The Evening star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4730, 5 March 1884, Page 2

The Evening star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884.

The following tenders were opened at the County Chambers this morning for the undermentioned works :—l. Forming, metalling, and draining portion of Grabamstown to Ohinemuri Eoad, *?between Puriri and Hikutaia: W. Comer, £94713s 6d (accepted) ? T. Comes, £956 ;P. Maxwell, £983 Isj A. Butler, £1032105. -2.1 Forming and metalling portion of Road Obinemuri towards Katikati, between Owharoa and Waiekauri Bridge: E.Bain,£393 (accepted) j A.Butler, .£4BB 15s j /r."Cornes, £466; 8. Walsh, £497 8s 6d; P.Trainor, £52215 a; P. Maxwell, £795. —3. Forming and metalling and draining on road Ohinemuri towards Te Aroha. Section I—Botokuhu to Waitoki: T. Comes, £331 17s 6dl (accepted); A. Butler, £390 5s 6d; H. Butler, £444 18b. Section 2—Waitoki to Ruakaka: T. Comes, £767 (accepted); A. Butler, £946 7e; H. Botler, £1043 15s.™ Excavating creek bed at Puriri ; G. Burdott, £14 7s 6d (accepted) 5 M. MacKenzie, £15 10s.

The barque Bella Mary has now completed discharging her cargo of coal, and will pvobably be taken to Auckland, either for docking or repairs.

The ton of quartz from a reef at Whangarei, treated last week at the Alburnia battery, gave a yield of lldwta gold. This should be satisfactory, as the reef is reported to be a good-iized one.

Whbxheb the prospect of a licensing meeting being held in the Court House to-day caused would-be inebriates to refrain from their evil practices or not, it is difficult to say, but not OTen a " drnnk " put in an appearance before the Bench this morning.

THEBS was a large attendance at the Blue Ribbon Army Meeting last evening. Tbe Hevd. J. Adams presided. The Hevs. H. D. French and Woolley addressed the meeting in the interests of Temperance, and Mr Nodder delivered ft recitation.. The meeting was opened and closed in the usual manner.

Thbbb waß a heavy fall of bail in Imnedin yesferday afternoon, oue etoue weighed tbfte* eights of go ounce,

Tub gratifying news that the Government intends lo subsidise certain goldfield road works has been received. Particulars appear in another column.

A meeting- of the Parawai Licensing Bench was held this morning in the Court House. Present—Messrs Gillespie, Hanson, and Hickey. On the motion of Mr Gillespie, Mr W. Carpenter was elected Chairman for the year. The Police Inspector's report for the quarter was presented, and it was announced that the annual meeting of the Committee will be held on the first Saturday in June, at 12 noon, at the Court House.

The monthly meeting of the Harbor Board, which was to hare been held yesterday afternoon, lapsed for want of a quorum. Messrs McGowtn, Bead, and Price attended, and the meeting was adjourned until this evening at 7.30 o'clock.

At the County Council meeting to-day, a letter was read from the Private Secretary of Mr Mitchelson, Minister for Public Works, in reference to the deputation which waited on him here on January 18tb, stating that after having communioafced with the Minister of Lands, it did not appear that any promise of assistance towards the Mats, Puru, Waiomo, and Waikawau bridges on the Thames-Coromandel road, had been made, and that the work now comes under the c< Roads and Bridges Construction Act."

Wi were shown several magnificent apples to-day; they were grown by Mr J. Clark, Karaka Bridge. An average apple from the number weighed 13ozs. The yield is a credit to the grower.

A most ingenious contrivance of much advantage to farmers and station-holders has been shewn to u». Theicstruments aresmall, uncomplicated in construction, and are to be used 'Joy: barbing wire fencing. They are of Buch simple design, that a small boy can ueo them, and barb twenty chains of fencing in a day. The invention is patented by Messrs Woodcock and West, Oamaru, and was shewn io us by their traveller on a recent visit here. The following is a brief description of the instruments :—They comprise a substantially-made and effective pair of nippers, into grooves in which the ends of two short pieces of pointed wire are placed at different angles ; when the second implement—an iron double plate of about an inch in width—is put on the wire fencing—close to the nippers, and two or three twists of this instrument binds the barb wire around the fenoiag wire, leaving four barbs projecting in different directions.

A hum bee of Chinese residents in Wellington have made a donation of £39 17s to the funds of the Hospital.

J. M. Moobhotjse, 70 years old, for seven years resident afc Southbridge, was killed at noon yesterday by falling off a load of straw, near Kaiapoi. •

A New Zeabind Plate Glass Insurance Co. has been successfully floated in Dunedin for the purpose of doing business throughout the colony. The capital is £10,000.

A lad named Braddon, aged 11, was drowned in the swimming baths At Nelson yesterday. He was bathing with come other lads, when ho was seized with cramp. He seized another lad, who was also nearly drowned.

The p.B. Tainui, under charter to Captain Brotherton, left Auckland early on Monday morning for Tiritiri, having on board Lieut. Oldham, commander of H.M. s. Lark, his first officer, and a boat's crew. The object of the visit, as we stated in our yesterday's issue, was to make a survey of the spot upon which the steamship Triumph ran ashore, and also to take soundings, etc., in the immediate vicinity. These Boundings and surveys are to be taken home by Captain Brotherton, who left for England yesterday, and will be available should they be needed at the impending law case between the late owners of the Triumph and the underwriters. The Tainui returned to town during the afternoon, Lieut. Oldham having been successful in his work, being aided with fine weather and a smooth sea.

iNTEBCOLONIAii papers are not always too accurate in their records of New Zealand items. The Australasian puts it in regard to the proposed visit of the Maori King to England—" The idea of sending homo embassies to England has evidently taken a strong hold of the Maori mind. Another mission is projscted, and the now notorious chief, Tawhiao, states that he has already received £3000 from Napier and the East Coast townrds the expenses of the visit to England. It is intended that he should he accompaned by about seven other chiefs." Whenca" notorious ohief," unless notorious ohiefly on account of his bacchanalian propensities.

AccoßDlNffto a Home religious paper, " the novelty of the Salvation Army is passin> away. The Army produces but little Bensation i* places where it has been parading for some time, and where its methods are known. In gome quarters its increasing extravagance has alienated public sympathy. The financial question is becoming a pressing one. In some places fanatioal appeals are made for money."

Mb Williamson, of the Bluff, has decided upon sending a trial shipment of Stewart Island fish in the ship Canterbury to London. He sent 2000 dozen oysters in the Opawa, frozen in the shell. Advices have come to hand saying they had arrived safely, had been tried, and, although a little hard, were sweet and palatable. The account sales have not yet been received, but we (Southland News) trust this enterprise will be a success financially, so that the the vast resources of Stewart Island oyster and fish beds may become of the importance they deserve.

Good i^b Babies.—"We are pleased to say that our baby was permanently cured of a serious protracted irregularity of the bowels by the use of Hop Bitters by its mother, which at the same time restored her to perfect health and strength."—The Pabents. See

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