The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5132, 29 June 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1885.

Thbbe waß a good muster at yesterday's church parade of the Navals. Of the Thames Company there were Capt. Wildman, Lients. Potts and Allom, Dr Payne, and 49 men, and 20 men of the Auckland Navals, under the command of Lieut. Parker.

F< R come time past, our local founders Messrs Price Bros., have been ergaged constructing several articles intended to be shown at the forthcoming Industrial Exhibition, to be held in Wellington. We were to-day shown several of the articles, all of which are certainly of the very best workmanship, and reflect the greatest credit on Messrs Price Bros. The first to attract our attention was a model Pelfcon wheel, of about 2-horse power. It is encased in a neatly-made iron box, with glass let in on either side, to enable visitors to see the wheel in full operation. Besides this* a large Pelton wheel, of some 50 or 60-borse power, has also been completed, and we have no doubt will attract considerable attention/ especially if motive power is supplied. A cement crusher, to the order of Mr Adams, of Otago, has just been finished, and is really a creditable piece of wort. It is not improbable that this will also be exhibited. Messrs Price Bros, have certainly done credit to the articles intended to be forwarded by them, and we have no doubt they will secure a high order of merit in their branch.

In connection with the new tariff, Messrß James Benshaw and Morrin and Co. forwarded the following telegram to Mr W. Fraser, M.H.R., to-day :—" Fuse, dynamite, and detonators are unennmerated, therefore liable to ten per cent. This would be a disastrous tax on mining. All the mine managers unite with us in asking yon to use jour influence to retain these articles on the free list."

Attention is directed to the advertisement appearing in another column, announcing a conoert to be given in the Academy of Music to-morrow evening, by members of St. James' Presbyterian Church choir.

A papbb on " Wrong versus Eight," «vill be read at the Mutual Improvement Association's meeting this evening.

The subcommittee appointed to promote an entertainment in aid of a fund for pur* chasing books for the library, met to day, and drew up an interim programme for a concert and proposed dance, which it is suggested should take place on the 28th July. Mr Lush, one of the committee, undertook the management of the affair, and it promises to be a great success.

The football match played on the WaioKaraka Flat on Saturday afternoon between the Auckland and Thames Natal Artillery Companies, resulted in a victory for thi local team |by two points to nil —a touch down securpd by Irwin. The game was brought to an abrupt termination owing to several disputes occuring, the captain of the Auckland team withdrawing his men from the field shortly before the time appointed for closing the game. In the evening all disagreements were forgotten,' and the local team entertained the visitors at a dinner in the Governor Bowen Hotel, when a very enjoyable time was spent.

Manx of our readers will learu with sincere regret of the demise of Mr Henry Edgecumbe, at Hamilton, on Friday last. The deceased was well known in the district, and his kindly aid to deserving charities, whether as a c ntributor at concerts, or in a more substantial manner, will not be forgotten. He was an early resident in the Waikato district, being one of the first settlers in Ngaruawahia, and, with a few intervals (pent in Tieiting the Thames, he lived most of his later d»ys in the Waikato. The cause of death was a pir.<lyfcio stroke, whi'-h he Buffered on the 17th mat., and from which he never rallied. He has left a daughter at the Thiniea—Mrs ¥. Kenny, of Mount Pleasant—and two sons, to mourn the loss of a genial and kind father. Mr Edgecumbe bad reached the advanced age of 69 years. His funeral took place yesterday, in the Hamilton Masonic burial ground.

A kabbow escape from fire was experienced on the premises of the Queen's Hotel, corner of Albert and Queen street a, on Sa'urday afternoon. The floor of one of the rooms was partially burnt through when it was discovered that fire, which must hare been fmoirdering for several hours, had burnt several of the supports between a faulty fireplace and an adjoining passage, and had it not been for the prompt action of the landlady in calling in the assistance of Messrs Hennelley, Brown, and some passers-by, and thoughtfully playing a hose on the burning timber, a serious conflagration might have taken place;

In the Police Court thia morning, before L. ton Edtter, Esq., J.P-, Margaret Bird was charged with being on Curtis' Wharf on Saturday afterncon, in a state of delirium tremens. She had been arrested by Constable Sheahon, and placed in the lock-up, bat owing to the state of her health, Dt Caljan had to be •ent tor. The Benoh inflicted a fine of ss, or imprisonment till the rising of the Court, and ordered the defendant to pay 10» 6d, the cost of medical treatment.

On Saturday last Mr W. It. Steward, of the Telegraph Office—an old Thames resident —gave up hia bachelordoni, and was united to Miii Peel, daughter of Major Peel, a recent arrival in the district. The many friends of the happy couple wish them every happiness.

At a meeting of Fire and Marine Underwriters, held in Auckland on Saturday, to consider the new Fire and Marine Insurance Companies' Bill, the proposal to require foreign companies to deposit £20,000 was unanimously condemned. The following resolution was passed :—" This meeting considers it very undesirable that the proposed Fire and Marine Insurance Companies' Bill should become law, as they regard tho same as unnecessary.

A committee of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce lias been appointed to report on the new tariff, and a full meeting of the Chamber will ba held this week to consider it.

A ncmbbe of the lbird-olas« passengers by the Aorangi, which reoently arrived in Auckland, complain as to the provisions, the medical inattention, and the defective sanitary inconveniences on the voyage.

A deputation from the.temperance people of Wellington waited on the Refreshment Committee of the Exhibition on Saturday, relative to the vending of alcholic liquor* at the Exhibition. The Committee decided to take the matter into consideration, and make representations to the Government.

A DuKßDisr telegram Bays :—ln order to prepare ior the interprovincial football match with Wellington, all the first fifteen members are off, and the first of the trial matches took place on Saturday afternoon. The next three Saturdays will also be thus utilised. A determined effort to beat the visiting team will be made, and the local one is at present the favorite.

Thb directors of the Colonial Insurance Company have unanimously resolved to oppose the passage of the Insurance Act Bill, with tho exception of the clauses relating to the formation of Limited Liability Companies.

A tblegbam received from Wellington says:—The Wellington local committee of the Exhibition has decided to accede to the desire of Dr Yon Haaet, tbafc they should act in a similar capacity for the London Exhibition.

This area under sugar cane in Queensland last season was 53,285 acres, showing an increase of about 7000 acres on the previous year. The returns show a decrease for the year of 4138 tons. The acreage of the crops crushed was 29,951, yielding 32,000 tons of sugar. The quantity of rum produced was 133,767 gallons.

How to Enjoy Cold Weather.— Take something to warm yon, and which will at the same time give you strength and rigour. Nothing will do tfafa and keep oat the cold better, and be more comforting, than a bot, fragrant cup of " Cadburj's Cocoa Essence."