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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3915, 16 July 1881, Page 2

If members are to get endowments for districts-for the asking, we should recommend the Harbour Board to wire Sir Gfeorge Grey or Mr Shflehau to introduce a bill granting a landed estate of 100,000 acres for the Thames Harbour! The Timaru people want just that quantity of land. ~ A meeting-" of the shareholders of the Young Colonial, 'Licensed Holding,' Waihe, n w«s held at the Governor Bowen Hotel laet night.: Mr A. Porter explained the reason for calling .the meeting, the, contract for drivng 200 feet was finished, and he thought it advisable to continue operations as the prospects 'are good. Mr Porter was elected secretary and treasurer, and Messrs Harrison, Scanlon, Hqllis, Dunlop, and Porter were,elected a committee,to decide on the future working of the mine. , . At a meeting of the Waitele shareholders, held last .night, Messrs A. Porter and W. Tregowerth were elected as the Waitete directors ia the proposed new company. Mbs Fishes, who has been suffering from smallpox for some days, died at the quaran tine station at Sydney on Thursday of that disease. , .!; ■ ' ■ Thebb was no appearance last night in j /Auckland of the s.s. Albion from Sydney She has probably been detained owing to stress of weather. The »»• Wellington, whioh left for Tauranga last evening put back to the Heads this forenoon, and was mistaken for the Albion from Sydney by the Harbour •master. --■ . ■

I-/W,n\ notice [the Wesleyari schoolroom in Willoughby street, Shortland (which wag erected last year) has just been neatly fitted up iuside, being partly papared and partly varnished. - A- anaali pulpit or rostrum has also ' been erected, and the gar. laid on. Altogether it presents a moat pleasing appear* ance, and i^ without doubt one of the best finished buiidingsof the kind on the Thames. We observe an opportunity is offered to the public: to visit Jit; to-morrow, the re-opening services-will be held. Theßer. J. T. Pinfold is to conduct the three services, morning and evening at the usual hour, and in f.lieufleruoon at three o'clock. As most of the Siinday sohoaU are closed jnst now, t here ought to be-a good attendance of teachers from' other schools in the afternoon, and so make the services asuccosß, which the officer* and teachereiof :t be ahoieXland Sunday School certainly deserve,,-if only.for thejcourage they have; displayed interesting and completing so fine'a schoolroom. ; : ■ . Thb following is a copy of a letter presented at a; late meeting of the County Council :•— "Paeroa.—To the.Chairman and members of the; Thames" County Council, Thames.— Gentleman, —At various times during the last three years, your Council has authoriwd its engineer to lay off a line of ro»d from Paeroa to the Junction, and the road, we believe, has beenreebmmerided by the Board of Works as « p«blip convenience, but beyond the laying off,the said road and voting at one time £25 for ita construction, nothing • has been done. We tM-i^J fjmiffit^^y/isewa'or eight fences,' although the whole-line asked for is only about 45 '■ *hams, twenty-;five vchains of which the owners, Messrs Thorp and * Bobson,' ara wil-. ling to give free, and do the fencing at their owu coit, and further,, are willing to pay for

remaining, say, twenty chains at a fair valua* tion to the obstructionists, who are so narrow minded as to imagine that every road leading to Paeiroa will injure the latter township. We would remind your Council that a firm of owners and objector*, Casgell and Bennett, on the line asked for,.are also taking the same stand in referenoe to a road from Paeroa over to Messrs Cooper and Tetle>'s land. We would therefore urge upon, jour Council the desirability of taking some sleeps towards securing for us a publio road, and we thak that having improved the land held by us on this line, and are offering sufficient land for road purposes, we are entitled to fair consideration*- a road either direct from Paerou, or from the Puke-Paeroa road into the Junction, or from there down the river bank to the native settlement on fciie point, will suit us in the'meantime so longas it is a public road. Signed by 150 ratepayers. Mbb A lex andeb Hume, of Parawai, was extremely kind to the , man Moon, a late patient in the hospital, and who left this morning for the Bay of Islands. Yesterday Mrs Hume gave the 'man a one pound note to pay his. little necessary expenses, and during the tiaie, hiei was in the hospital Mrs Hume regularly visited him two or three times a week. ; :\ ;.■ o :' ~ : r ' '■' ■ The almost incessant rains since Thursday have Bwollep; the Kauueranga Creek very much, nnd* tlie "fresh is said to be the largest experienced for years.; A number of logs have, come down to the Sbortland Sawmill Com pany's booms at Parawai,, but as yet only a rough guess can be made at the number, which is estimated at about 1500. A few were washed over the booms, and went out to sea, but this morning the mill boats were manned, and went Out after the runaways, and have prbbally succeeded in recovering most of them. : The ketch Lisette cleared for Auckland last night with a cargo of timber, shipped by the ShorlUnd Sawmill Company. She left Shortland Wha f at 9 o'clock, and as the wind was favorable, she would probably reach Auckland early thii morning. . WITK reference' to the Liberal Association advertisement in our columns, and the pamphlet to be read by .the Secretary of that .Association on Monday evening, we understand it to be a lecture lately delivered before the Timaru Debating Societ upon the conditioa of New Zealand. as regards Immigration, the Land Question, and Taxation in general. The pamphlet ■ was sent- to the Secretary by Sir George Grey, no doubt with the intention that its contents, which are very 'startling, should be made known to the Thamrs people at the present juncture of the colony's affairs. We know of no better way to accomplish this object than by a public reading of the same; we hope, therefore, that there will be a large assemblage to listen thereto, and that many will take part in the discussion which is to follow!, We understand it is the intention to continue these Monday, evening readings, lectures, and discussions on various useful local and other subjects. In the Legislative Council the Bank aud -Bankers Bill was ordered, on a division of 15 to-13, to be recommitted next week, in order to strike out the clauses relating to penalties for defacing bank notes. portion of Albert street opposite Mr Marshall's drapery establishment was rendered well nigh impassable this morning by the water, which covered the road to a dej th of at least six inches. Mr Osborne's shop was also flooded to a depth of four or five inches. This was caused by the tide backing up the water in the drains, which were unusually full, owing 'to the heavy rain last night. The Borough workmen turned out about half-past four o'clock this morning, and - d^ajp^t?fedrjL_o£fcheflood wouldhave been much worse than it was. ' The libel action, Griffiths v. Johnston, concluded yesterday. The Judge summed up against defendant, and the Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, awarding £250 damages, and Johnston is in England.