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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1699, 13 June 1874, Page 2

■•i An"Bnglisliman, Visiting the White Moiintßins, complained of the excessive hilliEess of the country 1 in all that region, "Waal, teV, we her rather 'too much- land to the acre about here, and to we hey to stack it!" A PirATBB at whist-may hold above 635 thousand millions of various hands, so that continually varied, at 50 deals per evening for 313 days or 15,650 hands per annum, ho might be above 40 millionsof years beforei he would have the same hand again. V Tire usual weekly meetiDg of the Kauaeranga Highway Board, which should have been held last evening, was postponed on ing to the absence of certain members. Messrs. Macnab (Chairmain) and Scotfc were"-.p'reeerit at the "appointed hour—half-past seven—and waited some considerable lime, but no other member appearing, a quorum was wan ing, and the proceedings were accordingly de« ferred till next night of meeting. "A good story comes from Wellington. The hon. the Premier list week received a —r leash of pheasants from Auckland/ Great in pastry »8l in public works, 2kEr. Vogel designed a pie which should bo gameto the core. Peter lifting's skill in carrying out great designs ia well Known. To him the pheasants were sent, and by him the pio was constructed. The hour of consummation and dinner at Jenotk .crrived. The Premier, with oberotf two select friends, enjoyed sparingly their, fish and soup, srid with appetites whetted buti not dull wt re ready for the great work. It looked peculiar j the top was frosted ; still there could be no doubb. "Tho pheasants- had come from Auckland, and thcrtf was tho . pie. This was no dinner ala lu:s o. The Premier himself drove homo tin 'knife. Could it be? Alns! It \rns but too true. The pio. was apple. "Certain co \u in Goverment employ, who eoraetimes get a fruit tart from Laing'e, enjoyed that day a feast thoy had cot ordered."

A great football match between tho J\ucklanders and Thamesitos is taking pla.ee as we go to press—tho eceno of the contest bciug Parawai gardens. The Auckland-yteam orJrived by the Enlerprisoithis morning. Both sideß"•were.conveyed to thoiground.in one''■of 1 tho big buses ; play was" to commence at three o'clock sharp. This matclii which is becoming an annual affair, ha« excite.l a.good deal of internet, and wo have no" doubt there .will be numerous spectators. .

" JEaiES " writes in the Australasian : —A particularly wide-awake candidate in the recent elections, on a preyioua. occasion,, before he had learnt the secret of cheap'electioneering, and tho combination of exercise and economy which posting your own bills ensures, had a powerful committee at an out-, district. There were 77 tremendously cner-^ getic committee men. Being numerous and' influential, they were, of course, expensiTe.; Night after night they discussed tho candi-.; date'B prospects, and refreshed themsclrefl freely at his cost. He polled 17 votes. Since then he does liis own work, and he al-: ways gets in. "

; JEgibs, in the Australasian, writes;— Just as people eafc something, so must they" buy something. Their Appetite for a long iirno was mining, shares. They .are ..somewhat satisfied for/the present. Th.y feel, like th? American girlaft,er supper,aHlfclo "crowded.',' Then they went for land—city or suburban, per foot or acre, it did'nt matter Now there is a fresh tendency. Instead^,of .jnin.iDg shores, the dear delightful, fickle public want bank and they, .com no', o with each other, and make the prices better. And presently they will come back to the old love — and so the wheel goo 3 round. Oco noteworthy characterisM'j in regard to banks is that the tendency of bank stocks is from London to Melbourne. .The coloui?ts hero are buying up and buying back from English holders, .

It ii rumored on pretty good authority that Mr Vogel is of "opinion ihat Parliament will be dissolved ore this year closes. Tho Grey River Argus, whose" editor has been bobind the icenes in colonial politic-, slates " that although there is alinoet a dead cahn in polities, and while the colony is simply watchiDjj.the development of the great policy initiated by Mr Vogel, tha approaching eessiori of the Q-eneral Assembly will ba the last of the present Parliament." In considering the queition of what tha Government would go to the country on, the Ai'gus points out that we "have already had a hint of at least one of the probable questions which would afford justifiable groun Is for a dis?olu< ion. A change either in the incidence of taxation, or fresh taxation to supplement the revenue, has been shadoweth forth, and it is more than probable that the Premier will submifc;to the Legislature next session, a measure of such a radical character as to effect a great change in our fiscal system, nnd one which although submitted to Parliament ■ for its decision, may probably by mutual consent be referred to the constituencies for their opinion."