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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5205, 22 September 1885, Page 2

Asr information for perjury has been sworn in Wellington against Mr Sydney Muir in connection with the Hutt tarring case.

The meeting of shareholders in the Success G.M. Co., which was to hare been held iv Auckland yesterday, lapsed for want of i> quorum.

Tbjtdbbs are invited in another column for the annual supplies for the Orphanage .and Trainiog School, and will ba received at the Borough Council Chambers until noon of the 28th mat.

The number of our residents interested in the Otunui district will be glad to learn that work on the contract let on Saturday last; to Mr J. Punch will be commenced to-morrow, and the completion of it may be confidently looked for in about two months' time.

As will be seen by our Parliamentary telegram the prorogation of Parliament was fixed for 4 o'clock to day, bo that the final meeting of the session could not be chronicled in time for publication by us.

The blue prevails, the right is uppermost; Justitia reigns supreme. The forlorn and deserted aspect of the Court is causing the members of the force to resultleasly meander in quest of a charge. There was not even a solitary " drunk " up to-day.

Mb J. C. M. Gibson, accountant, has commenced business in Brown street, next to the Exchange Corner, and we would direct attention to bis advertisement which appears on our third page.

Ik response to an invitation from the directors of the Trenton, Saxon, and Hercules Companies for suggestions as to the best method of working their respective holdings, Messrs Coutts, Clark, and Bayldon have recommended —(1) that the eastward drive on No. 2 lode at No. 3 Jevel of the Saxon -haft should be extended for the joint benefit of the companies; or (2), that a new shaft should be f.unk in the Trenton ground near the top of the spur. It is estimated that a distance of sbout 440 ft. would require to be driven from No. 3 level to reach the Saxon eastern boundary, when the other claims could easily be opened up by means of crosscuts. There can be no doubt that the recommendation to work from the Saxon shaft would bs far preferable to Binking a new shaft, as the drive would pass through a wellknown auriferous, but so far unprospected, channel of country, and would greatly benefit the whole of the companies, and we therefore hope to see the recommendation adopted, and work commenced «s soon as possible.

The Liogard Royal Diorama of Scotland and panorama of the Soudan War will open a season in the Academy of Mueio on Thursday evening next. A Dunedin exchange thus speaks of it:—'The opening exhibition of Mr George Lingard's Panorama was given on Saturday evening, in the presence of s large audience. The series of paintings is divided into three sets, the first inducting a number of views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; the second showing many " places of interest in and about Glasgow ; and the third being illustrative of battle scenes in tho Soudan War. The show is naturally of a varied and interesting description, and the majority of the pictures are of high artistic merit. The services of Mr A. Maoandrew as lecturer have been secured, and that gentleman made, on the whole, a successful debut in that capacity. Mr Macandraw is fitted in a rather unusual respect for the post of lecturer, inasmuch as he possesses a sufficient quantity of the " gift of song" to enable him to vary his descriptive language by the occasional introduction of ballads appropriate to the scenes which are successfully unfolded. The principle or at all events most striking views in the first seues were the new town of Edinburgh, shown by day and also illuminated as it appeared on the occasion of the Prince of Wales's marriage; Roslyn Chapel, also illuminated ; Liniithgow Palace; Abbots ford, on the Biver Tweed, and well known as the residence of Sir Walter Scott; Melrose Abbey, by moonlight: the port of Greenock, which received epeciul notice from the audience; a grand scene in deer-haunted Lochnagar; and the Palace of Balmoral. In the next scries the pictures most appreciated were Tay Bridge, tho scene of the frightful railway accident a few years ago; the "fair city" of Perth;, views of the interior and, exterior of Loch Leven Ca%tle j Looh Katriue, by moonlight; Lorb Lomond with its beautiful waters dotted with verdant iiles ; the Firth of Clyde, crowded with shipping; Cora Lynn, a celebrated and beautiful waterfall, and pome fine pictures of well-known parts of Glasgow. The Soudan War scenes are tolerably striking iv appearance. At intervals during the evening some vocal selections were giren in good style by Mrs Lingard and Misses Heath and Coats, while Scotch dancing and bagpipe playing were also occasionally introduced. Altogether the entertainment is a genuinely interesting one, and well worth a visit.

Db Kii&otfß read a paper on Drummond's 1 Natural Law as applied to the Spiritual Weld" at laßt nights meeting of tho Mutual Improvement Association. The Rev». F. Or. Evans and §. J. Nei'l, and Messrs J. Adam*, R. N. Smith and A. Connon criticised the paper. Mb H. D. Vbgel, eldest son of Sir Julius Vogel, who was born in this colony, has just carried off at Wimbledon the Spencer Cup, which is a prize given by Earl Spencer for the best shot in all the Publio Schools of th« United Jungdom. Mr Vogel represented Charterhouse, where he previously won during the season a silver cup for the Wimbledon competition, and the silver medal for the aggregate score of the season. Thb Executive Comittiltee pf the New Zealand Exhibition have made arraDgejajegls by which Mr G. A. Sala will gire two leotursi in the Exhibition buildings befoe taking his departure from the colony. The ueual weekly meeting of the Thames Paiiameatary Union will take place this evening in the Shortland Public Hall. The notice paper contains several rjafctera of interest and a continuance of the debate on Mr Wood's (Bailer) propoeal to pace £100 on the Supplementary Estimates for the publication of Mr f. Mackay's recent lecture on New Zealand and the Maoris.

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