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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4830, 2 July 1884, Page 2

Ths talented Professor Andewon, "The" of tbe North," with Mrs Anderson, will make a first appearance in" the Academy of Music in a series of incomprebmilfte mar* ▼cli tliis evening. Tbe opinions of tbe Press I in the many^ places visited by the Professor | are highly eulogiousj md in bis entertainment Thames.people are promised a treat of more I than an ordinary kind. . s >. Shopid tbe Governor be absent from New Zetland over a month, Mr Justice Johnston, Acting Gfaiei Justice, will afao perform the I duties. oWLctiog" Governor. The Governor gave a bill last evening in .Wellington iv honor -of Her Majesty*! 1

Thk County Council has received the fol. lowing telegram from Messrs Heskelh and EicKmond in connection with that body's power to sue the Government for jfoldfields revenue, due to it regarding the Ohinenrari goldfield :—" Be Thames Count/, this matter' has received our^ best, attention from the moment it was received ; the questions involved, are very large and important. Our present views are—(l.),. That it does not come under the Crown Suits Act; (2.) That the obtaining of warrant and certificate men* tioned in section* 40 and 41 Public Revenues Act, 1878, are not conditions precedent to,, creating the duty to pay ; (3.) That as the officer to pay is the Colonial Treasurer, and as' he is a political officer, and recognised by statute as a responsible* Minister of the Crown, and one of tho Governor's advisers, respon sible only to Parliament, he cannot 'be man-damus-ed to pay ; and (4). The remedy, such as it is, is, by petition to House. We will give our views fully to-morrow." A telegram from the County Chairman to the effect that as there appeared to be no^legal remedy against the Government, the matter should'be amicably settled or referred to arbitration, met with a reply from the Premier that the question. could not be dealt with until after the election of the new Parliament.

A meeting of the friends, and supporters of Mr W. J. Speightjs called, for this evening at eight o'olocV, at the Masonic Hall, Queen street. • '< Wb would again remind our readers' of the' entertoinmei.t, " The Christian Martyrs " in the Shortland Wesleyan Schoolroom this evening. Owing to.the non-arrival of the District Court Judge, the sitting in Bankruptcy/ adjourned till this morning, waa further postponecU until to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. * - ;

" The only business done in the sharemarket to-day was in the Rocky Points, which changed hands at 2s. Last night Imperials were cold at 14b and 14s 6d, with sellers, at 14s 6d ; New Finds were sold at 9«, and Bright Smileß were offered at 9d. : >.- ■'■•■f.~-." ■■■; ■;■■■'.. : ~ ■' •■■•••■■•.•■■

The Bey. T. Adams, fo^tho past 18.months pastor of the Congregational Church here, left by the Enterprise last night for Auckland. Afc the close of .the cburcH service earlier in the erening, Mr D. Miller, on behalf of the members, presented him with an address, expressing thankfulness for. the results of his labors, and wishing him-and Mrs Adams spiritual and temporal success in tlieir.new sphere of labor. The address was very tastefully illuminated, by Mr Jas. Patterson, and was neatly? framed. *The : rey. gentleman thanked the members for the address and their good wishes, mentioning that on the evening previous he had received from the attendants of bis Monday meeting an album many of their photos. ' ' ; * THE Hospital Dispenser acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a parcel of four dozen, books from the Shortland Fire Brigade library. .'"■ •* '::■;■ ■ -... ■: --. .-.' - : .. . ■

The regular meeting of the Harbor Board was held yesterday afternoon; Present—Messrs Fraser, Bagnall, Bull, Murdoch, Price, Bead, and Wilson. The Under-Secretary for Public Works wrote stating that the Government would only take 5 perches of land at Shetland Wharf for. railway purposes, as the bulk of the land required is owned by the Borough. The quantity required had been; •greed.upon between the Board-and Sir F. • Wbitaker in 1881, when nothing was Baid aY" to the reclamtion behind the wharf. The Government pu; posed revesting in the Board the lasd taken in excess of the area required, and this.would dispose of the compensation claims. The: Board's solicitor did nofc;coDV j eideii-.thereJw^ia-tmyfcliinfj nerrrof'twiiiclirltrwa^ necessary that notice, should be taken.—-Mr Bead thought the letter was more favorable than any hitherto received, though not going in the direction desired by the Board.—The Secretary said the Government had takenmore land than was specified in the agreement made with Sir. F. Wbitaker.—It was decided

to reply that the matter was in the hands of th"c 'Board's solicitor, and proceedings were now being taken, as the letter does not cover the concessions demanded by the Board.—Mr Gillespie wrote in reference to the offices and sheds ereoted;by him at theShortland Wharf;, on lard leased from the Board which had been taken by Government for railway, purposes. Mr Macffarlane had, on bebalf of Government, aßßessed the compensation to be paid to him at £125, which he had, agreed to accept, this amount being understood to include £50 which would be due to the Board for two years of lease remaining.—On the Board preferring a claim for compensation/, for loss of land,' Mr Macffarlane ignored the previous arrangement, and allowed him only £75, informing him that bo should look to Ihe Board to dieallovr the rent, He now requested that this should be done.—fMr Dean said he had not included the value, of the rent in the claim of compensation, having been advised that the tenants should make a direct claim iiponQoTernment.rr-It wa'sreEolredttat a copyjsjf tbeietter. be for* warded to Government, certifying that the statements contained in it were true, and that the Board intended enforcing its claim for rent •gainst;Mr Gille'sjjie.->—The Harbormaster's report, as published by us yesterday, was re« ceived, and the usual; accounts passed for payment. ■;■ ,;- '■"/, •'■•"■:■ : •-"'.■ ■ :, ■'■ ■ ■■" ' ■ ■:

- The Government hare received information by the 'Frisco i roail> "to the effeo;. that the Amerio m Congress hSs passed a bill granting assistance to various steam services, including the San Francisco mail service ; but that the; vote will not take effect until the.end of April next. To wjiafc amount it is decided to subsidise the San Francisoo: mail, service is not definitely known ; but it is belitfred to be of a Bubstantj'ai nature. •'--•'v '^■■- ' ■'.'-■•./'''•'•'. ' •'•. : At yesterdays sitting of the Supreme Court' in Auckland j f , in reffrrjnjf .to v .the^H:ikuta{a ejectment case Sis Honor intimated that the indictment in the ease had been quashed by the Court of Appeal, ' npon the legal point which he had reserved for its consideration.: The "money deposited in Court would therefore be returned. : ..'■ :'v ;'.";'"'>^. ::' l \

Tick mm of £2500 was paid into the Wellington Corporation account on Monday as yearly revenno derivable from Hot* 1 licenses within that city. : At a meeting of the Christchurch Chambpr of Oommerce it was resolved that a banquet should be given to Mr Coster and the directors of the Now Zealand Shipping' Go., in recognition of tbe great ralue to this colony of the direct steam service! ' The Waharapa's second excursion to the South Sea Islands is to be commenced next week. She returns to Auckland from Russell about Friday, and sails for Fiji on Monday. The programme of the excursion will be the saint at that drawn up for the trip just concluded. Quits a number of petty larcenies have been reported lately, chiefly in town, but the mania a) pears to be spreading to the country districts. A mean theft was perpetrated last night at Mr Sincock's orchard at Parawai,' wbeu nine trees out"of a lot which had only just arrived, and which had not all been planted out, w. re taken away. Mr Sincook, in another column, offers a reward to anyone who will give evidence to she*t homo tbe offence, and we have no doubt that if the tbrrei ik »ny of tbe cases which h^r* oe«

iCurred lately wembrougljit'toju|Jtice,tho>'.»Tbuld -getfa\!eßflon*.which^;'wqu]d^ac^''aß>;dett^rrent' Id atherai committing^e sanoe crinae. ; We wereSialßo inforffiißd-Ih^t; a door in tli^Borpugb: Ghambera was forcea'open list s ß!ghb. ~ L :

\ ,The p.Bi Anne Milbauk leaves for Auckland via Cabbage Bay this eVeniDg at 12o'clock. I

%■%. Scandinavian who had succumbed to the potency, of Thames liquor acpeared before the Bench thiß morning, and after reepoading to a charge of inebriety witbjH Veil; I dinke I Vbjs/ Iwasordered-tocontribute:pss^and -cogts to the coffers of '(.he State, or ub a"v alternatife, [ondergp imprieoainenfc until the^riaibg of the?; "Court.T '■ *■*;■ ' '.'■^■■"'■.v;i:^> ■■'■ :"iSfXv- "', ■■ -'.^^i }; rAN AlAßi6Tfiß Box^YouDg girls finding their.; complexibn growing-,- sallow,; and • their - skin becoaiiDg rough or freokly, resort to 'perfumed ointments'for a restoration of their bloom. ; i; All euefr shojild, use rflop Bitfcersi which wilj'frestore bloom to qjii eka^ whiteneii and beauty to their complexion, miking rich., blood,:g6od*uißalthV and happy BmilesY "Read Swem9'; :«':^bTjaH^. :Oobkb,"—Ast for Well*? •' Rough ;on Oorne^ Quicks riiilivf ■■; complete, permanent cure.'- Corns, Vwarts^ bunioris-r-Moses, Moßß^and 'j. Co., SydniS^' G-eneral Agentß. ■'•;'. '''^.':\ ••. '■■.... ■'■■'/'££■■?<' - :