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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5166, 7 August 1885, Page 2

The following telegrams were posted at the Corner this morning.—" Cambria: 601bs specimens from wioso, No. 3 level; good ahow left. —H. W. Moohe."—" Darwin : 91be picked etone from No, 4 stope east.—H. W. Moobb." The Aoiorican lecturer, Mr Gerald Massey ie about to Tieit the Thames. A iaege concourao of people assembled on the Bright Smile flat thio afternoon to wi ncsa the " fall" of the old P/ako chimney stack The work was oarried out under the superintendence of Moesra Price Btob. The pile was fallen admirably, and very few of the bricks, considering the height of the edifice and their number, were damaged to any great extent. The work of curling them to the place chosen for the erection of tbp LaMonte furnace— the Imperial Crown site—will be commenced almost immediately. Thbbe were four plainta set down for hearing in the Warden's Court (his morning, but three cases were struck out, owing to non appearance of the parties to them, and the other was adjourned till to-morrow morning. The causes Comes r. M. Kelly, and the same plain, tiff v. Shaw, Goonan, and Kelly in connection with Karangahake claims, were amongst those removed from the list, and in connection with them the Warden remarked that although the plaint waa not pursued, the causes alleged by Cornea for his bringing the action, showed that the law had not been complied with, and notwithstanding it had been dropped, there was no reason why the Mining Inspector should not efcep in and see regulations carried out. In cases where they were not, the grouud was liablo to for* feiture. The hesring of the plaint Trcgoweth v. White, was that adjourned until to-mor* row. The directors of the Waiolahi G.M.Co. have declared a dividend of 2s 6d per share (6000), payable on Wednesday next, the amount thus distributed being £750. A MEBTING- of members of the Miners' Football Club will be held to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock at Mr MoLiver's rooms, when every member is requested to attend, as basi. ness of some importance will be discussed. We would again remind our readers that Thompson's diorama of the Soudan War and Nile Expedition will open in the Academy of Music to-night. The work bos been aliown in all the principal towns of New Zealand, and haa been very favorably criticised by the Press. We have co doubt there will be a large attendance. In the Police Court this morning a brace of bacchanalians were each fined five shillings and j f-os'B, or in defaulb imprisonment till the Court rose ; (hie was all the business. Ijsr ano!her column tenders are called by the Borough Council for work to be done on the Rocky Point road,

A FOOTBAi/n match will bo played on the Waio-Knraka Flat to-morrow afternoon between teams chosen from the Union and Victoria Cluba. The following are the names of the teams: —Union : W. Bnohan (captain), J, Bucban, Douglas, Allen, Buckland, Maxwell, Eea (2), Ladner, Hindman, Sullivan, Paterson, Greenville, Harris, Stead man, and Bates; emergencies, Beokman and R. Waite. Tictoria: Irwin (captain), Cleave, Brownlee, Mclaughlin, Dare, MoCollum (2), Koto, Cooper, W. Greenville, Wilson, Mann, Deeble, Robinson, and Hardman ; emergencies, Carter, Graham, and O'Brien. A SEBioira accident happened to a man named Walter Davys, at; Waihi j^estorday. It appears that he was engaged shovelling quartz in a drive, when a large boulder fell from the roof, striking him on his back, which is somewhat severely injured, while he also sustained several bruises. Ho was brought to the Hospital in a steamer from Paeroa thii i aftornion, where his injuries were promptly attended to. The results of the Standard examinations in connection with the Kauaeranga Girls', Waiotahi Creek, and Waio-Kai-aka Schools have been received as follows : —Kauaeranga Girls' School: Standard I—Examined 76, paused 69; Standard lI—Do. 39, do. 33; Standard lII—Do. 21, do, J6; Standard IV —Do. 11, do. 6 ; Standard V—Do. 10, do. 3 ; Standard VI—Do. 9, do. 5. Totals: Examined, 166; passed, 122. Waiotahi Creek School: Standard I—Examined 18, pasted 11; Standard lI—Do. 24, do. 20 ; Standard lII—Do. 9, do. 3 ; Standard IV—Do. 6, do. 3 ; Stan« dard V—Do. 6, do. 4 Totals: Examined, 63; passed, 41. Waio-Karaka School: Standard I—Examined 43, passed 43 ; Standard lI—Do. 54, do. 44; Standard lII—Do. 32, do. 23; Standard IV—Do. 31, do. 20;' Standard V—Do. 15, do 5; Standard "Vl— Do. 13, do. 7. Totals: Examined, 193 ; passed, 142.

The representative of Stewart Dawson and Co., will be at the Pacific Hotel on Saturday and Monday next, to shew their excellent goods in the shape of wutchaa and jewellery which that firm send to the ThnoiOß. CIAIMS against the Exhibition Committee must be forwarded to the Secretary, Mr 3?. C. Dean, by Monday next. The Otago Rugby Union has decided, owing to the difficulty in getting leave for the players, not to take any action regarding the Inter-Island match. The Union contemplate sending teams on a tour of the colony next season, and the Inter-Island match would interfere with that. Owing; to the large public support at the recent match £20 was voted to the Benevolent Institutions. Me Fabnal/L, President of the Auckland Liberal .Association, forwarded a letter to the Premier and Minister of Public Works yesterday, conveying the resolutions passed at the late meeting under the auspices of the Association, to consider the question of the unemployed, and requesting them to provide at once, at least temporary work, for 335 men, 183 of whom are reamed men with families. The preliminary inquiry iD the wreck of the Kate McGregor was held in Auckland yesterday by the Collector of Customs, but nothing new was disclosed. "We learn that the Hugo Minstrels who have been successfully appearing in various parts of the colony, are likely to pay a visit to the Thsmes. Mawx Thames residents will regret to read of the early demise—at the age of 27 years —of Mr Robert Graham, eldest son of the late owner of the township bearing his name. The cause of death was consumption, with which t l c late sufferer has been long afflicted.

The Te Aroha correspondent of the Waikato Times writes s —The excitement that prevails at Karangahake, and the fresh life that has been imparted to mining there since the introduction of LaMonle's process of quartz treatment was resolved upon, has extended, though in a Bm»ller degree, to Te Aroha. Silver is known to exist in" some of the reefs on fchu mountain t%bove the township, and it is thought that with the new system of treating the ore, the same excellent results that are expected at KaraDgahake may also be obtained here. Several claims have been taken up, and sample of the quartz sent to Auckland to be tested. Should a favorable report be received the further development of the reefs will at once be proceeded with. The Botorua correspondent of the Herald writes as follows :—The mud volcano under Mr John Duncan's houee again came into active play on Monday night. Attracted by the spluttering sound, I proceeded to the spot, and found the proprietor in no way disconcerted, calmly viewing the weird-like spectacle by candlelight. It continued to belch up i boiiiug liquid mud for about ten minutes, and after raising the temperature of the cottage to a comfortable Bleeping degree it quietly subsided, and John retired to rest. A Gazette which has just been issued in Wellington notifies the appointment of Si? G-. S. Whitmore as Inspector of the Volunteer Fortes, and that as " Bough on Eats " contains arsenic or preparation of arsenic, and is therefore a "poison " within the meaning of "The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871," the attention of' chemists and others is called to the provisions of Section 12 of that Act, which prescribes regulations to be observed in the sale of poisons, as there is reason to believe that those regulations are not always strictly carried out as respects the poison above referred to. The total amount of beer duty for the colony for the month of July, 1885, is £3837 10s 9d ; the corresponding month of 1884 was £4091 10s 3d. The following is the amount collected at the principal 1 towns .—Auckland, £843 2s; Wellington, £350 2s lid ; Ch^ristchurch, £696 12s 5d ; Dunedin, £845 19 2d. The Customs revenue for July is £118 525 10s 2d ; no return has yet beeu received from Kaipara. The corresponding month of 1884 was £132,687 17s lid. The amount collected at the principal ports was:—Auckland, £31,702 15s 6d ; Wellington, £24,506 0s lOd ; Lyttleton trad Christchurch, £26,709 2s 9d ; Dunedin, £28,478 7s lid.