The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1888.

Thames Star, Volume XX, Issue 6138, 1 December 1888, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1888.

Oak. EpvTIH telegraphed at 1.45 p.m. to6ay t—" North to west and south-west gale, »nd glass fall."

Thb Key. 3T. Gh Evans, inoumbent of St. George's Churob, h»s retarded from hit vacation, and will conduct tbe services as usual to«morrow, both at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.

MB B. McDonald Scott is at present at tbe Thames, and to-day visited tbe Cambria and Trenton mines.

MISS B. Him., who recently tendered her resignation as a teacher to the Board o' Education in consequence of b«r contemplated departure for Melbourne next week with her parents, has been the recipient of a handsome filter watch from her fellow .teachers and the pupils of tbe Waic-Karaka School, where the has been teaobingfor a oasiderable time past. She has had charge oi a. very important department in the School, viz: the infants, and her happy style with children has won for her tbe affection of her pupils and facilitated their progress. The presentation was made by Mr liemonger, headmaster, on behalf of (be teachers and scholars, as a mark of their •■'•suCfor Mi» Hill. Universal regnfc wbb expressed that she was leaving the Thames, but »11 joined in wiebing her health and proi* *wi»y in her ac w sphere qI Übpr,

Teh recently fortcei Thames Ranger Bani Society ga*e their ini'iil o<vrert; U\ the Academy of Music last evanintf, whiob i<a?god off very successfully Thore was a* excellent attendance, and the au iienoe a.-s^ca "d o thoroughly wppreoiate toe various i'arjjs on the programme, as in almost ev--rv nutanoe imperative enoorea were dennnieH. Tha f<>» lowing programme was go'~e throagh i : —Overture, ''Sybil," band; «on», "Come Back," Mrs Smytherman (encored) ; oomio song, "The Country Carrier's Cart," Mr T. Wells (enoored) ; song, l{ Follow iho Dram," hon. member P. Johnston; motto song, "Sun shines for all," hon. member F. GFfubb (enenred); comio soDg, " Captain de Wellington Boots," bandsman E. Hastings (encored); song, 11 Mary of Argyle," Mies L. Price (encored); soDg, " The Boatswain's Story," hon. member H. H. Small. Partll: Selection," Maritana ". band ; song, " Barney, Take Me Home Again/ Mi»s y. Williams } comic song " What . a Blessiug," Mr J. Well* (►nooraJ) ; sootr, " Sail on, O Silver Cloud," hon. membsr Or. Bryant; comio duefc, " The Halleluj <h Lasses," btndsman R. Basting and Mr T. Weils (en. cored) ; song,' Take Me Back to Home and Mother," Mr H. Mounce (eocored) ; sone, 11 Hearts of Oak," MrCasley. Miss 0. Hm.ter presided &t the piano duri'.g the evening, a d accompanied the vocalists in her us»«l efficient manner. In the course of the evening hon. member Mr D. W. Pitkethley briefly returned thanks, on behalf of the Sooiety, to the public for their liberal patronage and intimated that it was intended to hold a eerie* of concerts during the next few months. At the conclusion of the concert the Hull was cleared for dancing, wbioh was kept up with spirit until »n early hour this morning, the musio being supplied by the Nocie y'a Bnnd, i under bandmaster Smith. The committee who had the management of the affair in hand are to be cngraml&ted upon the success they have achieved in the first concert of the Sooiety, and we have no doubt that their aeries of entertainments to be ; iven at an early cUte wi<l p rove equally as gßcoossful in every respect. *

Ts is with considerable regret we learn fc' Hat the positioa of OoLduotor of tbe Thames Choral Society, held for the past four years by Mr John Grigg, will be vacated by that gentleman at the close of the present ye*r. We understand that Mr Grigg has been compelled to take the step he now deems necei* sary ia consequence of the anomalous position in which be would be placed in future by hay« ing to work under a new set of rults adopted at the last annual meeting of the proprietary it embers of tbe Society, rules which, ia his opinion, no conductor with any self respect, could acquiesce in. It will be remembered that Mr Grigg was one of those gentlemen who took a prominent part in the resuscif" tion of the Choral Society some four years ago when it was almost»» extremis, and that for two years or thereabouts be gave his ser* rioes as Conductor gratuitously. It is therefore much to be regretted that Mr Grigg •hould, after his long oonneo ion with the Society, hare to sever it in such an unpleasant manner.

The annual Christmas performance of the Messiah by oar local Choral Society will be given ob the evening of Tuetday, the 18th inst.

Wb have been shown a private letter re* ceived by a gentleman at the Thames from a miner who left here some ime ago for the Sudeet goldfield, New Guinea. The letter is dated the 24th of October last, at which time the writer had besn 24 days at Sude?t. He ■ays that there were then 500 white men on the field, the majority of whom were engaged in alluvial mining, butjhe was himpeK prospecting on a payable quartz reef. Beveral lod shave been proved to exist, but nobe of them have up to tbe present contained sufficient gold lo warrant their being considered payable. The country is a slate formation, very similar to that of the Palmer, Queensland. With ra'erenoe to the climate he write* : " It is very healthy, and there is abundance of good water—in fait, it is a regular paradise. Tbe natives are very quiet, and aleo very useful. Woea we want to shift our camp we employ fire or six of them to oarry our provisions, etc., and all the payment they ask is two or three sticks of tobacco each."

Tbb annual meeting of the shareholders in the Woodstock G.M. Co. Karanga'aks, was held in Auckland yesterday, when the balane • sheet showed tha'. there was a sum of £116 16a to the credit of the company against a liability of £28 13s. Iv the course of the meeting it was mentioned by Mr McCombie that in consequence of a leak in the d*m, the company's Water race was now quite dry,and if it were allowed to remain so during the summer it would go to ruin. Messrs Jackson and Bsid expressed tm opinion that the matter should be attended to promptly, and that the directors would be justified in going to a reasonable expense to make the race and dam strong and tight. The e'.eotion of direo tors was then proceeded with, and those who retired, Meitr* Oorrie, W. H. Wilson, Tonka, McOotnbie, and Pond being eligible, were re* elected.

Ms 3. Mo Andrew, whose tender for rsi'ing and altering, the Paoiflo Hotel was acoeptea, oommenced operations yesterday, and is pushing the work on vigorously. On Monday he intends putting a good force of men on, ao as to have the job completed well within the specified time.

The Thames High Sobool has now become almost proverbial for the *ucce*s of its pupils in examinations, and tbe<-e appear* ever? reason to believe that it will maintain if prestige in the forthcoming •Xtmißat'.ons to ha i-eld in Auckland. By the s.s. Kototriahan*, wbion leares here at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon, so less than seven Vcholars of th»t suhoJ will proceed to Auckland, two of whom, Mies Annie Adams and Miss Amy Phillips, tre eoiog up for matriculation, and the following f r tbe University junior scholarship exam ma- io ;— Miss Annie Murray, Miss Nellie Bec>«baw, Miss Isabella La-ria, Master Ssmml A. Hetheringtoa, and Mister Ernest M Jler.

Is oar last issue we stated that tbe thirtystall stables of Mr John Lea Stevens, at Hikutaia, bad been destroyed by fire, and that Scrgt. Murphy had detpatched Constable O'Brien to make inquiries into the matter. Further particulars are now to hand, Irom which it appear* that the fire broke out about ■2.80 o'olook en Thursday afternoon, and was first discovered by a tailor named William MoOauley, who resides near Mr bteveV place. He was in the chsff.house, whioh is about 300 yards from the stables at the time, and upon going to tbe door observed that they were in flitn/s. Ue ended to Mr 3Tr«d. Stevens, aud they hu ried fr gather to the stables, but the fire had 'hen cuoh a strong hold that it was impossible to cave am thing. The building, wbioh is some 70ft by 30ft, was divided by a partition, one half bein^ used as a store room anJ the other as stables, accommodation being provided for 3 i horses. Ten pack saddles, one set of »pring oart harness, two sets of dray harness, 6000 shingles, 2 cwt of gum, and a quantity of oi her stores were destroyed. Mr John Lea Stevens, who baa been ill at Parawai for some days past, roughly estimates the damage at £350. There is an insurance of £1000 on bis hotel, store, stables, &c, in the Colonial office, but he is unaware what portion of this is on the stables, which alone were destroyed, with the harness andaioclc, the other buildings being saved. NotbiDg is known as to tbe origin of the fire. ■ Constable O'Brien has investigated the circumstances of the fire, and his report will be'orwarded by Sergt. Murphy to Dr Kilgour, District Coroner, in the course of a day or two, when that gentleman will decide whether an inquest is neees* *VtJ, v : • ■■

The X* aar«rtg» Seh ■os«' i:r>U'«l e^fc-r^ta* 1 men'- Will ink* place in th* \o <ie-i\y of v'«i •<? o> lhu-8 Jay " xi, 'ho 6hiw , -nd b* rh«-»-roer*or)ine «h c~\ n «»u rf with v- i a-j- r rhi- eccniDv- i wiil bt> fewn that, those who !>«*» thee pntf-rtainine'i t« i- hind >!•*«« 'hi* yw S.iHir d no lah>' and ox- eiin in njHUiua it ■ (in. of mip> tH-»p o»rHnn>-v '■icßl'-nci and -itfriir 'i >n Thp p eae de resit/ance ia a "0« oper t&u by il. S oj r-r. m\ 3 *■«», entitled "N-w Sear's E»-," in whic'i t*»e « veril nhtr-io^prs of Old Tear, OH f»<her Toe, «J ri-tm*-. and New year ar<* io b' r.«k-*-i by Maws H Phillips, A, Qerrin^, C Ha«-M«n. and Master K. Phillipß, respeot'velj'. The p r'BT Spnns?, Summer, Autumn an! Winter »ill b» 'ep* - sentedby Miss/sb\ Fle'/*!»<*ra A A.i.at-.b .Ml •* F. Maky,»nri Miss .VTi.l'.-anev. Mr*Phi.i)p»i» G'e ncr, and Mi»s Wij B iif> a* Char"?, make up the list of the dram it is persona. From what we hare seen and heard of ihie piooe, wo can safely promise our readers that it wil) ful'y come up to the standard, if indeed it ,doe» not surpass, anything of the same kind that has been performed by the School After the interval wi!l be renderei a f*scin*t.ing voo*l w»lt«, en'tMed "Swiheing," which is sotn-thing after the style of "Hee-mw," which w*sso popular 'w»ye nago. The whole will conclude wi'h a laui>;«£>rj okiffg nft>*rpeice, "T»wn and Omn-'ry" the ti«<-'« in whio'» are taken by Vtm C Gt jw.her, M s r* A. Horn- and 0. B*\ .

Th f>llowmg m*re recived tn.d>»y br Mr T. A. l>>jnl<>.>, m>«ntße<*of th^ Hi»xou Co'« mine, tor c»rtin, : Dirk y and Vcrran, 'quartz lOd pc- load, n d mullock 4<i cer load (acceotert) ; A»hby, If *nd 5i ; Hickit, 111 and 41 j Short, Is Id and 3I; Thos. D inlop l«8i und 6d; P. Mitwell, la and 41; J. Miner, lOd ai d 51; Q linliran, Is and 6J.

BoMB time since M-j >r To Wheoro sold 3°oo acres of Und in Lowr W*ikato to a M Moran for £ISJO. Mr NLoraa hi ow found a ousto tierji" a Mr Tanner, an Ausralim capitalist, at £2 5s p°r ncre for this uropi-rtv, Mr Ta'-cer hag al<-mdy e< g eed the Be vices of a roaunger, an:l intendi »t once to e-ect a ring fence and othfr*i«* improve and won bia newlyacquired estate.

Mbs Hahbis lat.o of Thames, better known by her titm deplume of "Jenny W^en.*' h»» been addressing tho New South Wales Ac« sociation of Spiritua'ists, at Sydney, and h«T performances are quoted us excellent example* of " inspirational speaking." The Sydney " Evening News" precede* its report of her fip«t leoturo with the followine: —"Spiri'ualis^ and inquirers assembled •* »ia«ti at West's Aoademy on SunHny evening, to b«*r a ioture by Mrs Harris (Jenny Wren), th« oavbrated inspirati nal speaker, enM'led, '* Tho Promise of the Future." Mr Munro occupied th« ohair, and in a few appr pitta wurds intrc* duced the lecturees, who, he said, was deserving ot *ynrputhy anrl tupport. A short service precede < the l'O'urp, »nd owing to the lecures* b >ng eoiiewhat unwell, she b<d <o rest twice for a f w minute?, the interval beinir filled by longs by Mrs and ftlies Ferryman, and a re ita* tion by Mr W&ldro . On her appearance upon the platform to deliver ber leoture, Mrs Harris was loudly spplaudad. Not withstand ing her indisposition, her lecture vti forcibly and eltq >eatly delivered, snd *nt r-aark ble for tbe beauty of >he language employed. In fact, it wa« the general opinion of those who heard it that, it we>s a masterpiece ot oratory,"

Wb would (fraw uttenti >n to the advertisement of the Misses A. J at d E. Irvine's Cash Drapery and Millinery House Pollen street, which app^ara in another column. A Ec- and choice as« rt i ent. of goj s suitib c for the season ha* just, baen opened out, cou • prising the latest ft .leg in d ess fabrics of every description, a>)d straw h>»ts, in c.idles* variely of shapes and styles. Dr?si and q}antle*naakintc is now rarrird on in the premises, as well as the milliner? department both under tie special supervisim of th Mis'OS Irvine,

The fou<" leading soft goods estab'ithmeitg in AucklHD'i—Messrs MoArthur aid Co., Clark aud Sjns, Sargood fov, and Err^n, and Maoky, Logan, £lie-n, ttnd Co. bave ss'tt a joint memorial or protest to the Commi'&ioner o.t Customs at Wellington, lvcpectirg he new rules as t» diealiowmg niecounti". 'Ihey point out that in future oHer v s of good* tie net prices will be inst-rted in the invoice, co that, the matter is as broad as it it 'ong. fi an-iallj, with the exception thst it will a>t b> in ao* cordance with trade usage and custom.

At a meeting held under the «uspi -en of the Presbyterian i^eueral Assembly's 'I tal Abstinence Sjciity, in Melbourne "U the 16th inst.. it wat state i by Mr J.s. Mum-0,MX.A.., that out of a population of o»er 1.000.0 jO in Yioboria, there were 200,000 total abstainers. The numher of benefit members of toeOrier of He habites in that colony, he saiJ, was aow 10,000.