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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4943, 12 November 1884, Page 2

As we go to PreßS the polling for the election j of Councillors for the County Council for the J KaueraDga, Parawai, Totara, Hastings, and j Ohinemuri Biding* is proceeding, there is little excitement in the town, but some interest appears to centre in the Kaueranga contest. The manager of the Cambria telegraphed this afternoon as follows :—" 6lbs specimens, eastern drive.—H. W. Moobb." Captain Bayidon let for Auckland by the Kotomahana this afternoon, en route fur England, via Chriatchurch. At a meeting of the Rifle Rangers last night it was resolved to accept the challenge of the Wairoa Volunteers to fire a friendly match on the first December. The teams will consist of fifteen men irom each company, and the Thames contingent whichleaves here on the Saturday night by boat, should make it warm for their opponents, notwithstanding the fact that several of their good shots will be unable to attend, owing to the Athletic Demonstration being held oa the same day as the match. An entertainment of unusual merit is announced to be given in the Academy of Music to-night, when Woodward's Japanese Troupe of gymnasts and corjurers will open a season on tbe Thames. Their performances in Auckland are spoken of by the Press us being simply marvellous, especially in the balancing feats, and we can assure our readers they are well worth eeeing. Some of the names of the performers are similar to those who have previously visited the Thames, but we are assured that none of the members of this troupe have been in New Zealand before, and only arrived in Auckland from Japan some three or four weekß back.

In the Police Court this morning, before H. Ifenrick, Esq., 8.M., James Kelly was charged with being drunk and with assaulting and resis'ing the police in the execution of their duty. For the first offence he was fined 20s, with the alternative of 48 hours' imprisonment, and for the second he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, the Bench remarking tbafc every attempt had been mode to restrain defendant from pursuing his evil habit of drinking, but apparently without avail.

Ihe ordinary meeting of the Parliamentary Union "will tahe place to-morrow evening, and there is every probability that the House will be prorogued at the following meeting. So that no seats may become vacant, before next session, members should attend the closing meetings of this session.

Me W. Fkasee, M.H.8., is expected to arrive here to-morrow, and his efforts at the seat of Government on the district's hehalf should ensure him a hearty reception and a warm welcome. AT a meeting of ihe shareholders of the Kapanga G.M. Co., Coromandel, held in London in September, great confidence in the present manager, Mr Argall, was expressed ; and high encomiums were paßßed on his management, while those present seemed satisfied that he would make the mine pay if it was possible. The opening of the new Public Hall, Waiorongomai, on Monday night was a great success. Three hundred people were present at the concert. The building was tastefully decorated, and everything passed off well. The hall ie to be known as the Werahiko Hall, in memory of the pioneer prospector of Te Aroha.

The military armaments of New Zealand (Bays a London correspondent, writing on October 3rd) are growing apace, a purchase having just been effected for the G-overnment of a battery of nine pounders, six pieces of field artillery in all, from the War Office in London. The guns are, of oourae, not of (he most modern type, but for all practical purposes quite as serviceable as if thiy were, the alterations and improvements necessitated by the requirements of modern progress being not always of particularly much practical importance. They are of an excellent class and pattern, aad have been got very cheap.

The public will be delighted to hear that Mr Sims Reeves, the great English 6ioger, is making arrangements to visit these colonies i« the coming year. The anticipation of hearing the beautiful songs of our country sung by our national sweet singer is indeed delightful. —Herald.

The total number of deaths in Naples from cholera, up to September 21, exceed d 5000.

Sa?S the Herald, speaking of the Agricultural Show :—Mr Mil'er, Thames, exhibits the model of a threshing machine by which the weight and walkiDg power of horaes arc utilised as a motor for driting the threshing machine. This is a new adaptation of the principle which was long ago used for pumping operat'ons. Mr Miller states that by the form of inclined plane on which the horsss walk at three miles an hour he could obtain a speed of the beating drum of 2000 revolutions per minute. The design shows that a good deal of painstaking care has been l-estowed upon its preparation. If adapted for the Dctual wok of threshing machines, Mr Miller should have no difficulty in also applying it to the reduction of quartz at the Thames.

Thk New Zealand Frozen Meat and Storage Company (Limited), expect to commence freezing operations in next, and to send Home the first shipment, in April.

At a meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board yeßterday afternoOD, the tender of Pierce Lonergan, a t £88,836, was accepted for the construction of the Calliope) dock. The Engineer's estimate was £98.675. The unsuccessful tenderers woto Hunt and White, £90 361 17s 4d; W. Cameron, £95,693 16s 2d j Taylor and Briton, £103,000 13s 4d ; Hector Reid, £111,706 15s lOd ; and Fallon, £129,964 The tender of Fleming and Stephenaon, of London, for a dredge, £18,350, was accepted.

TBO nPEK Feouse, of the Wairoa Lighthorse (says a WaDganui telegram), was shot at the rifle range, at Waverley, on Saturday last. The deceased was marking, and came out of the butts without putting out the danger board. Trooper Watt fired at the time, and shot him daad. The deceased leaves a wife and six children. Balmy sleep, g">od digestion, rich blood, elastic step and thour/u'uees in Hop Bitters, Read at-ii beaere

" Thjsee 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 Bmall estates is one employed largely now."—Ruskin. 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 consump* tion. Any one can easily detect the fraud by comparing the same with ours; which is prapared and Bold by us genuine only. Brown, Barrett, and Co. also guarantee that their genuine Mocha and Ceylon coffees can be relied upon ; and that their various brands, Excelsior, Standard, Lion, Anchor, and Crown, 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.

Use Hop Bittera once and you will use no other medicine. Test it. Be sure and read