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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4558, 14 August 1883, Page 2

t. Thi Auckland Concert Company gave their ieobnd entertainment last evening, and the. programme certainly deserved a larger audience than. attended. The items were nearly all Scotch, and each one rendered was a credit to the company. Miss Gribble's performances met with deserved md enthusiastio applause, and the addition of Mrs Revitt's name to the list of performers was a great acquisition. Her rendition of " Within a Mile O' Edinboro, Tooa',"and the "Fisher Girl" were vocal gems. The eiaaye of Messrs Greenwood, Moreton, Montjoy, Garland, and Reid, were well received, as they deserved to be, and the concluding item " Auld Lang Syne" aroused the feeling of the Northerners who were present. To-night the company present a programme of Irish songs, and the sons and daughters of Erin will miss a treat if they do not attend. As will be seen by an advertisement appearing in another column, a most attractive programme is announced.

The anniversary soiree of the Thames Baptist Church takes' place this evening. A fbw weeks ago the Borough Council, in response to a requisition, granted a building, and resolved to supply the requisite water for the reception of a supply of trout ova. The applicants have taken steps to introduce the fish. Mr Allom, •who is the prime mover in the matter, bas received a letter from the Secretary of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society stating that there is a probability of tbe Society. being able to send 200Q ova-to the Thames, The boxes,are being made," the* water is being* laid on to ,*he building granted for thepuipoie of hatching the fish, and there is every probability of the disciples of -" old Izaak " having some rod sport in our district ere long.

A MEBTIN9 of members of the late Hauraki Engineer* was held at,the Royal Hotel on Saturday evening for the purpose of considering their present position, and the steps necessary to be taken to obtain what they considered to be their rights. There was a good attendance. After some discussion it was decided to take legal proceedings against their late Captain, an opinion from a high legal authority having been obtained that they had a right to the capitation money earned by them last year. Tlie' meeting then adjourned, to next Saturday evening at the same hour and place. ■ ' .

The position of manager of the Thames River Steam Navigation Company vacated by Mr John Hudson, was at a meeting of the directors of the Company yesterday offered to and accepted by Mr H. C. Gillespie. The Company are to be congratulated on having secured the services of Mr Gillespie, as from his long and intimate connection with steam boat matters a better man could not have been found. '"'"•-<. ' - ' ;

The only case on the sheet in the Police Court this morning was a summons issued against O. Grant for allowing, the'chiml^j of. his houae. to take flre. The defendant did not appear and the Bench inflicted a fine of 5b and costs. >*. To-mobbow evening the Rev. H. Bull is announced to lecture in the Shortland Weslejan Church, his subject being " The Problem of Progress." The leak in the Harbor Board dredge punt haying been repaired, it was; this afternoon towed back to Grahamstown by the s.«. Vivid. .-'■•' \' ; '• '■■; ■* ;.';/> The new winding engine for the Prince Imperial G,M Co. arrived from Auckland today by the ketch Zillah. It will not, the manager informs us, be put into position for a week or two, as be intends to make new sup* ports for the spiders, and to have everything in readiness so that winding will not be stopped for more than two days at the outside; wben the old one is removed. ■ '

The Auckland delegates tn connection with the Good Templar meeting to beh«fd in the Templar Hall this evening at 7.30 o'clock arrived in the Rotomshana this afternoon. Is the Christchurch Eesideni Magistrate's Court yesterday it was decided that: the byelaw enjoining drivers of vehicles to pass the corners of streets at a walking pace was unreasonable, and ia consequence fifty imforma- i tions were withdrawn. . ;," ...•■ ' .. ; Ok Saturday afternoon a large public meeting was held at Patea, when it was decided to form a compacy to be called the-West Coast Meat and Produce Company, with a capital of £6000 in £6 shares; Much enthusiasm was displayed, and a large'number of shares have been already applied for. A xbutfff man named Alexander Brady, 18 years of age, is missing in Auckland. He had been despondent and in ill-health the last few days, and left a note in his bedroom thanking his landlord, Mr Lush, of Seafield View, for his kindness, stating he would not see him again, and to give his personal effects to some needy person. It is believed reading about Allan's case had put suicide into his head. :; ■-■ '

11 Push" is the one thing needed to overcome the vis inertia of a distant department, presided over by a cold and timid statesman of a severely economic type, and to secure the annexation of New Guinea and adjacent islands. Fortunately, this is a quality which Australasians are not deficient in. G-eoegb Bobbbtson (a Maori) bin accepted Joseph Strong's challenge to wrestle in Border style for the Duncdin Caledonian Society's belt, the championship, and £50 a side. The match will take place six or seven weeks hence., t Thk Cbristchurob. Supreme Court was occupied sjjynstnrikT with the action Fuchs v; the Union Steam Co. for £1000, for a foot crushed at'an excursion on the Wakatipu to Akaroa in April last, for the benefit of the Sailors' Home. The defence is that the action was caused by the passengers running out the staging before the skip was moored. The case bad not concluded when the Court rose. Mb J. D. Powdrell, the well known owner of race horses, died on Monday afternoon. Ai the meeting of the Christchurch Waste Lands Board yesterday, 38 application! for prospecting 1 censes for diamonds were granted; 57 who had entered their names did not appear. Mark Herman, with 14» yean' experience in the diamond trade.uoonV missioned to buy diamonds, has inspected numbers of the stones atTimaru, Ashburton, and Christcburcb, and say sf that there is not a single diamond among them. • . At a meeting^f the Wellington Chamber of Commerce yesterday the following resolution was carried:-"That this meeting disapproves entirely of the principles embodied in the Fire and Marine Insurance Company's Act, 1883, as being an unnecessary and prejudicial interference with the freedom of trade, and urges upon the Legislature to prevent the same becoming law. It also strongly condemns the practice of introducing bills of Ibis sort into the Legislature without the knowledge of the mercantile community."

'■■ Yebtbbbat the complaint of DeLautour tKerr, for* alleged libelj at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Gisborne, waß dismissed. Thk body of Mr Morris Buoholz, who was drowned in the Takika river, Nelson, over a fortnight "ago, was discovered on Sunday in | 20 feet of water.. It is reported that a large number of natives from' Hawke's Bay and the East Coast are going over to pay their respects to TeWhitiandTohu. In the eviction case at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Auckland, in which Patrick Hen* nesiy, Michael Casey, and Murtagh Donohue, were charged with unlawfully, and by force, demolishing a house in the occupation of Bridget Walsh, the accused were committed for trial, but released on bail. ...

A deputation--from the Wellington Fire Under writers' Association waited on the Colonial Secretary yesterday. The Chairman handed Mr Dick a resolution' from the association to the effect that the Fire and Marine Insurance Company's Bill was unnecessary and uncalled for,: B nd should be opposed. The Colonial Seoretary informed the deputation that it was scarcely worth while taking up their time by discussing the merits of the bill, implying a strong probability of its not being pressed this session. If, however, it did pass a second reading he stated that he would them know, and give them an opportunity of expressing their views before going into Committee.: .

The Board of Inquiry added to their report on the accident which befel the jU.S.B. Co.'s Rotomahana, that they wished to bring under notice the apparent absence of Government enebura'gment, similar *to that given by' the Board of Trade in Great Britain for officers of ships, registered in this colony, making themselves familiar with judging distances from shore by day and night; taking the bearings of headland lights, etc.; ascertaining the. speed of ships from engine revolutions; taking frequent observations (amplitudes, altitudes, etc.); and keeping log or notebooks of the same j believing, from the evidence adduced, that following such a practice would tend to make them expert navigators, and hence lessen shipping casualties on this Coast. The heaving of the lead when near the shore would alsp.be of great advantage, and the result as to depth, and the nature of the bottom would, if,f -pencilled on charts, form a valuable guide for future navigation. Satisfaction was expressed at the clear evidence given by Capt. Carey and the officers- of the Botomahana, and attention was called to the zealous promptitude add skill with which every precaution was taken to secure the safety of the passengers and the ship after the reef had been struck; The evidence conclusively showed that with the single exception of omitting {to take soundings at three o'clock a.m., when Captain Carey considered it necessary to change, the ship's course, be acted, in all respects, as a careful navigator and an experienced commander, and the discipline of the ship reflected credit.on all her officers. -■■■■■■:■ ■■■ '■ ■ ' v ■ • • • ■■>■■'■•