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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4812, 11 June 1884, Page 2

Ik accordance with (he resolution passed at the luet meeting of the County Council, the Chairman to-day forwarded to Wellington applications for £5000 under the Roads and Bridges Contraction Act, stating that a special rate would be struck in the, Hastings Biding to meet the requirements of the Act t while of the other sums mentioned the Council was willing to pay a fourth of the cost, as provided for by Section 18 of the Act. The Engineer forwarded a memorandum re tho proposed works, and also estimates, plans, and specifications, which showed the proposed allocation ; of the amounts as follows s—Bridges and approaches on Coro» mandel towards Thames road, £169 ; widening same road, £1006; this inoluded all the bridges in 4>h« -Thames County on this line of road, while the proposed'widening of the roid between ~W»iomo and H»»tinj»,

(about three miles) would open the road from the latter place to the Thames for wheeled traffic.—Grahamstown to Ohinemuri road —£1845, for the purpose of metalling about 284 chains of road in the Totara rating district. — Grahamstown to Ohinemuri road—£3so, for the purpose of erecting a bridge (and forming approaches thereto) over the KoinaU Creek, this being only stream Dot bridged on this line of road. —Ohinemuri to Katikati—£los, for erecting a bridge (and forming approaches) across the Tararikei etc ek, this being the only stream unbridgod on the road mentioned.

Mb J. Sheehan, our representative has resolved to go for Auckland City North. He is looking remarkably well, and has donned the blue ribbon. So says the Auckland Star's 11 speoial" in Wellington.

Otis well>known character as a law«abiding community is still being maintained by our Police Court records, "There waß not a solitary infraction of the law to be dealt with to-day within Justitia's halls.

The attention of parties interested is called to the auction sale of Mrs Barty's stock in trade, furniture, &c, at the Prince Imperial Hotel to-morrow..

, At times the despatch used by the Postal authorities n something wonderful. We were to-day Bhown a letter by a resident here dated June 2nd ; the post mark on it was June 6th, and it was delivered at the recipients place of business on the 11th iost. The best of the matter is that the letter was notifying him to attend a meeting on the 10th inst.

The following novel birth notice appeared in a Wellington paper of the 16th instant: -r-' 1 Skinner.—The cry is, " Still they come." On the 10th May, the wife of W. Skinner of a 80U."

A Gentieman residing in Milton, Otago, who has the misfortune to be compelled to contribute a handsome sum yearly to the revenue of the country on .account of Property Tax, submits to the imposition without a murmur. He has a pretty large family, and as the Stale educates them for nothing, he places that as a set-off Bgaiust the Property Tax, and cries quits with tbe State.

In forwarding cheques for—by the wayonly a portion of the overdue Hospital accounts, the Government enquire why tbe Borough and County Councils are represented on the Committee, seeing that they do not contribute to the funds of the institution. Seeing that the public indirectly—by Government funds— support the institution, where they do not directly, it is unreasonable to believe that the members of the local bodies, are less representative men than are those who have been elected under the much abused system, and by the peculiar tactics, adopted during the last two years in electing subscribers' representatives. ,-, ,

The Waikato Times of yesterday says:— Tbe work in connection with the new battery at Waiorongomai has now been commenced. A site has been selected and applied for, and tba levelling for the water race is being pro* ceeded with. The prospect of an early addition to the crushing power on the field gives general satisfaction.

This Wellington Evening Post suggests that betting upon eleotions should be made a penal offence, and asserts that large sums were staked upon the Thorndon and East Coast eleotions.

The Moa Creek G-old Mining Company, Canterbury, has had 26,000 applications for its first issue of 24,000 10s shares.

A Weixingtoit telegram states that there is as yet do Bign of the steamer Albion, which left Sydney for Wellington on the 3rd inst., and it is feared she has broken down. The Captain of the Government steamer Stella, which left for Cape Fare well this morning, has been instructed to keep a watch for her.— A later telegram received to-day cays—"The steamer Albion, eight days out from Sydney, is signalled." The Australasian says that during one year 86,918 frozen sheep and lambs have be on despatched from one port alone of New Zealand (Canterbury) to London. Increased attention is being paid to this product there, and the frozen meat trade promises to be one of the leading industries of the colony very shortly.

The Ngatiraukawa tribe, who are large land* owners in the King country, feel that they have been slighted to some extent in the negotiations for the trig survey, and have addressed the following letter, Übrough their chief, to the principal newspapers of the colony r—" Tututawa, June 3,lßß4.—This is my word, that all the Europeans of the Island may hear it. I am stopping the trig survey of the Government in my district. I have already written to Bryce :he has not replied. I will not allow my-district to come under Wahanui's jurisdiction, as neither I nor my people signed bis petition. Although we all heard Bryce's word at the beginning, to the effect that we should have the control over our lands, and that the law for us should be the same as for the Europeans, the Government are now making a new law about cur lands, and are taking the "sole control and the sole disposal into their own hands. We cannot understand this action of the Government.—Na Whiti Potato, from all Kgflrtiraukawas."

-The Lyttelton Borough Council will instruct its solicitor to defend the Council against the loss of the license of the British Hotel, which is the property of s the Borough.

The family of the late Robert Heaton Rhodes intend to build and endow a Con* valescent Home, near Christdtiurch, and to expend £10,000 in the building and partial endowment to provide for religious ministration to tbe sick in the hospitals, inmates of gaols and asylums, and for religious teaching of orphans or destitute children, whether in State institutions or those of the Church. It is stated that under the Deceased Persons Estate Duties Act, 1881, the Rhodes estate pays to Government £30,000 in duty.

A cam. of 6d per share, payable on July 9th,.has bsen made by the directors of the Thames Golden Ceowa Qt.M, Co.

The barque Night Hawk, now in Dunedin, will take 15G horses to India for military purposes. They have Veen purchased by Mr Cavanagh, who will continue the trade if this venture is satisfactory.

1 The water supply from Wainuiomata having now reached Wellington, a test was made yesterday as to its force. Sixteen jets were playing at one time, and the Water thrown over the highest buildings.

The pews in the Brooklyn Tabernacle, of which Dr Talmage is paator, were reuted in the end of January. The rentals amounted to £3470, and the premiums for choice of pews to £648, an advance on the previous year of about £600. The total income for the past year was £5234 10s, of which £2400 was for the pastor's salary, and £152 10s for donations.

A Latjt's Wish.—'• Oh, how Ido wish my .skin was as clear and soft as youra ! " said I laiy to a friend. "You can easily make it! so," answered the friend. " How? " inquired' the first lady. "By using Hop Sitters, that makes pure, rich blood and blooming health. It did it for me, as you observe" Read

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