pnypn^ind Moore- 0, Slanders 8, QJBrieiil, Eotherain 4, Thompson &, Ladner 2, O'GTSdy 16, Adlam 5, Hilton 7, Adlara I • i extras 2, total 55. Second inningg—Thomp. ! son, Adlam, O'Brien, Hilton, and Ladner 0, ! Rotheram 8, O'Grady 2, Adlam 1, Saunders yB; r*Oh"y^n""B^"MdbVe';S;" s'extraß 2, total: 27. I Kauaerunaa _ (lat .innings):—Pearce, Brown, y:isee, Q,nd Kiticheh o,.Edmunds 9,; Morgan 3, ! Farquhar 5, Gold water 6, extras 11, total 63. Second innings—Edmunds 5, Martin 11, Greenville 1, byes 3, total 26.

- f Ijr the advei&Jße^fln.s,£^lumn%. ?f apEng. I|«K paper to tapd|b|r the'prospectus of the Haven G-oldmining aCompaay. One c'aiwe of prospectus*',sayf :— a" No pumping machinery is required as, the jiines in the field are effectually drained at a pro rat a charge according to depth of working, by the Govern men* Pumping Works, erected for this purpose,"•|dfjlhi| wijadifeg .machinery required can belauded oVtlie wharf adjoining the.Cjpmpftny's estate in about sic w eks.'-'; >;■■- Mb Day, chemist, of Pollen street, notifies. by! advertisement that lie has opened with a new stock of drugs and chemicals just imported ,by the ship .Oxford.. Mr Day sliauld comunnd a fair share of.public* patronage, for he is well known and respected. He for years man ged the business of the late. Charles. Oox, if Shortland, had earned for himself the repu tation of being an attentive and careful com« pounder of medicine. ■.:."MAST of our readers will be pie-sed to heef that Mr Thomas Murphy.,, of H.M. Customs, has received a lucrative appointment at West port. . ..-■.< fv^' '.?:-.■■.■■■.'■''' ■ : -.f AT!the si ting of the Native Lands Court today, the reheurinßs of the Takapau and Manuku No. 2 blocks, situated at Ohinemuri took place, the result b. i«g the coniirmatibn of the itle of the present owners, who were "represented by Mr Miller.. •:, -\ .; ?' ■

A PBIVAIB .meeting'has been held among the ripgutar frequenters of the Auckland Public Library- -with • tlie' object's of petitioning the City Council to open the institution during reasonable hourson Sunday. '" - i I *^Thb following is tie State; of Sick at the Thames Qoidfielfl Hospital from'lst to 7th May, 1881 :— Stotistical Nosology— Zymotiff .f iseascs—-reinain'ed 't, admitted 1, remaining 2; , .ConetitutiohaT— remained 2, remaining 2 ; Lbcal-^remained 8, admitted 1, discharged 2, died 1, remaining 6 ; Yiolent-*----remained 5, remaining s.—^Total—remained Xp, -«dmit»ed 2, discharged 2, died 1, reniMning 15. Out-Piitients, 41.—Thomas AiTKEN/Di'speriser/ ■ .'

A CotJTBIBUTOBjende na the following:— M Afl I bate seen no notice taken in your paper of the beautiful monument lately/ erected to the memory of Taipari, the old* "Shortl arid" chief, on the tapu land or Maori cemetery, TotaraPbipt, I take the liberty of tending you the few notes of a visit to it yceterday :—Unless you were guided to it, by some one who know* the locality, no stranger could pos'ibly even, find it. by any possible description of the route to be taken, and all the beautiful work-expended on the erection of these monuments is simply set at 'present to meet .the eyes, .'only of our Maori friends. Mais, a recenir a- nos inmdons. Well, after a devious path up a slight hill bordering on a little bqeh, my guide entered the tapued land, and'lid me by a circuitous route edging the said Mil and scrub to the summit; and on arriving there I was greatly surprised to find these beautiful erections to the departed. There are two of these besides two or three others of lees pretentious. Tho last oceierected, of whiuh.l.am about to speak, h.s been put up by Captj Taipavi in respect to the uitmory of bisfather; who died about a year ago. •: It in enclosed by. an iron rail. The niouument itself is surrounded by an erectiou of pure white mnrble, having eight panels»being a large square of four panels and a smaller one of the same number, surmounted by a beautiful cross in solid marble beautifully carved, and fluted—the whole* standing on a . basement of four large drf ssed Dunedin blue stores, weighing about 4J- tone altogether. Ihe inscription is let into the marble with lead bo that time will not obliterate it. The height altogether is about nine feet. The wonder to> me was, how these Urge atones were^ got up there, and my informant, who had assisted the contractor (Mr Thomas, of Auckland, and but very* lately 3, resident of the, Thames) told me they tried sU bullocks but it was "no go," so they got about one hundred Maoris with patent tackles to drag the stones up on a sledge. So thus the matter was made clear to ,me f | I was-very much pleased with my little ramble, and I remarked it wa« a pity so much beauty, and such a lovely spot to obtain a cotq^d'oeil all around wae not more available to the public instead of being surrounded aud buried in a scrub. I was informed that the cost of this last monument will be something near £120. ' HojtßY can be used in lieu of sugar fo r almost all kinds of domestic uset It has no superior in the. canning and preaervjng of fruit, making .strawberry, short.'; cake, &p. Many persons claim that honey disagrees wi'h them—makes them sick. This is a mistaken idea, and is owing to those persons having, pet-haps, eaten honey mixed with a poison of the bee, bee-bread, larvoe, bees, Ac, as the old fashioned strained honey used to be. But the honey of to-day, such, asis" produced by intelligent beekeepers and bearing their own label, is pure neutur, free from all deleterious substance, aijd. is by far the purest and most healthful sweet known. As an article for the table both useful gnd ornamental, what can be superior to white clover comb honey ? This is now procured mostly in small frames, and is removed from the hives as bjoi) us it is sealed, thus preserving its delicate whiteness. Bijfr for use in the cuisine, extracted honey is superior, us it is free from wax, being tlirowa from the comi> by centrifugal force.—-Canterbury Times,

. Me HAuay McCade, an old T-hamesite, sends us from Queensland the Warwick Argus, from which we take the fallowing :—" We learn that; in the Biackfellow's Claim, Pike* dale, the shaft has been sunk to 145 feet, and, that at thn level better gold is showing than any jet raised by the company; there ape ajao prospects of considerable improvement.: , TjfQ crushings from the Prospector's C}aim, Mo^rjt^in Miid^ Ihane'e Creek, liave lately been put through £ba machine, with the following results —48 tout from the 3ft. leader yielded 64 ozs; and ten tons from the sir feet reef, sozs 6iwts. I Tbesa Eeturnß were regarded as rery satisfactory.'- In lh* No. 1 Mountain Maid, the shaft has been sunk to « depth of 30 feet. At this ■depth, the ihot of gold ir»s' lost, and • drire is how being pot into the north with the object of intercepting it/ The driving fov the first ten feet neb through nice formation, but so far the precious metal has not been met with." f/ksdale, Mr McCade inform* us, i« 20 miles from Warwick. :: [ Novr that Frocoify has left the country, and j Dargarille has gone to' Greenwich, there is I :oniy oue great man left. You will $ud him-' behind his counter in' Brown ttreet, - selling Venus tobacco and the Utest importatious, Eingtail aud Cowtail Twist. Of course we ref*r to P- McLIVKB, Brown street.—