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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4509, 18 June 1883, Page 2

Tbi half-yearly summoned meeting of Court Pride of the North A.O.F. was held at the Court room on Friday last. The following brethren were elected to office for the ensuing six months j—Bro. Walter Probert, P. 0.8.; Bro. Wmi X Paterson, C.R.; Bro. Adam Norris, 5.0.8.; Bro. Jos. Bae, S.W.; Bro. Geo. Bond, J.W. j Bro Joe. Clout, 5.8.; Bro. Matthew Paul, J. 8.; and Bro. C Waite,

Auditor, in addition to P.C.B. Clinker and

John T. Carter. Secretary (Wm. (fribble) and Treasurer (R. S. McFarland) remaining in office during the pleasure of the Court. The Secretary was ordered to prosura P.C.R.'s certificate and neck ribbon for presentationto that officer in testimony of the satisfaction given during his term as Chief Banger AT the Oddfellows' Hall last night, Mr E. 'H. Taylor gave a temperance lecture before ,a good attendance. He took as his^ext the 6th Terse of the Ist chapter if Haggai, and also 'quoted a nffcnber of texts from other portions of the Bible in favor of total abstinence. He dwelt on the social aspect of the ijuestioii, pointing out the numerous evils which arose from the drink traffio, And exhorted his hearers to, in the words of his text, "consider their ways," and have nothing to do with what; was causing so much misery all over the world He spoke in favor of the work being dose by the Blue Ribbon Army, and concluded by reciting a touching poem entitled "The Drunkard's Wife's Plea. 1' The lecture was attentively listened to through' out. MISBBB Price Bros., on Saturday shipped on board the cutter Lizette, for Auckland, en route for Boss, WestUnd, a* hydraulic pump for one of the ntinjng companies there.. The total weight of the machinery is f about 10 ton*, and it is a duplicate of bae' Which was made by Price Bros, for the same town some months ago, and which is now working very satisfactory. were shown this afternoen some rich specimens, which were obtained a few days •go in the Oriental claim at Otunui. A rise is being put up from the low level, and already 451bs of good stone have coma to hand, some of the pieoes being worth 3os* to the pound. . Thi blank sheets at the Police Court which have been chronicled so frequently of late seem to have awakened'the lethargy into which " drunks " appeared to hare teetotally fallen. Three worshippers of the rosy god appeared before T. L. Murray, Esq., J.P., this morning, and were each fined five shiU lings and cost's, or imprisonment for 24 hours. Turn case of Alexander Bruce, whioh was called on. last Court day, came before the Bench this morning. The defendant was complained against by J. M. Sytus for threatening to do him bodily harm, and the latter a »ked that Bruce, migb^t be bound over to keep this peace towards him. The Bench ordered that the defendant should enter into his own recognisances for £?& that be would keep the peace for six month's, and he should pay the costs, of the case, amounting to £1 16s.

a maw cam^d Michael Murphy wbb brought up in the Police Court this morning «n a eh»r 8e <* bestiality at Whangamata. The ptoaeoution aiked for a remand until Thuraia oWer io produce e?id#noe , The mand wai graotod,

tereited in the formation wfthe Thames Philhsrtnqpie. Union wHI l,b»t held- to-morrow ev*nmg it? the SeqttJsb,'-' Hall, Brawn street, Crrah&mstown'. ■ y' . .THiin«^f»{ioiAf (^ branch g£ the Blue :.Bibboc t«ksmhM!f »his evening in. S|ilJf<W«AlMifc4ff fifu«ib^'Vn Rev*, fllunro and J9pl!ir§«on and ■Mr^oH«,h(iTe arrived from Aia/ojri*i)d to conduct .tL'«f proceeding*, and a Urge attendance ia anticipated. TH* cutter Lady BathvW^h arrivedfrom, W«ik*w*» ou Saturday, ttooght up 814 case* of preserved peached, shipped by Afr J. 8 S'eßdm;kh. TJiey are' tjjpstiued for-Rock-humpton, QusensUud, aud.%ill b« shipped for that port shortly. , ■*

Messrs Stanfield and Dark open a season to-morrow evening at the Academy of Mu»io in their entertainment " Merry Thoughts and Happy Momenta." Judging from the opinions of the Presi on their performance!, a visit will be well repaid. Thb Moauatairi mill had to #fcop nork to* day, there not being 'i^atcr enough coming through theWaioUhi tunnel t 0 keep all the mills going full time. The County Engineer "has decided to <me the tunnel,on Wednesday,' and when this it done in all probability no difficulty will ho experienced in getting a sufficient supply of water. All the batteries eupplied jfrotn the Waiottthi Creek 20-inch main wiil hure to stop for a tow hours, while the work is,being IJone.

Tk« teachers and askolan at It. George's Sunday School yesterday afternoon presented Mr A. (faning, fheir Superintendent, with a read.ng lamp and the following address:— " Dear Sir,—}r7e,,the teaeheri and scholar* of St. Oeorg^i. Sunday Sob o\, iMroing with jregret tbi*v «w{sg to ill-health, you Me itboat t^ «wwr yotit eooneetura with a«i wfth . hereby |o thank you ibV your oburteoot «nd kindly c#-op*rati<m, and' the'energy with, which you have filled the otitoe of Superin*' tendent daring the !Mt four yean. , We baj your acceptance of the aocoapeiyiDf reading lamp as a slight token of the eateem in wbteh^l you are held by hi, and the ref flat which we feel at losing, you from amebg',os/* Mr Oalder made the presentation, *hioh ; was pit* |«My acknowledged by, the recipient^ T&k addresi was illuminated by Mn Oalder,; and -its borders contained portraits of the present incumbent and the UtrArchdeaeon Lath, and representations of St. Crebrge't dnlreh and' ephdolroom.

Thb conference between the deputation'from the director* of the of Beauty Co., and a committee of the County Council, arranged matters satisfactorily on-Saturday last. The directors informed=the Council that they had given no lien oret their property to the Bank, and' the committee resolved to recommend that the liability to the- Council be reduced to the sum of £200 before the next meeting, on the 4tb July. That a further reduction of £200 btfmade on or before the monthly meeting on the' Ist August; and that the battery account btfpaid monthly in accordance with the water raoe by-law. ' ',

1 " A TjHnwßW" writes Mkjng how it was that, alter the datepubliihedjor the acceptance of tenders for supplies to the Hospital, one wm nowed by the House Committee, and, strange to fray, aooepUid. This seem* to be a t«ij peculiar way, of doing business, but we must refer our correspondent to the Committee appointed far the purport of dealing with the. tenders lodged*''ia acoordiate with the ad▼etiaement. Any other tender receired ,by them would; &course) fee informal ' ftfS,- Rifle jjlUiigaft^ competed for the Uanning Champion |ialt and fire money pri»«to «fc the €k>T»raka>it Range on Saturday. The ranges Were S00i:4& aad SCO yards, 7 •hoU at Ne»ch. , The^^PftowinK are the prize winners :—Vol J. In'flfe, belt and 15s. 79; Vol T. Peak 10*, 73 j/T^l B Smpson 7s 6d, 172 ; Vol W. Hawk ss, 1$ j VoUJ. GHlpin, 2s r 6d,e6., '." •■-;. * FbbOT BillTK, wtttehmaket, poisoned him* 1 *e^lM|J?ißbt in the O'd Hpuseat Home Hotel, 1 by takffllfjeyanideof poiMlstum. He was lately from* llarlbaeaUjsU and Tbamo, had , been drinking, and" was embarasted. Dr Hooper tried the stomaoti pump, buti fruitlessly, Smith dying in twenty minutes.

T« Hinemoa lett% Matyiknu at 3 o'clock yeaterday. Tire followiblw^iljrti took pas»»g;e by h»f:—Hon. Jamea Will Unison and Hon. Mr Chamberlain; Meg«ro Whyte, Mitcholsan, J. A. Tole, W. J. Hurst, Mobs, and Peacock, M.H.R.B : and Dr Pollen, M.L.C.

Thh theory of materialism is that there is no Go A and Father of the universe—-that men are but organised matter, liviug some 50, GO, or 70 years, and tbefl again turning into dust, and therefore that what they hare got to do is to take the opportunity of the short possession of sensual enjoyment, and gratify themselves as far as they can before they sgaia become dust. This, according to Dr Moorbouse, Bishop of Melbourne, is th ■ terrible doctrine whioh in producing all the bloodshed of Fenianism, Nihilism, Socialism, and Communism.

A SBirMEB at Manawatu h»s rated against the proposal to construct a tramway on the following grounds:—"l Ishall rote ugainst the railway because my heus lay in th« furze hedge, and when the train goes by 'ha hens will be disturbed while on thair nest."

An American humorist nan observed, " I never prophecy unless I know." Mrs Hamp* son, thn female evangelist, vith more audacity, has boldly entered tfye region of epsoulutive forecast, and has declared that her tension is destined to shake the city of Melbourne to its very- foundations. As an illustration of God's method of " knocking," she inferred to> the calamitous epidemics of ohole?a ib London and Liverpool, and predicted that a " knocking " would assuredly follow her mission in Mel* bourne.' '•,-'>•

Thi subject of lighting the Borough is an all-engrossing topic at; present, and the streets in Grahamttowß certainly require a little illumination. The lighting of Brown street, though, hits been attended to by Charlie McLiver, whose illumination never grows dim., flu windows and their attractions are Sufficient in ths.t locality.—|_As>vt.]