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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3984, 5 October 1881, Page 2

At the meeting of the Harbor Board yesterday afternoon, Meters Bagnall, Carpenter, Marshall, Wilscin, and Bead were present. It was decided that the amount of interest due the Borough Council upon the loau of <£4SO should hi paid. Mr Brown wrote complaining i hat ho was charged the Harbor dues on catile he inported from Auckland, and when he exported the hides he had also to pay. The Board refused to make any alteration in the scale of charges. Mr Casey complained that 5i per ton was charged for firewood landed on the Goods wharf, whereas only ad was charged on the Sliortlaud wharf. The Board refused to make any alteration. Mr Alex. Aitketi, the Kngiaeer to the Board, reported that he could not recommend any expenditure upon the silt works on the north side of the wharf, but suggested that step* should be taken to erect a wharf at Taracu. The Harbor-m ister'e report was read, aud the suggestion ordered to be carried out. The question of purcha ing the ehed on the Goods wharf whh left in the hands of the Chairman.

The brigantine Lizzie Guy is at present at the Turua mills loading timber for Messrs James Cnig aud Co., of Oamaru.

The Waifeato Mail Bays :—The £100 grant for a volunteer and public hall for Hamilton, against (he (jiving of which Borne 200 settlers of Bast Hamilton lately petitioned the Government, has nevertheless duly passed before the prorogation of Parliament. There was no business at the R.M. Court this morning. We lea; n with pleasure that the attendance of scholars in b >t.b the Waio Karaka and Wuiotahi Creek School is improving after niuny weeks of an unprecedentedly low average. Mb Caubick, a well known journalist of Wellington, hus been appointed to the editorship of the Waikato Times. We B&all look for an improvement in that paper, for Mr Carrick is an able writer and thoroughly understands the duties and responsibilities of the honorable position he has lately been appointed to. The Government state they have ascertained from a trustworthy source that Te Whiti disclaims the warlike interpretations put on bis recent speech, but he no doubt continues his opposition by encouraging fencing. Gov( ronent still hope to settle the difficulty without recourse to extreme mea« sures, but they are making preparations for all contingencies. j The LieeimDg Act recogmsss seven licenses, i-namely,' ■ publicans' licenses, New Zealand wine licenses, accommodation licenses, bottle licenses, picket licenses, wholesale licenses, and conditional licenses. New Zealand wine licenses ar<s to bo granted in. Boroughs only DJo new liefnse is to be granted until the ratepayers shull li»ve determined whether the number of such licensee may be increased. 1 {his is done fey a poll of r&tejfajew,

Tug Hauraki Tribune aajg ;— It: is reported that in tibout a month or six weeks, or if the weuiher is fine and the roads arc god, sooner, we shall have a visit from the County Chairman. He wouid havo been up earlier but the lobbying has been very exhausting this session.

Tub list Auckland steamer which arrived at this port, brought with it the Sydney mail, and several persons went to one of our lbcul storekeepers to look at a copy of the Town and Country News. Either for a joke, or to gel rid of bis visitors, the storekeeper, on openiDg a copy of that j ;urnal threw it down suddenly, at tho samo tiuie exclaiming " Si^all-pox in Sydney." The result was marvellous, the store being almost before the words were fairly uttered.—B : »y of Plenty Times.