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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4636, 13 November 1883, Page 2

The manager of the New Prince Imperial telegraphed as follow this afternoon: — " 150lbs specimens and "picked stone, 11th stbpe, No. 2 section west, No. 5 level.—G. S. OlABK."

A congest and dance will take place in the Hibernian Hall this evening in aid of the building fund of the Society. Several alterations and additions have been made to tbe hall, and a very attractive programme is published in another column. In addition to several local favorites, Miss Swan, of Onehunga, has kindly consented to assist at the concert. The Naval Brigade band have generously agreed to play for the dance.

The returns of amalgam from the crushings going through the Waiorongomai battery continue to keep up to last week's average, but we would remind our readers that the amalgam cannot be expected to yield at the same rate as it does at the Thames, because though squeezed into small balls, cold water is used instead of hot, tbe latter being ueedhere. The return of gold is expected by competent judges to be between a fourth and a fifth. We do not wish to ttrow v damper on the field, but desire that tbe public should be fully informed as to the probable yields from the quartz being treated.

A Money Order Office and Savings Bank branch will be opened at Morrinsville on the 16th inst.

Telegiuphic communication has been established between- Coromandel, Whitianga, and Whangapoua.

A man named John Smith, who has for years lived Pakeha-Maori fashion in the Ohinemuri district, died on Sunday last, after a somewhat lengthened illness. The deceased, who had been some time in the district, and was said to have been a " deserter/ was attended by Dr Callan on behalf of the County. Death having been reported from "natural causes," the body was buried on Sunday afternoon.

Two members of the gentler sex were oharged to-day, in the Police Court, with worshipping at the shrine of the rosy god. Bacchus must indeed have felt " gushy " and, if fresh, as if Cupid's darts were meandering in his neighborhood, when he saw Mesdameg Jane French and Katherioe Martin approach his altar. Mrs Jane, who has been rather good lately, was somewhat boisterous in her place of confinement during the night, and to the dulcet strains of her sweet voice, while doing justice to "Boyne Water," she by way of accompaniment probably, damaged one of the lockup pannikins. She was fined ss, or 24 hours' imprisonment, and ordered to pay 6d for the pannikin. Mrs Martin did not offer "aught in extenuation," and the Bench recorded similarly in her case. The angelic pair retired for the term allotted by the Benoh. As far as public performances go to-day, a dies non must be entered in their diaries.

The Thames Orphanage Committee noti'y to the ladies of the Thames that their next Sewing Bee will be held in the room over the Borough Chambers, to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The meetings of the Committee in future will be held as above.

A Press Association telegram says: — " The testing of the Queen of Beauty mine at Makara, Wellington, took place yesterday. Tha referees were Messrs J. C. Harris, N.Z. Times, and Mr H. Blundell, Evening Post. Two mining experts were also present. Twenty-one dishes of stuff were washed with unsatisfactory results, only a few specks of gold being obtained. In addition to the above we learn that the prospecting party were washing all yesterdayafternoon and only found a few &ne specs of sold, which are being tested by Dr. Ska*, with § T»ew to

discovering their quality. Mr Walker is therefore likely to win his wager of £20 that the late crushing was not genuine.

Application for the re-admission of Mr W". S. Sfcaite as a solicitor was made i»t the sitting of the Court of Appeal in Wellington yesterday morning. Counsel informed their Honors that since he had been struck off the rolls Mr Staite had taken up his residence in Christchurch, and had conducted himself in a satisfactory manner, of which fact two legal gentlemen and a clergyman of Chriatohurch had testified in writing. Mr Chapman appeared for the Wellington Law Society, and objected to the application being granted unless separate affidavits as to the behaviour of Mr Staite were made. Their Honours thought the request of the Society a reasonable one/and Mr Shaw agreed to obtain the affidavits required. A firs broke out in A. H~. Nathan's warehouses, Queen street Wharf, Auckland, at 9 o'clock last night. The damage by fire and water amounts to several thousand pounds. The upper storey with its contents was totally destroyed. The insurances on his own store and stock are: In the Uniob, £1000; South British, £3000: Standard, £1000; and North British and Mercantile, £2000, In the division over John Lamb's shop,— in the Union, £1000, and South British, £2000. The insurances are approximate, as the safe cannot be got at. In John Lamb's shop the damages are extensive, but as Mr Lamb is absent tbe insurances are not known. There was a large stock of flour and biscuits on the premises. The origin of the fire is unknown. One compartment of the warehouse is uninjured.

"Twenti thousand miners will be at work on the Te Aroha goldfield withineix months," said Mr J. McCosh Clark at the banquet given to Mr Thomas Eus9ell prior to the latter gentleman's departure to England. It may be, and probably is correct, to assume that the guess is a trifle too sanguine, but the principle contained in the speaker's remarks holds good, viz.,£ that a vast influx of population will take place in the Thames Valley within s comparatively short space of time. We venture to assert, without fear of contradiction, that the yield of the mines during the past week has, ton for ton, never been surpassed in the colony in any crushing of general dirt. We do not expect, and can scarcely hope, that we shall ever see the aßtounding yields of gold that the famous Hunt's, Golden Crown, Long Drive, Caledonian and Monatairi gave to their fortunate shareholders, but we have shown that quartz broken from large and solid reefs can produce nearly three ounces'to the ton, and this result is hard to beat. Th v fact alone should go a long way to verify the principle of Mr Clark's remarks, but when standing on the summit of the ratine and glancing at the enormous tract of level and fertile country stretching away to the horizon on either hand we recognise the fact that the natural centre of this gre.it territory in the head of the navigation of the river, the present terminus of the railway, the Te Aroha assurance becomes doubly sure that a great future is before us.—News. [" No high-falufcin' " there.] The " Own Correspondent of the Herald telegraphs from Ohinemutu that several of the Ngatiwhakaue tribe went to Ngongotaha bueb, and deliberately set fire to several tons of firewood belonging to a bushman named Bishop; The reason assigned is that the land has been adjudicated to a different tribe to that from whom Bishop had leased. The matter has been reported to Constable Abrams, who has visited the scene. The natives will be tried for wilful and malicious destruction of property. ; , :

Majob Atkinson left for Sydney, via Melbourne, yesterday evening. Mr B. Fox, the Secretary to the Premier, and also to the Cabinet, accompanied him.

Several complaints having recently been made respecting the treatment of patients at Wellington Hospital, resulted in an interview taking place between tbe Colonial Secretary and Di 1 Hammond, the Superintendent. The upshot of the conference was that Dr Hammond has decided to resign.

A public meeting in celebration of the fourth centenary of Luther was held in Dunedin last night. There was a crowded attendance in the Knox Church. The Mayor was in the chair, and addresses were given by six or eight gentlemen, including Bishops Neville and Rev. Dr Stuart.

The " Man about Town " says that the crowds of people that visit Meaes & 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 Provisions, 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.

Thr demand for the great American remedy, Hop Bitters, in this part of the world has become so great that the Hop Bitters Co., whose headquarters are at Rochester, New York, C.S.A., have been compelled to open a laboratory iv Melbourne. It will be in charge of Mr M. H. Van Bergh, a gentleman of several years experience with this Company, and the trade may be' assured of receiving goods equal to the parent house, and the most courteous treatment. The H.8.C0. have establishments at London, Paris, Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Holland, and Toronto, and their bitters are probably tbe best known medicine in the world.

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