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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 29 September 1882, Page 2

Aibeet steeet was quiet about,ll -o'clock this morning. What rendered-the stillness more profound was an unusual little occurrenceEightypwng ladies, varying from 18 to 28 ! '(none would hare been more than 24, if s> much, were it not that tome are married; these 1 * latter were 1 particularly sprightly and kittenish, thui "exemplifying the views eiprissed in: thjlflev. Mr. Neili'a^gorgeousiy Eloquent ;!ltfc£dre".ton the happinessobfrthe married state), walked down the btr'eefctwo :ipj4-'two,.aß if bound for a Sunday School treat «^^^|ove ■. feast,''-, each." bearing.' a l' kit' of ftoilifortable dimensions^in her hand. Their escort was a diffident-looking youth of some 18 or 20f summers, whose'smooth'face was innocent ; of hair. ; They halted at a four wheeler captained by a popular driver,'at once began to enter it, and in a twinkling all were seated j six inside and two, on the driver's seat. The bashful v demurecyouthlstooi lookirig pn^ithfan *|I rather not thank you V;aort of air, and it was obvious that he felt very much out of place. At last ho , •w y as i; stowed inside the carriage, and, carefully taken charge of by the ladies. On the other hand just then a gentleman who appeared, on the scene, was quite in his^element—juet the'ladies'^man. "Heis a well known member of'the' Stock' Exchange, and although past Ibe rubican of life is in bis. r prime for ladies-companionship. lt Possessing all.the :natural ?P,<*' jsh> wis|Pta<i: gallantry ;of the Italians, and that grace* of manner, which' comes of long «cperienfee in ladies' »eciety, he stepped forward, in''the njoßt elegant style lifted his hat, bowedjifre a prince, offered the ladiiee—particularly the charmjug-pair pn tlie .box-rrhiß congi;a,tulatio)iß,.a&d^;utterecl y « few well rounded soft nothings-' The sight of these weaker vessels on the outside excited the admiration, and it might; be,Tadded,, amazement of those idle men at the Corner, who, lacking-v,iotim*,istared as if they, would—if they could—Btare,the ladies, 1 who thus Had the bravery to break through the trammels of usage,,; but of countenance, y These T xlear creatures were not to be bound down by the ideas of old fogeydo.m—not they. -What mamma or grandmamma would have thought of ladies' affeotitfg the" post- usually occupied by, youthful .snob who wishes to^display his figure,' or the inveterate' smoker-who''must blow bis, cloud in high-altitudes, especially as he would not be allowed to. do so inside, was nothing to them. They were independent, free and easy colonials who had struck out a newjine of .their own. Only a cigarettean the inquth of eachj sending^up a tiny wreath of smoke," was wanting to render the picture complete. What though one crusty, envious and somewhat elderly Scotchman did crabbedly exclaim, 'They evidently are not afraid of exhibiting. their shanks." It is needless to*explain that only a Scotchman wouldhsve passed'sach a rude remark; -The genial cabby jumped up: beside' the two ladies, 1 proud as a peacock of such sweet companionsfiip, off they started, and away they drove on a jolly ladies' spree. Would that men's were always as happy, and innocent. ,:.: ; ME33aB ?rice Brp.'. to-day .cast t!"e lait of the sections for,the,Hamilton.bridge contract; and will icotnplete. the work in the specified time. vThev deserve credit both for tb> manner;in. which ;the work has been done and the promptitude shown, as the time allowed (8 weeks) was very, short.ia which to cast 86 tons of iron. Each section weighs about 29cwt.,-and-as they go to form a Carole 60 sections hare been made. Each is Bft long, so the whole number would represent a bolumri V 160 ft ?.in> heijht.: As j. the t sections come from,the foundry the edgns are planed by machinery j three "are' then fastened together and the,/ends jplaned, after which they are ready for shipment. The contract time will not expire till next Tuesday. The last neotion was oast at 3.30 this afternoon, in the presoiice of a large numbev~of 4adies andgentlemeQ. . ■ .:

The sixth aggregate competition of the Naval Cadets for a suit of clothes presented to the company by Mr Claxton, and other prizes, took place at the butts this morning. P.O. Wilson was top scorer with'6B; the possible being 7E>.

Considerable interest has lately been j manifrtstedin Auckland re" the prospects*, of j the Oturiui distriot, and the Eureka Claim inparticalar. Since the-latter was formed into' a Company the directors have sent 201ba of specimens up for exhibition;-The stone- was, taken up- by one of the shareholders this morning, and will be exhibited at Frater Bros*, offices. . '

YEBIBEDAT i' a ■ man named A rchibald W. Sjmons attempted to commit suicide at Bengal's: ; boarding bouse, Peterborough street, 'Ohristohurch, by taking laudanum.^lc appears lie came to the boarding-house on Sunday night last, and stat ed that he had arrived from the West Coast, entering hfc name as Archibald W. Symbris. He was in'the habit of getting his meals at Bligh'rresfraurant, and on'y sleeping at the boarding-house. He was mo ring about his room sbdrtlj after 5 o'clock in the morning; but as he was an early riser no notice was taken of it. About ten minutes to lin the afternoon his door was found to be locked on the inside, and Mr Ottaway, the landlord of

tbehotiee, rntered.tbn rodm by the window, and found Symons lying in th 6 room unconscious, and dressed ififnis shirt and trousers. A 2oz bottle, with one of Mr Townsen&'s (ohemist) l»b«Ji!i,oiJMt.v *W by#bi»^idt}^;lt cont%ine& eigj|fo||tpn <J^^;op|ii^pui^|S|m||i»'\||sf removed to th^ koii^italit^here tlie stotoaoh puinb^a appi^a,'||| : ifl>i|^Br mwmi» tafeta^tjo pmerre^ns- iij&N Hl&ie&k aftjpobk?^/^

p Nbws has been received that a detachment | of the Salvation Army, for service in New Zealand, is on ita wly out from London per ''steamer Pofosi." *" * ''""' * '

A'COMpamt r has been formed to* work a plumbag > mine, at Carom »r del, with a CHpiu' of 1£15,000.^ — ■-«*■' -"*' ---"—•

An . A uckl»visM&H 3?™??™%' Company is projected, with a eipital of £50,000, to insure' a fixed minimum market value for cattle. ;

Coal was struck by the diamond drill at Kawa Kawa at a depth of 60. feet. The core to hand showed the cjal Jo be of good quality, Jto-day's borina; will shgw the thick'nW^fOhe/aeatoAlla'lOCl j'Sli • ■; At a meeting of (he clergy, r-.i Co tagious Diseases Act, held/itT^Auckland yeslerday, a .motion .was. unahjmojn,ffe*arried,,requesting the City Council to pbsi;ponik|he enforcement of the Act till legislation WHs^ntjroduced i^ the Assembly for making its provisions applicable to bothisexes; All;,the denominations were rf presented cave the Catholic and the Baptist. r"~" ,.- . . :.

„Mb. M AUBIOEj^.tUSEX -;has „ aj grievance against; the Hon. John Bryce. ft aris^l in this way :—Some^weeks ago he obtained a judgment against a young man named Conroy, one of the Parilfaifi contingent-,• who was to pay over to Mr,(vfJaiej^the.; back pay which the committee had recommended to the 'volunteers. To-day*" Conroy appeared in Court, r and he was asked by Mr Keurick. " Have you received I'that' money"yet ?!" " No sir," was thejuconic reply, fl Mr Bryce has stopped it." No order was made, and Conroy left a free' jnanK>fr!' "-■■■•"■UQ \

The business carried on for so many years puet by Mr James Fiblny, in Williatneon street, and kaown]. -rprob»blyi-to:1all our .readers, has been removed to more commodious premises in-Brown street, two doors from Allaway's Teuiperance Hotel. The stock of jewell.eryisjby^r- the^largesf. nrid beet ever on "tlie Thames, nnd an inspection bf same is respectfully invited. The watch* making branch is still carried on as before by Mr William, Knlaj.— r [A»VT.] .. . I