The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3980, 11 October 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1881.

Theee was a meeting this morning of the Charitable Aid Committees of the Borough and County Couuoils. His Worship the Mayor in the chair. The meetuig.Wtts called to consider the desirability of securing ar. infectious diseases hospital for the Thames • Afier some discusaion a sub-committee w<is appointed to collect.information upjn the sub j?ct, the cost of a suitable building, the proper situation, &c, aud to report to a future meeting. It is probable that a rftcomaiendation will be made to amalgamate both Local Boards

of Health

As some of the lat'.ies and gentlemen who intend being present ac the fancy dresß ball to night are in doubt ss to when the daucing commences, we mny state that the ball will be opened at half past eight sharp.

It is reported that Sir George Grey on reaching Auckland, will be asked to commence' the campaign by addressing a meeting at the Theatre Koyal.

The District Court was formally opened this morning at 10 o'clock, and waa then adjourned to the Ist November. Tuere was no business at the R M. Court.

rJHB contract for supplying the Thames River stsamers with coal was secured yeater day by Mr Niclioll, of Auckland.-

MEaaas Soholield and Hilton's tender was accepted yesterday for the Btrai^htening of the Kuruka Creek between Pollen street and the Old Men's Refuge.

. MS ~lt'.■•£■". S'iaard htiviag obtained le*ve of absence for a eborfc time, Mr Bedford of the Customs baa t.aken his place at. the Thames.

Ik another column Oap'ain Morris notifies hia intention to offer hicoself as it candidute for the representation of the Taurang* electorate. Capt. Morris, when last in Purlin, merit, wus. well thought of, and acted as whip to his party for years. He i» a supporter of the present Government. Mr GuiGG, who for the past two years has fulfilled the duties of assistant telegraphist at the Cam bridge ofliue has obtained a well earned leave of absence, and takes a trip to recruit his enfeebled health, the result of : overwork.'

Ladies and gentlemen attending the Fancy Dress Ball to night will have an opportunity of handing their names down to posterity by piving a vi:<it to the studio of Messrs F.iy Bros., whose instantaneous, process is eminently suitable or taking character portraits or fancy costumea.

The excitement i» getting up about the Waitekauri dis:rict, and a number of miners hite abeady gone to that locality and taken up ground. The rate of wages is increasing ou this nVld, and we hear maniigers are experiencing a difficulty in getting good auen.

Wb understand that Mr John Brown has purchased the iuterest of Hoilis and party tnbuters in the Waitekauri mine. We undeistau.i that it is the intention of the proprietors of the mine to float a new company nnd offer the public anotht-r opportunity to regain the money lost by them over the last speculation on this ground.

All persons who have not yet sent in their names to the Registrar of Electors, Mr Ailom, should do so before Saturday, as after that date till the 23rd all names will have to go on the supplementary roll.

Ik another column will be found an adver tiaement from Mr John Leydou referring to tho sale of the Melbourne Hotel, Pollen street, Sliortland. The billiard room in connection with the Hotel will alaoba offdred by Mr Leydon, and as a capital business is done by th« Melbourne the auctioxeer confidently recommends the speculation to business people and others in want of au opportunity f»r profiling investing money. The sale take* place on the 14tb inst.

A SIEETIN& of shareholders of t'(e Indopendunt, claim, Waitekauri, was held in Auckland yeaterdwy 'or the purpose of formins.' " company to work the ground. Mr T. MacFarlane presided. Xhuro was a full attt-ndancc of siiareholders. It was decided to form a company with a capital of £15,0 0 in £1 shares. The following were olected directors :—Jnines Philson, T. MacFurluue, B. E. Joniß, Moore, C. M. Alexander.

A. GOOD deal .f feeling is being manifested in regard to the case ia which Lawrence Hayes of Hamilton, W <ikuto, was convicted of rape, and sentenced to nvo years' p^nat servitude. Many Waihato residents have full faith in the man's innocence, and the greatest compassion is felt for Mrs Hayes, who has a helpless family of five children, and is ou the eve of her, confinement. Two projects were mooted on Saturday, both pf which met with a good deal of public favour. One was the starling of a subscription in aid of Mrs Hayes and hor helpless family who are Left without support, and the other is a petition to Government petting forth the leading 'facts of the case, and pi'avjng-for a miligatiou of the seuteuce.-^ Jierald.

T E ISTihilieta hold a great and solemn meeting of their Executive Committee at Paris. Several exiles came from Genoa. The ineeimg resolved to warn the Czar once more, and that if he and his advisers did not heed it, " the L^i'itut will ytMrisb."

Mb R. N. Sshth delivered a most interesting lecture in the Hauraki Hall last nigbfc om Hare's basis of the 'representation oi' the people. Ho gave the opinions ol' various writers upon the proposals of Me Hue, ami also some of the objections raised ajjiirisfc it. There was a very good attendance of the public, and Mr Small whb in the chair. After the lecture the chairman invited quosiioiis from any present. J)r Kiljjour expressed his vievvs upon the subjeot, Mr McOullough asked some questions, and Mr Speight narrated the result of his enquiries upon the subject among members of the Houso at Wellington. There were tnuuy there who were opposed to the system, bufc its advocates were increasing daily. A vote of tlianka to Bit- Binit,h waa proposed by Mr McCullough, and seoouded by Dr Kilgour, and oanied with applause.

Mb Joshua Jackson reports in the Free Lanco upon the operations of the murket during the; week as follows:—The market in heavy stocks this week has been fuirl" active, and many'of the brofcors report & go-id business going (o ward in Nationil and 1 Colonial Bunk*, at 33s 6.1 and 495, which ttiil continue to advance in price. Insurance, .with the excepiion of Colonial and Standard, 14s and 16s 6d respectively, have been quiet, but large traiißjction t have gone oiff in these two companies. Prfoes generally' remain "as about last week, 'Siinber shares are in strong demand and Wash anU Door are unusually active, heavy buyers at, £6 15s to £7 ; Auckland Timber Company's ure also in urgent request at £6 10s, but ure difficult to procure. Q-as has also been in demand at prices ranging from £9 15s to £10, while W«w Zealand Shipping c»n yet find friends to 'purchuse at £5 15^ Mhri:in has been extremely dull until to-day, arid llie-corißcquence is that nearly'all stocks, both in the iiki, Tokntea, and Themes districts are decidedly weak. Wailu mines are gradually c .mm- to the fore, but to-day there has been a strong ddtnand for stocks in several of i he claims adjoining the Waitekauri Company,' and wo liuve done business in Moonstone and Independent at 75 to 100 per cent, highor rates than laßt week.

The Herald (Dunedin), on the 'state'of affairs in Taranaki, writes :—•' And wh<kt,will be the result ? A few more millions of money expended in Taranaki, a lew more Maoris exterminated for the benefit of the people in New Plymouth, the stoppage of public work* under the pretence that all surplus fut.ds are required to suppress the native rebellion—fcbafc is about the sum total of cousequeuces. Better and chopper would it ba if every Taranaki settler were cleared out of that very dear p>»rt of the couutry, and presented with, land elsewhere. Auckland lias been founded on comiuisstt-iat; expenditure cemented by rivers of bloodshed in warfare ; Taranaki'a trumpery and insignificant progress ia-due to the same sources. The sooner the South Island cuts the painter and conserves her own property for her own uaes, the better wi.ll h be for her." '

In Bpeaking on the Representation Bill, one of the Maori members 1 (Mp Mohi Tawhai) is reporied to have B>id in his speecb :—Now I will ask you who sit here iv this House, as well as all the officere in the G-overn.inenfc service, why are you .ao assiduous in your duties? Why, becwao'you are p»id to do the work. If your pay ceased, lam bound to *ay you would ail clear out and forsake your potts. It is moissy keep you.

The Property Tax Bill imposes three farthings in the pound value, viz, a hitlf penny ij;r the-halt year ending on the 30i.h inst., and a farthing jf'or.the hall' y«ar commencing on the Lit' proximo. Insurance companies will pay a tax of 15s and 7s 6d per £100 respecMrely, on their premiums income.—Waikato Times.

DiOJiY Broa. adveriiae their well known draught, stillioti, Vk>un^ Blithe, for this season. i"oung Blytho is from some of t"ie best imported Clydesdale stock.