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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4796, 23 May 1884, Page 2

At a meeting of the craters of Mr Hitchene, of blood restorer celebrity, held in Auckland yesterday, tho statement; read fey the chairman Bhowed £3000' surplus over JiwbilHie*. . ,

Sib Geoege Gbet telegraphed to His Worship the Mayor to-day, asking him to arrange for a public meeting to ba held here to-morrow night, and His Worship replied that as to-morrow was a holiday, perhaps •Monday wouH bo a more suitable occasion to addre3B the people. .To'this no reply has jjs yet been received, end-it must naturaliyj.be supposed that Sir George will hold bis meeting to-morrow evening as advertised in another : column. The Anne Milbank'a time table has been altered; she leaves hero afe 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. "- . «; As the poat-and telegraph office will be closed to-morrow Birthday), and the mail for England will close at an early hour on Monday morning, we would recommend people to purchase their stamps for Homo lotters to-day either at the chief post office oa at the shops of the several licensed stamp sellers.

A lAt) in the omploy of Rollerson and Son, balers, fell out of the bread»cart this morning, slightly dislocating "his elbow. He went to the Hospital, where the injury was attended to, nnd then proceeded to his home.

In the B.M. Court this morning theadjourned case of J. B. West,as assignee of O. Griffiths v. Hohepa Hakairo, an action to recover £48 6s, on an account stated for work done, cash lent, and the price of a horse, was heard. Mr Miller appeared for plaintiff, and Mr S. Rochfo:t for defendant. After hearing the -evidence judgment was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed with costs £7 7s. Execution was allowed to be stayed for a month.

At the weekly drill held last night, Ca.pt. Douglas announced that he had made up the scores in the 12 matches for the gold watch and other prizes, but pending an examination by two .members of the corps, he would only give the results as approximate. The highest scorers were the foUowing, and their positions are probably in the order;.named :—Hawk, Gilpin, Sherlock, Gibbs, Inglis, Simpson, and Genty. There were six prizts,promised, but the late surgeon's and one or two others have not yet come to hand, so (hat beyond the gold

watch being sure to go to Hawk, they have not yet been apportioned.

Mb A. Phillips' stables in Willoughby street, Shortland, narrowly escaped being burnt down shortly after 12 o'clock last night. .*■ About that time .flames were obgerved issuing from the southern end of the gable, by Mrs Boon, who gave the alarm, and Mr Boon and Mr Syms, of the Bendigo, quickly aroueed Mr Tetley and the enginekeeper, of the Shortland Fire Brigade, and rang the bell. In the meantime : the fire had been seen by Miss Phillips, who roused those in the house, and the men quickly rushed out to the horseß. ..Two or three members of the Shortland Brigade, prominent among them being Mr J. West, had by this time arrived with a hose reel, and the flames were quickly extinguished ; indeed only twenty minutes elapsed from the lime the alarm was given till all were at liberty to return to their homes. Some of the G-rahamstown men also promptly turned out, but fortunately their services were not' required. Tiie origin of the fire is a mystery, as it; started in the weatherboards of a small room, which was not used much, and in which only old harness and dddsaud ends were stowed away. Had the firemen been a few minutes later they would have had some difficulty in getting the blaze under, as a quantity of loose straw had just caught when the water was turned on. The damage done wai trifling.

Tskbe was a largo audience in the Police Court this morning, and it was evidently in." sympathetic accord" with the defendants in the assault case brought by " Sergeant " X j Manquais of the Salvation Army against two disturbers of law and or^er, at the door ef their meeting house on Sunday last. When the decision of the Bench was made known, several sympathisers with the defendants undertook to collect the amount of the fine and costs.

The football matches announced to take place to-morrow are exciting considerable interest, and both are likely to be closely contested. -The Te Aroha mon arrive by the Waifcoa about mid-day, and the rc<atch is to bo played in the Parawai Gardens., The Hobaon Club will no doubt come down by the p.b. Anne milbank to-night, and the game will be commenced on the Waio«KarakaFlat at 2 p.m. Tho Te Aroha contest is watched with much evident excitement as it is the first of a Berks whioh decides tho possession of tho vesy handsome cop presented for competition by Mr Ehrenfiied, President of the Thames Club. The local team has been looking forward to the first tusel.e, and should giro a good account of itself to-morrow. The names of a few of last year's first fifteen are absent from the list of players, but still *if " our boys" show up as their previous performances promise, victory should bo theirs.

Thb contractors for the filing in of the ■hpre'.,end of Gfoods Wharf, Messrs Rickitt ancTAshby, will finish their contract, with the exception of the metalling, by to-morrow. The. "work is substantially done, large stones forming batter at each Bide and the seaward end, and is already a great improvement on the planks formerly in US9, while it will be still more serviceable when inotalkd. A strip down the south side has been converted into a footpath, with a kerbing of wood and stone. The effect of the portion filled in has been to cause a strong current to sweep past the outer end, and if the Harbour Board could manage to fill in the remaining portion of the wharf qb | far as the tee-(a distance of about 500 ft.), we I feel Biire thp current which would then flow past the end of the wharf would be strong 1 enough io wash away all silt, if it did not also i deopen the water by carrying away eorae of tho deposit of mud.

We notice by the latest Gazette to hand that the application of Mr E. Blair for per* tniß3:on to construct booms aorosß the Hikutaia river has been granted.

Sib Geobgs Q-ass: addressed the electors of City East cons'itu9ncy last ni^ht in the Theatre Boyal Auckland, whiuh was crowded to excess. Sir George was enthusiastically recived, and the meeting did not close till past eleven o'clock. At the closo of thp addrcoß tho following resolutions i?crp carried; —<alhat this meeting thanks Sir George Grey for his eloquent address, and desires to express its thorough confidence in him as the repweentative of Auckland Eaßt. 1' .-^"That this meeting has undiminished trust in Sir-George Grey as the leader of the Liberal party,"

We vroalii egain remind our readers of the soiree, social, end dance in tbe St. George's Schoolroom, Rolleston street, this evening, in connection with tlio Court Pride of the North Lodge of Foresters. A capital programme has been provided, the Naval Band will play for the dance, and altogether the affair should be very successful.

The N.Z. representative football team played a match against a Wellington fifteen yesterday afternoon. The weather was fine, but the ground was very sloppy. Two spells of 25 minutes each were played, and for the fii'6t the team had the wind in their favor. The "representatives won the frame by two goals to nil. Ten minutes after the first spell Ryan potted a goal. From this until-nearly halftime the game was even, when Boberts co cured a touch. The kick was entrusted to Ryan, who placed 'another goal to the credit of hia side. The second spell was,a hard fought one, but no further score was made. The team left for Sydney at 6 o'clock to-night, and were eßrorted the wharf by members of the various club?.

Wbits at the suit of &Tr George Thorne, junior, against the Commissioner of Insurance wore eerved yesterday morning in Wellington. The exact amount claimed is £1000 for breach of contract, and £409 for commission alleged to be due. Mr E. Shaw, who is acting for plaintiff, has retained the services of Sir Frederick Whitaker, of Auckland, and James Smith, of Dunedin.

Henet Neale, an old identity, died suddenly in Auckland yesterday while walking in his garden.

;Thb Springfield, cbllery, Canterbury, last week finiehed boring operations with the diamond drill. They have put down two bores at the s^me distance for the present,— tbe ebaffc of one to a depth of 300 feet, the other about 650 feet. They passed through four workable seama of coal varying from 3 feet to 5£ feet in thickneas; the lowe3bat 545 feet. The bores ebow that the coal, though not bituminous, is superior to that now worked. The Shag Point Co. have arranged to test their ground with the diamond drill. : A PBEiiiMtNAßY^inquiry wes held in Ddoe■din yesterday in regard to the barque Lantona, jwhich in going into the. harbor on the 14th, •touched.!and received, about £7CD worth of; damage. She was bound from Timaru with grain for Cork, and sought refuge there through stress of weather, as she was making water. Ciptiin Jeffray did not know the port, andit was too rough for the pilot boat lo^gVoufr. The ship stood too much to the c. stward, and never got into tbe channel at all. She struck rather heavily two or thiee times till a heavy wave lifted her into dce-p water. The inquiry stands adjourned.

The nomination of candidates for the position of Borough auditor took plar3 today, when Messrs W. J. B:rlow, D. B. G-ellion, and W. Smith bjcarae candidates for the position, the election will take place off; Monday, the 2nd June. - *•>.!'

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