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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1870, 30 December 1874, Page 2

There were no ca-ies down for hearing in the Keuideut JVI igiatrato's Court thi; morning. 'Jhb meeting of the stewards of the Tham=B Annual Races f.r seUling u» and other business will take Mace »* ihe Queen's Hotel this evening at 8 o'clock. Tirrc Tradesmen's Cricket Club will play - a match, Married v^ Single, on Friiay neJct, (New Year's Day). Wickets will be pi'ched un their own ground, Shortl-md, atlO 30 a.m. sharp. The Lalla Rookh, on leaving for her usual trip to Ohinemuri t is morning, had on board about; thirty di^ra provided wiik svrags, evidently prepared to aw.iifc Ehe opening of the country aid to be on the epor, to tnke advantage of the Grst in'iniiU >n I'hat thi« opening has taken place. Perlmps come of them nißy do a lilrle prospeciing before the proclamation shall issue. The Cyphr-,nes with the American ani Eu opeim mails via San FrahcU< oca 1« 1 o day; the mails b? this opportunity ckia I at, thr! T atn'S on Saturday; since whith tiiTie W8 have had daily communicdtion with Auck'and, but no extension of t«ma fir closing the mail \vb been no ified. We don't know who it to blam>», tut wa know ih»t> there does not appear any lvasjn why a ! mpplementary mail should not have been made up hero yesterday. There was an uncer ain'y about th« Cyphrents' arrival and departure but th»t could ha"c been chanced by those who would havo availed themselves of a supplementurf vaul.

The talented company of vocalists, comedians and character delineator*, nonr playing at tho Academy of Mu-ic for a short seaao.i, gaxe itnothei' ami ently successful en ertain ' me tit, last ' evening to a full bouse. A ihange in the programme was m>d-> lor . the occasion, decoding to previous announcement, and the efforts of all wnre cf such genuine raeiit as to call for eftrepeated applnuse. It is quite unnecessary to panioulatize the performers. The public lire acquainted with them, either through pmson 1 observation or through former criti ciams of the preES. To iho<a wUo have not" seen them, however, we would say, do bo. An eveni- g's amuseiaent of a very at ractive character is t9 be h3d by paying them a visit " ■■■■■"' Wb were shown to-day a sample of coal sad to have been taken from an outcdp somewhere bptween. Hikutainand Ohinemuri. The blick diamond is cvi len'ly from the surface, «nd must hwe been exposed to th>* Bt» ospher/-, as it had par'iclea of moss ad hering to i% such as cover the eurface of •time* and boulder* lyi"g in shdy spots u» the b'.sh. If the quali yof vhe coal ira-provt-s us it g»6 do.vi the eeam should b» an exceedingly valuable dircovery.

Tub b'irge-ee.s of the Thntacs would lite to know if ih« Bjrough Council have any in tent ion of doing »"y ■h i" g towards eradicating the ducks in t'»- streets Th«ra i* a most prulidc • r p, and the crop is just now seeding, so that, the prn«ant would b^ v goo I tim« for cutting ihr>m dovv 1. Ir. is quesvi nabloif any Boiougli town in tiie Colony an boa-t of such a Mreeti c op hs the. Thawme ; ocriain'y very few Boroughs would care to pos ess such a rdtik, usui'innt grow'h ; uni i(> is all>equally ceriain th;;t in nny B :r<>ugb but th«. t Thum»s some effort would bo made to ixii/pjit'e euoh an unsightly, baneful weed. It the', finances are ever bo low.a few pounds, spent '\u «tyt>ng up the decks now would ouvo much tro'ttfclti »nd expense in the future ; while the £o oug 1 would look gui c undvt denuded ot its ducks.

Gents' clothes cleaned, dypd and preyed. Gents' l'ght suit* » olaaned^^s3. W B.—ln future all gods an4iV4^rs will only be received at the Tham%.-,l)jj!spg Establishmvui, Rolleston street Bhortl«filfc> :i^c<^