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Ths annual meeting of shareholders in the Thames Hirer Steam Navigation Company will be held at 7.30 o'e'ock this eTening. We understand Mint the report to be presented, though nat bo favorable as could be wished, uwiug to the hard times, still shows a satisfactory sidle uf affairs for the past six Uioutb?.

The Her. W. It. Woolley has, in response to a cordial invitation, accepted the permanent pastarate of the Willoughby Btreet Baptist church.

The Auckland Star of last night reports a death at Newmarket, under peculiar circumstances. A young man named Frank Chammell, a painter, was take a suddonly ill on Tuesday last, and though Dra Lewis and Corbett were called in he expired next; day. An inquest is to be held.

The Warden recently forwarded to the Mines Department a request for assistance towards prospecting iv the Puriri ranges, on behalf of a party now working there, but has received a reply that the practice of subsidising prospecting parties has been discontinued.

A young man named Richard Smith, employed as a carpenter by J. Coonabes, met with a painful accident this morning. While using a hatchet, it struck a clothes lino in descending, and inflicted a bad flesh wound on the ball of the left thumb. His injuries were attended to at the Hospital.

Messes BitbgeSS and Wilson, Receivers of Goldfields Revenue at Thames and Te Aroha respectively, have received notices from Governmeßt stating that their services will not be dispensed with at the end of this month (as was stated in a circular received a few weeks ago) pending legislation on the subject. This step is no doubt the result of the representation to Government of tha peculiar circumstances of the Thames dis'jriet, owing to goldfields lands being partly owned by Maoris, and is satisfactory to all parties conOarned. The County Chairman has received a similar circular letter.

Cb McCombie has given notice of his intention to move at the next meeting of the County Council, to the effect that a legal opinion he obtained as to the power possessed by the Thames Harbor Board to establish a powder magazine at Paeroa.

Stfps are bow being taken by some Auckland gentlemen interested in the Te Aroba Gold field to despatch a large parcel of quar'z from one of the claims there lo England, in order that it might be tested by Jordan's dry mercurial system, an account of which we published a month ago. It is proposed to despatch some 200 or 300 tons, in order to thoroughly test the process, and discover whether by it quartz now discarded as unpayable could be made to yield remunerative results. We have no doubt the necessary funds will be forthcoming, and trust that the results will recoup the enterprise displayed.

As will be seen by advertisement elsewhere Mf Hughes, the Freetbou»ht lecturer who has been giving addresses in Auckland lately, is to speak at the Academy of Music to-morrow and Sunday evenings, on subjects to be announced. Mr Hughes bears the reputation of being a fluent and agreeable speaker.

These is a probability of a prospecting party starting from the Thames shortly for the King Country, with a view to testing the payableness of reefs, indications of the existence of which have been shown. Application has been made to the Native Minister to grant the necessary permission, and upo i it being given, the explorers will proceed on their tour of diecovery.

.- " Ikqt/iheb " writes ! —" To the Editor. — Sir, —Could you, or the Hospital Committee, inform me why the name of a patient's disease, and also his diet, medicine, &c, are not posted over the bead of his bed. I have been in numbers of hcspitals in various parts of the world, but the Thames institution is the only one in which this practice is not carried out. At present it is very difficult to find out what an inmate is suffering from, unless one goes straight to the Surgeon. Hoping to see an early explanation from those in authority, I am, &6."

A MATCH, Married v. Single, will b?. played in the Parawai G-ardens to-morrow afternoon, by the Thames Cricket Club, commencing at 2.30 sharp. The Married will be chosen from Aitken, Airey, Clark, Colhoun, Dobbs, Eggin* ton, Fletcher, Griffiths, Harrison, Hindman, Maddern, D. Newman, G. Smith, and J. E. Smith. The Single will be represented by Pearce, Coney, Newman, Gellion, Newton, Laing, Allen, Beckman, Waite, Douglas, and Paterson. _The brigantine Circe sailed for Ljttelton this morning. The Hauraki Rowing Club's whaleboat crew, with thfir boat, pnreeded to Auckland this morning, to train for the Rrgatta next Thursday. Mr Caleb Robinson is acting as coxswain at present, but Mr Savage will take that position on race day if he can get back from Tauranga in time.

Tb Whiti baa been instrumental in commi ting a native named Riri to the New Plymouth Lunatic Asylum, because Riri rouaed his jealousy by stating that he was appointed by Government to rule the natives. and had power to kill all wicked people.

B. T. Booth opened his temperance mission last night, at the Auckland Theatre Royal. The building was crowded to excess. Two hundred took the pledge and donned the blue ribbon at tho close of the meeting.

The Now Zea'and Refrigerating Comply' Dunedhi, has declared an iterim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, for the half-year.

Two suicides are reported from Otago. Edward Oberey hung himself on Wedneadaj at South Dunedio, owing to his wife's infidelity. Deceased was fifty yearß of age. An inquest was held, the verdict being " Temporary insanity." At Cromwell, yesterday, Joseph Reston, a miner and old resident of tho district, shot himself through the head. He was a single man. The Fiji correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, writing fro a Levuka under date January 13;h, says :—We have a somewhat ftmaus visitor in town, in Mr W. J. Hunt, who arrived in the Tuviuni, from Samoa. Mr Hunt got some money out of the Hon. Sir Arthur Gordon as High Commis sioner, and he narrowly oscaped extracting a muoh larger sum from His Excellency through that suit in the Supreme Court. Mr Hont recently went again to Samoa. While there he received notice from the High Cotnuiiseion authority to leave the Navigator's Group within fout days', He has now amTed in Leruka, and purposes commencing an action against Sir William Dcs Venae for this, his latest removal from S;imoa. So that' there may be' another cause Celebris, in which Mr W.J. Hunt may complacently see bis name figuring.

Dboiinb or Mak.—Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured by " Welli' Health Henewer." At druggists. —Ke>upthonie, Proper aud Co., Ageuts, Autklautl.

At v show of Bf-.. Bernard dogs, held in Inndon early in November last, there were exhibited by the Rev. A. Carter, in the roughcoated class, a dog named Phinlimmon, under 18 months old, who is b lievod to bo the heaviest dog ever known This magnificent animul weighed no less than 13 stone 12 pounds. He stands 31 inobes in height, and has a blaok and orange coat, with perfect white markings. It is not surprising to learn tbat the claaa and challenge cups were awarded to the owner of euch a splendid speciinon.

YfiSTBBOAT Wing the anniversary day of Wellington province, wai observed as a general holiday. At Wellington the weather was delightful, the heat being tempered by a high southerly brefze. The principal attractions were the regatta and the Druids'fete. At the regatta the principal event —the first-class yacht race—-was won by leka by a minute from the Thetis, (be Xoriffa being third, fifteen minutes behind. The otiher ev-nts were only of local interest. No acoident occurred. At Wanganui the Caledonian Sportß were wellattend d, over 2000 people being present. The principal winners were— McGregor, for dancing and putting the stone ; Broughton, for jumping and running; and Lang and Gleeson, for wrestling and singlestick. The racing was very close, there being two or three ties for places.

A PECULIAR case of death from the etings of jelly fisb is reported by the Townsville Bulletin. It seem that Frederick Wm. Smith, a boy 11 years of age, about half-past seven on the morning of the 30lh December, went into the shallow water of Ross Creek, near the Upper Ferry, to bath°. Sh rtly after he w«s seen by Mr John Kelly, of Boss Island, walking in about three feet of water, crying aad striking his hands against his thisbs. Mr Kelly at first thought that the boy had cut bis foot with a bottle, but noticing that after going a few yards the b»y fell down, Kelly ran to the »pot and found deceased lying de d in about three feet of water, with a large number of jelly fish all over his body, though not more than three minutes bad elapsed from the time when he firßt noticed him. So numerous were the jelly fish that while Mr Kelly was removing the body from the water his own a*ms were severely bitten, necessitating after treatment to reduce the swelling. The deceased was seen by Dr. Eidgley, who gave as his opinion 'hat death resulted from the stings of the fish.

It is impossible to remain long sick or out of health where Hop Bitters are used. See another.

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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5002, 23 January 1885, Page 2

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Untitled Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5002, 23 January 1885, Page 2

Untitled Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5002, 23 January 1885, Page 2

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