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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2039, 17 July 1875, Page 2

■ Two gentlemen belonging to the Society of Friends intimate by advertisement that they will hold a religious.meeting.afc s the Baptist Chapel, Willougfiby street; Homorrow, Sunday evening, at half-past six o'clock. These gentlemen—Alfred Wright and Willam Beek —arc two numbers of a deputation from the Society of Friends in England to, their friends in the colonies; [\f 'r-l A .) ; * \ The officers and past officeis of the various friendly and benefit societies are requested to meet at the Karaka schoolroom on next Monday evening at 7.30 p.m. to confer on important business. : There was a meeting of the Vestry of $t George's Church yesterday evening, the matter for \ being the .strengthening of the church itself,.which; is out of the perpendicular owing to the recent gales. Four plans for remedying this defect were, submitted to the Vestry,/ and after some discussion it was decided that the Rev. V. Lush be requested to proceed to Auckland, on "the first foppor-* tiinity convenient to himself, to hold cbmmunication with^ Mr Mahoriey, thd architect, on the subject. 1 We have received New Zealand Gazettes JSTos. 39 and 40. The first contains the resignations of the late Ministry faud appointment of thdmew,isrith. jtlieir; respective offices. The Governor has ordered a rehearing in the Native Lands Court of the claim of Eenata Kitahi arid others to a piece of land at Tararu, previously adjudicated upon at Shortland on the 10th December, 1873, and known as Ipu c Mochau, .The half yearly statements of-affairs of a number of goldmining companies are published. ' As will be seen from an advertisement elsewhere, -Mr Cartwright will continue his discourse in. the Karaka Schoolroom to-morrow evening. * The, text will be taken from the 24th Chap: Numbers, 17lh verse, and wiU -no doubt afford a wide scope for debating power with regard to the first and second coming of Christ. —(Communicated.) It is some time since we were called upon to record anything in the way; of "selling off " or " immense reductions " iii the clothing department. But we afe now reminded that^-Messrs Ji Cosgjra ye and; Co., are calling a ■ sale of drapery and clothing at their establishments in Owen and Albert-. streets. Tho stocks in these establishments. embrace £20,000 worth of goods. i Cheap drapery and- winter, clothing will^ now be the order of the day.-—Advt. } -