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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4867, 15 August 1884, Page 2

•■"-'■'•'''■'■■ • -'■••■' ' "-■-''■■■ '■'■-• - ■ . -it- '■'' Oint'bf thepuppet', lejr.B -at the ; Bijj Pump] shaft was hoisted into poßijion thi« ofternoon Thei wmding rope breakinf ■ jMterdujr bai thrown tnore itrain on to the tingle rope, and the old legs being decidedly shaky, the manager is diffident about carrying on winding operations till the wont spar it replaced by a good one. Vxfbbs GeHien and Co. sold at auction today the.house, furniture, and efferts of the late Bjbt. Adams. There was n good attendance of the' public, and Terj satisfactory prices were obtained. A xgeisxbt of Irish town, named Mrs Bougban, widow of a man who died some 18 months ago from injuries weired from a powder explosion in the Karaka mine cauaed tone uneasiness among her neighbors last erening by her eccentric bebariowr. Her mind has recently been unsettled, and yesterday she started off for the hills. As she did not return at night a search party was org anised," and she wr* erentually found in the titree scrub near the Collarbone creek. Steps will probably ba ta^en to hate her placed under proper control in future.

A POM. will be taken on Friday next by Mjr Kirkpatrick,lteturning Officer, of the qualified electors of St. George's Church congregation for the election of t..0 representatives to the Diocesan Synod shordy to be held in Auckland. Messrs .Speight (late representative), Luib, tod Wil^wao are the candidate*.

Thj? usual fortnightly:"meeliag: of the/ Borough^'CoaneiJ|. v '.'^hich:;.Bhonld;;lHive-' been held last night, lapsed for want of a quorum, only Crs Carpenter, Home, Mennie, McAndrew, and Speight .being in attendance. The report of the Works Committee stated that authority-^ had been given for several small works.:| v.ftiyr expenditure on the Eocky Point road could;notbe recommended till);the dry weather, set in.: ' ~ • -.? .■•. .•-..■-.': •»*'."'"'V, :-*~ ■■■'

The 'medical officer to the local Board of Health (Dr Payne) has written to the Borough Council, calling attention to the defective draina.o "in many pn:ts of the town, and suggesting that he should be authorised to visit such premises ns ovo not properly drained, either by himself or with : tfee regular jnspec' tor. The matter will como rp at the next meeting of the Council.

We would remind those of our readers who take an interest in matters, political of the meeting in the. Sbqrtland Public Hall this evening to form a" Parliamentary Union," or mimic Parliament. Similar associations hare been successfully formed in Ibther "portions of" the colony, and should the proposal be carried out here it should be productive of consider* able entertainment, while it will also giro our; aspirants for political fame an opportunity of displj&ing their latent debating talent. Thk Her. S. J. Neill will deliver in the

Presbyterian Church this evening . the sixth lecture, ,o/; the series on••• The Great Religions; «( thY Wofld.^' The subject taken this eTen-ing-will be " The Religions of Persia, fiabylonis, l|nd Chins," and the leeturo will, we feel sure,jprove. very interesting, so that, notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the weather we hope to see a good attendance.

ATiaimefctirg of shareholders in the New North Devon licensed holding, held last evening (Mir J. Muir in the Ch«?r) the Secretary (Mr G. Hurcourt) wai authorised to make a call of- £5 per share, and a portion of the. holding was let on tribute at 15 per cent.: ;' "■'■ ": '■•'•■•■••-.■' ■ ."- ' ■

The members of the Associated Football Clubs to take purl in the match to be played to-morrow on the Wnio-Karaka Flat agoinst the first fifteen by the next twenty were* selected laet night. They arc as follows: —Anderson, Aperahamo, Douglas, Heriral (2) Hondereon, Eindman, Irwin, Lowe, Murray t H. Kae, O'oullivan, A. Thomas, Tregonaing, and Watene ; emergencies, Cleave, Inglis, and Taylor; Should the team "roll rip" in its entirety and thcL emergencies not be required, they will be selected in the opposing list, which . will te selected from the following :~Dufty, O'Brien, Otter, McCoUum, McLaughlin, Brpwnlce, Bucban, AUct (2), J. Pnteraon, Tupara, Koto, Waka, £mitb, White, Berrimari, Newdick, JThooias, MoNeill, Clark, Weir, and Ilauds,

; 'DamjliT Beabbon was fined fire shillings, or, in de'aulty ordered to be imprisoned till the rising of the Court on a charge of being drunk, and on the application of his wife a prohibition order was granted against him for the ensuing 12 months. Mr Kehrick, E.M., was on the Bunch. ; "

Thr Bay of.-Plenty Times of! Tuesday .— " Recent arrivals, from the Tuhua country speak of attempts made to force an entry iuto that forbidden ground. It is stated that there | are' two or three distinct parties at present exploring the district, and their friends -v.BJie.alt very Lopefully as to the results. The friends of Ith c "explorers have reason to hope that, whatever i-arvy aseHmeij the reins of GoVernment, eveiy facilitj will •be afforded to profecu'e an undisturbed and regularly organised :pro?pec! for gold. There seems to be little doubt left that at a not very distant date that conntry will open out as an important mini g locality."

Capt. llaultain (son of the late well-known Col. Haultain), who commands the ketch Be* liance, trading from Whangarei to this port with coal, is a regular "sea-dog." It is not so long ago that he was knocked orerboard at night, and had "a hard' swim for it to shorn, uni now he" has sailed for Auckand with only a dog for a componiop. It appears that the vessel (which is a large ketch of orer 60 tons burden) was ready for sea ye*terd«y.i-morning* ;and ' the '■'■ skipper was

anxious "to get away; but bis mejii Tirera a-hore and did not seem inclined .to^ieaTe it in a hurry. The cijptain then hauledihe boat eff into ihe firth, and as hie men did not '•nowup last; evening be cleared.away without them.; It was reported to day that he bad run aground at the sand-pit, but this is npt likely, as the wind was light and fovororable, and the Reliance will no doubt turn up in

Auckland all right. .;'' A shbs'* writes.as follows to tbo Editor : —" I liotiea ttiat Dr Payne bus app'ied to the Borough Council: to be appointed Sub* Inspector .of Nuisances; I suppose it mrans

a few more pounds out of thepublic potket, and the. gratification of personal spite ore >aton> ally. ' Let tiSo' present Inspector do his duty withdufef<*'af <$r favour. There is no necessity for an aseutant at present."

A QT/ABATrriNED Wnihora passenger wrote from Motuihi to our Auckland contemporary. sn'Wednisdajh-T-'? We; expect, to^be'let locsof -.on.; Saturday,"and are not sorry at the proiipflr't^dthoughi we cannot complain. Plenty' of fun—fishing, biithing, shooting, football, concerts,: dancing and games a&ltb. ;have been freely 1 :inanlgedin^}V: We are, well looked after, by Captain. fEdie "and his stuff of sfewards. The ship hai beett.stripped of her fittings, "hrdiing, &c., to conduce to our oamfortj.'-;. It is proposed; to present a testimonial, in the form of an address, to C.ptain Idte, aod signed by all the passengers."

Thk machinery and works of the Hew Zealand Bcfrigqra ing; Co.» *t Burn side, Otigo, are now being heavily taxed, as the company intend to send from eight to nine tbousnnd carcases by'-the ;■ Tongiriro about the 25th instant; and are also sending or>r five tho'us and frozen :;sh'cejp by the*-' Florida early.next montlt. ' company's new buildings at O>>n~iaru are pearlr fi itshefl, and it ii auticipated that before the Ellerslie arirej everything will: he" in suffic'ent order for them to carry out ibeir contract iwitli Mr Beid of ki'ling tbe= ehepp that are to be frozen on board, j»ri3 sent homeby: tho Ellerslie. Over 88,Opo'carca8es -have been shipped from Port Chalmers rince the beginning of tbe present year.

Pbtjkkrn Stcot. —How many children and women are slowly but surely dying, or rather being ki led, by excessive doctoring, or the daily u*e of some drug or drunken stuff called medicine, that no one knows what it is made of, who can #arlj be cured and saved by Hop Bitters, which'is so pure, simple, and harm'eas that the most frail woman, wenkea ■ invalid, or smallest child can trust in it. See WeXM' "BOCGH OS OOBOT."—A»k for Wells' V Bough on Corns." Quick relief, complete permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, Mots and .Co., Sjdney, General Agents,

A DttKbdiit telegram of yesterday says . —The ca*e at the Supreme C6art, in which? Mr Stout is engaged, did .not finish last night, bist he did not remainVrlJe made strong, endeavors to get the Court_to sit till midnight, and stated how important hit presence was in Wellington * as the Ministry could not? be' sworn in without him, but the other.side'ob« looted; to go on wi'h the case. Mr Stout'left by special train for Timaru last night, : and fnencp by ordinary train this morning to Gnristchurch. ■ i

This is hoyr^he Rangiors, Standard of Saturday last announces the advent to power of Sir J. Voßel:—" Saitation—Sir Julius Vogel sent for. Hurrah!"

The folio win 2 singular marriage notice appeared in the Wellington p \peti -—"Strike —Dixon.—About two weeks ago, Georgo A. Strike to Miss A. Dlxon, both of Wellington." The exact date is evidently a mattnr of slight importancp. But then the honeymoon is not over : yet. Aj ' both have been. reared in' the soda water business it is only natural that we should expect something striking.—Ex. , ■

Thei mining companies registered in West* port under " Tho Mining Companies Act, 1872," number 11,. with nominsl cjpital of £320 000, and;;paid up capital,£l3l,ssß. Lyell hagi.2O companies -and.Inangabua-72.■< The totali''"for the;colonyj»re--under Mining O6tfioanii!s'"'rAc£'.';Qf:;';iß7"2 l -i';;2Oi; underthe Limited Liability Act of 1865; 24; under the Joint Stock; Act, 5. - .■'.".. "}...■ '■' ■ ■;■■'■[[._■ ■■ ■ j^v};}

Mb Xj- W. D. Tbvine has'bcejuappoint^d Inspeotor .'(•( Agents of the" Q;6yertfmißpt Insurance Department; and Mrß, 0. Kirk-re*' vising barrister udder the Friendly -Societies' Act. ■ ' \ . V ;>^-:' ■ .■.•••- :

PBOC3SDINGS are beiog instituted in Auct* land by Mrs Josehphine Anne Gibbons for the purpose of obtaining a judicial separation from ber husband, Ebenrzer Gibbons-, timber Onehunga. Th« p«inoipal:reVlqon allegfd for the action is continued crußlly on the prt of tlte rrspondent; one other assigned cause being that her husband "had installed n female servant in ber place in ithe household. The respondent denies all' his wife's allegations, and opposes her sui k.

W» take tho following from the Taranaki News :—<" The Wat ganui Chronicle 8 iy« it can remember more than one successful jour nal in New Zealand .to which the Public Worl<« policy proved the death knell.' This i 8 trae in 01 c reepecb, but it wbb flimplv be- ' ause the writers for them so disgusted the public by their violent, opposition to the railway policy that all support wm withdrawn. Notable among the papers which disappeared at that time was the Nelson Examiner, once a well written and ably conducted newspaper, but owing to the vindicative articles against S'r Julius Vcgel and Ij'b" policy which appeared in its columns, and its continuous opposition to: the progress'■'•pe'isy, it lost the confidence of the Nelson public, and at last cctsed to appear.. We shouM be eorry to see history repeat itself with regard to our contemporary the Chronicle, but we would adtise its editor to take a lrsson frotn the past, «rid be wary, of allowing personal attacks on an able gentleman to be continually appearing in its columns, simply because he may not ftpprove of his political views ; for ho should remember that Nemesis in the shape of tho public can'sometimes be very cruel 10 those who wrongfully attack a man's private character." The Chronicle is not the only colonial paper which may well tale warning by the •bore. -; : .i ■■•■.- • •" ' .■■•■' ■;: ■ . :..-. .•■-... •■■."■