Untitled

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5251, 16 November 1885, Page 2

The handicaps for the sports meeting to be held on the 30th November have been made, and our reporter upon application for the in* formation desired for the use of the public, and those who have entered for the various events on the programme, was informed that no publication of the result of the handicapping would be made antil to-morrow. Thb sale of Messrs S. Coombes Oo.'s stock has been continued t,-day with very satisfactory results. The leaee of the premises has been disposed of privately, and the fixtures etc. will all be sold to-morrow. The concert to b■» held in the Academy of Music to-morrow evening in aid of the funds of tVe Catholic B>ya' School promises to be a great success. The programme ia a most varied and attractive one, and cannot fail to draw a crowded house. Mr Wiseman has kindly promised to giro a new local song ) entitled, " The Detectives at the mine," while several of our leading local talent will take part in the entertainment. Thb County Chairman has been notified by G-overnment to the effect that exhibits of coal, mineral, or heavy substance which may be intended for exhibition in London, must bo forwarded to Deacon and Co., Wellington, with the name and address of the exhibitor on the outside of the package. A description of the exhibit viith the name of the exhibitor should also be placed inßide the package, and a copy setit to Dr yon Haaßt; heavy exhibits must reach Wellington not later than the 14th December, as the steamer leaves on the 17th. Gold and other exhibits of value should be sent to the Under Secretary for Mj^.es. The Benedicts scored a victory over the single men in a cricket match played on Saturday on the Waio Karaka Fla% the total number of runs made being 77 to 60. Mr Christey bas resigned hja position as Secretary to the Thames Cricket Qlub, »«d Mr T. Aitken has been eko'fd in hja place, Next Saturday a matoh will be played (Jrahamstown v. Shortland Thb Thames Rfla Rangorx had two shooting matches on Saturday afWnom at the Collarbone bufct.3, one by tbe first class for a picture presented by Messrs Foy Bros , an ' the tecona plij»s fir Messrs Marshal and MenEis's przes. The r«f ges Jjred at were 200, 300 a*d 5 0 yards, i shots at oHpb. The follow'ng am tbo high"!*/ scores ;™-First pNsa s i Corpl. Ctim?, 77; Corl. J. Thomas, ?0j Corpl. A. Th -mss, P9 : Vol. Person, 65 ; Corpl. Inglis, 64 ; Captiin Jjnras, 63. Bfoond plese; Yo\ McLooti 56; Voi P. Newdick, 45; Vol. ». Pougluc, 48 ; Vol B.Climo, 45. An inebriate was brought, up this forenoon in the Court before H Kenriok Epq , 11.M., and dismissed with a caution to behave better in tho future. Impobtant testimony as to tho value of the diamond drill in mining operations, is given by the manager of the Hepburn Estate Leasehold Mining Company, Smeaton, Victoria, in a recent letter addressed to the Minister of Mines. After giv ng particulars as to the strata passed through in the eight bores which were put down on the company's property, he says:—" In our case the diamond drill has been of the greu'est benefit, as we have not only proved the wash, but the course of it, and now know exactly how to carry on our underground operations. The saving of time and money is not the least important consideration, as, but for the drill, many year* might have been spent in fruitless searching, there being no surface indications to guide. " Ho.u.GH osr GoßNfl,';—A»k for Wells " Bough on Corns." Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. (][orn,B, warts, bunions.— If empthproe Prpsger and Co., A^eafce, Auckland. No matter srhat j.pup feeljug or ailineijt js, American Co.'* Hop Eiltcrp sfjll do you gtxid; Pro re jl sad »cc

It ia stated that the appointment of an Inspector cf Lunatic Asylums, which will bo vacated by Dr Grabhain (who is leaving the colony) in the course of a few months, has baen off red to and accepted by Professor MacGregor, of Dunedin It is also understood that before fir Grabbam was appointed, the prev'om Government was willing to offer the appointment to Dr MacGregor if he would hove accepted if, but be declined. The Professor w»8 formerly medical officer of the Lun-.tici Asylum at Duneriin, and has made the question of lunacy a speci»li y. Thh late J. T. Wiggor of Addington, Canterbury, who some months ago endowed the' Agricultural and Pastoral Association with 5 acres of land, has left the bulk of his estates, sworn , under £17,000, to the Old Men's Horns, Lyttleton Orphanage, and Female Rafuge. His widow gets an annuity, and £2300 has been left in legacies to his doctor, servants, some friends, and various benevolent institutions of Cbristchurch. .; .Ai*bed Jtrrama, son of a settler at Bunnytborpe, Wellington, was killed on Friday afternoon while bush felling. Thb barque Rose from Newcastle^ arrived at Fort Chalmers on Saturday afternoon, having encountered very bad weather on the 11th. At 4 o'clock the wind veered from S.W. to N.W., rising a tremendous sea which broke over the vessel's poop, smashed the wheel and severely bruised tbo steerman; smashed the skylights, carried aw y the binnacle, and everything moveable on the after part of the ship. It washed the master forward, severely bruising him, and swept Jas. .Rutherford (able seaman) overboard. Owing to the loss of the wheel the vessel became unmanageable, and the life buoys having been washed away nothing could be done for the poor fellow who was drowned. He waa a native of Greenock, and' supposed to be unmarried. The Herald understands that with regard to the opening up of the King Country, the Government mean to endeavor to get the natives to put their land through the Native Land Court. For the preßenfc, nothing can be done in the Waikato country, for a Court could not be appointed for that district owing to nn approaching sitting at Taupo, at which a number of those interested in the Waikato lands will have to be present. It ia expected that at Ihe Taupo Court a large area of the central King Country, belonging to the Ngatituwharetcm, will be passed through. As to gold prospecting!, the difficulties that arise are mainly from queati.BSof ownership. If one set of natives presume to give leave to Europeans to prospt ;fc for gold over an area of country, that is taken by another set of natives to bo an assertion of esclusUe title to the whole of the laud, and thereupon they turn the prospectors off. In all likelihood, a considerable amount of prospecting will be done during the summer, but till the land is through the Court, prospectors will always be liable to interruption. Fhes and Btr<sß, Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gopher*, chip* munkfi, cleared out by " Roi gh on Rate."— Eompthorne, Prosser and Co., Agents, Auckland.