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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4550, 4 August 1883, Page 2

The first concert of the Choral Society, which,it was intended should come off on the 14th inst., has, in consequence of the visit of the Concert Company from Auckland, been postponed until later on in the month.

The: New Prince Imperial directors to-day declared a dividend of 5s per share, payable on Thursday next." This absorbs £4,500, making a total of £23,400, or 26s per share, distributed in dividends since the company started. For some time past the directors have been negotiating with the Alburaia GhM.Co. for a leaso of that company's 22 head battery, and to-day a .telegram was received that Mr Badford bad been instructed to hand over the mill, which will be done on Monday. The lease is for 12 months, at £25 per month, the Imperial to bear all expenses and keep everything, in good working order. The right Ao a supply of water for the time mentioned has already been granted by the County Council. The mill will treat about 500 loads per month. Mb J. Sheehan, M.H.E., has presented tl>e Parliamentary library with a valuable lot of books. His Excellency the Governor baa issued a commission authorising H. Kenrick, Esq., E.M., to hold an enquiry on Monday, the 13tbinst., at the Public Hall, Paeroa, respect* ing the petition praying that the •Ohinemuri portion of the Thames county be constituted a separate county, and objections offered by the Thames County Council to such a pro* ceeding. The objections are to this eflect: Certain signatures to the requisition are false; that some persons signing the requisition were not entitled to do bo; that certain statements in it are untrue ; and that the provisions of the Act have not been complied with. A day or two ago one of the Borough cabs broke a spring on the main County road to i Te Aroha, near Totara Point, owing to the scandalous state of the track in that neigh* bourhood. As toon as the water hue- been reduced below No. 10 level of the Queen of Beauty shaft, one set of rods will be disconnected, and pumping carried on with the single lift at an increased speed. By this means it is expected that the turbine will be powerful enough to do all the work required, and the use of the steam engine will be discontinued. This will effect a very considerable saving, and as the County Council is not at present charging for the water used, the cost of keeping the mine clear o water will be reduced to the expenses for engineers' wages, wear and tear, &c, and the manager will be able to carry on more prospecting work.

Ar the Congregational Church to-morrow the Rev. T. Adams will preach in the morning on " Rest for the Weary," and in the evening will continus his caurae of leotures on " Pilgrim's Progress;" the services at the Wesleyan Churches will be conducted by the Rev. H. Bull, and Mr W. McDowell; at the Oddfellows' Hal!, Richmond street, Shortland, Mr White, of Auckland, will speak morning and erening.

Thomas Moeton was fined £1 or 3 days imprisonment in the Police Court this morning for being drunk and disorderly. At a meeting of the Railway Committee held last evening, the business was principally of a routine nature. The demand for payment of a license fee was considered, and I the Secretary was authorised to communicate with the Government protesting against the injustice of euch a request. Ik the Qisborno R.M. Court on Thursday last, Mr Kenneth Kerr, proprietor of Facts, and Mr Webb, printer, were charged, on the information of Mr C. A. DeLautour, M.H.R., the former for publishing, and the latter for printing a statement in Facts reflecting on the I commercial character and integrity of the informant. The defendants did not appear, neither were they represented by Counsel. Prior to the case being called on Mr Keany, the defendants' counsel had informed His Worship that he had no right to issue the summons on an information laid in Wellington. The R.M. eaid the point was open to argument. Mr Rees for com* plainant applied for a warrant for the arrest of defendants, but this the Magistrate declined to accede to, preferring to first consult the Crown law officers, and consequently adjourntd matters till Thursday next. ; The mine manager's office of the Kuranui Hill G.M.Co. had v narrow escape from being burnt down this morning. A fire burning iv the stone heated the chimney, which ignited the shingles. The wood, however, being damp burned slowly, and a trucker passing at the time saw the danger, and the fire was quickly put out. 'fThb following telegram was posted at the Corner this morning from the manager of the New Prince Imperial:—" Retorts on with 31500z8 amalgam.—GK S. Czahe." There is very little change to note in Thames sharefj, but Te Aroha stock is in demaand at advanced prices.

The football match between the Thamea Club and a native team is being played as we go to Press. Up to the time of our report closing, the Thames Club had secured a goal, kicked by Taylor from the field. The game is, as far as the play goes, in favor of the Club. Mb Thomas Team notifies by advertisement the arrival of bis first direct shipment of tea, from China per s.s. Hoihow, and that the trade can obtain samples from him early next week. The enterprise displayed by Mr Veale in the matter of direct shipments is to be commefided, and we hope the present is only the first of a series of the kind. We understand that His Lordship the Bishop of Auckland is expected at the Thames about the 18th inst. on Church matters. A PIGEON flying match took place yesterday from Mercer to Auckland, 40 miles. There were four competitors: Connolly's Osman Pasha (blue dragon) did the distance in 52 minutes, and arrived at 1.52 p m.; Batger's Seaweed at 2.12; the rest were nowhere. MiJOH congratulation,was expressed yesterday when the steamers Rotorua and Hoihou were brought right up to the Dunedin wharves by the Harbour Board's Victoria channel. The latter is a very lengthy boat, and was drawing 14 feet 6 inches aft. She is the steamer which will take back 300 bodies of defunct Chinese to the Flowery Land. The men engaged in the Auckland eviction business and the pulling down of Widow Walsh's cabin in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, were arrested for the offence. They are named Patrick Hennessy, Michael Casey, and Murtsgh Donogbue. They were released on bail. A. W. Hiiiier, Secretary to the Christchurch Fire Brigade, died yesterday morning from the effects of a fall from his engine when going to a false alarm of fire on Sunday. He was much respected, and his untimely death leaves a widow and four children unprovided for. Sydney Taiwhanga was granted a prohibitory order to prevent the Auckland hotelkeepers supplying bis wife, Sarah Ann Taiwhanga, with liquor. ' Thb poultry show was held in Auckland yesterday. There were 300 entries, and it I was fairly attended. 1 Several parlies have returned from the Twenty-Mile Beach, Canterbury, with a few pennyweights of gold, and declare it essentially a poor man's diggings. At tbe Hokitika District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Broad, Michael Costello was convicted under tbe Fraudulent Debtors Act of concealing a sum of money, £120, from his creditors. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour. • No traces have been got of the boys who absconded from the Training School, Auckancl, and Btole a boat. It is feared that they have met with an accident. The. boat has not been recovered. Mb Meniovb, of Oamaru, shipped 241 two-tooth merinos to London by the Fenslauton. The net return (including skins) is 26s Id per sheep. Foe the junior clerk to the Auckland Board of Education (£BO a year) there were 53 applications. A Thames re-ident who has just returned from a visit to Te Arobn states that iv that district mining matters are looking prosperous. Tho tramway works are progressing favorably ; the damage done by the recent stormy weather is nearly all repaired, and the line will be clear to Butler's Spur this week. The Waitoki Company havo made a commencement to stope out their reef, and Very rich quartz is coming to hand. The Inverness claim is also turning out some first class stone from a reef from 3 to 4 feet in thickness j and, in the Premier mine the hands are now em* ployed on Mb. 2 reef at the surface level, whore the show is equal, if not better, than anything yet discovered on the field. A con-' siderable amount of prospecting is going on, and good progpects are being got on some new ground recently taken up.