The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5281, 21 December 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1885.

To-jtOßßovr evening the Thames Choral Society will gire a concert in the Pollen-street Lecture Hail, at which will be given Sir W. Sterndale Bennett's pastoral cantata, "The May Queen," the parta in wbich are taken by Mrs Kilgour, Miss Coney, and Messrs Weston and Adams. The remainder of the pro. gramme consists of choice selections to be rendered by Mesdames Kilgour, Phillips, Payne, and Kirkpatrick, and Messrs Coney, Adams, Beale, Kirkpatrick, Bayldon, and Weston, concluding with the Choral March, " Men of Harlecb," by the Sooiety.

Ottb tradespeople are determined not to hide their light under a bushel, but to let everyone know that they are ready for any emergency that may happen during the coming holidays. Mr James Finlay, Brown street, has a Tery fine display of valuable jewellery, gold and oilier watches, brooches, &c, all specially adapted for Christmas presents and Sew Year's gifta.-^-W. Martin, junior, in his premises at the Karaka Bridge, Pollen street, calls attention to his new stock of Christmas goods just opened out, which are being sold at the lowest possible rates.— Mr I. Fernandez, draper, of Newton, Auckland, has taken Messrs S. Ooombes and Oo.'s old premises in Owen s'.reet, and will have a fiat assortment of drapery and clothing ready for the holiday season, whioh will be sold at astonishingly low prices fo meet the times.

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A mak n|mcd Hurry Anderson fell off the Goods Wharf yesterday about noon, striking the ketch Luny James in his decent into the mud below. Constable Bern, to whom the Captain of the ship bad reported the Occident, hastened to the scene, and found that the man had sustained some very serious injuries—a wound in his scnlp about a couple of inches long, and a severe dislocation of the left arm at the shoulder, besides bruises elsewhere. He was taken to the hospital, where his injuries were promptly attended to by Dr Payne. To-day he seems to be doing very fairly, and unless any ua« favorable change takes place, is in a fair way of recovery. How the accident occurred is not known, but Anderson was spoken to not more than half an hour before, and cautioned as to the danger he ran of falling over the Wharf.

Mb Goodwik, Inspector of Schools, is at present on the Thames conducting an examination of candidates for teacher's certificates, most of whom are being examined for Class E. The track to the claims in the locality of the Tui Creek, Te Aroha, is now completed as far as the top of tue range, but very little work will be done in the mines until after the holidays.

The tender of Jamieson and Tucker, at £840, has been accepted for the erection of a handsome villa residence for Mr J. A. Miller at Parawai.

At the Police Court this morning, before L. Yon Hotter, Esq., J.P., r man named Edward Sums was charged with being drunk on Saturday night. He admitted the offence, and was fined ss, or imprisonment uttil the rising of the Court, which immediately took place.

A dispute is pending in the building trade in Auckland, owing to a large contractor inti* mating that he will in the future engage car* penters at 9s instead of at 10 shillings per day. One hundred men are now on strike.

A twelve hours' go-as-you-please match for £25 a-side, between G. J. Hayletfiand Jas. McGregor, was concluded at Greymouth on Saturday night. They did 61 milee 6 laps in the time in a small hall—34 laps to the mile. Tbero was a good deal of excitement at the finish, and Hajlett won by only a yard or so.

The following is the result of an assay of a piece of quartz from the Rosemont mine, Waihi: —Band of brown quartz nearly an inch in width, llozs Bdwts 16grs gold, and lSlozs ldwt J6grs silver per ton; blue quartz from some stone, ISozs 6dwts 16grs gold, and 2260zs I7dwts 9grs silver per ton.

This evening a lecture on " Self Culture" is to be delivered by the Rev. R. Bavin in the Wesleyan Church, Pollen Street. The doors open at 7. p.m., the lecture to commence at 7.30 p.m. Admission free.

MiSBBS Meabs and Co will hold an auction sale of hams, bacon, ehepse, &c, at their Co«operative Stores, Pollen street, tomorrow.

Br reference to our telegrams ifc wiil be seen tbat the recently imported steeplechaser Granvil'e, who was purchased in Australia by Mr M. Gallagher, of Auckland, for £300, met with an accident wbile contesting the Steeplechose at the Otahuhu races on Saturday, and had to be deetroyeri. Much sympathy is expressed in rporting circles at the loss Mr Gallagher has sustained in the untimely death of such a promising steeplechaser. Granville wkb amongst the acceptors for the Thames races. We learn that Mesers C. McLean, Wm, Patterson, and Tupora Mernmana have made application to Mr Ken rick, Warden, for application to undertaVe operations into the King Country, for the purpose of prospecting* and their names have been forwarded to Mr G. T. Wilkinson, Native Agent. The following are the names of the parties who are willing to prospect at their own expense, aad for whom Mr Wilkinron has telegraphed to Government, for permits i —Messrs B. Workman and H. F. Wilkinson (the latter representing Mr L. Ton Rotter) j Messrs B. E. O'Sullivan and Theodore Brown | Messrs J. Fenton and H. P. Horn.brook, from Te Aroha; and Messts H. McDonald and J. MeSweeney, of Corotnandel.