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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4922, 18 October 1884, Page 2

T. L. Mttbbay, Esq., J.P., occupied the Bench iv the Police Court this morning, and entered up a record of fire shillings and costs, or. imprisonment till the rising of the Court, in the case of an over-enthusiastic worshipper at the shrine of the rosy god.

At the Academy of Music Jast night, the Willmott Company reproduced the great drama of " Retribution." There was a fair house, and those present were evideutly well pleased with the manner in which the piece was preeented, ospecisl applause being given to Miss Lawrence and Messrs Rede, vVilkineon, Balfe, and Siinmonds. To-night the drama of " Queen's Evidence," with new scenerj and effects, ia announced, and oi Monday (which will bo the company's last appearance here, as they are announced to open in New Plymouth next week) a drama adaptation of that widfly known and thoroughly appreciated work, " Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be staged, and will be followed by a plain and fancy dress ball. It is likewise announced that fancy dresses can be obtained from Mr F. Simtnonda.-

The following proclamation appears in a G-ezatte issued on Thursday night: —" The importation, of the following goods into New Zealand ia prohibited: Apples and pears in any way infected with the insect carpocapsa pomonelia, commonly known as the • codlin moth,' or in which the said insect is, o* has bejen, present in any form or stage of development, together w;th boxes, cases, barrels, or other receptacles in which apples and pears so infected are or have been contained."

Mb Peacock has applied to Government to place a sum on the Estimates for the erection of a lighthouse afc Cuvier Jeland, situated in the outward channel between Gape Colville and the Great Barrier. This island was recently selected as a suitable place for a lighthouse by Captain Johnetone and Mr Blaokett.

The barque Bella Mary, a regular visitor to this port, is expected daily to arrive from Newcastle, with coals to the order of the G-as Company.

Mb C. Molitbb, of Brown street, notifies that he has just received a large assortment of orioketing materials, and orders from upcountry clubs will be promptly attended to.

Cast. Edwin telegraphed at noon to-days —•' Watch barometer j very heavy gale within six hou^s l between north and wesi and soutl - west, with very heavy rain, and further fall glass." The programme of sports for the athletic demonstration on December Ist appears else* where. It is very comprehensive, and should please all sections of the clubs here, while a Tery fair provision has been made by the committee in confining the entries to local men. Foot-races take the premier position in the list, but a costume football match, bicycle race, mile walking race, and competitions in football drop-kick, hop, step, and jump, vaulting with pole, and throwing the cricket ball should be sufficient to entice a large concourse of people to the Parawai Gardens, and make the gathering a most successful one. At the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow evening Mr E. H. Taylor will lecture on "Evil: Why was it permitted ? its beneficial effects on man." The company formed to carry on the work commenced by the Choral Society hns been successfully floated, and held a meeting last night, at which the following officers were elected :—Mr 0. Kirkpatrick, President; Mr D. O'Sullivan, Secretary ; Mr F. J. Burgess, -TEfiaauter }_MrT, CLBavldon. Librnrian.. A. first practice will be held on Thursday night, next. Mr Grigg has kindly consented to act as conductor, and the " Messiah " will be put into rehearsal at once. The fee fixed for performing members, who are not desirous of becoming shareholders, is the moderate one of 2s 6d per quarter. The 19th November has been fixed as the dale upon which the annual FJower Show in connection with the Ladies' Benevolent Society will be held, and we trust that the Society will be as successful financially and otherwise this year as they have been in the past.

Mb Caijdweil's platypus " discovery" would appear to be somewhat stale, being in fact simply a rediscovery of what was known twenty years ago. An old Sydney paper has been turned up which contains the following: —"Thorp's Pinch, Sptember 2nd, 1864. About ten months ago a platypus was cap* tared, and is in the possession of Mr Burnley, gold receiver, Wood's Point, Tictoria. It has laid two egga, which were white, soft, and without shell. This will settle the dispute among naturalists a B to whether thiß extraordinary animal, the connecting link between birds and mammals, produced livingyoune or whether it laid eggs."

Dbowsihbss, biliousness, pains oad aohep, slid ague, Hop Bitters always cures, Bead,

Ova 1 test accounts from Waihi state that some stuff from the low level now being put through runs l|oz to the ton.—Hauraki Tribune.

The New Zealand Baptist Union Conference at Christcburch concluded yesterday. The committee were requested to try and arrange for a visit to the colony of Messrs Pullerfcon and Smith, evangelists, from the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon's churoh. Mr John Collins , of Wellington, gave the site for a church at the Bulls. Mr Thomas Dick, of Dunedin, was elected Chairman far 1885.

Thk Opotiki ketch has struck on a sunken rock off Meroury Bay, and become a total wreck. She had on board a cargo of maiz°. The owners of the vessel are Owen and Grraham. She was insured in the United otce for £400, of which £200 was re insured in fcbe Naw Zealand Insurance office.

A Oitbiocs discussion is reported (says the Timaru Herald) to have taken place among the Maoris in the neighbourhood of Ofcakt lately, several big meetings having been held for the purpose. The question debated was whether or not Christianity, the weed they had long professed, should he given up in favor of Hftuhauiem. The myority |dcci el in favor of continuing uador the Cross, the minority loyally accepting the decision, and all determined to become more earnest Christians than before. The resolulioa was at once given tbe practical shape of a donation of £50 for the renovatioa of the mission church, and £100 more is to bo collected for the same object.

" Thehb are sciences as well as many arts of getting rich. Poisoning people of large estates was one employed largely in the middle ages; 'adulteration of food of people of small estates is one employed largely now."—Buskin. What people dare not do in their own city, they perpetrate in Auckland. Adulterated pepper is now continually sent by a Southern firm as fit for your consumption. Any one can ejsily deteat the fraud by comparing the aamo with ours; which is prapared ar.d sold by us genuine only. Brown, Barrett, and Co. also guarantee that their genuine Mocha and Ceylon coffeeß can be relied upon ; and that their various brands, Excelsior, Standard, Lion, Anchor, and Grown, consist of pure coffee, mixed with pure chicory in such proportions as we have found from experience to be generally appreciated. —Brown, Barrett, and Co., Elliottstreet, Auckland.

"Roitgh on Cobns."—Ask for Wella' " Eough on Corns." Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Oorna, warts, bunions.— Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Agonts, Auckland.