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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5117, 11 June 1885, Page 2

The Cambria Co. are stacking a considerable quantity of tailings in the G-olden Crown and Prince Imperial battery yards; the treutn»ent of wfaioh should provide work for La Monte's furnace, when erected, for some titne > Yabious conjectures us to the locality of the proposed erection of one of the La Monto furnaces, for treating Thames tailings and quartz, have been made, and from what we can learn the probability is that the old ImperialCrowa battery site, next' to Climo and Bawden's tailings works, on the boach, will be decided upon. . . NuMßEOirfl complaints hare been made that the sleepers on the tramwaiy along the Tararu road are being removed, probably for kindling purposes. The poliqe were to-day instructed to kfep a sharp look-out for those who appro* priate the property of the Borough in this surreptitious fashion. An officer of our local force has Veen taking the names of those who hare been pilfering, and unless a stop is put to this misappropriation, some Police Court cases will result.

The following tenders were received at the County offices to-day for the undermentioned works:—(l). Construction of bridge and approaches at Waikttwau Creek: McQuade, £338 4s ; Butler, £346 11s 3d j Ha^kes, £354 9s 3d; Punch, £355 7s; Wells and Gardner, £350 10a 103; J. Darrow, £367 18s 43; R. N. Smith, £386 16s; Marshall, £430 183. (2). For the construction of nine bridges on Thames-Coromandel road, between Mutu Creek and Thames J Borough : McDermott, £1067 17s; Butler, £1233 2a fid; Punch, £1244 7s. 61 Darrow, £1383 16a 8d; McAndrew, £L 452 ; Wells and Gardner, £1.535 153 6d. For the former work McQuade's tender was accep' ed, and for the latter that of Butler and party.

The following tender* hare been accepted for the supply ol" requisites for the Thames Hospital for the ensuing six months :— Groceries, Mears and Co.; meat, Biteman;< bread, Mears and Co; milk, F. Trembath • funerals, W. Twentyman ; and coals, Short.

At the usual meeting of the Hospital Com* mit tee yesterday afternoon, there were present —Messrs Wildman (President), Bruce, Clark, Rensbaw, Radford, Hall, Mulligan, McGtowan 1 West, Barton, Reid, and Kilgour, and the Rots. F. Gh Evans and 8. J. Ncill. Accounts to the amount of £ 119,13s 4d were_paesed Hfor payment,.a»a-o«»—tbe reedmrnendati6n~oTthe House Committee, a general serrant was authorised to be engaged at £1 per week, with rations and lodgings. The following were appointed a House Committee for the ensuing month :—Messrs Brodie, Burton, Steedman, and Towneend, and the meeting rose.

A STATEMENT,"to be distributed to policyholders in the Goverment Insurance Associati >n, for and against the establishment of Local Boards has been issued.

The principal measures of Government will be presented to the House shortly after the Governor's Speech is disposed of. As yet very few of the members of the Legislative Council have arrived in Wellington. The Protection Association in Chrietchurch hna addressed a remonstrance to Mr D. Beese M.H.R. for Starjmore, who has given utterance to anti-protection views in his recent speecb. John Gobdon was killed by the falling of a tree at Mangapai. Hoxuday's stationer's hall, on Lamberton Quay, Wellington, had a narrpw escape of destruction by fire last evening, through several fly-catchers in the window catching fire from the gas. Xhe damage was fortunately confined to the goods in the window. The organ recital at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, by J. B. Akcrs, of Nelson, last Bight, was attended by a good assemblage. The man Herbert, Allendale, who confessed to the recent extensive jewellery robbery from the sbop of Jenneja, in Wellington, was yesterday committed for trial. The Wellington Fine Arts Exhibition Committee have decided to do away with their annual display (his year, and will amalgamate with the Art Branch of the New Zealand I Exhibition; | In en article dealing with the question of Federation, the Evening Herald gives expression to the following:—"lt is clear that the internal administration of the affairs of the North and Middle Islands cannot be made to fit on one pettsm or be carried out equitably by a central government. There should be a local Parliament for each ißland, one Bitting in Auckland and the other at Christchureh or Dunedin, whichever might ba found to be more convenient, ibis idea is very much on the lines.sketched by the member for Fort Chalmers, and it does not take much wisdom. to foresee that events are rapidly pointing in that direction. A central Parliament of limited number might assemble once in two or three years at Wellington to regulate matters of general concern. By such an arrangement the country might receive the benefit of much intellectual power now limited to the arena of Parliamentary Associations. Thved or fom- months in Wellington,-to the tiegiar-t of all business, ciaar-t bs a&yr-dert by oi;fyoatig<3!r or best.snsn."

Ths caso of Lieut PurneH »,. I?en Zealand JKiSb Assooiatiori, eiaioaing compensation fortbs KiiJa Ohatnpionship, wiii ba heard at taa WalHngton Supreme Court on Monday.

The police ara searching for the missing men, F. Liardet and J S. Harris, "who were shooting game on the Wairarapa Lake in the Wellington district. Nothing has been heard of them since the 25th ult, and it is feared that V'ey may have been drowned in crossing the Lake. .

Nothikq further is known as to the origin of the tire which recently took place in Princess street, Auckland. Miss Temple bad insured her stock and furniture for £300 in the London Fire Association. The briok buildings were insured by Mrs Outhwaite ia the New Zsaland for £200 j the roof only was damaged.