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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3973, 22 September 1881, Page 2

Some short time ago we spoke of I he ad visa. hility of the Queen of Beauty Company licensed holding being disposed of to an English company, with a view to its more thorough working. We are glad, to see that steps are now being taken iv the direction indicated, and that an extraordinary meeting is to be held early in October to consider the same. ' ' A eaeaqbaph appears in our contemporary referring to neglect on the part of the post office officials. We like matters to be put straight, and therefore for the edification of our contemporary, his correspondent, and the public generally, give the instructions issued Mr Coney, the chief posl master, referring to mails arriving at late hours. All m*ils arriving at any hour before 6 p.m., are required to be sorted and placed in the private boxes, or else delivered by Messrs Ensor and Baloke ; mails arriving after that hour, arid before 10 p.m., are required to be sorted and placed in the private boxes of citizens. If any neglect occurred last night, it is probably owing to a misunderstanding on the part of the officials.

The following are the amounts of the several-tenders received for the Wuihi buttery : —Schofield, £3,200; Shepherd, £4,582; Bojer and Cbappel, £2,801; A. Moore, £3,225; Farrell Bros., £3,854;. W. McLean, £i 5,725 (informal) j H. H. Adams, £2740 (accepted). The dimensions of the buttery will be 54 feet by 52 feet, and it will contain 20 head of stampers—too foundation for 20 head additional also being added. The tramway connecting the mine with the machine will be 90 chains long, haying a uniform grade of one foot fall in a chain. The battery is to be driven by a 30-horse power turbine. The water race supplying the mill will be some* what costly, as some of the fluming will be 40 feet high, while a span of 60 feet will be required to cross the Obiueinuri river. The total length of the race will be 61 chains.

TSB Waikato Times writes as follows :— " The announcement that the Hamilton-Cam-bridge Railway Works Extension vote is now beyond challenge will, we are euro, be hailed with feelings of relief. The boiia fides of the votes could not well be questioned. Parlia aisub frankly- admitted the importance of the

work, both in its inmeditte effect upon tn industrial pursuits of ihe district, as well as its more remote probabilities as a coupling link in the.,main .through arterial chain pf communication between Auckland and the

Southern portions of the Jforth Island. Nothing could have been more satisfactory than the unreserved testimony borne to the resources of the district, its material progres and development, as also tlio. rapid advance ment made by Cambridge in the direotion of becoming a large urban cenJSJr*— nothing, we repeat, could have been more satisfactory than the way in whiyh tl e>e various aspects of the .question were, alluded to, unlessi indeed, it be the unanimity with which the vote proposed for carrying on tb.B work passed us au appropriation." .! Our uontempo* r«ry might find as good, or better, arguments in favor of the Thames branch being con* structed, but, as usual, we Ijave few frieuds who help iv tlie matter o( railway extension. At the Police Courl this morning, before H. Ktßriok, Eiq , Johu Cavo wag charged with the larceuy of a cash! box, containing one £1 note, £2 in silver, and some papers from the Bendigo Hotel, Shortland. Sergt.* Major O'Qrady app ied for a remand, which was granted, till the 30th inst. Mr Braseey, who appeared for the accused, applied for.bail, and tbis was, granted in two sureties of £50 each. / ;

The concert in aid of the Choir fund of St George's Church will take place to-night at the Academy of Music. The cantata of the "Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest" will be given, and also some solos and glees. A dance to the holders of front seat tickets will take place after the concert.

Wb wool* -draw > the,; attention of the County authorities to the Bt'Hto of the footpath in Bowen street, near the If ape Creek. Sin c the flood many carters have made it a practice to taker their vehicles along' the footpath instead of the road, which was at this point a sea of mud. This has cut. up the path a great deal,, and it is now, owing to the recent wet weat er, in a very bad state. A few loads of gravel would set the matter to rights, and would be a great boon to those who have to pass that wa>.

At a meeting of shareholders in the Golden Spur claim, Coromandel, it was decided te forai a company under the Joint Stock Act with 16,000 shares o 1 10s e%cb. Messrs 0. Alexander, Gh H«ker, R. Patterson, P. Hanson, and P. Tierney were elected directors and Mr F. A. Whitp secretary. " Medico," writing to the Herald, referring to the spread of small-pox, gays :—" He knows of no more cortain means of propagating this terrible scourge than the disgusting hank notes which are current amongst us," He thinks the public kava " grew cause of complaint agiiinst the bunks ,dn this score." Whatever the risk may bo', we muy observe there are a considerable number of person in this community who will willingly accept it if " Medico " will pnss on the notes. The following are the correct boundaries of the Thames electorate, and by which it will be seen Parawai is included :—The Thames com* mences at a point bearing from trig station F, thence due east to Rocky Point, 80 links' thence to trig station F, thence by a right line to trig station 5, Kuranui liill, thence by a right lino to trig station No. 1, Waiotahi Spur, thence by a right Hue to the middle of ELaraka road opposite the middle of Sandes street, thence along the middle of Karaka road to the middle of Rollegton street, thence along the middle of Kolieston street to the middle of Hape Creek", thence along the middle of that creek by the north-east and south'boundaries of—khe_Hoe_of theJParawai.

Highway District to the Kauaeranga stream. Towards the south-west by that stream to Ub confluence with the Hape Creek, thence due west 80 chains, thence by a right line to the line of commencement, a distance of 286 chains or thereabouts. .

Thebe was a moderate attendance at the Grahauostown Wesleyim School room last evening to witness the inagio lantern exhibition. The views were mostly of a humorous nature, affording much amusement to the children. The Bey Mr Watkin explained the various views, causing much laughter by his facetious remarks; while Mr Lawry worked the slides: The proceeds are to be devoted towards augmenting the fund in connection with the forthcoming bizaar. Feom an advertisement in the Wanganuj Advocate, we learn that Mr George Black, engineer, late of the Thames, is leaving his employment at the Kama coal mine. Me Or. Mkachem, cabinet-maker, of Owen street, is the successful tenderer for the supply of furniture and other requisites required in connection with the publio schools on the Thames and in Auckland, under the supervision of the Auckland Board of fiduca* tion.

Mr Jamks Craig succeeds Mr Hogg in the charge of Messrs Brown, Campbell, and Co.'s brewery, Shortlaud. Mr Craig bears the reputation of being a good business man, und will no doubt successfully manage the business now placed in his hands. Lobd Kiinberlr, speaking at the University College, Gower street, after distributing the prizes to the successful students, •' deprecated studying too many subjects at once, and said his advice «vaa to study one o* two thoroughly at a time. The long list of subjects in which prizes hud been taken was almost alarming. As to the advantages to be obtained by the educated he said that every day careers were becoming more open, irrespective of the class to which the person might belong. In the oflica with which he was connected it waa determined to open clerkship* to unlimited competition. That determination had resulted most satisfactorily. More than one of the prize takers, his lordship subsequently said, in replying to a vote of thank?, came from the colonies, which would show the value of coming to England for teaching." In another column will be found the prospectus of the Auckland Coffee Palace Company Limited. The object of the Company is to supply a want long felt in Auckland, and to establish a first class family hotel, to bo conducted on temperance principles, in connection with which them will be coffee and refrt shment rooms. As the site for the building has been chosen close to the wharf, no doubt such an establishment will rfoaive large support from the Thames travelling public. We have seen drawings of the proposed structure, which will, when completed be an ornament to the city of Auckland. In our office forma of applications for shares may be obtained, and further information on the subject. Coffee palace companies have nearly always proved successful commercial speculations, and when such gentlemen as form the board of directors 'take a matter in hand in Auckland there is little doubt but the Auckland Coffee Palace Company will also prove a commercial success. We shall be happy to take the names of any persons desiring to take up shares in the company.

Tee Petitioue Couinnttee having considered the petition of Win. Fraeer, of lararu, who prays for an enquiry into the cauae of his reeignation of iVarden, and decline to make any r(!cpujuieut}ttt'i(ju,