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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4856, 2 August 1884, Page 2

Capt. Edwin- telegraphed this afternoou as follows:—" Indications further rise glass, and Very cold or frosty night." A slight mishap occurred to the pump* ing machinery of the Moanatairi Extended GhM. Co. yesterday. The bmket (owing to a portion of it breaking) j imbed in the* barrel, and the strain broke the rod. It was repaired, and everthing was working smoothly to-day.' , ■ | The STavals to-day fired the third of the aeries of eight matches for the prizes lately presented to the company. The ranges were ■200, 400, and 500 yds, 7 shots at each, and the highest scorers in the morning squad were :-— Weir (Ist class), 80; Gill (Ist class), 76; Johns (Ist class), 67 ; ?jough(2nd class), 65 ; Kelly (3rd class), 51; Allen (3rd class), 39. Afternoon : Floyd (Ist class), 81 ; Brownlow (Ist class), 59. : Thbbb was a large attendance on the WaioKaraka Flat this afternoon to see the. football match Victoria (North Shore) t. Shortland. At 3.45 the score stood—Victoria: 1 touch, (secured by Binney), and converted into a goal by Sibbin; Shortland: nil. The fruit season this year promises to be an early one. The almond trees are in leaf, and some peach trees along Tararu road have already burst into bloom. ' The County Council Committee (Messrs Brodie and Bagnall) appointed to deal with the deputations re Otunui and Karangahake maters, mentioned in last night's issue, hare recommended that in the case of the New Eureka application re the road, the 'Council's financial position will not warrant them in granting the £50 asked for, but the whole of the gold duty from the district, and a portion of the rerenue from new leases (the amount to be decided by the Council) will be granted them for 12 months, on condition that the whole of the money so granted is spent on j the roads in the district. The Karangahake deputation asked for a portion of the gold duty as a subsidy for a tramway from the Sir Walter Scott mine to the battery, the cost of which would be between £200 and £300. In this case the Committee took the Government polioy as their basis, and recommended that goldfields revenue to the extent of two* thirds of the coat of the tramway be allowed to the company, the tramway to be open to the use of other mines at a tariff approved of by tbe Council. The works in both instances are to be carried out in a manner approved by the Council's Engineer. Tbe committee have treated both deputations in a liberal spirit, and the companies-*'should lose no time in getting the works in band;' At the Oddfellow's Hall, Shortland Mr E. H. Taylor will lecture to-morrow evening on 11 Sudden Conversion 1" „'■'■ One of the 9-inch domestic water supply mains opposita St. George's Hall, Pollen street, burst at 8 o'clock last night, tearing up the ground and flooding the road. The water was, however, quickly turned off, and the damaged pipe was replaced by a gooi one this mornitig. Judge Wicxiams, who has been holding a native Land Court at Shortland during the past two or three weeks, finished taking evidence (which was very voluminous) in the great Eomata block case on Tuesday last, and gave judgment this morning. The block consists of 21,000 acres, of which 6000 are awarded to Mrs Nioholl; 10,000 to the well known chief Tukakino, and the remaining 5000 are apportioned among BawiriTaiparalu, Hamiora Mangakahia, and others. The Shag Point Coal Co., Otago, who had to close their mine, have by means of the diamond drill succeeded in striking what seems an excellent seam. ' A xeleoeam from Obristchuroh yesterday sajs :—A dressmaker employed in one of the largest drapery establishments in town has been driven out of her senses by religious hysteria,! aggravated by Salration'services, at which she was an enthusiastic attender. The break-up of her reason was sudden, and manifested itself in a form which wan likely to lead to much unpleasantness had not restraint been immediately enforoed. The unfortunate girl is now an inmate of Sunnyside. Her affliction is so violent that she has to be placed in a padded room. The tender for the erection of the railway station buildings at Auckland was signed on Thursday, and the work will be commenced as coon as possible. The amount of the tender is £12,165 Is 7d. . The police searched the Rotomahana at BusielJ, but failed to find Anderson, the levanter from Auckland. There is little doubt he is on board, as just before the steamer left the Auckland wharf, Anderson was on board and offered one of the stewards a sovereign to secrete him. The .steward declined. In the present state of the law Anderson cannot be arrested at Sydney. ■ Iff order to improve the status of the frozen meat industry in New Zealand, .the directors of the Canterbury Frozen SCeat and Dairy Produce Export Company nave invited delegates from the- other freezing companies pf the colony to confer with them on various matters affecting the trade. The conference will be held in ChrUtchurch on Friday next. The Customs duties collected at the four centres of New Zealand last month were as follows:—Auckland, £28,406 Os Id; Wellington, £22,665 8s; Christchurch, £20,183 13s sd; Duoedin, £37,976 14s sd. In each of these four towns the amount is largely in exoess of tbe previous month, being between • £5000 and £6000 at Auckland, Ohristcburcb, and Wellington ; and at Dunedin there is an improvement of over £8000. The beer duty returns are also favorable, that paid lant month being £4092 19s 3d, for June it Was £362810s Bd, and for July, 1883,.£8998 16 lid. The imports for the, June quarter amount to £1,604,009, aguinst.' £1,757,196 for the corresponding quarter of last year, and the exports for the same periods were £1,607,835 and £1,846,049 respectively. A cottage in the Waiotahi creek district, near the school, and belonging to Mr J. Eennick," had a narrow escape from destruo-i tion by fire yesterday afternoon. A fire had been lighted to dry the rooms, and some embers ignited the flooring / boards. ' A neighbor named Mrs-McEnteer first noticed the fire and the alarm, Messrs Hilton, Kerr, and others (engaged at the Moanatairi Extended) and a son of Mr Brodie extinguish* ing the flames before much damage had been done. .';• -vv/:- .;;.-.;■'•■:- •' A lively meeting of creditors in the, estate of Messrs Moore and Townsherid was held in Auckland yesterda/. A resolution to proieoute the bankrupts for frauduleney was proposed, but their solicitor^ Mr Hughes, produoed a number of proxies which swamped the pro*

last meeting of tho Piako County Council f,h» inanagemenfc of the tramway was under dwousiion, and it was resolved—"That the Government be requested to instruck tK6 District Engineer to report on the tramway and its working." f^;;^ic6Hbwoy.'FATui*i.--The chrom'o deb»ncbee feels that h» cannot exist without bis alcoholic *timulatioo, To quit drinking or to continue the habit brings de<ith all the sane. tJuoh a man can find in Hop Bitters properly used, a perfect panacea for the drunkard's cure. Read .' h :■■"'.■