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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4566, 23 August 1883, Page 2

Anothbb instance of bow narrowly good shots of gold are sonietimes missed by miners is afforded in the return just to hand from Kioly'e tribute in the Waitekauri No. 2GM. Company. The reef at the point where, the discovery was made is split, up , into a number of brandies, with horses of mullock between. IWo of these branch-s were driven on lor some distance, but did not prove worth much. Another branch, lying between the two mentioned was left standing. It was about two feet wide, and had not shown any gold when driven on. Kiely and party, however, opened oat on it, and struck good gold almost immediately. The crushing just to hand gave over 2|ozs per ton, and the next one is expected to yield even better.

The road from Waitekauri to Faeroa is reported to be in » dreadful 'state. A party of men coming in yesterday with the gold from their crushing, had to do the journey on foot, not one of them caring to risk the dangers consequent upon riding.

' The Block 27 Residence |Sites Committee requests all who have not yet signed the petition to do bo at once, and those who have jpromised subscriptions to hand them over Tto Mr W. Wood senr., of Pollen street, at whose place the petition will be for signatures until the end of the month. •

Waikato " larrikiniam" is said to be a disgrace to-the community. Last Sunday evening the Wealeyan minister at Hamilton had to publicly rebuke certain lads for disturbing the service, and one of the offenders noisily left the church, slamming the door behind him. Captain Ted Wright should turn his attention to this quarter.

Thb Police Court was closed to«day.

Ybstebday morning, a yacht of about iO tons was discovered on the beach at Tararu, and upon the vessels being inspected by the Police it was reported to have the appearance of a pleasure boat 36 feet long, built of kauri, copper-bottomed, and fastened with the same material. From enquiries made we have been enabled to learn that she belongs to Mr F. Williams, fish-merchant, Auckland, and while on her way to Auckland from Manaia Island, a fishing station near Coromandel, she broke away from the steamer which was towing her up.

A MAN will die for want of air in five minutes, for want of Bleep in ten days, for want of water in a week, but authenticated cases are on record in the Government Service of men living for a respectable lifetime, although suffering permanently of want of brains.

KiizabbiH Jane Beeves, 17 months old, the daughter of Mr Richard Eeeves, butcher of Devonport, Auckland, was knocked down by one of the horses of the Waiwera bus and died in an hour, from being trampled on.

Out of the twenty-eight writs issued against natives living on the Pukekera and Pukahoe blocks, Cambridge, twenty were served in time for hearing at the next session of the Auckland Supreme Court. The damages are laid at £500. The native ejectment case cost, it is said, something like £3000, and the castrechauffed will afford some profitable pickings. Oub Canadian cousins had to send to New Zealand fora good railway t* an. Mr Statham Lowe, late manager of the Auckland railways, has been appointed to the control of 800 miles of line in that country.. ;„, ■■■■„.. ,-. ,

v A lkttbb received in Dunedin from the London agent states that the Lady Jocelyn's meat did not approach the standard of that by the Fenstanton, which was of superb quality. It wa3 faultless as to size, and quite suitable for the Home market in all other respects.

Accidents through, want of care by bushujin are becoming of daily occurrence about; rhe North. Henry Lowrie, a bushman, was brought from the Upper Mercury Bay mill to Auckland with his chest badly crushed in. The accident happened when he was jacking logs. He is not expected to live.

Moonlight football, with rough lingual ac* compaciiuents/is a popular sport at Cambridge, Waikato, as well as at the Thames.

The police arrested the Town Clerk of Wests Harbor, Dunedin, yesterday, on a charge of wilfully destroying the Borough's property. He has been admitted to bail.

At a meeting of the Auckland Harbor Board the report of Mr Wardell, consulting engineer, of Sydney, was read re Calliope dock plans. He generally approved of the plans. Mr McDonald, the Board's engineer, suggested that the dock should be made in two divisions—for small and large vessels, as the pumping, out of the whole length of dock every time would be a heaw charge.

Ma Shbbidaw, tragedian, and Miss Louise Devonporfc opened last night at the Opera House, Auckland, with the " Merchant of Venise," to a good house. Sheridan's impersonation of Shylock was greatly admired.

A MEETING of the unemployed was held yesterday morning in Dunedin and was attended by about ICO persons. Several speeches were made by those present, who had been unable to obtain work, and eventually a deputation waited on the Mayor, who said he would wira a representation of their case to Wellington.

A contempobaby remarks:— Isn't it absurd how the Melbourne daily newspapers watch' each other as a cat does a mouse P Why cannot they be original P One sends a reporter t California—another follows suit. Then the New Guinea expedition is conceived. Straightway the rival journal U in the .field, too. The Vagabond goes to the New Hebrides, and but here the other has an '■ dvantage, for it already possesses its Vagabond, primed to the inuzsle with New flebrldea., All this is very paltry. It is not thestyle of American journalism, where eaoh hits out in dependency without caring a rap what any other paper does.

The Auckland Star says that the Secretary of State for the Colonies will bo astonished shortly by the receipt of a formidable blue envelope, containing a full, true, and particular,account of the wrongs of Mr Garrard, the agitator in his suit agninst Mr Thomas Cotter, Returning GiHcer. Tho documents w«re prepared by Mr lit. J. Feltus, n.sd will b« forwarded to Hi* Excellency the Governor for transmission to the Imperial authorities.

Even that cantankerous ex-Governor of ours, Sir Arthur Gordon, writing to 'be Colonial Office, as far back as 1878, said :—" I regret to say that, after the most deliberate reflection, I am irresi'tably compelled to adopt a conclusion which I should have wished to avoid, and which I was inclined to think might be avoided, viz., thai the annexation by Great Britain of at least certain portions of-New Guinea will speedily become inevitable, even if the necessity of such a etep has not already arisen."

A bbhkabsal of the game of "living chess," wbic.ii to be shortly produced at the Opera House, Auckland, took place at St. Andrew's schoolroom on Monday night, and w.*~ very suceissful. Another rehearsal will lake place on Ralu;day afternoon at the Opera House. Tbe ladies' dresses alone, it is stated, will cost from £200 to £300. The dress circle eeats have been reserved already

tor the two nights during which the gam« will be plajed, and there is littld doubt that those for the other portions of the house will also be m eagerly purchased when the great event comes off. . ■ ■