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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4871, 20 August 1884, Page 2

Tot following weather forecast wag received j at noon to»d»y from Oapt. Edwin:—" Watch barometer; bad weather approaching between north*CJßtand north and west. Gloss fall again toon, with heavy rain, and' remarkable high tides after next bjgh water, and but Jittlo fall of tide since the last." „ The newly-formed Thames Parliamentary Union will be formally opened to-morrow night; in the Shortland Public Hall, when- the Governor's speech will be delivered, and will form the subject of debate. Great interest is being, taken in the Union, and the available seats are rapidly filling, so that those who wish to taVe part should without fail be present to-morrow night. Tenders for. sinking the Moanatairi Ex* tended shaft and driving in the New Manukan will be received by the" respective managers to-morrow afternoon. Ms J. W. WAI/Kiß, better known as •'Long Drive Walker," who hna- for many years bepn a resident of the Thames, and well-known as the manager of the Long Drive, Kuranui Hill, and other mines, leaves by the Rotomabana this evening, en route for Eeefton, where - he will take charge of the Golden' Fleece mine. The T.'iames is about to lose another of her citizens in the person of Mr J. B. West, manager of Banks and Co.'s sale ynrds and slaughterhouse, Parawai With his family he leaves . here shortly- for Auckland, thereto take charge of the Nevr Zealand Freezing Company's works. . Wb would remind our readers of the lecture in the Shortland Wesleyan Church this .evening on " Some noted Yorkshire preachers I hare known," by Mr Jas. Wood, publisher of the New Zealand Wesley an. Wa regret to learn that the injuries received by the child Algie, accidentally burnt a fortnight ago, have resulted fatally, the little one expiring at about/five o'clock last evening. * It was at first expected that she would rgoover, but the gradually became weaker. The funeral took place this afternoon. Mb F. Last, surgeon dentist, of Auckland, notifies elsewhere that he may be consulted at Mr H»H'» op Thursday »nd Friday.,

A call of 3d per share has been made in' the New Eureka G.M. Co., Ofonui. This course is rendered necessary by the fact that quart? cannot be carted to the battery, owing to the bad state of the road, and the directors 'had either to make a call or elae stop work. The County Council have spent a consider* able amount on the road, but it> is still in an impacaable state for the traffic required to -keep the battery going. Considering the large amount of work done on this portion of the field in prospecting, and the long time quartz has been ready for crushing, the district hardly appears to have had full justice done to it- in the matter of granting a means of transit of quarts: ttf the mill.

The man Wallen, brought to the Hospital from the Hihi bush yesterday, suffering from injuries received by being crushed between two logs, seems to be progressing favorably. From what we can learn there is every chance of. bis recovery.

Thb Choral Society have for some time past had in rehearsal portions of Sullivan's opera, " Trial by Jury," and were intending to produce it shortly, but we now learn that in consequence of the demand of Mr E. T. Gillon (agent for the Copyright Society) for £4 4?, it is very donbtful whether the piece will be produced. A meeting of the Society was held last night, but a definite decision was not come to.

Thb brigantine Lapwing from Rockhampton, Queensland, arrived in the Harbor yesterday morning, and her mastor, being on* " exempt" in regard to pilotage," she proceeded op the river to load timber for Australia. Owing to the vessel coming from an' Australian port, the Collector of Customs today obtained the attendance of Dr Callan to examine the vessel and crew, and, in pursuance of suoh object, both proceeded up the river J&s afternoon. A , These was no appearance of a transgressor within the almost—becoming—sacred pre* cincts of the Police Ceurt thia morning. Our community is gradually becoming a model one. „

Mia Q-i W. Bum., Karaka Creek, is.about to introduce the electric'light for the purpose of illuminating his battery and prifate residence. The necessary appliances hare been ordered, and the Jpow<sr : ; will'^be supplied by a small Pelton water wheel. ■;; ; ; '.:•.".-.;

A pew days ago the Roman Catholic Church at Geruldine was broken ppen, and the sacred vessels, all of silver, we're stolen.

Tbe Waiorongomai jbattery .« stopped:for want of quartz, and the line will probably not be open again for orer a week:in consequence of slips. In Te Arbhar the riVer overflowed its bank«,.and ; weiijb;up into the streets of the town, doibg 'considerable damage, bat it has now subsided. The flood was higher than thsibig floodjinJlßrs; " .;•/}•.; '■ ■..: v " '■ : ; . ■ ■'A'■'": JTAK; named^ Michael aHaydon^; who attempted to poison himseif in Auckland on' Monday night with •" Eough. on .Bate," is recoirering, ■■■;■ I''^-''^\\:-':-.''■'.:. '■ ■ -;';- "

An inquiry has been held into the recent railway accident on the Hutt line, with the result that the porter, whose'duty it was to look after the points, has been dismissed.

Thb Tongariro's actual steaming lime on the trip to Port Chalmers, wai 42 duy« 41 minutes. She brings 190 passengers of all classes. One death occurred, thai of Mrs Moll wraith, aged 76, of bronchitis.

Mb Thomas Bracken, while en route for Wellington, received and accepted an offer to make a tour of the West Coast for the purpose of writing a series of articles descriptive of the scenery of tkat part of the colony. He has started overland for Wakatipu, and will visib the principal places of interest on the coast before settling down in Wellington.

Ire town of Gisborne was lit with gas on Monday night last for the first lime. The Gas Company's directors entertained about forty gentlemen, representatives of the provisional, mercantile, Civil service, and local bodies. Mr Atkinson, of Auckland, Consulting Engineer ; Mr Hawley, Local Manager and Engineer ; and Mr Pirsse, Secretary, carried out their duties in a satisfactory manner. The capital of the company is £10, 000. Great confidence was expressed by all the speakers in the future prosperity of the town and country.

An editor is a man who is liable to grammatical blunders; toothache, typographical errors and lapses of memory, and usually he has ninety-seven thousand people watching to catch him tripping. He is a man of sorrow, acquainted with grief and poverty, and frequently liable to go ragged, hungry, and dry for a very long period. And yet the world is almost full of people who want to be editors !

London news to July 4 states that" Tn whiao is acquiring the habits of civilisation with remarkable rapidity. A few days ago His Majesty " did " the British Museum in a quarter of an hour, which is Tally five minutes less than the average British citizen is accustomed to devote to tn exhaustive survey and inspection of the wondera of that vast collection. His visit to the reading-room nlone was sufficient to stamp him as one of ourselves; he just glanced inside and then came out again. TJje only place where the naturo of the noble savage assorted itsely was in the mummy room. Here King Tawhiao was fairly frightened. He clung to the arm of the attendant, and almost screamed as he was being led past these ghastly relics of antique humanity. When he had got safely through the room he expresind a desire to quit the building immediately." . Th 3 Premier of Tetsmania'laid on the fcab'e of the Assembly lately a return showing the amount of money expended by the lin migration Board, together with the number of immigrants brought to the colony. The Board have received altogether £31,199. being the voted by Parliament;, and £1199 realised from the sole of bounty tickets, whilst £19,022 haa been expended to date, leaving a credit balance to the Board—including £2,900 of debentures unsold—of £15,077. The avernge cost of our immigrants has been for statute adults abonfc £15 10s per head, the number-'of immigrants procured tor; :-the^ outlay having been 840 males, - 293; females, and 435 i children,- the stated number of adults being 826.; The cost of the present staff of fhe Immigration Board in England is .-£1,400 and in Tasmanift £278—Tasmanian^News. ■ : ;:■>';• '■ :'i:}■- ":--

Dbttverk Stotf. —H«w many children and women are slowly but surely dyipg, or rather beipg killed, by excessivo doctoring, or the diily we of some drug, or drunken stuff called medicine, that no one knows what it is made of, who can easily be cured and saved by Hop Bitters, which is so pure, simple, and harnVcss that the most frail woman, weakest inralid, or smallest child can trust in it. See