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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4630, 6 November 1883, Page 2

Fbiday next, the 9th inst., being a holiday in the Post and Telegraph Departments, the mails usually despatched on that day will be made up the previous evening at 7 o'clock. The Post Office-will be open for delivery of letters from 7 p m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Sunday hours will be observed in the private box lobby. The Telegraph branch will be open to the publio on the 9th insl, from 9 to 10 a.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m.

Thb performance to be given by Mr Barlow's Juvenile Trpnpe, in the Academy of Music, to-night, should attract a large audience. The cause in which the entertainment is given, viz., the benefit of Mr John Elriok, is a good one, and no pains or expense have been spared in preparing scenery and dresseß for it.

The County Council this afternoon opened tenders as follows for forming and metalling a portion of the main Thames to Ohinemuri road: —No. 1 section, from Eauaerangn Bridge to a peg between Warahoe and Matatoke: Chas. Hart, £1295 (accepted); C. Nicholas, £1331 Is 9d; J. Punch, £1362 Is Id ; T. 6r. Comes, £1400. No. 2 section, from above-mentioned peg toPuriri: T. G. Comes, £1175 5s 6d (accepted) ; P. Trainor, £1274 15s j C. Nicholas, £1280 10a.

SoMEdissatisfaction is expressed by people here who are desirous of attending, the Agricultural and Paßtoral Sociotj'B Show to be held in Auckland on Friday next, at the steamer arrangements not being made to suit the public convenience. A number of townspeople can spare one day away from their business, but unless some alteration be made in the timetable, a visit to the chow will mean a loss of over two days. ,

A short sitting of the Bankruptcy Court took place this morning, presided over by the Deputy Registrar, Mr A. J. AHom, when orders for discharge were granted to Michael Ryan and John Robinson, both of Thames.

! The Wild Misisouri battery, situated at Tararu Creek, was sold at auction this morning by Messrs Gtollion and Co., Mr W. S. Greenville being the purchaser at £210. It is a 20-head battery, and has also a single stamper for treating specimen?, arid 4 berdans. It it driven by a waterwheel 36ft. in diameter. The City of New York will not leave Auckland till 6 o'clock to-morrow morning, in order to take the Southern mail with her. A child, two years old, was found on Sunday in a well at Kaiapoi. It was pulled out at once, apparently dead, but artificial respir* ation being resorted to, animation was restored. The shock to the nervious system, however, had been too great, and the child died in two hours

Mb Cadman, M.H.R, for Coromandel, is at present on a visiting tour round his district. List week, in company with two local gentlemen, be Vißited Cabbage Bay for the purpose of seeing the launch of a scow built by Mr BHchenden, of that place, for himself and Mr Darrow, and which is intended for the timber trade. Unfortunately the tide did not' suit for the launch, but the vessel will be pushed off next spring tides. She is strongly built, of kauri and pohutukawa, and is 85 feet long, with a beam of 22 feet, and a carrying capacity of 100 tons. This is the second vessel built by Mr Bliohenden, and he will shortly commence a steamer for himself, to trade along the coast be', ween the Thames and Cabbage Bay. She will be 54ft. long, with a beam of 16ffc., and will be suitable for both paisaenger and cargo traffic. The party also visited the coal fields, and were able to trace the outorop of the seam for a length of two miles. No work is at present being done on the seani. The coal is suitable for blacksmith work, and nearly all the ironwork of the scow referred to above was prepared with iv At the timo of the visit of the party, Mr Blichetden, who ia also a farmer, was shearing hia Bheep, of which he has about 1000 on the run. The roadß are reported to be in a very rough condition. ,

Ftjxi. enquiries have been made concerning the man Patrick Fagan, who, it was stated a few days agg, had attempted to commit suicide by jumping overboard from the Rotomahana between here and Auckland. It has been ascertained in the first plac, that it was while the vessel was at the Auckland wharf the man undressed himself and was about to step overboard, when he was stopped by the engineer of thß steamer. It appears that he had been working for Mr Corbett, of Waitekauri, and left his employment there on the 15th of October, receiving a cheque for £25; this he cashed at Paeroa, where he remained drinking for several days, and subsequently came to Grrahamstown, where he continued his intemperate behaviour, going from one hotel to another, and staying part of his time with a woman of questionable oharaoter. On the Ist inst., he proceeded to Auckland in the Rotomahana, and as we have already published it, was committed to the Asylum suffering frozn delirium tremens.

" Augio-Attstbaiian " writes to the Euro* pean Mail:'—"During the last few days I have been breakfasting, dining, and supping oil the New Zealand frost fish—a particularly fine viand—pigeons, swamp hens, and excellent mutton, all of which have reached this country in first-rate condition, thanks to the refrigerator, The pigeons have the true gamy flavor, and this consignment has done not a little to popularise :New Zealand fish, flesh, and fowl, and that, too, in certain hitherto •cfeptica) quarters," v

Aa will be seen by a telegram published ia another column, the crushiogs at the Waiorongomai battery, judging from the yields of amalgam from the first 24 hours' run, are shaping for excellent returns. The Werahiko dirt is the richost, about seven tons giving 69£ozs amalgam, whioh Bhould yield 23ozs gold; the Premier comes next with 1260z8 from 15 tons, equal to 42ozs gold ; while the New Find dirt is shaping for about 2ozs per ton, the Waitoki for an ounoj; and the Colonist for barely an ounce. As the reefs in all these mines are of good size, and in the Colonist very large, the way the dirt is ■haping promises rich returns. The above approximations are based on the results obtrained at the Thames.

At an open air meeting of Orangemen held in Chriatchurch, resolutions were agr-ed to (1) pledging themselves'to render the Orange Institution a more powerlul witness for God, and for defence against every intrigue to overthrow the British Protestant Constitution, or to separate the union witfi Great Britain ; (2) attributing the anarchy, crimes, and demoralisation in the South and West of Ireland to the constitutional and revolutionary policy of the Irish Land League; (3) determining to maintain the present system of education, and to oppose the Church of Rome's efforts to impair or upset it; (4) expressing horror and indignation afc the assassination of Cavendish and Burke; (5) protesting against the Home Liberal Ministry's recent attempt to open diplomatic relations with Borne.

Thb police last night made a raid on the city Tattersall'a, Dunedin, a place where it is alleged a totalisator is worked. They arrested fifteen persons who were in the room at the time. These were all bailed out. The police remain in possession of the premises, in which they found a registering apparatus. A later telegram says the case has been remanded till Tuesday.

Special sermons were preached in Auckland on Sunday, under the auspices of the Orange institution, in accordance with a circular previously iseued.

A YOVX& man named William Blondell Wannop, suffering from lunacy, has been committed to the Auckland Lunatic Asylum.

Mb Oliver Mays has been appointed Immigration Office in Auckland, in place of Mr Brophy.

A vjbbt ingenious little machioe (says the Wellington Post) has been invented by Mr T. O. Jenkins, accountant afc Mr J. E. Hayes', Lambton.quay. It is called a " Check Billiardmarker," and its purpose, is to keep an automatic record of tho number of games played. This it does by means of a concealed apparatus attached to the marking index. A marker cannot, therefore, deceive his employers as to the number of games played, for directly the index reaches 50 points the automatic recorder notes down a game, and this cannot be got at by anybody but the holder of the key. We understand Mr Jenkins intends to patent this invention in Great Britain, France, and Germany as well as in New Zealand.

The " Man about Town " sayß that the crowds of people that visit Meabs & Co.'s establishment, in Pollen street, daily, is a sufficient proof of the genuine bargains that they obtain. At this great clearing-out sale of Groceries, Tea, and Provision', the whole of the stock must be cleared at any price at an early date. Now is the time to lay in a stock of provisions.

Indigestion.—The main oause of nervous* nfSB ia indigestion, and that is caused by weakness in the stomach. No one can have sound nerves and good health without using H op Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys active, to carry off all the poisonous and waste matter of the system, See.