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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4970, 13 December 1884, Page 2

Special services will be held at the Primitive Methodist Church to moirow in connection with the anniversary of the Sunday School. The Bey. J. Boothroyd, of Auckland, will conduct both the morning and evening services, and the .Rev. W. E. Woolley will address scholars and friends in the afternoon.

About a mi'e beyond the Hikulaia bridge, on the main County road, there is a point at which a road about Bixty chains long branches off to the Waibou or Thames River. This was laid off for the convenience of settlers across the liver, and for their special benefit the County Council caused a punt to be placed on the river to enable them to cross; but this is of considerably less use to them than it might be on account c f the branch road remaining unmade. The County Council should see to this matter, as the ou'luy required is triflirg in comparison with the feood it would do. The Banks have arranged to close their offices on Thur. day, Friday, and Saturday, the 25th, 26th, and 27t,h, insts., on account of the Christmas holidays. The dispersion of the pupils of the Convent School for the Christmas holidays will be celebrated by a concert and drama, which is advertised to take place on Wednesday evening next. At the Pollen-street Lecture Hall tomorrow evening a lecture on "Did Saul see the soul of Samuel at Endor ?" will be delivered by Elder B. H. Taylor. A little girl named Addicoat, who lives on Slock 27, sustained a fracture of her arm yesterday, the bone being set by Dr Payne at the Hospital in the afternoon. Wb are glad to learn that the irjuries received by Wm. Moyle, who fell 35ft in the Cambria ehatt yesterday afternoon, through the breaking of a windlass rope, are not so serious as wero at first feared. On examination Dr Payne found that no bones were broken, though the right hip was severely bruised, and the forehead and lefo elbow cut.Upon enquiry at the Hospital today, we found that Moyle fels very stiff from the bruieca, but has no internal pain, so it is likely a week or two'a rest will see him well again. The following ure the Postal and Telegraph arrangements for the coming holidays:— Miils, which would ordinarily be made up on Thursday, the 25th insfc., and Thursday, Ist January pros., will be closed the previous evening at 7 o'clock, and all Poßt Offices in the district •wiil be kept open from 7 till 8 p.m. for delivery of letters. On Boxing Day Post Offices will be open from 9 till 10 a.m. and n ails despatched as usual up to 10 c.m. A letter carrier's delivery will be made at 8 a.m. only on this day. Sunday hours will be observed in the private box lobby on the 25th '"net. and lab Janur.y, and usual hours on Boxing Day. The arrangements for the Telegraph Branch are as fo lows:—On Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and Ist January next, offices which open to the publio on Sundays and holidays will be open from 9 to 10 a.m., and from 7 till 8 p.m. On Boxing Day mails which are closed on Sundays and holidays will be open to the public from 9 till 10 a.m.

A MEETIK9 of the Sports Demonstration Committee waa held laafc evening, when the accounts of the meeting were presented and the certified balance sheet shown. A balance of between £& and £5 was in hand, and it was resolved that it should form a nucleus of a fund for the promotion of another meeting, which wi'l probably be held on the 17th March. After the meeting, the Chairman (Mr Hickey), on behalf of the committee, presented the Secretary (Mr White) with a handsome greenstone pendant, consisting of a bat, ball, and sefc of wieketa, mounted in gold, as a token of recognition of Mr White's energy in promoting the sports.

The Education Board has appointed Mr R. D, Stewart, of K&tuq, late of Cambridge, to the head-uiasterghip of the Waio-Karakg, School. The new master has been five and a half jears under the Board, and presses a 1)2 uertifio»te.

The road between the mines at Otunui and the New Eureka, battery is now in good condition, and the drays are makiog six trips per day, while if a hopper were erected, instead of the drivers having to load their drays, another two trips per diem could bo managed. The contractors have made a start with ihe new water race for the battery.

In Auckland yesterday, George Olarlr, late •jeweller uere, was examined in bankruptcy, and said he commenced business 18 months ago. He was then £25 in debt, and had eince obtained his goodß on credit, giving bills or promissory notes. A judgment summons had been obtained against him on the 4th, and he had filed on the 6 h inst. His life was insured for £2CO. He had left no business books. Br a telegram appearing in another column, it will be seen that the officer in charge of the police in the Thames district (Sergt.-Major Kiely) has been re-instated to his former rank of Inspector. His reduction took place during the time that the retrenchment fit seized the Atkinson Government.

The Rifle Eangers competed to-day for the Manning Belt, ufc present in Vol. Downie'a possession. The ranges were 503 and 6CDyds, 10 shots at ecch, the firing also qualifying for c'ass firing. The wind was very bsffliog, which accounts for tho scoring being lower than usual. The highest ecDres in the morning squad were:—Downie, 56 ; Inglis, 54 1; Hawkes, 53 ; Gibbs, 48; G. Clark, 47; W. Climo, 43 ; and Mitchell, 44, The afternoon firing was not finished in time for ua to obtain the scores.

Mb Jas. Cotjtis this morning received intimation that he had been appointed to the management of the Saxon mine, and a start will therefore be made on Monday to overhaul the winding machinery. BailiDg will probably be commenced about Wednesday, and in a day or two a fter, work will be properly commenced underground. Mr Coutts has made an inspection of the work done by the 1 ondon and Mariner companies* and will propound a scheme for the future working of the mine without delay. It is probable that very little time will be lost in getting out payable quartz, as the block opened up on No. 1 reef by the London company is standing ready fo start stoping, and encouraging pro3pcc's wore also got in the No. 2 reef ve;y shortly before work was stopped. In Mr Coutta the rompany has a thoroughly able manager, whose supervision of affairs will, we doubt not, be thoroughly satisfactory to the shareholders.

The pupils of the Auckland Girls' High School have presented their late master, Mr Heath, with a splendid marhle clock, and Mrs Heath with a handsome album.

Seeicultueb is to have a practical trial at Helena Bay, at Whangarei. Mr G-rotber, recently a sericulturist in Spain, intends erecting buildings and going into the industry on a large scale.

A complaint, signed by 35 passengers of the steamer Kaikoura (just arrived at Dunedin) against the behaviour and manner of Capb. Orutchley, has been forwarded to the directors of the New Zealand Shipping Co.

H. H. Hetman, aliis Lewis, the hangman, was charged at Wellington yesterday with inciting to murder a Chinaman, on the 3rd irat. The on'y evidence waß that of Pekaman Apurou, a Maori, and an accomplice of Lewis', and the Bench held that there was noi sufficient evidence to convict, and the accused was discharged. He has still to answer a charge of burglary.

A DiFFlct/XTST-haß arisen batween the Westport Coal Company and their colliers, which has result ?d in the whole of t.he latter discontinuing work. For some time past the company has been paying the men for unscroened coil, which the company says is not the rule anywhere else, and they have now resolved to pay for screened coil only. The men refuse to sgree to the alteration, and have struck work.

A stjbscbibbb who read a local which we published a few days ago relative to some quick shearing at Matamata, when the average was 120 per day, sends us the following fram the Brisbane Courier :—Some particulars of a heavy day's shearing at Messrs. M'Donaid Bros.' Charlotte Plains station, near Cunnamula, have reached us. On Friday, 10th October, eighteen men sheared 2378 sheep, making an average of over 132 sheep per man. One-third of the sheep put through were heavy-fleeced wethers. The tallies were as follows:-135, 191, 160, 162,102,125,203, 116,127,101, 114, 122, 107, 114, 113, 127, 125, 134 j total, 2378. The man that sheared 203 sheep workfd 6 hours 25 minutes, spread , over a working day of 11^ hours ; the lowest scorer lo3fc over 1^ hours during the day ; and the man credited with 135 on this particular day had shorn 160 on the day before. It is questioned by some whether this record has ever been surpassed. The Dunedin Star understands that Mr James Fulton, M.H.R.. has returned to the Treasury the sum of £100, votsd to him last session as Chairman of the Waste Land Committee. The man Wnrnstedt, who broke the Bank of New South Wales windows here some time ago, jumped off the Auckland wharf yesterday, in a state of drunkenness, but was rescued. The following is a list of the brigades who intend entering for the forthcoming Fire Brigade demonstration at Dunedin :—Auckland, Grrahamstown, Spit, Napier, Mast3rtou, Wellington, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Christchurch city, Christchurch railway, Ashburton, Timaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin City, Dunedin South, IJoslyn, Hokitika, and Kumaru.

A meeting of Paeroa leaseholders was held on Wednesday afternoon last to take steps to obtain the freehold of their allotments in Paeroa. Mr 3". M. Robaon moved a resolution binding tbosa present to support Separation and a guarantee of 6100 towards the expense of another petition was given if the freeholds could be obtained and Paeroa made the County town. —Tribune. The Auckland Star cays: —The Gordon Licensed Holding, lately pegged out by W. A. Hunt and Edwards, has been placed in the bands of Mr Arthur D. Bennett, accountant, for the purpose of forming a company, and some thirty promoters' shares are already taken up. Hunt and Edwards only receive four shares for their trouble, the money raised to be spent in developing the ground. The remaining shares are to be got from the brokers. / A meetikg of the creditors of James Clarke, storekeeper, of Te Aroha, late of Thames, was held in Auckland yesterdiy. After a lengthy and animated discussion, in the course of which the bankrupt's conduct was condemned in strong terms, it was resolved. " That this meeting deprecate i 1 the strongest terms the conduct of the bankrupt in not keeping a perfect set of books, and beg to call the attention of the Court to the fact that upon two previous occasions Mr Clarke has compounded with his cr< ditors." It was also arranged that the whole of tho property should be put into the market in suitable lots for sale by tender. The following ate the particulars of the estats: —Liability: Unsecured creditors, £1087 16j 3d; etsured £160; estimated value of securities, £340 ; surplus to r jntra, £I.Bo— £1247 10j 3d. Assets: Stock-in-trnde and property, £529 lls lOd; book debts, £363 2j sd, estimated to prod are £242 ; furniture, £10 cash in hand, £2 ; surplus from securities in hands of secured creditors, £180—£963 lls, showing a deficiency of £123 18s sd.

"There are sciences as well as many arts of getting rich. Poisoning people of arge estates was one employed largely in the middle ages ; adulteration of food of people of small eßtatea 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 consurap* tion. Any one can easily detect the fraud by comparing the same with oura 5 which is prapared and sold by us genuine only. BrowD, 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 $ppre? oiated.—Brown, Barrett, and Co;, Elliott* ibreefc, Auckland.

The man F.tzgerald, connected with the murder case at Newthorn, Otago, has not; yet been arrested. Fob sinking spells, fits, dizziness, palpitation, and low spirits, rely on Hop Bittere. Notice.