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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4008, 2 November 1881, Page 2

The Bank of New Zealand shipped jesterday by the Roton ah an a to Auckland 43030zs 14dwts of gold.

A TEIHGHAM'from the front says :—" Frank Bo we, of the Navala, has been appointed orderly to Captain Wildman."

The telegrams in this day's issue from Opuneke left that station at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and were finished at Grahamstown at 1.45 this morning. Upon making enquiries at the Telegraph Department we were informed that the.delay was probably owing to the great amount of Government wovU upon the one wirs connecting Opunake with Waitara.

The Thames contingent arrived safely at Opunuke and disembarked without a hitch f all well, and splendid weather. Our men are looked upon as the right stuff if we may judge from a telegram juat received to say they are at once to proceed to It ihotu and the extreme front. All hand 6 were in good spirits.

An entertainment, consisting of a concert, charade, and danco passed off satisfactorily last evoning in the Templar Hall, Kolleston street. The programme was faithfully gone through, and to judge from the good humour of the audience, they were well pleased. A new feature in entertuinme: ts of this kind was introduced in the shape of a charade, in which several well known amateurs took part. The gentlemen attired in legal hobiliments sustained the characters of judge and counsel for plaintiff very crediUtb'y ; and the recitation of " Pauline " cmsed great amusement. The olher p»rts were well rendered. A dance followed, the music w»b well chosen, and as well played by Messra Probert, Moyle (cornets), Weston, and Paraons.

We were shown to-day by Mr Dan Leahy, the well known prospector of Waitekauri and Waihi, some good looking stone taken from a reef lately discovered by him in the Ohineniuri district. Mr Leahy thinks the reef ia question is the main one running through the entire district, and where tound by him is a large body of stone showing gold freely, and giving splendid mortir tests. The reef is on the spur dividing the Ohinemuri and Waitawiti streams. Mr Leahy, we trußt, has dropped upon a good thing, for if any man deserve 3 good luck in the Upper Country he is the man, for he has done more to prospect the country than any other man in the district. Mr Leahy first found the gold in the Waiekauri, and also in the Waihi, and at one time held a large interest in the Waitekauri Company. He is a most experienced miner, and bis opinion is worth something in reefing matters. The claim he has taken up is called the Empress of India, and is protected by an application for a lio&nae.

Some little excitement was caused in Pollen Btreet about one o'clock today by two horses attached to one of Mr Phillips'caba bolting, the driver having left them unattended for a moment. They eventually brought up near the Junction Hotel without sustaining or doing any injury.

The shareholders of the Just in-Time licensed holding at Waitekauri met at the Governor Browu hotel last night. Mr It R. McGregor was voted to the Chair, and Mr John Smith was elected secretary and treasurer. It was resolved to make a call of £5 per full share, and Mr Cornea was appointed manager of the mine, wiih instructions to at once take out a crushing from the reef. Mr Comes stated that when work was i-topped in the small shaft sunk on the reef some rich god-bearing stone was ia hand, samples of which Mr Dunlop had in his possession. The meeting was adjourned for 10 day*. It is probable a oinpanv will be formed to work the mine. It is expected a crushing of 50 tons will be completed by Christmas.

At the Police Court this morning one person, a female, was charged with being drunk last night. There were several previous convictions against the prisoner, who pleaded guilty, but promised not to come before the Court again. His Worship discharged the prisoner with a caution, saying that if ever the came before him again she would be severely punished. T. L Murray, Esq., J P., occupied the JBencb.

T;'E half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of .New South Wales was held in Sydney yesterday. The report of the directors suo wed that the profits amounted to £89,251; out of tbis sum it was recom* mended that a dividend of 15 per cent, should be declared, with a bonua of 2£ per ceut., having £4840 to be carried to the reserve iund.

Daniel Fabkon, aged 75, bad bis thigh broken by tripping aeroßS a kita string in the stree in Auckand. He was removed to the H spital, where he is now lying in a precarioui condition,

Sdpeeintekdent Thomson, A.0., has left (he Hospital, bub it will be a month before he has sufficiently recovered from hia broken leg to perform duty.

Chief Justice Fenton has left for Tauranga on business connected with the Thermal Springs Act and the new township of Ohinemutu. '

The principal priaej in AbbottV £10,000 sweep on the Melbourne Oup full as follows : —lsfc prize, £1500 to Mason, Fred and Edgar; 2nd, £700, the omployes of the Auckland Gas Company; 3rd, £400, to Diokey mid Alfred Isaacs. Tn the second sweep (unlimited), £3158, the first prize of £600 went to Lewitisou and Young; the second, £300, to Bennel.; the third £150, to Eccleu. One of th« Masons is a member of the Thames Navals, and went, with the Thames contingent to tho West Coast.

" Uni? btttnats Shareholder " writes s— Sir —Could you kindly inform me what is the meaning of the Southern Cross Gold' mining Company sending a ciroul ir demanding a2s call, to all shareholders. They have always had good payable crush ings ; surely there n.us!. b--* somo sinister rnotive—prjbably to crush all <maM shareholders. The Auckland Directory are =t unique h-)dy : t.ha cooperative sJie ne to wit. It h enough to deter any o;ie from speculating on the Thames, or ia ih-.a North Island—this wonderful Island.

Mb PaT/MEB, confectioner, of Pollen street, has commenced the manufacture of cordiala, and has left at our office samples of raspberry and lemon syrups. The aaterials from which the syrup t is made is guaranteed tj be pure and free from adulteration. Mr Palmer's productions compare favorably with the imported articles. Persons in want of materials for summer drinks cannot do better than give Mr Palmer a call.

A meeting was held at the Bob Boy Hotel last night of the ratepayers of the Totara Hiding in the County of Thames. Mr Wm. Murdoch, occupied the Chair. Mr Bagnall, Mr B. N. Smith, Mr Stevens, and others addressed the meeting. A vote of thanks to Mr Murdoch brought the business to a close.

We feel bound, in justioe to the gentleman who has during the past twelve jcars largely contributed a tides and correspondence to the Thames local j )urnals, under the norn de plume of '• Old Colonist," to state that the letter under that signature in our issue of the 31st ultimo was not written by him.

In another column will be found an advertisement from Mr E. Burra, stationer and bookseller of Brown Street. Mr Burra has lately made additions to his business premises and lias imported some of the late t novelties of the season. Music he is offering at greatly reduced prices, and his stock of prize and gift books is not to be excelled. In addition to his ordinary business Mr Burra is in a position to supply rubber stamps for marking linen or papers. Of birthday cards, scented sachels, Christmas and New Year's cards the stock is very lar a e and just to hand by the last English mail. Writing desks, work baskets and boxes, scrap books, and photo albums are to be obtained a" prices to suit all classes. Tbe assortment of school books comprises all kinds approved of by the Board of Education.

Thk N.Z Tablet says, speaking of the disposal of votes by Catholics at the approaching election :—We have advised that, in the event of two candidates coming forward, both of them adverse to the claims of Catholics, but of whom only one had actually opposed those claims in Parliament, the candidate who had not «o distinguished himself should have the Catholic vote—not out of any favour to him, but for the purpose of punishing the old enemy.