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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4775, 29 April 1884, Page 2

Mb Cook, agent for Patterson's Patent Elephant Ore Stamp is at present at the Thames, and has arranged for the erection of one of hie machines at the Moanatairi battery, where a trial of it will take place on its arrival from Auckland. The affair has two heads, and is portable) and said to be economical in it working. The first machine to arrive in the colony has just come by the Alastor, which is now in Auckland harbor. The use of it in Australia, Cornwall, California, India, Africa, and Brazil is said to be very extensive.

The Western Springs estate of 102 acres, situated about; three miles from Auckland, -was offered at auction by Mr Dowden yesterday. The first bid received waß £9000, and the Auckland City Council, represented by the Town Clerk offered £9,500. After some time a bid of £10, CD was made. The Town Clerk offerc d an advance of £100 on thin, but the auctioneer refused to accept an advance of less than 5 per cent., and the property was withdrawn, the reserve being mentioned at about £13,000 or £14,000.

Thb Presbyterian Church, which was flooded by the overflow of the Karaka Creek some weeks ago, has been raised about three feet. This should be sufficient protection against floods in the future, though, judging by the ground raised during the la3fc three years, it would hardly be surprising to see the building once more on a level with the section after a flood or two.

We would remind those interested of the Bale of two drays and harness at the Borough Council yard to-morrow morning by Mr Carpenter.

At a meeting of the Thames Foetball Club held at Mr O. McLiver's last evening, officers were elected for the comicg season as follows: —President, L. Ehrenfried; Vice-presidents, J. Smith and J. Mc&owau; Captain, W. Tregonning; Secretary and Treasurer, E. W. Lowe; and Messrs Hall, Hickey, Ogle, GilHes and McGregor were appointed a temporary Committee. There were 25 names in all given in aa members, the fee being fixed at 2s 6d. The balance sheet was received and adopted. Two challenges were received, but, with the appointment of a Vice-captain, their consideration was deferred till next meeting. Intending members should join at once, so that the Club may get into good practice, and be able to show a good list of victories at the end of the season. The firßt match will be played on Saturday against an all-comers'team.

We were to-day shown an enormous pear grown at Rangiora, on the Thames river. It turned the scale at two pounds ten ounces, and direotly it' was brought into town was made the subject of an " art union " in aid of the Hospital funds.

A statkmbnt was made in yesterday's Auckland Star to the effect that a boat had been found on the Lake beach, North Shore which it was conjectured might belong to the boys Allom and Spencer, who left the Thames some few weeks ago on an excursion along the coast. The boat has not been identified as the one in question, and even should it prove to be the one in which the excursionists left here, it is unlikely any harm has happened to them, as the fact thai the oars and sail were in the boat at the time it was found would point to the probability of its having by some means got adrift while the owners were ashore. It appears probable that the boys, taking advantage of the fine weather, have merely pushed on with their excursion. Their friends here have, howaver, taken steps to prove whether or not the boat is that in which they went away.

An information was laid to-day against a local hotelkeeper for Sunday trading. The case will be beard on Friday.

A LAEGE shipment of New Zealand timbers, specially selected as samples, is to be forwarded from Auckland to New York by the brigantine Peerless, now almost ready for sea. The collection is a fine one, and includes silver pine, red pine, pohaka, miro, ribbon wood, kawhai, re warewa, akeake, rimu, puriri, tawa, kahikatea, figured kauri, and totara. This collection was ordered by a gentleman now resident in New York, who paid Auckland a visit a short time ago, and was so struck with the beauty and usefulness of the timber obtainable here that he determined to introduce it in America.

Finai arrangements have been made in connection with the removal of the Public Works Department in Dunedin to Wellington. Yesterday the office furniture was packed away for transmission to that city.

Mb SaijKDEBS has announced his retirement from the contest at Kaiapoi.

The Auckland tramway is expected to be running from the wharf up Queen street within three weeks.

Mb H. S. Fish, M.H.R. for Dunedin City South, addressed his constituents last night, and in a two-and-a-half hours' address criticised Major Atkinson's recent address, and laid down the following comprehensive pro* gramme for his future guidance, explaining that it was in no way to be considered as the combined Opposition platform :—(1) Financial separation of the two Is'anda and proper local government; (2) abolition of the Property Tax;, (3) imposition of a progressive land and income tax $ (4) reform of the Civil Service j (5) reform of the Upper House ; (6) bona fide settlement of the people on the land of the country. Mr Fish, at the close of the meeting, received a unanimous vote of confidence.

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