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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1733, 23 July 1874, Page 2

The first of a series of four concert* to be given by the Choir of Bt. George's Church will take place at the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening next. The proceeds of these concerts are to be devoted to tho bazaar fund; the prico of a season ticket is four shillings; and each concert will be followed by a dance. A commission, with Judge Beckham as President, has been sitting yesterday and to day, at the Court House, Grahams'own. The inquiry, we believe, has reference to tho management of the Customs Department at the Thames, but the inquiry being conducted with closed doors the exact nature of the business has not transpired. Evidence is being taken. Mb H. J. ]&>OHB writes us' as follows :— To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sir,—lt is stated by your.. contemporary that Mr. Adam Orr, late a publican at the Thames, was killed in a public-house row at Wangaratta. I am authorised by a gentleman who has just arrived from Sydney 'to centradict such a mendacious report, and to inform those interested that Mr. Orr is alive and well at his own hotel at' Wooloomooloo, Sydney N.S.W., and further, that ho has Hofc been for years within hundreds of miles of Wangaratta. Wb learn that a private letter has been received from Mr. J. Fleming (formerly of the Thames) stating that after some difficulty he ha*, succeeded in acquiring a business in the nourishing town of Christchurch, having purchased the extensive establishment formerly known as/ Professor Ayer's hairdrossing establishment, which visitors to the city of the plain will remember was Bifoiatad in Colombo-street, near the City Club Hotel. Mr. Flemingi though discouraged by his prospects at the first, now writes hopefully of tho future. > ■'. The Siamese and Asiatic Circus Company performed to a fair house last night, a change in the programme having been made. The horsemanship was of a varied character, introducing new scenes in the circle. The Siamese were as entertaining ss ever, the infan's especially showing a determination and nerve in their different acts which speak well for their trainiag. The proprietor, Mr. King, intends giving a matinee on Saturday, when children will be admitted for sixpence. There is room for about two thousand, we should think, in the Eoya 1.

As the Golden Crown was returning to Auckland from the Thames on Tuesday night a sad fatality occutred. Ayoungraan named James Atkinson, recently arrived frorauAustrjlia, was lost overboard. From the, fact that an hour before the occurrence ha gave his watch and chain to » brother who was on board, and his clothes' boirg faund on the fore part of the vessel, there ii reason to fear the deceased committed suicide. As coon as the alarm was given by the man at the wheel, boati were,lowered and a search was made. The latter proved fruitless, and it is feared that the man was struck by tha paddle wheel and killed instantaneously. The weekly meeting of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society was held last evening in the Hall of the Mechanics. O wing, it is presumed, to the unattractive nature of the night apart from the fireside, the attendance was not numerous. Mr. Hill, Perpetual President, was' absent, p-nd the chair was taken by Mr. McQ-owan. The proceedings were as uiual interesting, aud consisted of readings, &6., besides which, Mr. McQ-owan read a very able paper on Dr. Wallis'i lee* ture on "The Unjust Tax"—of Becular Education, the opinion generally expressed being that the arguments used against the principles of the rev. gentleman were most forcible and conclusive. This class is extending in favor, and ill strength is being gradually augmented.