The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY MAY 22, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 16710, 22 May 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY MAY 22, 1874.

" Ik the New Zealand Gazette of tho 14th j May it is notified that Mr Robert Burra, , stationer, of G-rahamstown, has been appointed a licensed distributor of stamp.' ! "By the Suez Mail which arrived yesierday we nave received our usual letters of " Homo Gossip," wnich will be jludlished on early dates. A meetino- of the Parawai District. Hifiliway Board whb held at Mr D. G. Macdonnrll's - office thig afternoon, when Mr A. J. Allom resigned his position as chairman and member of the Board. x l By advertisement in the New Zealand Gazette of the 14th instant, the election of "William Daviee, Esq., as Major of the Borough of Thames, in conformity with clause 133 of " the Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," is notified. " An emergency meeting of tho Abbotsford BoyalArch Chapter, S.C., was held at the Freemasons' Hall' last night for the purpose ,of exaltation of candidates Wilkes and Medland, who are about, to leave the district.. The occasion was marked by a supper, at which companions of the chapter were pvsent, and' regret' was expressed that the companions were about to leave the Thames. SOME sporting bets were made last night by some sporting'men as to the respective merits of some sporting dogs,' The resources of ihe Thames were not equal to a trial of the rat killing powers of the "twa dogs," go the question, was left to the decision of a com-mittee*-of sporting gents. Tho two dogs whoso breeding was in question were Mr. Quint's To Kootiand Mr Hicks' Prince —both * hiiag, thoroughbred English black and tan terriers. Messrs' Aphony and Robinson were judges—Mr F. Woodward referee, and the bets were decided in favor of tho rebel ~Te Kooti, whose pevioif the District Court bailiff tried to seize some time ago. Wb have receired a New Zealand Gazette ,of date May 14th, in which ore published thr ~"Tftt~of'awaYds ma"de-in resprcb of artk-lrs from , Yew Zealand exhibited at the Vienna ''exhibition, 1873. Amongst t hose of local mi ercst are the following: —New Zealand Agricultural Society, grain, honorable mention ; Brown and Campbell, chemical industry, honorable mention ; also,' Coombes and Daldy, Henderson and Macffarlane, Owen und Graham and B. Walter & Co.; Substances of food as products of industry — CaukweU and Co.. xnedalfor merit, P. Cunninghtitn &Co., roedal for progress, and A. Dornwell, honorable mention ; Textile industry ».nd- clothing— Agent-general ia England, (medal for merit), Auckl.ni-i Patent. Steam Hoiia Co. (lionopab'o montion), Colonial Museum (medal for merit,); Wood Industry—Robert Graham (3/faori Carvings)^Siuflfurt, Auckland.