The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4555, 10 August 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1883.

Wb would call the uttention of our readers to tbe adrertisement in another column of ihe Concert Season to be held in the Academy of Muric, commencing en Saturday erening next. The programme, contains several choice items, and should prove a most enjoyable evenings entertainment. Moit of the artists are strangers to Thames conoerfc-goers, but Miss Swan, at any rate, is too groat a favorite here to require any recommendation at our hands. The contralto, Miss Carre dribble, lately performed in Auckland, with Frofesior Chilian's Opera Troupe, and won golden opinions. Of Mr G-reenweod, the tenor; Mr Moreton, the baritone ; Mr Beid, t!>e butso j and Mr Garland, the coinio man, we cannot speak of our own knowledge, but from what wa bear they Me considerably better than the average of amateur vocalists. The prices are Tery reasonable, and we hope a good house will greet the Company on their appearance to-morrow night, t

Th« art union for Mr Beale'a two pictures will be drawn at half past seven o'clock to* morrow evening at Mr MoLiver's shop, Brown

■treet.

Mh Carpenter, auctioneer, will sell to«morrow at his store sbortland, the balance of Mrs Bae's stock, without any reserve whatever, sba baring Lit for England. The notice appears io tbe usual place.

After a long discussion in the Borough Council last night the members present resolved that nothing fresh bad transpired to warrant their re-opening of the question of purchasing St. George's Hall; therefore, the previous decision of the body stands. It was pointed out that if Mr Ehrenfried, the owner, had any claim on the Council, he could take bis remedy at law.

The following telegram from the Bright Smile Company* manager was posted at the Corner about three o'clook this afternoon:-* "Seventy pounds specimens today from stopes going east. Gold showing."

A roOTßAiii match will be played to-morrow on the Waio-Karaka Plat, between a team of the Thames Football Club and one selected from the Press, Civil Service, Brokers, and Bankers. The following is the team selected by the combination :—Airey, Brabant, Bums, Brassey, Coath, Frater, Fenton, Hickey, Lowe, May, Eae J., Rowe, Steward, Tregonning, Taylor, Veale, and Winstanley.

Pbesbubk on our space compels us to h Id over till to-morrow a full report of last night's meeting of the Borough Council. •In the Warden's Court to-day the case of Small and Gordon, lessees of the Moanatairi tramway, against S.'Dryden, manager of the Reuben Parr mine, for causing damage to the tramway, by choking a culvert, was adjourned to allow the Warden to inspeot the ground. The Besident Magistrate to-day refused the expenses of two witnesses in cases against a publican for Sunday trading, very properly pointing out that they assisted in breaking the law, and were to bl«ne for tempting the licensed victualler to violate it. He announced that be would make it a rule to disallow witnesses expenses under similar circumstances.

We mentioned a few days ago that the manager of the Queen of Beauty G. M. Co. intended to test whether the turbine would not work a single lift at sufficient speed to keep the mine clear of water. This was done this morning, and, we are glad to inform our readers, resulted very satisfactorily. The turbine worked the single lift at a speed of fully 8 strokes per minute, and easily forked the water from No. 10 level. Mr Black expects a speed of ten strokes will be obtained tomorrow, as by that time some, further alterations will have been maJe to the underground machinery which will lessen the friction. The pressure of water is only 431bs, and the turbine is not using so much water as the old one did, though it is doing considerably more work. The turbine is about the same sise as the old one, and, like it, is fed from the inside, but the ports are muoh narrower. As is generally the ease when anything new is tried, there have been a number who have condemned the new motor, but we certainly think Mr Black deserves credit for having carried out the work so sue* cessfully notwithstanding all opposition. The expense of the steam engine will now be saved, and as the waste water granted free by the County Council is more than enough to supply the turbine, the cost of pumping is now reduced to wear and tear and the wages of the engineers and shaftmen.

Thechildren who have written the recent scripture exercise may obtain their papers from the local agent-, Mr M. Whitehead, Pollen street.

WimiAM BABNB, fireman, and Thomas Baldie, cook, of the steamer Tarawara, from Sydney, were noticed by landing waiters Parker and Clark going up the Auckland wharf with a suspicious-looking parcel. The officers overhauled Baldie, who declared the package contained books ; while so engaged Barns rushed aboard the Tarawera and threw a sack overboard, but it fell into a boat and was scoured. Baldie's package of books turned out to be 201bs of tobacco, and the sack found in the boat also contained 201bs. Both men were arrested by the water police. The Botomaharia inquiry in Dunedin was concluded yesterday, ,and judgment will be given on Monday. At the inquest held in Auckland on Mrs Maria Scott, the postmortem showed the cause of death to be rupture of the aorta. Dr Haines said the fright caused by the attack of thel monkey upon her would accelerate the rupture. Mb Gobdon Gooch's concert, in aid of the fund for sending the Auckland representative football team Bouth was well attended. The representatives leave by the Manapouri on i August 16fcb, to play at Canterbury on Auzust 25th, Dunedin September Ist, and Wellington September Btb. Bing arrives I from Waikato to-morrow to practice.