The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4707, 7 February 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1884.

To be called upon to atom a tide—however small—of public opinion, unwarrantably formed, is necessarily painful; but, nerertheless, we feel it an imperative duty to endeavor to remove impressions palpably erroneous—which have apparently arisen from the croakings of mar-alls in our midst —and show the better side of our condition. As we hare previously pointed out, the Thames Goldfield has been prospected in a very indifferent manner; where, the precious metal has been obtained it has, as a rule, been easily found, and there cannot be a shadow of a doubt that further search by prospectors would result in finds as remunerative as those which gratified the early adventurous ones on the . field. la addition to the immediate goldfield we live on, further advances are being made in the surrounding district. A track from Karangahake to Te Aroha, by the valley of the Waifcawheta,is being commenced by the County, and in addition to the proved ground in the neighborhood of each end of it, we are credibly informed that excellent prospects have been obtained between them. The range to be traversed by the track is spoken of as part of a large range of country in which gold is known to exist, and as will be seen by an item appearing in another column, an old Thames prospector has " pegged out" in the valley mentioned, behind the Kotokohu saddle, sixty men's ground, and considers the prospects met with very en* couraging. In the early days of Ohinemuri the Kotokohu and surrounding creeks were found to be gold-bear* ing, and sluicinp was successfully carried on throughout the neighbourhood, and there is room for more than even a strong presumption that the whole of the Country between Karangahake aud Te Aroba by the Waitawheta valley,, is of a similarly gold-bearing character. Seeing that the future seems pregnant with prosperity, and pnljr tf aits tbafi dcv elopnjeot re^airinjj a

judicious outlay, we are somewhat at a loss to account for the sorrowful expressions we bear at times as to our pros* pects. Should even our immediate goldfield be neglected, and the efforts of inVestora, speculators, and others connected or likely to become connected with it r be insufficient to cause a further development of the resources of it, we hare the satisfaction of knowing that the importance of the auriferous deposits in it will assert itself, and the surrounding country, which will receive its supply from us, will at any rate, increase our commercial prosperity. As far as we can see, there is no reason to believe that a dark side off affairs can even be imagined in connected with our prospects, and the cut-throat policy of people in " crying out before they are hurt," and by so doing injuring the place wherein they dwell, deserves the severest deprecation.

St. Geobgb's Church held a large audience to-day, principally Indies, io witm ss the marriage of Mr Burgess, of the Bank of New Zealand, Te Aroba, and Mjbs Probarf-, of Thames. There was a full attendance of the ohoir, and the service was a choral one, most impreEsively rendered. The happy couple left the Church, amid a shower of rice, to the strains of the Wedding March.

The only business dealt with by the R.M. this morning was the infliction of a five shillings fine with the alternative of imprisonment until the rising of the Court, on an unfortunate who was found meandering in a bemused condition in Queen street yesterday. The man who had so lately been " disguised in liquor " cleared promptly as the Court rose.

.All persons desirous of objecting to the valuation Hat of tbe Borough, which it must be remembered affects not only their b.ing rated, but having their names on the ratepayers' roll, must comply with the Act by serving the necessary objection notices before the 15th inst.

Thk Auckland Tramway Company yester* day-afternoon accepted the tender of Larking and O'Brien, at £3966 15a, for No. 1 contract. Five tenders were received, the highest being £5232 10s. The engineer's estimate was £3800.

We learn that W. J. Hunt, of Shotover fame, who has for some time past been prospecting near the Eotokohu Gorge, has marked off a claim of 60 men's grourd in the Waitawheta Valley, close behind the saddle. Mr Hunt is well satisfied with the prospects he has obtained.

The sailing race between the scows Vixen (which won the prize in the Regatta) and Betult, which took place yesterday, in Auckland resulted in an unexpected victory for the Result. The stakes wero £id aside. It appears that tbe Vixen in some unaccountable manner suffered some damage to her centreboard, which acted very materially against her chances of success after rounding Tiritiri.

Dubing a discussion yesterday at the DunedinLand Board on the dummyism question, Mr J. Green M.H.R., said a motion proposed by Mr Stout (abaut the payment of witness's expenses) would delay the inquiry, and he felt confident that this policy of delay justified tbe opinion ho had heard expressed outside that it was deliberately intended to delay that inquiry from time lo time in the hope that nothing would be done till Parliament met and took- tbe matter out of the hands of the Board. Mr Stout's motion was lost by four votes to two. The Sfcrath-Taieri c^ses will bo not heard on the l^th inst, and if not finished on that day the Board will sit on continuously following days till finished.

Habtbvig and Henderson, two of the crew of the Sarah Hunt, who were, lost and subsequently discovered are suing the captain and owners for breach of contract, damages £100. Tbe cases are to be heard on the 20th inst.

Thomas Hoiloway, of Holloway's pills fame, who died lately aged 84, has left a fortune of five millions sterling, mostly bequeathed to charitable institutions.

Atf inquest was hold yesterday afternoon at Onehuuga on the body of a man found hanging on a tree near tbe Whau block-house on Sunday lust. The remains were identified as those of E. Voighfc, bootmaker, of Auckland. An open verdict was returned.

The nautical inquiry into the stranding of the barque Fusileer on Turakina, on the 10th of January, was commenced at Wellington yesterday. Copt. Harkneta gave evidence as to the vessel having gone ashore during a heavy gale. The vessel was driven into the bight by the fury of the gale, and as there was no hope of beating her out again he thought it best to beach her, so as to save the lives of those on board. Previous to this he consulted the other officers on the desirableness of beaching the vessel. The inquiry is not finished, and will bo continued to-morrow.

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