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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4466, 28 April 1883, Page 2

Shaeehoidebs in the New Prince Imperial Company will be pleased to hear that the directors'at a meeting held to-day decided to pay a dividend of 3 j 6d per Bhare. Ova enterprising townsman, Mr Hotherington, notifies in another column having received and just opened up very large importations of drapery, ex ohips Warwick and ArJgua, direct from London. Judging from the magnitude of thia gentleman's t importations, he evidently has not. lost faith, in the future of the district. > . The Herald correspondent has been "at 'it" again, and this time, the disease , has attacked him" in the region of the Prince Imperial mine. He says the "mine has changed as suddenly as the transformation scene of a pantomime," but docs not exactly state whe- ! ther it has turned upside down, inside out, oxhow ; he asserts that it is " not a change from darkness to light"—in fact the directors have not put skylights in the ground, nor have they introduced the electric light in the mine; "but" he goes on," rather from glitter.and radiance to v beauty and brilliancy much vaster than the preceding development has shown." He does not go into the subject of eorruscated crystalline caves of resplendent emanations, but doubtless that is what he meant, and we have tried to ascertain in what part of the mine all the brilliancy, glifctdr, and radiance so vast is to be found, for we candidly confess that we are aniious to peer into this " womb" which this far-seeing scribe so often refers to in connection with mining. Notwithstanding the powerful report, which would have the effect of making the shares worth nearly ten pounds each ; as it says " The mine at the present moment is intrinsically a hundred per cent, more valuable than at any puit stage of its history," the market sliows

« slight decline in them—there were sellers at 65s yesterday, and fo-day's quotations shew sellers 63s At the cricked match Mamed v Single 'to day, the latter went first-.'to the wicketa, to the bowling of Smith and Eggin'on. A better stand was made to-day than last Siturdaji 43 runs being obtained for nine wickets, Coney being top scorer with 13, not out, and A. Rowe second, with 7 runs. Several players in the single team w ere absent. ! The body of the unfortunate boy Downey, j the driver, and another mail bag from the j Tauranga mail, which was lost ia crossing the J Waihi, were discovered at ten o'clock this j morning by na'ives. Mr Robertson, the ! contractor, haaWt; forWivihi. A TEMGBAM has been received from Mr J. H. Moore, manager of the amalgamating claims at Waihi, stating that the batteiy started yesterday, and worked very satisfactorily, a speed of 85 blows per minute being obtained. A permanent start will be made on Monday. "A Eesidbnt" complains that in the vicinity of the Parawai school, cattle are driven into the yards on Thursday and left until Friday without food or water. Putting aside the cruelty of euch a proceeding, it causes the residents in the neighborhood to be disturbed from reßfc on Thursday nights, owing to the constant bellowing of the imprisoned bovines. Those responsible should attend to this matter. Some steps should be taken by the police in the direction of preventing cruelty to animals in the way of putting a stop to the habit practiced iri the Borough of carrying live fowls by their legs. In Auckland.,this is not permitted. Ifc is .not uncommon to see butcher's boys riding along with fowls dangling by their legs from their saddles. This sort of thing should not be allowed by the authorities. The Wellington Post learns on good authority that the " fatal fourth " has passed off very satisfactorily in Wellington this month. Bills have generally been well met, and there is a marked improvement in trade. It is a long t:me since the Post has been able to write tbis sort of hing. Meeting bills in the Empire City has not always been looked upon as necessary, and as to any marked improvement in trade— well, there has been no room for any deterioration in it for some time past. The authorities should take some steps to eradicate a shrub that is growing plentifully throughout the Borough. It is known as the Btthurst burr, aud directly it takes root it spreads with alarming rapidity. It is ap pearing in Pollen street. Ik another column will be found a notice from the legal manager of the New Eureka Q-.M.C0., Otunui, informing shareholders that a call of 3d has been made, payable next month. It will be remembered that some time ago it was announced in the telegraphic columns of the newspapers that the season for shooting native game would commence on March 20th. Subsequently it transpired that the Proclamation only referred to the provincial district of Wellington and. that it had been telegraphed in error. Many people were, however, misled by the information, and amongst the number, Mr George and Mr Hudson Williamson, Auckland. They relied upon the telegram, and made arrangements for a trip to Waikato. The 20th was spent in the vicinity of Mercer, where some good sport .was obtained, but their tour ended by the polico putting a Btop to the unlawful shooting, and took proceedings against the gentlemen for breaches of the animal Protection Act. The 03368 are now pending, and a special meeting of the Acclimatisation Society was held yeßterday to consider letters from Messrs George and Williamson, asking that the prosecutions should be withdrawn. There were present Messrs Jas. Russell (President), Bull, Burt, and Hon. James Williamson. After some discussion it wgs resolved that the Acclimatisation Society had no power under the Act to lay an info mat ion or interfere with the process of law in cases commenced by the police. MbDahielis Gobbisson, dispenser of the Tuapeka Hospital, was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning. The cause of death was heart disease. The deceased was 44 years of age, and had been dispenser in the institution for eight years. Bonuses are offered by Government of 50 per cent, on the value realised for the first £100 worth of cocoons of the silkworm produced in the colony ; £500 for the first £2500 worth of manganesian or of manganese bronze j £300 for the first £1500 worth of marble exported for not lesß than 9s per cubic foot j £500 for the first 250 tons of antimony; and £1000 for the first 200 tons of iron blooms of marketable quality from local ore. On Thursday afternoon a girl, two years old, the daughter of Mr T. Smith, of Itragiora flour mills, Christchurch, had a peculiar escape from drowning. She fell into the mill stream, and was taken out seemingly lifeless. Measures were taken to restore animation, and on opening her mouth it was found to be full of half-masticated food she was taking when she fell into the wat?r; This stopped her throat, preventing the entrance of water or expiration of air, thus keeping her afloat. On the removal of the food the child showed signs of revival, and by night had recovered. Messes Kennedy Bros., of the Brunner coal mine, Grey muuth, have just conoludeda contract with the Noumea Nickel Company to supply 250 tons of coke and 100 tons of coal monthly. The Pelham, an iron barque, has been purchased, and will be despatched in May. Another vessel will be provided b/ Stone Bros., of Auckland. Previously to the supply by the Brunner Co., they have obtained all their coke and coal from Newcastle, but having* seen, a sample of the Brunnerton coke and coal, they have made the present contract. Hitherto the Brunner coke ovens have been turning out only 100 tons per month, though they, have material enough to manufacture 300 tons per month. The surplus has been thrown into the river. New coke ovens are now in course of erection, a cargo of bricks for that purpose having been sent up a few days ago; ' Loobmation has been received that a man named Squire Plocktan,, aged 40, the only European on Juror's laland, near Chritmas Island, has committed suicide while suffering from a sunstroke. He was in charge of the guano traffic on- the islands, and was wellknown in Auckland. In Auckland in Chambers yesterday, before Judge Gillies, in the cas3 Gamock v. N.Z Loan and Mercantile Co., Limited, Mr Theo. Cooper moved for a settlement of the issues. His Honor adjudged that the issues bo settled before the Judge ef the Canterbury district. Mr Allan McLean, of Napier, has purchased from the New Zealand Pedigree Stock Company a seven months' old brown filly, by Musket, from Mersey, price 135 guineas. • Thb Salvation Army in Auckland are commencing their campaign now in the suburban districts, beginning at Onehunga.