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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3964, 12 September 1881, Page 2

To-moeeo"?? night at the Academy of Music Lyons' Toui'ißta party will give a performance The Presa throughout the colony speak very highly of the abilities of the s ladies and gentlemen comprising tbe party.

The County Engineer calls for tenders for a number of works on the Hape, Karaka, Hastings and To Aroha roads. Tenders to be in by noon ot Saturday next at the County offices, Mary slreot.

The Comstock, of Coromandel, struck rich gold on Saturday, and have been fortunate in taking out a, good haul of specimens at nearly every break-down during the past wick. There was in consequence a strong local demand for shares.

Me Uhiau Gxov.ee is a candidate for the electoral district of Coromandel, and will contest the scat ugainsfc all-comers—so says thD Mail.

Is the Warden's Court this morning, in the case of Northey and others v. Whisker and others, Mr Brassey, who appeared for the plaintiffs, applied for permission to withdraw the cusp, which was granted. ■-■■-'

It must be gratifying, not only to the Orphanage Committee, but to Mr Fuljames, the teacher, to find that all the children from the Orphanage presented for examination in Btandards v/ere passed by Mr O'Sullivan. A letter has been received from the Board of Education to the above eilcct.

Mr E. W. Holli3, County Treasurer, had a busy timo of it on Saturday. He paid away, principally in small sums, no less than £3019 18s 4d. The whole amount, with the excep* tion of £102 was paid to labourers, road men, i\u& contractors, so that afc ieaat on last Saturday storekeepers should have fared very well, most of the money doubtless finding its way to their coffers, in return for the stores supplied the men while at work. Mr Hollis was engaged from 8 o'clock in the morniug till sis at uighfc payjag away thes money.

A SKELETON of an adult was accidentally

dug iip in rear of the Choral Hall, Auckland on Friday, in part of the old Government House grounds. Detective Stratheru fcoik possession of the bonne, which had been apparently encloeed in tin, Tjie Mail cays:—There is every indication of a busy summer for this goldfiold. Every week we have visitors from various parls of the colony and from Australia. These, without exception, espross (ho fullest confidence in the prospects of the mines, and are surprised that so extensive an area of evidently rkh mining land should have remained unworked whilo capital was being expended in working poorer districts. The fn<st of Ihe average yield of quartz crushed at Ooroniaudel last year being 70z3 to the ton should convince the most sceptical of the richness of these auriferoua landj. CAI'TAIN Fbasee notifies in the Bay of Plenty Times Ins intention to contest the East Coast seat. , We call attention to the lecture to bo delivered, as per advertisement this evening, at t-.ho Hauraki Hail by Dr Kilgour on " Insular S 'partition. Ah the doctor is well up in all political matters the public may expect that tl)t> subject will be well handled, 80 there , should be a large attendance. It seems another quarter bus commenced with the Liberal Association, so a good opportunity oilers for tho accession of new members. Subscriptions are fixed at the low rato of Is per quarter. The Boer Triumvirate has issued an address to the people thnnking God they bad got back their country ; while pointing out that with unity they might become a great country, they urged upon the people the necessity of at onco paying tuxes in order to strengthen the hands of the Government. They also promised equal protection to Boera and foreigners. The address concludes with, the following words, viz.: "We repeat it sokmnly, that our motive is unity and reconciliation : our liberty is law and order.