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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4993, 13 January 1885, Page 2

The manager of the Saxoa G.M.Co. talegraphed this morning as followß :—" lOlbs specimens from No. 3 reef, bottom level.— Jab. CoDTrs." Mhs Lush, widow of tho late Veh. Archdeacon Lush who was for years in charge of St. George's, Thame-, has made a very handsome donation to the parish. There is a sec-< tion of land containing about a sixth of an acre, adjoining the church, upon which i 8 erected a five-roomed cottage, and with the obj-ct of providing a parsonage, Mrs Lu«h has generously presented this to St. George's congregation. Doubtless the necessary additions will, erelong, be made to it. The Ohinemuri Coal Prospecting Association, during the bjring opera ions carried oh some time back, discovered that there were thne seams in the locality, and also that the deposits extended over a lirge area. They have now dcci led to take out a parcel of ICO tons, and distribute it for trial for various I purposes. Should the results prove satisfactory, atepa will no doubt; be tiken to start i operations on a permanent basis. CeW S. Gbeenvilie has giren notice of motion for to-morrow's meeting of the dunty Council, to-the effect that a letter of thanks be forwarded, and a vote of £10 be passed, to the Shortland Fire Brigade, in recognition of their efforts in saving the water raca d ,rin« the late confligration at the Dart battery. The final practice of the Grahamstown Fire Brigade, preparatory to thfir departure for the South to take part in the demonstration to be held at the end of this month, took place last evening. There was a large attendance of the public to witnpss the movements of the Brigade, and very satisfactory time was ohrooicled for each event oil the programme, which was gone through very minutely. The ladder practice was particularly good. Messrs Wright and Coutta have been selected to compete for the " Alarm and Bush " ever>t on the programme. The detachment will leave the Thames to-morrow evening by tho Kotonmhana at five o'clock, in charge of Surerintendent Price.

At the Trades and Labour Congress in Dunedin last night, the Premier delivered a lengthy adrlres 1. He urged the Congress 1o k ep i s views before the public, pointed out the necessity of maintaining the eight hours prinoiplp, of promoling temperance, and of avoiding the danger ol etimu'ifting town in*

dustries too hastily «.t the expense of the settlement of the country. At the meeting of the Congress the desirability of a general holiday being proclaimed for an Eight Hours' demonstration throughout tbe colony was affirmed, and a resolution was passed urging the necessity of a Settman's Representation Bill. Vice-Presidents were elected as follows : —Messrs Bradley (Wellington), Famuli (Auckland), Rae (Christchurch), Kitnber (Tim'iru), Dodaon (Port Chalmers), Barnes (LytteltonJ, and Farnie (Dunedi ). A Press Association telegram received to day further states that the Congress carried a resolution that returns of inspectors under the Factories Act should be made annually to the Government, so that that may be laid before erch session of Parliament; that some member of Parliament be asked to bring in a bill compel ling employers to find suitable work rooms, and that the system known us sweating v c prevented. By 19 to 11 votes it was decided to hold the next Congress in Auckland as Bgainst Wellington in January, 1886.

11 Boiz's" sixth Hamburg Drawing, which filled some time before the advertised dat 3of cloßiDg, took place in Dunedin lately, in the presence of a number of subscribers. The first prize of £300 went to Wellington, the second of £2CO to Chris'church, the third of £100 to Nelson, the fourth of £50 to Nelson, and the fifth of £50 to Dunedin. Many smaller prizes went to the North Island, also some to Otago and Canterbury.

The brigantine Circe, Captain Eckhoff, ar" rived apposite Grahamßtowp, in ballast from Auckland, about noon to-day, and after taking a pilot (J. Lambert) on board, proceeded on her way up to Bagnall's mill, where she is, we understand, to load timber for Lyltelton. T-he brigantine Nora is expected here tomorrow morning, to 'oad at the Kopu mill.

In Auckland yesterday afternoon an addresß and purse of sovereigns were presented to Mr GL Frasor, as a recognition of his energy and success in taking the s.a. Triumph off the rocks, and docking and repairing her. The presentation was made in the City Council Chambers, by His Worship the Mayor, in the presence of a representative gathering of subscribers to the fund.

It is understood lhafe a serious difficulty has arisen in connection with a large order for locomotives sent Home by the late Government. The order was or twenty locomoti es, the total of which is somewhere about £50,003, and it is believed that now that they are constructed, a deviation of the plans has been discovered, and the engine 3 ore not suitable to the work for which they were required. However, the fullest enquiry is being made on the sulject, and it is more than likely that the Hon. the Minister of Publio Works will refuse to take them over. Five of these locomotives are expected to arrive in the colony shortly.

The Nelson people, in order to forwar J a scheme for constructing the railway from Springfield to Bruunerton and thence to Nelson,, yesterday afternoon rest lved to. send Home Mr C. Y. Fell, Mayor of Neleon, to act in conjunction with Messrs Scott and Dob3on, delegates from Canterbury. The delegates leave for London by the Tongariro in about a week.

John James, Secretary to the Auckland Grammar School, was found dead last night in Mason's baths, where he had been taking a hot bath. He is supposed to have had a fit.

By the fire at the New Zealand Timber Company's premises in Auckland, about 120 men and hots have been thrown ous of employment. It is considered prohable that the mill will be re-erected without d lay. The suddenneßß with which the fire broke out is proved by the fact that at 932 the tramear passed the mill, and there was no eign of fire, ten n.inutes laler the place was in a blaze. A number of the employe) of the company lost their tools in ihe fire, and man; of the sufferers in this respect had previously lost tools by the fire at the Union Sash imd Door Co.'s mill. Several of the members of the Fire Brig de met with trifling accidents. Tbe origin of the confligration is shrouded in mystery. 'Jhe Auckland '.limber Company have presented £70 to the Fire Brigade for th.ir services, ten guine.is to Supt. Hughes, and a cheque to the sailo s of the United States warship Iroquois.

The Home Government have considerably altered the character of their scheme fur better protection of colonial naval stations abroad. They njw propose to expend £909,000 in fortifying the most important of these stations, but no Australasian or Pacific port is included in the scheme. The vote for armaments shows an increase of £117,000, but this has in a great in ~,Bure been met by reducing the vote for works by £97,000. Lord Carnarvon, in the House of Lords, on the 14th inst., denounced the scheme us wholly inadequate and illusory. He alluded to the public-spirited and generous expenditure of public money by the Australian colonists, who had placed Melbourne and Sydney in a position of almo3t confident security.—English paper.

At Christchurch last night Kobert Day was committed for trial on a charge of forging a cheque ftr £10C3 on the Bank of New Zealand. Accused is said to have obtaimd an advance by depositing in the Bank the deeds of two farms belonging to bis father, but it may be a case of mistaken identity, aa a number of witnesses swore that on the day when Ihe advauco was made Day was ill in bed, and did not leave bis house, 15 miles from the city.

A tahcei, of 15Olbs of stone brought by Mr Collins from Hawke's Bay, where he lias discovered an nuriferous reef, and forwarded through Mr E. Waymouth. to the Tnames, has been crushed at the Prince Imperial ba'tery the result being 6dwls of retorted gold, or aj the rate of 4czs of retorted gold to the ton.

The wreck of the brig Annabell as s'le now lies at Kaipara Heads was Bold by auction at M>ssrs Tonka and Co.'s mart yesterday for £S. T^e purchasor was Mr J. Sheehan, of K-apara.

The sentences passed in the Nent.horn murder trial (says a Dunedin telegram) are generally condemned a3 too lenient. Crowley, on bei^g removed from the Courfchou-p, called for three cheers for Ireland and for Parnell, and on arrival at the gaol, addressrd the crow I outside, complaining that, he hud been unfairly convio ed, and s*ying that he would come out as a dynamitard.

The Anglo New Z*alander, in an article on colonial matters, writes that it is still a matter of uncertainty whether the Colonial Office will submit this peasioa to the Imperial Parliament a bill to enable the colonies to f derate on the lines of the Federal Council Bill approved by <he Sydney Convention, atd since adopted by Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Fji, and New Z-a-land. L >rd Derby has been vigorously pressed to make up his mnd on tho subject, but, with characteristic vacillation, seems unable to do so. If the session cloges abruptly within the next ten days, there is little prospect of an Enabling Bill pissing this year ; but, if it is protrac ed for same weeks, such a measure may become law. It is not expected that any decided opposition will be offered to the bill, though it is unlikely that it will be treated as a nou-content ou3 measure. Mr Gladstone, the other oreuin?, expressly Btated that tho door was still left open for the introduction of euoli a bill.

On Sjot. 25fch nox L. tberj will be a tota eclipse of the sun, tho central lino of which passes over New Zealand just above Cook's Straits, and this is the only land on which it will he visible as a total eclipse. The duration of totality will be Bmall—about two minutes and a half only. It neverthless affords for a few precious moments a view of the circum solar region divested of its usual dazzling light, which will be of inestimable value to astronomers, and which they will probably be content to travel half around the world to secure, for adding further to their knowledge of the Bolar surface and surroundings, and to search for any planetary bodies that may. exist within the orbit of Mercury. It, ia not unlikely the Victorian Observatory will send a email observing parly to Wellington, or to the neighborhood of Cook's Straits, to undertake some part of the requisite physical observations ; and probably several European and American astronomers will visit New Zealand on this occasion.

The Government Insurance Association have bought the property in Dunedin known as Wise's Corner, which is a quarter acre section, wilh buildings, in the heart of the city, for the sum of £53,500. This is equil to £358 per foot frontage to Princess street.

A MAN named Charles William Bognall, while milking a cow, dropped deid, at Robs, in Weatland, from fatty degoneratioa of the heart.

INPOEMATION respecting an extraordinary occurrence transp'red at the meeting of the Auckland Hospital CommittC3 yesterday afternoon. The members of that body were elec trifled by receiving a requisition from the House Steward for the provision of lightning rods for the hospital, the reason for the request being that a patient had been struck dead by lightning last Sunday fortnight. As this wr.s the first intimation that either Committee, P ess, or the public bad received of the occurrence, the astonishment, of the Committee was considerable. On turning up the report of House Surgeon, it was found that the death of a patient named Spargo from concussion of the brain was mentioned.

An improvement has taken place in the condition of Major Te Wheoro—who, it will be remembered, is the guest of Mr J. L. Abu bury, at Brighton—but his health is sa seriously affected that it. io nfceeßa-y that he should return to New Zealand by the warmest route as soon as he is sufficiently recovered. The Committee of the Aborigines' Protection Society have expressed to Mr Ashbury their grateful appreciation of his kindness to the chief. Mr tJorst, M.P., who has taken a great interest in Te Wheoro, has called upon him, and much sympathy is expressed for the Maori visitor in t is unfortunate attack. Te Wheoro ie now able to leave his room, and will come to Loadon on the 24th inst., and proofed without delay to Torquay, where be will renmn until he embarks on s.a. lonic, on December 6. His doctors are decidedly of opinion that any further exposure to an English winter would be highly dangerous.— Home paper.

It was a very interesting fact that at the Christmas dinner of the Grey River Hospital such a large number of nationalities were represented. v7hile the number of persons present was umll, strange to say there was one or more hailing from eucli of the following countries : —England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Spain Portugal, United States of America, Canada, Sweden, China, and New Zsiland. —Exchange.

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