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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8757, 6 September 1897, Page 2

Bona tide reductions all round, at ttw B?e Hive Sale,

The many friends of Mr Jas. Darrow will be glad to hear that he has recovered from hie recent illness, and left the hospital this afternoon. The cutters Four Sisters (with bricks) and Sunderland, and the ketch Violet, are in port, the two last named having general cargo. 1

The Rover Football Club intend to celebrate their winning the senior championship with a ball, the date of which will be determined in a few days.

Captain Edwin wired this afternoon :— j " Wind between south and west and north ■ west at all places. Barometer rise everywhere. Sea increasing on east coast between Kaikoura and East Cape, moderate elsewhere. Tides generally moderate. Moderate fresh westerly winds are to be expected generally and decreasing southerly gales on the coasb between Castle Point and East Cape."

. During their visit to Eaton "Hall, London, the Premiers came upon a weighing machine chair, wherein, Mr G. H. Reid promptly sat. To everybody's amazement and admiration he turned the scale et IBst 71b. Whereupon Mr Seddon casually observed, " 1' think I can beat that," and he did by just two pounds. Both gentlemen were insistent that they had not gained anything since they left their re spective colonies.

Apropos of som9 of the claiirs in West A-VS'ralia, a'.\d. yes, even in New Zealand, we are reminded of Bill Nye's definition of a gold mine, i. c., " that it is a hole in the ground, and the owner is a liar."

As showing the extent to which gold dredging is being carried on in Otago, it ■ may be stated that at present there are 57 dredges working. 13 dredges bui!ding,_ and 75 dredging claims are taken up with a view to placing dredges on them at an early | date. Capt. W. B. Beam has returned to Auck-

land, having, for the present, completed his inspection of the coal measure of the Mokau country on behalf of an English syndicate (says to-day's Herald). He states that he was very favorably impressed with the value of the coal seams. The coal varies in quality, but there excellent semi-bitu-minous coal found, which he considers will prove of great commercial value. Captain Brain was for many years resident engineer and manager of the Trafalgar colliery, in the Forest of Dean, and subsequently managing partner. Ke has also made his mark as a scientist in connection with the application of electricity to mining purposes. He came out to Australia in 1885, and discovered the first good steam coal ever found in Victoria.

Is regard to a paragraph in the Stab some days ago, in which it was stated that Detective Herbert was to be stationed here, the announcement was not correct if the folH lowing in to-day's Herald is true ; —" The detective fores in Auckland is to be still further strengthened. Before leaving for Wellington the Hon. T. Thompson gave instructions that Detective Herbert was to be stationed here instead of on the goldfields as originally intended. Some of the speiling fraternity, recent arrivals from the South, were on the wharf on Saturday just as the mail boat was leaving. But when they caught sight of some ' old familiar faces j. of detectives, the length of the 1 wharf was al too short for them, and they made off as quickly as they could."