The Thames Star. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895.

Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8082, 29 June 1895, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895.

Special meetings will b» held at the Salvation Army Barracks to-merrqw. See our advertising columns.

Hber Willimoff notifies in our advertising columns that he has for sale a fine Cremona violin, which is offered as a bargain.

The members of the company and ..band of the Thames Naval Artillery Volunteers will muster for inspection at the drill-shed on Tuesday next at 7 pm. ->■-._

The monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of the Thames High School will be held at the Borough Chambers at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon.

The "Little Folks' Treat," which wil be held in St. George's Hall in connection with the Unsectaiiao Church Sunday School on Tuesday evening next,/, promises to be even a greater success than last year. A very attractive and amusing programme has been prepared.

For some time past the Wesleyans of the Thames have felt the need of increased accommodation, in order to carry on the work of the Sabbath School. There are nearly 500 scholars on the roll, and the present buildings are inconveniently crowded; hence, for some time, efforts have been quietly made to raise the necessary funds, with the result that a sum of £140 is ready in hand. Several meetings have been held, within the last two months, in which various methods for making a more public effort to raise money have been discussed, and it has been finally resolved to have a sale of work as soon as possible. Sewing meetings have been formed, a number of respectable donations have been promised, and the affair has been taken up Avith great enthusiasm, by the ladies and gentlemen pf the congregation, as well as by the young people of the school. It is proposed to erect a building capable of seating at least 400 persons, with class rooms attached at a cost of from £500 to £600. It will be built on the site of the present school, and will when erected prove a valuable addition to the buildings in Pollen St. We sincerely wish our Wesleyan friends all success in this large and responsible undertaking.

The thought must often suggest itself to those who from time to time make their purchases from Wylie how goods, which are manufactured thousands of miles from this place, can be disposed of at his prices.; The lady who goes to Wyjie's for a five pound parcel of drapery, millinery, clothing,or furnishing during his stocktaking sales, will have the satisfaction of possessing and the privilege of showing her friends jmeh value as would astonish many Londoners. Together with numerous other lines he is anxious to clear out 50 pairs 0f blankets during the next few days.—[Advt.]

The Thames is promised a visit from the Gisborne representati?e footballer?, arrangements bung now made for a match to be played with the Thames representatives on or about July JBth. r|\.e visitors play Auckland on tbe 20th and have expressed a wish to meet the 1 hame> on the preceding Weduesday, bu' owing bo Thursday being the 'day set apart'for the half-holiday, the Management Otnmittte of the local Union have requested them to play on that (lite. The Gisborne team is spoken of very highly and our local players wil indeed have to look to heir laurels especially when it is taken into con* sideratioa the number of fi-sc cU s men who ha^e left the district.

Mb A. W. Pbb& has written the following letter to the Leammgfcon Towu Council in acknowledgment of a resolution regretting his retirement from the Speakership of the House of Commons: —" I hope the Council wi)l appreciate the honor which they have done me, and I look forward with feelings of deep regret to the prospect of the severance of ties which, though they must actually terminate, will always in memory bind me closely to Leamington. I greatly value the good opinion of the Council ; and it is a deen satisfaction to me to reflect that in q- . a-Vj the Chair of. the House of Commons I shall have their favorable yerdiet and kindly wishes.' ]

Tns Hon. Wm. McCullough has been elected Chairman of the Groldfields Comniibqee of the Council, and the Hon. Mr Jennings Chairman of the Labour Bills Committee. „

Mb jGt.'.H, Pjjbchas, manager under the Waitekauri G.M. Co., calls for tenders for driving 200 feet in the battery level, Golden Cross section of the mine, receivable'till 12 o'clock noon on Saturday, July 6th, For further particulars see advertisement.

Another surprise to rainy will be t' 6 r.ews that 'oranges are selling at 6d per iozen, separator butter at from 6d per pound, and other cheap lines in fruit, &\, at W. Wood's cheap stores, Pollen etreet. £c - new advertisement in another column.

The Rev. D. Boss, of Christchurcb, will conduct the movning service at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow, and the Key. W. B. Wbolley will officiate in the evening. Mr Ross will address the parents and scholars in the Tararu school in the afier-

noon, when Sankey's hymns will be used

and a collection in aid of the school funds taken up. The anniversary of the Bind of Hope will be celebrated at the Wesleyan Church, when the services will bo conducted by Mr Burton, of Prince Albert College.

" The Village Blacksmith," a Temperance, song, will be repeated in the Salvation Army Barracks on. Wednesday next. It is needless to comment upon this beautiful piece, but this we will say—that all temperance people should take advantage of the opportunity thus given them and roll up in large numbers, when, no doubt, they will hear something to their advantage. Some of the choruses will have an anvil accompaniment, and the son of .Vulcan in this case will be Mr A. Wells, who has kindly undertaken the task. We would remind all those taking part of the full rehearsal on Monday evening, at the Primitive Methodist Church.

The benefit conceit and dance which is to take place in the Academy of Music in aid of Mr Jas, Cowell on Thursday next promises to be a great success. The .tickets have met with a rapid sale, and the committee have spared no pains to put before the public a first-class programme. A rehearsal will take place at Mr G. G. Smith's residence, Pollen street, on Monday evening, and all ladies and gentlemen who have promised to take pai'i in the concert are requested to attend. Those who cannot attend will kindly oblige by sending the names of their songs to the Secretary, Mr Hastings. Advices from Auckland state that Mr Cowell has great hopes of recovering the sight of at least one eye, if not the both. Dr. Purchas stales it will take a few weeks before he can say if the eyesight of both can be restored, but, as already mentioned, the Doctor has hopes of one. The concert is under the patronage of His Worship^the Mayor (Mr T. Eadford), and members of the Borough Council, ri hames Volunteer Fire Brigade, Naval Artillery, Burns Club, and members of Court Pride of the North, A.O.P. The Naval Band has kindly offered to play a few selections outside the Academy before the concert. Owing to the great number of special claims that have been applied for, many of which, the Minister of JW ines has been advised, have been taken up f»r speculative purposes, Mr Cadmah lately issued an instruction to the Warden that the clauses of the Mining Act with regard to the manning of ground should be enforced. A strong representation was made to him, by petition, to the effect that this would be impossible in the case of many bona /rfc leases which have been taken up, and which are in process of formation into companies with ample capital to work. We understand that a telegram has now been received in Auckland from the

Minister of Mines to the effect that,

while the Warden must see that the law is not evaded in the case of purely speculative leases,, he will, of course, have discretionary power to grant reasonable protection when satisfied that the ground has been taken up with a bona fide intention of working it, and that the necessary steps for commencing operations are being pushed forward with all due despatch.

A striking * &sory is going the rounds concerning an officer who, being refused leave to go with the Chitral expedition, obtained five days' leave to go _" shoot-' ing." He entrained to a point as near the operations as railway would curry him, and then, beiug unable to obtain a horse, set out to march. Equipped with a bottle of gin and a huge sausage as his only rations, he plodded the weary miles over the rough ground cheerfully. He reached the head ef the column just as the charge was to < be made, on the Malakand Pass. He was in time to join the head of the storming column, and was in the first three on the summit. When the battle was over he had to eschew the camp and the rest that awaited the lighting line, and had to make his way back as best he might to a point where the railway would take him up. The London correspondent of the Birmingham Gazette says he heard General Sir Evelyn Wood say that this officer is a full colonel. He went into action as a common soldier, tearing tho straps off his Kharka uniform that his rank might not be discovered. For, as Sir Evelyn remarked with a twinkle in his eye, if he had been discovered he'would have been put under

arrest. Tub natives are sti.l holding a festival •it Paeroa in honour of J£inn Mahuta's visit, and on Tour;day afternoon special

dancing in front of His Majes.ty was in

''ulged in. The whole affair wa* out of the common, one of the special features being the dancing of a Dumber of Maori maidens, uiessed in white, t > a violin and a:cordeon accompaniment, also the dancing peiforman c of about twelve young native men, representing minstrels. , The festivities have to a considerable extent

keen marred by a seiious accident to the wife of one of the chiefs, through an explosion of gunpowder. ' It appears she went near a bucket of powder with a l:f»b*ed pipe, and a spark falling out into

the can, leaulted in the contents igniting and severely burning her in the face.. A child which she was carrying on her back escaped with a few burns.

Tub London correspondent of the Liverpool Coorhr vouches for the following extraordinary aiory : A memler of Parliament who sis for a s-outhern metropolitan bi rough, at three o'clock in the afernoon was accosted by a stranger. This in-

dividual, who evidently knew the M.P., proceeded to accuse the lion, gentleman of having veiled a certain house for an illegal purpose. The man's object was clearly to enforce blackmail, but the hon. member knocked the fellow down and booted him. He ha« not since seen or heard anything of bis accuser.

Mr E. H. TaylotfrAvill to-morrow evening close 13 years' ministry on the Thames, and his subject will have special reference to the event, the subject announced being "First Things First." The service commences at 6,30 o'clock, and no doubt there, will be a crowded congregation.

At an inquest at Eastbrook, Sussex, as to' the cause of the death of a lady named Eose Ellen Crook, the medical evidence showed that death was due to acute distension of the stomach and fatty degeneration of the heart, caused by persistent tight-lacing. The distension caused a pressure upon the heart, which ia consequence was weak.

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