The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4702, 1 February 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1884.

It was somewhat amußing, at last night's Borough meeting to hear Councillors -wrangling over the rules of debate, and especially so in the case of one Oouncillsr who expressed his ability to teach others Borne of those rules 5 whether he wished to display an ignorance of, or a contempt for them, it is impossible to say, but true it is that his constant and frequently unseemly interruptions of every speaker—those for, as well as against his Tiews —was a source of Borne annoyance to Councillors.

Ybt. another miner's strike has to be added to the already large list of the last few weeks here and at To Aroba. Six of the men working in the Kuranui Hill mine, where the wages are 7s per day, have struck for an increase of 6d per shift 3 the manager has written up to the directors recommending that the demand be accsded to, but has not yet received a reply. The men have nothing to complain of in the way of defective ventilation, hot; air, or anything in the mine, they are. simply dissatisfied with the rate of pay. Some ef the company's men are working on at the-old wages.

The Boston Serenadera appear at the Academy of Music to-morrow night. Their advertisement appears in another column. From Australian and Auckland papers we learn that their performances are worthy of a visit.

The new tailings'plant at Waiorongomai is to be pushed ahead as quickly as possible ; a tender has been let for the erection of the building, . and Messrs Price Bros, are to supply the 34 berdans and all other machinery in two months.

Mb B. R. Mc&BKaoß announces a sale tomorrow morning of a quantity of household furniture and two pianos by Bord.

Tbndebj are called for driviug 50 feet in the Bocky Point claim.

Ik the B.M. Court this morning, before H' Sen rick, Esq., Mr J. M. Mennie applied that a prohibition order be granted against Donald Downie,a'confectioner in his employ. Plaintiff deposed that Downie stayed at the Prince Imperial Hotel, kept bj.Mr Barty, where be was supplied with the liquor, seldom appearing outside the building till all his money was gone. His Worship granted the order, to have force in the Borough, and instructed tho police to visit Barty's and see if the man was being supplied with liquor while drunk.

What promises to be a most exciting match will be played on the Waio-Karaka Flat to* morrow afternoon, between tho eleven mem* bers of the Thames Cricket Club who played at Coromandel against fifteen of the Club. The following are the names of 4he eleven:— Clark (captain), Coney, Buchan, Maddorn, Akrey, Aitken, Tregonning, Harrison, Grubb, Egginton, and Newland. The fifteen will be chosen from the following:—Smith, Lough, Rowe, Muir, Q. Newman, Martin, Pearce, Hindman, Patterson, Colhovin, Hastings, Waite, Christie, Dobbs, D. Newman, Brown* ing, and Athol.

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The eharemarket was so dull to-day that no lißt was issued; there were buyers of In> perials at 23s 6d, with no sellers.

\ A /xot/ng- man named George Moorcraft had a narrow escape from drowning about 11 o'clock to-day. While on Curtis' Wharf h:s hat blew off, and he stripped and swam aflc:' it. After recovering it, he tried to swimbaclr, but the ebbing tide was too strong. He thea made for Goods Wharf, but the current setting out he could not reach it. His cries were fortunately heard on the wharf and a boat waa taken out to his assistance.

Thb annual meeting of the congregation of St. John's (Tararu) will be held this evening at 7.30, rfhen the usual report and balance sheet will be presented) and the election of Vestrymen for the current year take place.

Ah inspection of the Rifle Bangers was held in the Volunteer Hall, Richmond atreet, last night, Sergt.-Major Grant being the inspecting officer. There was a good attendance, the total number on parade being 35, made up as follows:—28 rank and file, 5 sergeants, and two officers (Lieuts. Lucas and Scott), the former commanding the company in the absence of Capt. Douglas. After parade a meeting was held, at which the acceptance by the N avals of the challenge for a shooting match was read, and a Committee appointed to confer with the Naval Committee as to details. The choosing of the men to represent the Company at the forthcoming Association Meeting in Auckland was also left in the hands of the Committee.

According to a judgment delivered by Judge Smith in Auckland yesterday in re the Creditors' Trustee in Thomas' estate v. Cohen, a debtor does not become a bankrupt until he is adjudicated, and therefore any of his goods seized under a bill of sale after the declaration of insolvency, but prior to the adjudication, cannot be recovered by the trustee. Creditors •will therefore have to keep a v'gilant watob over their interests.

At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company, held yesterday afternoon in Auckland—Mr D. B. Cruickshank, the Chairman of directors, presiding. Aft?p setting aside £4,300 towards a reserve fund, the amount to the credit of profit and loss stands at £1498. Out of this it is pro* posed to declare a dividend at the rate of 6d per share, of which 3d had already been paid for the half year ending the 31st June, 1883. The profit and los 3 statement showed that the amount paid for compensation had been £6533 ; net premiums, -£10,722: interest and transfer, £671; balance from last year, £4275; total receipts, £15,451. The report was adopted. The retiring directors, Messrs Buddie and Tonks, were re-elected. The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank was held at Duncdin yesterday. The report, recommending a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent,, was adopted. The Hon. G-. Moßean was elected to the directorate in place of the Hon. W. H. Beynolds. The manager of the Johnson's United G-old Mining Company, Collingwood, wired to his directors as follows yesterdays— "Struck rich stone this morning in the drive in the bottom of the incline; splendid specimens.

Thb Controller and Auditor-General has been appointed auditor of all accounts under the Bankruptcy Act of 1883. Mr F. Q-. B. Waldegrave has been appointed DeputyPatent Officsr. The New Zealand Frozen Meat and Storage Company has written to the Waste Lands Board asking it to recommend the Ministor of Lands to have blocks on the overlaad route from Hawke's Bay to Waikato, set apart a 9 permanent reserve for stock driving purposes, and requests Government to have the said sections fenced in and eown in grass. This communication was referred by the Board to

the Minister for Lands. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Union Sash and Door Company was held in Auckland yesterday, Mr Joseph Howard presiding. The report showed that the amount available for appropriation was £28,241, of which £7508 had been distributed in an interim dividend on the 30th July last, leaving a balance of £20,706, from which the loss through the destruction of the Mechanics Bay factory (£8651 4s 8d) was written off, giving a net balance of £12,054. The directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 6s per fully paid up share for the six months ending 31st December, 1883,—£7759,—and cany forward to the current year £4296. The Chairman gait) the fire at Meohanics Bay caused a loss of £16,951, of which £8651 fell on the company. The insurances were £83C3, and the amount was limited only by inability to get cover. The report and balance sheet were adopted, after some discussion. Mr William Ware was re elected a director.

On the Waiorongomai tramway quartz is being trucked down from the 2few Find, Colonist, and Premier mines, and owing to the improvements made to the grades during the holidays, the line is working very much better than it did last year, and a great saving is expected to be made in the working expenses.

A eabty of prospectors engaged by a company got up in Te Aroha are now out on the mountain, in one of the creeks on the field.