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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1701, 16 June 1874, Page 2

'll: i'V^;w*:.|^dint tMagUferateV I'Cptiiit this morning;the only business was to hear an "application from Annie Zeigler for permission :;U^;:''^nßie':aTid\daneingym''her' >rUcenßed hon«e,tneKaraka Hotel, to morrow eyeniDg. The application was granted. 11 Victim" writes complaining of annoyance at tao hand* of larrikins, but the writer has onitted to append his name and address and makes offensive allusions to nation- ' ality, for which reaioni his letter is refused insertion. Thjbe is a Danbury legend to the effect. * that a party desiring to transact some private business with another was invited by the other to step with him into a neighboring ■tore.' "But we will be disturbed there," . said the first party. "Oh, no," said the other; "they don't advertise." — Danbury, News. Sikci leaving this Province the Carandini troupe hare appeared in Sydney with great - success." After paying compliments all round,, " Biron," the theatrical and n usical critic of Tow»": and' Country, writes in the following :-terms l'of Mr CottereU:—"The introduction of, Mr. Cptttrell's comicalities'into these.entertainments ipriparts'to th6m the flavor of an agreeable, change. Mr. CottereU (of whom ire heard long ago in 'Melbourne) has instantaneously sprung into the favor of the Sydney public. He- is the- most- genial, the most quiet, the most humorous, the most original delineator of 'character- that we have had introduced to u»_;,he is something quite out of the modern .run of comic singers or imitators t'-if you wish-to see a drawing room comic character.xepresentative, as opposed io that of the tap room or music hall,, of which ire hare lately had such' a dose/ you will appreciate Mr. CottereU—his quaint Professor Fidget,' bis after-dinner speeches his naeal limitation »010, his extraordinary facial expression, his remarkable quietness, almost timidity -of, manner ia the style of John „P«ry£

Last night t,ho highest ti<Je oconrr. d that can bo remembered on the Thames for some time past, many of tho streets in Grabamttown being bo much flooded by the een and rain water as to be impassable by foot paaBengerß. The tide rose so Jiigh trat it rushed under the Pacific Hotel nnd boiled up between tho wooden pavement in front of the, home. ThVsrfte entrance to tho, Academy of Music was ancle deep in water, and for some frmo it < wn» impossible for ladies to obtain *i?anj entrance. The tide rose into the orchestra, and thepinno had tq-bo remoTed-to-ft lugher; and drier site. uEgh/ES says :■—ln the exposition of miraculous- events it - is- dangerous to illustrajLe-by-examples with" which tho listener is too familiar The following, a fritnd assures me, j occurred within his own knowledge, and «c.«. does nut think it; ever found its way into print. A Scottish minister attempted some missioßary work nmongut tho GarUherrie miners and emelters. To ono old workman he told the etory of Jonah, and soemerljto produce ,an impression, A few^days-afi.|r-wards" he explained to tlio slime man* tjie miraculous deliverance from fire of Shadr §h, Mesliach, and Abednrgo. The old smelter waited, till ho^ bad fiui»'ed» and then said?— •• I've been-beforoltJii^biast furnace 40 yesys,. nnd I tell ye--the thing canld't bo. AndJ-r': look here,. Mnister^rdan't'Jwlieve your fi*h story either." . s L v Tare 'fblltlwirig piece-of native news is from a recent number of. the Poverty Bay£t»n■dar& ■i^-Mripnt -reached towif'tbrbth^r 1 day pf the murder of an old native near Watopu at TuparoSl' Ifc'seema a jbung'fellow1 named Pehikum was taken ill and died, his defcth ; being'attfibuted to the Witchcraft of •ah old roan named Poihipi. Two m«n went!to' •where the old man was:living and found* Him sitting with a child on his knee; ono of tlvem then shot th!e fpoor old fellow through the breast, but as he did not fall, the other fired "and killed: brim.: ;At a Bunanga'ihfeld'afterwards 150 were for condoning the murpjer, :and^so;fdrgivibg t&Vraurderers up;to?justipe j but, in the meantime the affair has been huihedfupT' The rbody .was^buried in the whare, where the murder was committed. We believe thefMurdeferi?ar&'well knownj Apbopos of the remarks we made a few days ago on gratuitous a Jvertising we publish the following from a contemporary: —A Mr. James Wilson, a member of the Otago provincial Council, stated the other day that it was the duty of newspapers to advertise, free of charge, tho contents of tho G-azette! |To this the G-uardian very vroperly replies:—f If the newspaper press of Otago consults! its "own Intereeti^ and desires" to conserve its ftelf-, respect, Mr. Wilaon's putspoken-avowal of ■ opinibia—-lippTa\iclea as it -Was^by (feme of ;th» occupants of the Government benches—jrill Haye the effect pf henceforth preventing any notice whatever being taken of the Provincial Gazette. But' for the^republication of j its contents in: newspaper^.'" columns, it would long since have fallen into the utter oblivion whereto iit^tioiild iibwSibe universally con*rlir Saturdiy's Aucitand Star.we find^the following:—The" examination of Mrs Colclough, better known by her literary noni de plume of.Polly Plum, was conaluded yesterday in the Court of Bankruptcy, before his Honor Chief Justice Arney. This lady's debts it ap-pearedwere-gradusliy pontracted during;illness and other misfortunes, previous to her appointment under the' Board of EducatioD, and were really for th« common, necessaries of life,-and had*not>one of her Thames crf-j ditora urged her to extremities, instead of allowing her a little time^ to !rißCover ;her position, and pay her just-debts, she would not have • appeared in the Court of Bankruptcy. Mrs Colclpugh's ttattment Was straightforward, and she explained her difficulties clearly and to the satisfaction of 'the /Cpnrt^.oHer,fiuaV(Mseharge..tHere^pre' ob the application of her solicitor, Mr Hughes, was granted. ' \:'l .- -. ..,'."...- ,■,';.; :.;■■,,_.. I The following notice has'been issued' by the Victorian telegraphic department :•?-" It is notified that a bonus, not-exceeding' 50 per cent of the amount of salary in each case, will be allowed to each operator of the fifth class as may appear to the Postmaster General to bo deserting/of such a gratuity, and that pjoyision wilUbeimade accordingly in Uhe supplementary estimates for 1873 and 1874, and in the estimates for 1874 and 1875. That, there-will be three classes of assistant operators (third schedule), with salaries as under .—First class, from £150 to £180 ; Becond class, from £110 to £150 j third class, -frpra;£YOto£ipP} to be "classified according to qualification and good dbnduct only;' That messengers in the teiegrSph brancK'who;are employed exclusively in clerical-Work will be classified as assistant clerks (third schedule) at saltries froni £60 10; £120 per annum,' according'to merit only." To which the 1f.7. Herald;addß-r-/ lWe would recommend to:the favorable consideration of our Government the »uggeetion^jupon'behalf of: th«tmuerablysalaried officers in the New Zealand Telegraph department." Jn thjs wo cordially concur, as the telegraph operators and clerks are tho hardest worked and worst paid of any class of officials, while their ro3ponsibilitieß are great, and require, men of the, highest intelligence and'integrity. ' '"'" " [ •i : iWBiTiN&-; of .Mr. and a Mm. Hpskins, " Biron " in the Town and Country says:— There »e«msito be no furniih- tho'tide of; suecesj which took Miss Florence Colville (Mrs. W; Hoskins) away from us.; At Honolulu, she and Mr Hoekina have been feted with royal and courtly splendour. -The King and his suite have attended nearly every porfo^m.ance, and a special feteliwasgiren for them at the palace to two hundred guests before whom .the.:'*happy pair" gave.recitations. ■;• A private correspondent states tho scene at the fete to have been singularly,,brilliant:.—"To jsee the fete was alone worth stopping in Honolulu for; the grounds were magnificently [illuminated with beautifully coloured-lights Jhung amongst' the palm 'trees arid 'glorious tropical flpwera; torch bearers being stationed? at various distances; portraits'of all the past kings and queens of Hawaii, in their pic■taresque :c6»tumesi' were :t hurig-; abpiit ;the grounds, connected by festoons. The dresses of the ladies and gaily attired officers assisted in making a scene of extraordinary splendour. The bands;:of'the palace?and ithe^diferent men-df-war added" th'eircharini, and miide the whole like a dream or a fairy, scene... His Maje'ily pre«ented Miss Colville with} a novel and very antique set of-jewellery;" ' * "'; ■

Thk Town of Qisborne, Poverty Bay, appear* to be the most risilig town in the Province of Auckland. They have various social institutions which older town«-cannot boast, of, and now^thcy have a Masonic lodgo. An Odd Pellowa' Iodg« and a Good Temi'ilar*' are spoken of, ftndjthe re iic U have decided npon asking that' the township may be .erected into a tanifticipalit?, - The Pdverty fß.iy Hcrad records" the constitution of th« 'Maronic lodge in thd "following terms :—The Turanganui Lodge of Freemasoni, No. 1480, *WMf.'Coaßti{ uted.o^ clue'"oefemoiTy, and the i following. ~officers woro appoimWftrbyJMr. §»aiel the; Worshipful MWcr:—Mr. W. W. Wilton, PM:iteWiK^TeiKttFS^W-} MKR.I^: Skcet, J.W, > X Mr. J, H. |*.JLD.; Mn "S.cre^ryY Mn C. bt Berry,' I.O*; Ur! F*.Stanhope, Tyler; the nomination of a treasurer being postponed to a future ni£6!ihgr On (he terminal ion, of -tlie lt businesi. the brethren ac)journed't6-anotlieyohimb«r airi partook of the refreshments which had been., provided^s^r thi gecasioifi &W app'ropriato." tonsts ari||after|i»i^Bndin| i a pleasant evening the meeting adjourned at an early h ur. „„..„..,—.,