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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5001, 22 January 1885, Page 2

It is provable that the matter of the late Parawai Ward Councillors taking their seats at Borough meetings will not be brought before the Supreme Court until after the vacation ; tbal will probably mean in March next.

£500 will ba pair! for any case that Hop BiMers will nut cure or help. Doubt not. See

Ths constructian of a portion of the Thames-Te Aroha line beyond Kopu may, and may not, be said to have advanced another step.. Although, the line was previously Burveyed for Government, and working plans prepared, it appears neceßsary that re pfggiug should take place, nnd for this purpose Mr Stewart, Government Engineer, has arrived from Auckland. It is to be hoped that all speed possible will be made in the work, so as to have it done in time for tenders to be called for and accepted before the close of the financial year, viz., the 31st March next.

A few weeks ago we mentioned that the Thames Paint Manufacturing Co. were about to resume operations. The manager, Mr E. R. Edwards, started to clean up the machinery f o-day, and a start will be made on Monday if the hematite comes to hand in time. Several orders have been received, and as the local factory is now without eompetiors in the colonj* the other manufactorieshaving, we understand, stopped work, there is a good chance of its being made a payable concern.

Messes T. and S. Morria and Co., Limited, through their manager (Mr J. H. Smith), in another column, return thanks to those who prevented an outbreak of fire on their Grahamstown premises last evening.

The brigautioe Circe, Capt. Eckhoff, with 100,000 ft. kabikatea under hatches, came down the river, in charge of Harbormaster Schofield, to-day, but the falling tide prevented her getting ptst Opani Point. She will probably eail for lyttelton to-night or to-morrow morning.

An old and well-known local racing celebrity, yclept Butcher Boy, baß been missing from a Farawai paddock for some days. Ho was turned out some time ago, and upon the owner going to look for the animal recently it was not to be found.

This is from the Tauranga Little 'Un, and is certainly not a very fluttering criticism of the City Fathers :—A petition to Government is being signed at Obinemutu, praying for an alteration in the mail service, between Tauranga and Obinemutu. Is this lovely city asleep ? What are those sleeping beauties, the members of cur Borough Council doing ? Talking railway we presume, and allowing such trivial matters as mail "service, harbour improvements, ■wharves, etc., to slide.

The Herald's Wellington correspondent telegraphs :—"The political horizon presents an alternative for the " Samoa" disappoint, ment. It is rumoured that the Earl of Derby has intimated to His Excellancy the Governor that the Imperial Cabinet would offer no objection to any proposal from the New Zealand Cabinet to tale ever Fiji, and provide for its good government, including the protection of the native race. No persons would be surprised if this rumour should be found in Borne important cense true, for Fiji'is expensive to England as a Crown colony, and her trade with Australia and the northern ports of New Zealand is sufficient to provide for the main* tenance of the government. At the same time this is also a question thatjbas a good many sides to it."

Thb War ing-Toy lor cases will be continued in Wellington to-morrow, when the bankrupt will bj charged with the misappropriation of £500 entrusted to him for investment.

It is rumored in Dunedin that Government intend sending Mr Macandrew to Scotland to form a settlement of Highland crofters.

A goid-beaBINS quartz reef is said to have been discovered near Blenheim yielding f 0 ounces to the ton.

Thb following resolution was passed at tie last meeting of the Auckland Harbor Bourd : —"That this Board forward to the Lords of the A r'mirdlty an expression of regret that New Zealand has been omitted from the list of those places where it is intruded to provide permanent stiitions or rendezvous for the vessels of Her Majesty's navy in the South Pacific. The Board further makes representations as to the special suitability of the port of Auckland as a naval station, and that full information regarding docking and coaling facilities be forwarded, together with the opinion of His Excellency Sir W. Drummond Jervois, as lately given in an official report upon harbor defences. That the Lords of the Admiralty be informed that suoh land having deep water frontage as may be required will bo provided, and that no large expenditure will bo necessary to render this harbor convenient and available for the vessels of the Imperial navy in these seas."

A South Island West. Coast paper reports that a recent shipment of gold by the s.s. Mabinapua is worthy of note. It states that it was a veritable Christmas exportation, being the largest quantity that has left that coast in one bottom for at least nine or ten years. There was nearly £90,000 worth.

The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank was held in Dunedia yesterday. The report recommended the payment of a dividend of 7 per cent., that £1000 be added to the reserve fund, and the balance, £2565 19a Bd, be carried forward.

A peoperty with 30 feet frontage on Highstreet. Christchurc'i, (subject to 44 ye rs ground rent ab £500 per annum) wa? sold yesterday for £7750, equal to £258 6s 81 per foot frontags. This is the highest price yet paid in Christchurch for freehold land.

The Gazette of the 15th inst. contains the following applications for New Zaaland patents. —Daniel Murphy of Marlborough, an inventor for stripping, or firat-fibreing, New Zealand il'ix ; Paul Joske, of Suvc, Fiji, " Joeke's Kava Beverages;" W. A. Murray, of Piako, "Triumph Hoe and Drill Cultivator " C. O. E. Walker, of Victoria, an improved wire strainer.

A Lokdon correspondent writes:—Does modern philosophy follow the event, or do events carefully scanned by the knowing, warrant in'erences boldly stated in mysterious language which pass as prophecy P For instance, here is the veritable Zadkiel, with a sa'e of 140,000 at 6d each, in ita 55th year, uttering a prophecy concerning New Zealand, and not New Zealand as a whole, but the North Island only. Lißten to the oracle. The month September, 1885—The voice of the stars:—"The chief astronomical event of this month will be the total solar eclipso of the Bth iiißlant, invisible here (England), but visible in New Zealand (North Island), the luminaries being in conjunction with Jupiter. This Bhould be the forerunner of an era of prcs« perity for New Zealand, extending over two yeara to come!"

The poll for a harbor at Napier resulted in a tremendous majority in favor of tbe loan— 1387 against 5 ).

The Hnlvation Army in India shows a degree of enbhu.-iigm tlmfc quite outstrips the eccentricities of the English department. It has not only adopted the nativo costumes, but the Bombay Guardian" announces that Major Tucker " has attained to barefootednoßß." It boots not so long as it pays. .

The ShawSaville and Albion Company's steamer Arawa sailed from Wellington for ■London shortly after 7 o'clock last evening. She takes about 40 passengers, also a full deck cargo including 14,000 carcases of froaen mutton.

The thirteenth annual Distriot Meeting of the Primitive Methodist Church was commenced in Christchurch yesterday. Representatives from various parts of the colony were present- The reports showed that there are 38 churches in the colony, erected at a coat of £27,856, with a debt of only £8,925 in the aggregate. Two new churches were opened during the year. Mr D. Q-oldie, of Auckland, was elected President; Rev. G-, W. Jones of Ghv jendale, Vice-President ; and Hey. A. J. Smith, of Wellington, Secretary.

A QUANTITY of Scotch burn-brown-headed trout for Otago, arrived by the 8.8. lonic. This is the first shipment of this species of trout ever shipped to the colony.

In the Wellington Divorce Court yesterday judgment was given in the case Kay and Kay, at Masterton, His Honor granting a decree niei.

In referring to a Sunday liquor tracing case, the R.M. of Wellington Mr Wardel 1, said in order to get a glimpse of what was going on inside during prohibited houts the police were obliged to swipe in and do other things which were not altogether pleasant. His opinion was, that if they would coDilne themselves to the maintenance of good order outside the hotels, and not show anxiety to go inside, the whole policy of the Act would be given effect to.

In the Wellington Supremo Court yesterday, the libel case Holmes and otherß v. Furness and Brundy, proprietors of the Marlboro' Express, was heard. The action was brought r,o recover £2000 damages. The plaintiffs were the promoters and four of the directors of the Marlboro' Freezing Company (Limited). In issues of the Marlboro' Express of the 9th and 12th of April, 1884, the defendants published a defama'ory article concerning the conduct of the plaintiffa, alleging that they had managed the company to their own advantage, and had defrauded the shareholders. The defendants denied the material allegations, and contended that the matter was of public interest, and the publication without sinister or malicious motive, and made in a hona fidi belief in the truth thereof. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs f r £5 each, with costs, to be assessed on lower scale. Leave was given for the defendants to move to enter a nonsuit, on the ground of wrong pointer.

The agents of the Pacific Mail S.S. Company yesterday received a cablegram stating that the s.s. City of Sjcbey left San Francisco on the 18th icst., one day after tire-table date. She may therefore be looked for on Saturday, 7th February.

Pbivate advices from Semaphore, Adelaide, state that the Rev. Thomas Spurgeon and Mr Driver, who was formerly a student with the Rev. Allan Webb, have arrived thore en route for Auckland j also, Mr Horton, of the Herald.

Wilkes, the Shortland jeweller, is selling his choice and large stock of jewellery at reduced prices. New gooJs, chaste and beautiful in design. Must be sold. Call early.—[Adyt.]

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