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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1978, 7 May 1875, Page 2

We have received tho first number of Thelnangahua Times, with which- is incorporated tho EeeftOn Courier, published tri-weekly at Reefton, Province of Nelson, The new paper is well got up, and is produced the same size as the older pa.per, the Inangahua Herald. The;> Times is published by a company. WiLiiAit- Donal was punished for drunkenness at the Besident Magistrate's Court this morning. There was no other business. Capt. Fraser, R.M.,presided. Mb B. W.Raithby/formerly of the firm of Raithby, Muir arid Go., leaves the Thames to-day for Inangahua, Province of Nelson, to .assume tbe management of the Inangahua Quartz Crushing ComSpany's battery.! While congratulating Mr Raithby on his appointment, we are sorry to. lose an old friend and fellow, townsman. We can safely _ say that, Mr' Raithby i carries with him the best wishes of everybody with whom he has been associated either in his business or social relations. . ■ Regarding the letter of Br Lethbridge, appearing in this morning's Advertiser, we are given to understand" that certain statements contained in itare calculated to convey to the public erroneous impressions. Dr Lethbridge states that he has "given extra work to the Hospital Committee in attending the gaol and police, at their request, gratuitously." This, we are informed, is incorrect, as the police hare always paid for attendance, and there is a stipulation with, the Government grant, that the medical officer of the Hospital, shall attend the gaol. There may be a wrong impression on the mind of Dr Lethbridge I with reference to this matter; but there does, indeed, seem little latitude for thinking so, when the question is co simple— either he did or did not attend the police gratuitously. : Oub Mining Reporter writes:—-A letter; appears in this morning's Advertiser, purporting to be-written by "a corres-; pondent," in which'a ghastly attempt is made to poke fun at a mining paragraph which appeared in the Evening Star of the 3rd May. With regard to the fun, it will be sufficient to say, that it is no bettor than any previous attempt of the morning paper in that direction; but,with regard to the meaning of the paragraph (if it can be said to have any meaning at all) I may state that it looks very much like the joint concoction of a jealous mine manager and an emulative' newspaper, reporter. If such be the case, j»fr Richards will doubtless be able to bear up against that paragraph. The fact is simply this :, Captain Richards had been looking' forward to having his shaft drained for some time, but the reef which should have carried away the water must have been cut off by a slide. Instead, therefore, of waiting longer upon the prospect of the Pump shaft cutting this slide, he determined upon putting in a drive to connect the shaft with a tunnel from the Association. That such a scheme, in the abstract, is no new thing in mining, will be cheerfully admitted; but, inasmuch as there are more ways of arriving at an end than one, there might even be something new in an expedient such as that which Captain Richards was mentioned as intending to submit to his directors. The Grey River Argus, complains of the Press Agency, and the Auckland agent comes in for a share as follows :— The sooner Captain Holt, the Manager of the Press Telegraph Agency, changes his Auckland agent the better.: The telegrams sent from. Auckland'on the arrival of any mail steamer, either from 'Frisco or Sydney, are forwarded without any attempt at compilation or any regard to the requirements of newspapers. We had one sample on Sunday, and we had another yesterday in the telegram of Australian news. For instance, the Auckland agent sends.us an,account of a local cricket match, of not the slightest interest to anybody in New; Zealand, and even gives the names and scores of the players ! We have struck these out, but have to pay the wire charges all the same. If this sort ©f thing continues the newspapers will have to start some more efficient agency of their own. The; Napier Telegraph says that two experienced railway traffic managers have been imported from the home country, to coach up Mr Passmore, the Superintending Engineer of Constructed Railways, how to fulfil his duties! An Arrowtown correspondent writing to an Otago contemporary gays:—"An unusually rich patch has been met with lately in Skipper's Creek. Two men named Horncastle, uncle and nephew, took up an abandoned terrace, which had been very rich, and in a few weeks they obtained gold to the amount of £2,0C0 each. They are going to Southland to purchase land. Such patches as this are rare now-a-days, and even tho Chinese can scarcely make a living in the alluvial, but are taking to thieving." The German Parliament are meditating a treaty with Italy and other southern countries to protect birds Vof passage during their annual migration to and from Airica. The number of these birds in Germany is steadily, diminishing, while the numbers of dangerous insects are decidedly on the increase. The Italians are perfect savages, eating every song bird that they can get old of. In the nightingale season, you are often asked in Naples, if you will take a roast Philomela. The Taranaki Herald says that the dealings of Commissioner Parris for land with the natives of this Province, under the Public Works and Immigration. Acts comprise 163,550 acres acquired; surveyed and 'under negotiation 82*250; under offer, from- 50,000 to 100,000. As it is all capable of continuous and profitable occupation, the permanent and large increase of our population, is now a question only of time, and that not a far off one. Mr Parris has done more than ariy- | One else could have done in the time, and with the difficulties he had to contend with.

The Pearl will make a special trip to Puriri to-morrow, not returning till night. An opportunity is thus afforded for a good day's shooting. . A Ladies' Mutual Aid Association has been formed at Sydney for the purpose of enabling .educated women in necessitous circumstances to put articles of their own workmanship before the public for sale. The society is under the patronage of Lady Robinson, and its objects are :—lst. To provide a certain and regular sale for articles of useful and fancy work of every description; also works of art, to include drawings, paintings, Ac, thereby giving to those ladies who may desire, to make, or add to, an income by their own industry, an opportunity of disposing of such articles at fair value. 2nd. To furnish members «with materials for work at wholesale prices. Commission on all sales, 10 per cent.; sebscription, 5s per annum, payable in advance. All sbscriptions to be paid to the credit of the hon. treasurer. Articles for sale will be numbered from one upwards, such number being the distinguishing mark of all work sent in by the lady to whom it was at first allotted. A sale room will be provided by the hon. secretary free of charge, until the funds of the scociety warrant the expense of rent. Each member is entitled to a share of the net profits. V-'