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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4000, 24 October 1881, Page 2

Tend ass are wanted for driving in the Adelaide claim.

Mb W. H, Potts has been appointed local agent for the Now Zealand Rifle Association.

In consequence of low average attendance afc the public schools during the last two ' quarters the-Board of Education, Auckland, lose at the/rate of £30J0 a year," capitation fteS. . j . ' rSTJSCCaB Me GK V.Stewabt received a vote of thanks for his address to trie-electors at Te Puke. Mr Morris appears to have a good following there. The King natives are very busy getting in their crops oiv the Waipa, near Alexandra. Tawhiio, it is said, intends to plant there not leas L than 150 acrea of potatoes this season. j?he*3 is BOino talk of itewi going to live there for a tinao.^A great alteration in the demean /oar.;'of. the: natives generally has taken place and- they^are anxious to join in any work which inav^be for' the common good of pakeha and Maori. Au instance of thrs kind hua occurred in thoi? willingness tJ allow a ro»d to be made lo the Muuugauati creek, to "which they have been hitherto opposed.— Waikato Mail. Mv SpbigtHT ejives a review of the Parlia* o)3iitai'y session before the members of the Liberal Association to-night. Mb George Vesey Stewart will address the electors afc'Puriri to-morrow evening at 730. We understand that a number of gentlemen intend going out to .Furiri to hear Mr Stewart. - Mb G. S, Bull and Mr Bice offer themselves a 9 candidates for the representation of the Kuuaorauga riding in the County Council. The Scottish DatUliou tire required to prira'it) ou Wednesday uight for moulhly incpcction.

In. Auckland a young man named William Bice took an epileptic fit while on horseback and was thrown heavily on the metalled road. Hopes are entertained of bis recovery.

CoriES if the Thiimcvroll can now be procured! rrom Mr /Horn.

A teleG-bam lias reached us to the effect that Mr Sheelnn's address to the decors of the Thames will oppeafin to morrow's issue. The Waikato Mail says:—" Tiie proposed Eoiree to be held on the 251h November, at Hamilton, in connection with St. Peter's Church, is quite as much int^ndel >is a welcome to the incoming cWgjma.n, the Rev VLush, as a farewell tok<n of respect to the Rev. Mr Calder, and it has been the wish of the lat.ter gentleman, that any demonstration 'should take this form, with the object of bringing the congregation an! their new past>r together at a social welcoming." Might not the example of Hamilton b > followed on the Thames by tlie congregation of St George's ?

We learn that Mr JShranfri'id has purchased Mr Lush's residence in Mary street.

An important mining judgment was de" Jivered at the Nelson District Oourl on appeal from Warden G-ileß from Hokitika. The question was whether a Warden can cancel part of a grant. Ju ige Broad ruled that as greater includes the less, and as there is clear power to cancel the whole, the Warden could, up"on sufficient proof of actual abandonment of any mining properly, declare such part forfeited. He therefore dismissed the appeal and confirmed the Warden's decision, with costs. * It was rumoured on Saturday night' that the services of the Hauraki Engineers had baen accepted by tv«e Government.

The new Licensing Act being now law, it only remains for the Governor by proclamation in the Gazette, to define the districts, and then the ratepayers will be called upon to elect the Licensing Commissioners.

Wh learn that Mr W.m. Read is progressing favorably under the care of Dv Payne,

The anniversary services in connection with the Willoughby street Baptist Sunday School were celebrated yesterday. In the morning thei'attendance.',wag not'so god as expected, buiTthis was no doubt due to the /aot that the Bav-W.' Morly took the service of the Shortland Westayan Church in the morning. The Rev. R. Laishley occupied the pulpit, and took for his text, part of the 2nd vorse of tha 19th chapter of Proverbs, " Also, that the boul be without knowledge, it is not good." He gave a very instructive and interesting address, referring to the henessity of instructing children -in the- Holy Scriptures, and exhorted Sunday School teachers to go with the good work they were engaged in. He said the Sunday Sabool movement desired not only the liberal monetary support of all Christians, but alao their earnest sympathies. In the evening the Roy, 1Y W Adamson preached from the words in Ecclesiastics, "Let .us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, fear God and keep his comm<indments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing whether id be good or whether it be evil." He dwelt principally on the benefits ai;d j>)B of Christian life. Appropriate hymns were sung^by the children and congregation ; the co'lleciio jb for the day amounted to £9 3s 4d. To-morrow evening the soiree ami public meeting will be held.

The Annual Sornio'ns on behalf of the Wesleyan Homo Mission fund were preached in the Churches yesterday by, tbd Rev. W. Morley, of Auckland, both morning and even: ing to largo congregations. The Revd, gentleman spoke strongly of the necessity of persons professing christiani'y setting examples worthy' of imitation, and altogether the discourses were both eloquent and impressive./ In the afternoon "the children attending the two schoola met at the Grahamatown church, where they were addressed by Mr Morley in a suitable manner. This evening Mr Morley will deliver a lecture in the Congregational church on " Dn Guthjie : the man, the preacher, the ttuthor, and the phi'authropist," at which there should be a large attendance, 'iomorrow evening the' Annual Home Mission meeting will be held,in the Shortland Church, when addresses will be given by the Revs. Morley, LaishJey and others.

The Hauraki Engineers held a rifla competition on the range on Saturday. The distances were 300, 400 and 500 yards. The winner of the woolwork picture on this occa sion and the pig presented by Mr T. Crosbie was Secretary T. Graham, with a score of 77 points. He wus pressed very hard for first place by Sapper Nolan. The highest scorers were T. Gi'aham, 77; Nolan, 75; Stackpole, 74 ; Delah'unty, 69 ; and Gill, 66.

The following is Saturday's betting on the Melbourne Cup :—Duches, 8 to 1; Trump Yos9, 10 to 1j Odd Triok, 14 to 1.