The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4983, 31 December 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1884.

One more year has passed. Another cycle has come and gone; and it is again our privilege to salute our readers with the wish that every blessing and a full meed of happiness* miy them in the coming year. We cannot congralu* late the district on any very rapid advance made, during the past twelve months, but the elements of prosperity have been germinating, and in the case of various industries considerable progress has been made. Our local work has not been decreasing in the matter of manufactures connected with the iron and timber industries—the foundries in the former case, and the mills in the latter affording an outlet for much labor. Shipbuilding has been increasingly using up.its materials, botti in the employment of men and the use of material. • New industries in connection with fisheries, and the* preservation of the fisher's captures have been instituted. Attention has been carefully and satisfactorily directed to the saving and tinning of the fruit grown so abundantly in the district: the manufacture of hematite paint, the material required for which, is so plentiful in our midst, and other means of absorbing labor have all been steadily in progression. It is somewhat gratifying to be in a position to state that farming generally has, during the past year, been spreading its beneficial influence in many directions. On the outskirts of the Borough even, the acres farmed have noticeably increased, and- doubtless when the railway which has been definitely promised us, runs to Paeroa (at least), large areas now lying unutilized, will be opened up, and their produce find a market in our town. The railway mentioned—as will be seen by a reference to our local columns—promises to be soon unfait accompli, as it is hardly likely that a Ministerial declaration to the effect that certain work would be undertaken within a certain time, could fail to be fruitful. Taken altogether, the District's prospects are not at all of a sombre hue. Those who have followed the instruction, " Cast thy bread upon the water," have no cause to believe that they will not " find it after many days," even in the coming year. Let us then, with Comas, exclaim —

110, welcome pure-eyed Faitb, white handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings."

And look fqrward to the coming time as one laden with happiness, made supreme by golden virtues. " Peace to men of goodwill " inspires our earnest wish of