The Thames Star. Resurrexi. THUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1895.

Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8074, 20 June 1895, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi. THUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1895.

Parliament opened at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. The opening of the Governor's Speech was .wired through late this afternoon, and will appear in to-morrow's issue.

We would remind all those who attended the first meetings, re Mr Oowell's benefit, of the meeting to be held in the Grah«imstown Fire Brigade shed this evening at 7.30 o'clock, as business of importance is to be transacted.

Mr Walter H. Wright, formerly of the Thames, and son of Dr.. Wright, of Parnell, has successfully passed his dental examination at Dunedin.

Mr F. A. White was a passenger from Auckland by the s.?. Manapouri on Tue • day en route for England.

We learn that legal opinions have lately been taken by some of our mining cornpar ies as to the validity of the patent now held by the Cassell Company, ad iv consequence of these opinions, the Government have been urged to take the matter into Court. A Press Association telegram says : " The Solicitor General \a taking steps to test the validity cf the cyanide patents in the colony.

Every week heralds its bargains in the drapery line. On Saturday last W. S. Wylie announced the arrival of a grand line of ladies' jackets which have taken well. This week he wants to clear out 500 ladies' hats, and if value unequalled secures a speedy sale his end must be accomplished. '1 he public is asked to inspect; if they can go without buying they may.—[Advt-]

At the Pollen Street Lecture Hall this evening Mr E. H. Taylor gives his illustrated address on " The Prodigal Son," with a large number of beautiful colored pictures. The admission is free, and the address commences at 7.30 o'c ock.

In the course of his address at Waihou last Sunday afternoon, the Rev. F. G. Evans referred in feeling terms to the death of the Rev. A. Carrick, of St. Andrew's, Auckland, speaking of him as one of the brightest ornaments of the Presbyteriau Church, as one who might well be taken as an ideal preacher, and as one Avhose place it will be exceedinglyl difficult to fill.

Mr John Fuller's fall programme is published in to-night's issue, and, as will be seen, is an attractive one. Two artists will be introduced for the first time to a Thames audience. Miss G. L. Feat on, who has just arrived from Sydney, where she has been continuing her studies.will sing Sullivan's " Let mo Dream Again," and that beautiful ballad " lhe Beating of My Own Heart; and Mr 0. Marson, the popular and rising young Auckland baritone. The songs, " My Life for Thee," and " One Hearty Divine," will no doubt receive ample" juslice in his hands. Miss Lydia Fuller is down for one item in the concert portion, " Children Voices," with invisible chorus, in which her soprano voice is heard to best advantage. The lovei's of pianoforte playinar have a treat in store for them in Mr Walter Fuller's rendering of Ascher's difficult and pretty " Dance Negre." The same gentleman will also render a solo on the latest fashionable instrument, the mandolin. Ben Fuller will supply the humprous portion, and in addition 'to two humorous songs will repeat his " Grasswidower'' song, which created such a furore upon his lasts visifc. The popular tenoi" will sing those two old English songs* always appreciated whem performed by such an artist, "Af on Water" and "The Irish Emigrant." The " Gipsies Laughing Trio" will be given, and the performance will conclude with the laughable comedietta in one act, "For Better or Worse." With such a pro-! gramme and given fine weather we venture to predict that Mr Fuller will have a bumper house,