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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4321, 6 November 1882, Page 2

A BfBOIAX. meeting of the Harbor Board was held this afternoon to cons'der a letter from Mr F. White, to whom a block of ground on the foreshore was let for mining purposes a few days ago. Present—Messrs Fraßer (in the Chair), Bagnali, Marshall, Wilkinson, Wilson, and Bead. Thi» letter

was then read and considered; Fn it M> White agreed to the conditions imposed ox cepfc the 5 per cont. r-yalty. He hyi the promise of soy.eral gentlemen to assist, hi") in opening n * the ground if t hiß whs done away with. He further reminded the Board 'hat royalty whs a tbi'ig unknow■■ in fionnei tion with ground not opened up, and that if it was imposed, in -addition to the the gold duty, he would have tp pay 4* out of every* ounce of gold won from the mine. If this concession were granted, he felt sure of being able to get the necessary capital to work the claim. It was .resolved, on the motion of Mr B;)gnall, seconded by Mr Carpenter— '" That, the royalty be struck out of the conditions." The meeting then adjourned. The New Eureka G.M. Co., Otunui, to-day ; banked 281bs of specimens and good picked I etone, which were obtained last week from a small leader which has recently made its appearance in the face. The stone was brovrn, and fome- of the pieces were very good, the gold being coarse, while in others it is fine, but more through the quartz. Sebg-t.-Majob KIBLX has received a telegram to the effect) that a man named Alfred Thome was drowned yesterday morning at Shaftesbury, nine miles above Te Aroha, in the Waihbu river, while bathing. Constable Graham went up and dragged the river till dark, without success. He left ut 8 o'clock this morning in a boat to renew the search. Thb celebration of the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot was commenced at an early hokr this morning. Numbers of effigies of the arch traitor who attempted to blowup his most gracious majesty King James the First, who was most tolerant' to Roman Catholics, granting them the fullest liberty of worship, and respecting their rights of property to the utmost extent, proving himself a worthy successor to the good Queen. Bess, whose love for all. things Catholic is a matter of history, and with him the Lords and Commons in the year 1605, were exhibited through the streets. Guy ITawkes was paraded in all quarters of the district, from life-siz? to the traitor in miniature. Nor were these zealous and loyal children at all particular with regard to his clothing; according to the representations on the Thames Guy Fawkes probably had a change of raiment for every minute of fhe hour. - Ho would be rather surprised to come back and .find himself arrayed, in the caßt-cff uniform of the Thames Soottisn, or arrayed in full nineteenth century costume. To night he is to suffer the punish" ment of burniDg torment. , An amalgamation between the Southern Cross and Deep Level Tribute Companies is on the tapis. The basis is said to be on a valuation of 12s 6d per share for the Cross, and Is 6d per share for the Tribute Company. At the Presbyterian Church last night, the Bey. S. J.Neill thanked-the local Press, especially the Stab, for publishing fair reports of his series of lectures on " Life." Thb first coach that had ever ruu from Tauranga to Thames arrived here on Saturday night, Mr Bradley handling the ribbons. This morning Messrs Young, Pope, and Co.'s service was inaugurated by a conveyance leaving the Pacific Hotel for Tauranga, having five passengers on board. The vehicle is a fine one, probably the beet that has ever been in this district, and five horses were attached to i\ Mr Pope officiated as driver, and would-probably arrive at his destination about 6 o'clock this evening- The coaches leave for Tauranga on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 a.m., connecting with Te Aroha, and for Paeroa and Te Aroha on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 8 o'clock. At the Police Court, 4 uckland, on Saturday, William Armstrong was charged with assaulting Frank Best, a clerk. The cage arose out of Armstrong's suspicion that Best was intriguing with his wife, who is a barmaid and from whom he is living separate. The case was finally dismissed and M>e> Armstrong was led out of court by Mr Frank Best, while her lawful husband cast a lingering look behind. A second Mormon meeting was held at Wellington last night. A scene of great disorder took place, and the elders vigorously denounced the audience. At a meeting in Auckland re the CD. Act, last evening one of the speakers insinuated that the much vilified measure had been passed by members after too frequent visits to Bellamy's. Dr Wallis, referring to this statement, said he had been for six years a member of the House, and during that period he had only seen two hon. members the worse for liquor. One was the representative of a large Southern constituency, whom he had seen one morning in so maudlin a condition that he was huggir g and kieeing the hirsute Macandrew. The-other Parliamentary votary of Btfceliua was the Mayor of a certain borough that should be nameless.