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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3894, 22 June 1881, Page 2

As we stated on Monday, Messrs Frater Bros, have been very successful in placing the £6000 loan of the Harbour Board. One of our local Friendly Societies has taken up £1300, £3400 have been taken up by Auckland capitalis, and. the remaining £1300 baa been reserred for another of our local societies desirous of in resting a portion of their funds. We understand that no difficulty would have been experienced in selling the whole of the debentures in Auckland.

Me F. A. White is on a visit to Waibi. It is understood steps are to be taken at once to erect a battery.

The opening and consecration of the Rouiau Catholic Church at Paero* will take place on Sunday neit.

We regwt to learn that Mr C. F. Quint is serioualy ill iv Auckland. He ruptured a .blood vessel last evening and now lies in a yery precarious state.

. It would appear that the result of the correspondence in our columns has been a formal challenge on the part of the Engineers to the Scottish Battalion to fire a match lor £15 ••side. An advertisement appears in our columns to the same effect.

These has arisen another dispute between the tributers, Hearn and party, and Mr Greenville, the owner of the Hape Creek mine, and the Mining Inspector has been appealed to. It appears that; the new ladderway ordered by Mr McLaren being constructed in the shaft, does not meet with the approval of the tributers, and they stopped Mr Greenville from proceeding with the work. .

At the banquet to Mr John Brown on Saturday night, Mr Wiseman gave one of his amusing local, song», entitled " Jonny Q ——, and the mule." It was well received and created some amusement.

We undestand that a petition is to be presented to Parliament from Mr Stephenson, praying for the refund of the amount paid by him for a license, which was subsequently cancelled by the Resident Magistrate. The Borough Council received the money, but refuse, we understand to refund it, as they do not consider themselves responsible for the action of the magistrate.

< Wb see by our Southern files that the Armed Constabulary on the East Coast are being served out with a new short snider rifle. From what we can learn, it would appear that the- Defence Office hare lately received a new supply of snider rifles from England, and it is their intention to arm the A.C. men and nil frontier corps with the best large bo-n rifla obtainable. Oar local rifle companies are indifferently armed with a nondescript medium rifle, which has. been converted into » *ui<ler, but we are <jlad to learn that the Government is about to call these in, und issu* « supply of..a newot and more reliable weapuu. lustruotious l»ave already

been issued, we find, to the Bangers and Nos. 1 and 2 Companies of the Scottish to collect their prevent rifles preparatory to receiving the Dew issue. This will be good news for our rifle shootiste who liuve been labouring under a disadvantage with nn inferior weapon. So much was this inferiority recognised by the Defence Office that, a few reliable rifles were lent annually to those of our rifle mt-n who desired to attend the Rifle Association meeting at Nelson.

Mr Shebhan is expected on the Thames within a few days, to address his constituents. Be will then proceed to Wellington to attend to his parliamentary duties.

Thbbe was only a case of drunkenness on the charge sheet at the R.M. Court this morning, but as the offender had been locked up all night, His Worship discharged him with a caution.

The Government hare stated that eteps had been taken, and weuld continue to be taken, with the view of carrying out the recommendations of the Industries Com* mission relative to assistance being given in the development, of coal, gold, iron, and other minerals on the west coast of the Middle Island.

Govebnmert have almost been compelled to accept the suggestion of some members of the House re the matter of endowments for hospitals and charitable institutions, and have now stated that they would take into consideration the necessity of introducing a bill for the endowment, with waste lands, of hospitals and charitable institutions, similar to ttiat introduced last sesston by Mr

Stevens.

An attempt was made in the House last night by Mr Beeves to have the Chinese Immigration Bill re-committed, in order to increase the penalty from £10 to £50. Major Atkinson objected to the amendment, ani it was negatived on a division by 35 to 23, The bill was then read a third time aud passed.

Mb John Feateb has had a communication from Auckland to the effect, that if the portion of the Harbor Board loan set apart for Thames investors is not at once accepted, that it can be placed in Auckland. Offers of the debentures have been made to the Friendly Societies on the Thames having large sums of money laying at low rates of interest in the banks, and steps have been already taken by the trustees of one or more of the societies to lay the offer before the members of their lodges.

We learn by telegram that the Govern* ment intend to introduce their Local Public Work* Bill, and its provisions are to be more ample than the Bill of last session. The Districts Town Bill will* also be laid before Parliament.

'I he members for the Waikato appear to be earnestly at work in the matters of interest to that district. A telegram to our Waikato contemporary says that the erection of a bridge over the Thames at Te Aroha, and the maintenance of the main road in Fiako have been engaging attention, and it is probable both will be attended to by the Government. We shall very much like to have the pleasure of sajing that any Thames matter was engaging the attention of the Ministry.

The Mayor of Auckland, the Chairman if the Harbour Board, and the Harbour Master were appointed by the Central Board o Health with full jurisdiction over the Auckland harbour and quarantine island. It was further resolved to rauke similar appointments at each port where vessels trade from Sydney, the Mayor, Harbour Master, and Chairman of the Harbour Board, in each case forming the Local Board ef Health. Our local authorities should ere about the matter, for any day may witness the arrival of a Sydney trader to the port of Thames.

Ok the Licensing Bill, Mr Swanson moved that the clause referring to bottle licenses be be struck out. This course the "Government were apparently opposed to, until Mr Stewart moving an amendment which was carried, that suoh licenses be restricted to the provincial district* in which already such licenses were in foroe, and Mr Tole, that no licensee be allowed to carry on any other business within the premises so licensed which was also carried, the Government were compelled to accept Mr Swanson's motion, and agreed to allow the clause to be struck out. It would appear a determined attack was tnade upon this clause.

The correspondent of the Waikato Times at Te Aroha says :—lt is rumored that active steps are being taken to organise prospecting parties for the systematic opening up of further tracts ol the country in which gold is known to exist. Energy in discovering the most desirable directions in which to work, and capital to work with, are the two most pressing necessities for the promotion of the success of Te Aroha as a goldfield, and it is gratifying to know tbat both will be applied to the desired object without delay,

A cobbespondent from Cambridge writes to the Times that the woman named Dillon whose family resides at Cambridge West, and who had been missing from her home for a few days lately, has turned up all right. She left home having had a few words with her husband, but the atmosphere being somewhat disagreeable and cold, and consequently appetising, the good lady was induced to retreat homeward, thoroughly convinced that there wis " no place like home."

" Paddy Mubphj " sends the S. Advertiser what he calls a praysee (Frinch) of His Excellency's speech condinsed into mether. He says:— Ay coorse I had the principal part to play in prepariu' it, and last night whin I w«.s up at tay wid Sir Arthur he complimented me on the new idays that I've put into me collaiges' heads. " Begorra, Paddy," ses he, " yer a threasure, so je are, an' ay it wansn't for you, bad scran to the one o' me knows how the Govertnint would get on at all, at all," ses he. The tixt o' the speech that will raich ye whin it's delivered may be slightly different to mine, but you must remimber that I turned it into varse before it was ray vised.

Touching the titles of the official designation of Sir A. Gordon, that of High Commissioner ot the Western Pacific was a descriptive personal title, and it was customary for a Governor to be designated by his titles preceding the mention of the office by virtue of which he signed any official document. Thus in documents relating to the Pacific Islands the title of Governor of New Zealand should take precedence of the others.

Mb F. A. Pttilbike has, as most of our readers are aware, settled in Hobart, and has established a manufactory for treating fruits by a patent process. He has met with great success, and at a Horticultural Show lately held in Hobart be exhibited a collection of his evaporated fruits. In the Mercury appears the following notice:—"The exhibits which attracted the most attention in this part of the hall, if not in the entire show, were Mr F- A. Pulleine's Tasuiauiau pilent evaporated fruit, gome account, of whiou has already appeared iv our jcoluums. Apples,

plums, prunes, blackberries, apricots, and other fruits were shown in a preserved condition, and in the centre was a sample of the Baldwin apple, preserTed in New York State. This was the best sample that Mr Pulleine was able to obtain in (he United States, and the contrast between it and the fruit preserved by him here was Tery great, and n.uch in faror of the Tasmaniun product. The varieties of fruit were numerous; as for instance, the apples included Port D«ilryinples, ripston pippins, red quurreudon, nnd Mobb's codlin, and others. Among the collection was some excellent apple jelly, made from the cores and peelings of the apples that had been preBerred. The following memo, was shown on the exhibit ss—' The exhibit of Mr F. A. Pulleine is highly commended by the judges for its great merit und general usefulness, and as being especially adapted to aid the industrial resources of the colony.'''

A sistsb of Mr Farnell is arousing strong feeling in Ireland. She is urging the ladie« to take up the cause of the Land League, and band themselves together "as the boys hare done." She urges that all male opponents of the League should be Boycotted by the ladies of Ireland.

Fbeedom shrieked, and Hope f>r a seaßon bid the world farewell, when it became known about Brown street one day during •he week tbat MoLiveb's stock of Short Nary hud run out. A freih supply has since come to hand, and the popular dispenser of the soothing weed man's the breach once more.— [Advt.]