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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3975, 24 September 1881, Page 2

On Tuesday evening next au entertainment will be given in the Academy of Music in aid of the funds of St. George's Sunday School, which at present are at a rather low ebb. We have aeen the programme which has been prepared, and should think the affair will be a most successful one. The first part will consist of songs, duets, &c, some of the vocalista in which will oa this occasion make their debut before a Thames audience. In the second part will be performed the celebrated farcul comedy " Id on parle Franqiis" the characters in -which will bo taken by members of the Toole Dramatic Club. Full particulars will appear in our issue of Monday.

Ths proprietors of the Waitoki block of land on the Thames river have determined to oiler it to the public for lease or Bale, and for that purpose have placed it in the bauds of Messrs Frater Bros. The quility of the land is superior, and the situation admirable. The agents are prepared to treat with intending purchasers in a liberal manner, and as tbe object is to lease or sell, uo re:sonable oS'ar ■will be refused. Within the next i'ow years Iko siliuiiiou uiuuV' of this block of luud chu-

not fail making it one of the most valu»b\e on the Thames river. Mossrs Frater Bros., will give all necessary information to intending purchasers. ,

The late alterations in the Court House, and especially the embellishments to the seats of the Magistrates and the Clerk of the Court, were carried out under the direction of Farrell Bros.

The Naval Brigade and Cadets have their usual monthly church parade tomorrow.

Next week a me ting of the shareholders in the Young Colonial Claim, Waihi, will be held, to consider the advisability of forming a company to work the ground.

Mb James Oruig, of Brown, Campbell and Co., ia culling for tenders for the erection of a hotel at Waihi. The plans and specification have been drawn up by Parrell Bros., and nny be seen on application at the brewery, Baillie street, and ut Mr Coote'e, Paeroa.

The Liberal Association meet at 8 o'olock on Monday night at the Hauraki Hall. Albert street, •

Lodge Sir Walter Scott meet ou Tuesday evening next at tha usual hour.

At the Police Court this morning, John Boyle was charged with being drunk and incapable in Beach Boad, Grahamatown. He pleaded guilty, but as it was the first offieuce lie was discharged with a caution. He was then charged with wilfully destroying pro? perty, to wit, a fence, to the value of ss. For this offence he was fiued ss, and costs 2s. J. Skene, Esq., J.P., occupied the benifch.

ii- bad been urrang-d tbat Mre Hampson should address the Templar brethren last evening in tlio Mary street hall, but owing to that lady's ibdisposilion, ahe was precluded from doing so. Sle has had to proceed to Auckland this morning. The special meeting closed at 8 o'clock, and afterwards interesting temperance addresses wore delivered by Bros. Harris and James Jones to the assembled members of the order. Bro. Cox, W.0.T,, presided.

The f llowing items appear on the Supplementary Estimates for the Auckland district:— Auckland Girls' High Sabool, £1200; Thames High School, £;00; Auckland University College, £1500; expense of visit of Tawbiao to Waikato, £850; wnges of officers and seamen of 8.8. Hannuh Mokau,- £81; payment of natives for salvage £111; Hugh Mcllhone for services as Inspector of Miners' rights Thames, £151 13j 4d ; deficiency in accounts of late station muster at Ohnupo, £78 ]6 ; repairing roads of Auckland and expenses collecting tolls (additional) £400; repairing flood damages of Thames, being one half of the estimated cost thereof, viz, Thumes County, £4928 10s; Thames Borough, £2452 10s; total, £7381; Tararu tramway, amount agreed to be paid to the Thames Borough Council in lieu of putting the said tratuway in good order, as provided by Section 88, of the Public WorKs Act, 1880, £10.0 j incidental expenditure on account of tlie Patetere block, £65 8j f-'d.

We njtico in Mr McLiver's window a pretty picture of one of the leline r*ce, neatly worked in wool by Miss Clou >r, of the Waiotahi Cr<ek, who has presented it-to the Huuraki Engineers to bs competed for.

We are requested by Mr Cliaa. Bull, corner of Pollen and Cochrane streets, to state oti the authority of Dr Payne, that his child is not, nor lias been suffering from scarlet /ever. We a^e also pleased to learn (hat the virulence of the epidemic has sub sided, only one or two fresh casßs haying occurred lately.

A man that could live through the following experiences surely ought to make a good insurance agent. Poor McDonogh ! MrKrull must have been making fun of you, if not you have made fun for him. Mr T, F. McDonogh, late of the Grovernment Insurance Department, is very indignant became Mr Krull, of Wellington, at a public meeting in that city re iusurane, called him a nobody. To show that he is somebody Mr MeDouogh contributes the following to the New Z -Blind Ttmes :—" Like Mr Krull, 1 too coinmeuced,life at the loot of the ladder-'-not being brought up to a trade or profession. I had a turn at harvesting in Tictoria ; I drove a six horse team for Cornish and Bruce; I had the usual turn at gold digging, which occupation I lefc at the call of a friend—K;bert O'Hara Burke—to join him in his exploring expedition, for which I have a testimonial from .the Victorian Grovernment. I bad the honor of receiving the thanks of Sir Henry and Lady Birkly, and of being cheered by over 5,000 Melbourne citizens for saving the life of a woman and child from the attack of a fierce camel in the .Royal Park, Melbourne, on a Sunday, before we started on the expedition. I had also t.he honorot being acquainted with Professor Neumour a p^ost distinguished couutryman of Mr Krull's, who took a great interest in the expedition, and in every member of tne party. I can claim also the acquaint anco of the liertnan Consul-General, whose brother served with me. Twice have I Bayed lives—once in the Wanganui River, lind another time by jumping my horse and buggy over a precipice of 45.feei into the Molyneux to save the life of a groom, as any be seen by the Duuedin puperß of 12th May 1880.