TO-MORROW.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4323, 8 November 1882, Page 2

TO-MORROW.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will complete his 41st year to-., morrow, having made his entrance into this wicked world on Not. 9th, 1841. His birthday is invariably regarded throughout the British dominions as a holiday, during portion of which, at least, business is entirely suspended. Nowhere is the occasion celebrated with more enthusiasm than in New Zealand, and Auckland province does not lag behind the rest of the colony in this respect. At Auckland there will be the Cattle Show and the North Shore Regatta, which in some respects is likely to excel all other; regattas held at that port, besides numerous minor sources of amusement. On the Thames there will be the Athletic Carnival ah the Parawai Gardens. These sports are in connection with the Athletic Club, formed during the year, and which, we feel assurred, is equal to that any other township of like size or resources can boast of. The value of the training received at such an institution is incalculable, especially for thosft pursuing sedentary employments. The Club, therefore, merits and should receive the hearty support of the public, whom we hope to see manifest their approval by patronising the carnival to morrow. I his class of games has fallen out of sight for many years in this district. Yet the Thames at one lime could, at lheCale«. donian games, boast its prowess. Then the crack pods Manning, Lowin and others amongst us could challenge Aus~ tralasia, and big Allan McDonald, now M.H.8., vied with burly Crosbie Kidd at putting the stone. To enumerate further would only be undertaking the melan» choly t-jsk of looking back upon departed glory, for Old t:mez have, old manners gone. Since those days a race of youths has ariseu, in whose memory these matters can at best be butas a hnlf forgotten dream. Let the i'oun f g Thames now assert itself, and let their seniors encourage them to do so by their presence, and it will yet be \ found that the old spirit was not dead, but j only sleeping. Several handsome trophies I have been presented for the competitors, j which, we are informed, will be on view at !Mr C. McLiver's to-night. They include Silver cup, presented by Mr L. Ehrenfried ; a year's subscription to Advertiser by the proprietors; silver cup, Thames Evening Stab; writing desk, by Mr J. Marshall; gold ring, by Mr A. Cookson ; cruet stand, by Mr J. H. Smith; set of studs, by Mr Jas. Finlay; pair of running shoes, by Messrs Shaw and Robinson; a filter by Mr J. Cocks; flower bracket, by Mrs Calder; and a box of cigars, by Mears and Co. . In the evening the Protestant Alliance | Society will bold its annual soiree, which is sure to be numerously attended. The programme appears in our advertise ment columns. And last, but not least, those who are desirous of an outing can proceed to Hikutaia on an excursion, under the auspices of the Baptist Church. The Patiki and Vivid leave Shoftlaud at 7 in the morning, calling at Curtis' wharf.