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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4045, 15 December 1881, Page 2

We would remind our readers of the entertainment in aid of the fuads of the St. Joseph's Catholic School, which takes place Ltbia evening. We hope to see a large attendance at the Academy of Music this evening on • the occasion of presenting,the several prizes won at the late district iwamraatiori. "Mr Grigg will command his email army of vocalists, who will, as on former occasions, delight their parents by the manner in' which they will render several selections of part music. His Worship tr c Mayor is announced to take the Chair at B,o'clock. Is; another column the pupils- of the Kauaeranga Boys' School invite their parents and friends to inspect their exhihitioiof drawings, &c, executed by them during tho past year, and which will be on view in the schoolroom to-morrow morning. We believe the several drawings are really very excellent, but after inspection we shall be better able to speak of them. Wb learn that the injury to Mr Bobbett's youngster, Maoriland, is not as serious as it was thought at first to be. The hip is down certainly, but otherwise the animal is all right. It is well known that many famous horses have won races'with such an injury as that which haa befallen Mr Bobbett's horse, and it is to.be hoped Mr Bobbett's luck will soon turn, and that Maoriland will jet pull off his first race. Mb Jakes Fobgie, baker, of Pollen street, notifies that he is making bread of decorticated wheat meal. It is contended for bread made with this meal that it contains more gluten, and is vastly superior to white bread, and that it has 200 percent, more phospbatic fait.'' . ' ■' ■■'■" "■

On Saturday evening a new Combination Company will appear at the Academy of Music, in what they term a unique, varied, and fashionable entertainment. The names of the several performers appear in our advertising columns, and, judging by them, we should expeot to see presented au entertainment of more than ordinary excellence. The artistes were nearly all leading members of one or more of the opera troupes lately doing the rounds of the colony, Which of itself speaks volumes in their favor. Their repertoire includes, we boliove, both burlesque and operetta. <

At a cricket in itch boUvem the English eleven and t-lmren of JSew aouth Wales, played at Sydney on Tuesday, the English team scored a victory with 68 runs' to spare. The English team played excellently. ■ Messes Fjrgie, Kollerson and:! Son, and Falijamcs and Scott, bakers and confectioners, call attention to the approach of Christmas, and their willingness to supply Christmas cakeß. We refer our readers to the new advertisements in other columns. J SOME 15 or 20 blacks were iv Armidale some da; s ago (says the Armidale Express), and it was evident that something was troubling their minds'. Tow ids the afternoon they assemble t in the neighbourhood of the court house, mid one of the most venerable of their number entered the Lands office, and announced hia desire to be appointed "King." No provision having been made for such en application, no suitable form could be found to meet the case. Branding appeared the mott feasible, and, a paint box being handy, the operation was commenced. The king removed his hat and stood patiently, and with every mark of respectlul awe on his face, whilst the letter "X" was delineated iv white paint upon his forehead. The ceremony seemed to give every satisfaction to all concerned, and his majesty left the office duly impressed with a sense of his responsilities. Fbom the statements in the Sydney papers bj the B.s. Hero, it is clear that small-pox is still spreading, and that no effective means have been adopted to stamp it out; Sjrne of the medical men, it is stated, have refrained from reporting cases known to them in the course of professional duty ; tie rubbish from infected houses has been placed on the street for removal in the ordinary way by the Corporation dust ear ts ; and Chinese rag-pickers permitted to turn over the refuse and sort it out, to the great danger of disseminating the seeds of the dread disease in Ihe city. These 'tlJi'gS seem incredible were they not fully •vouched for. A correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald says unless further stringent measures|.are"? adopted in ' January and B'ebruary (tne months when fevers are -most disastrous), there, will be a spread of Bmallpox which no vaccination will check.