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Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9165, 5 September 1898, Page 2

Wb would remind our readers of the fact that Mr W. Smith has commenced a dancing class, to be held every Tuesday and Friday in the Hibernian Hall. As the price of admission is such a reasonable one, viz., 6d per night, no doubt there will be a large attendance each evening. Measles are rather prevalent in the Ohiuernuri district at present, some of Paeroa's prominent citizens being attacked. The Native Rose football club celebration ball which tak-s place in St. George's Hall on September 16th promises to be a great success. The committee, of which Mr J. G. Gibb is secretary, are workiug hard and we hope their efforts will be successful. Tickets for gentlemen are fixed at 4s, while ladies are by invitation only. The dance music will be supplied by Wil.iama' string band. H.M.s. Tauranga left Auckland on Saturday morning for Rarotonga with Lieuten-ant-Colonel Gudgeon, the new British Resident for the Island, on board. After a short stay at the Island the warship returns to Auckland, calling in at Tonga on the way,

The monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of the High School was held this afternoon. A report of the proceedings will 1 appear to-morrow.

Temsbbb for the.extension of Goods Wharf close at the Harbor Board office at 4 p.m. to-morrow.

As we go to press the Magistrate's Court is engaged in bearing the case of Patrick O'Hara v. James Riokit, in which plaintiff claims £36 14s 6d damages.

The Tararu Creek G.M. Co 's new 30----head battery commenced operations to-day> when everything was found to work in an exceedingly satisfactory manner. A fall report is unavoidably held over until tomorrow. At St. Francis Church last evening Miss McGuiresang. " Consider the Lilies," with much acceptation. The numerous friends of Mr Adam Wilson, of Tararu, who, it will bo remembered, recently met with a very painful accident through the explosion of come acids, will be pleased to learn that he is mending as well as can be expected under the circumstances, aud that he is now able to get about. However, both of his hands are still kept bandaged up, and he will not be able to resume his duties for some little time yet.

The Minster for Mines has approved of the following grants in a:d of repairs in connection with damage cause by the recent floods at Paeroa: — Bridge over Waitekauri Creek, jeiGO ; repnirs to Waitekauri township, £100; Waitekauri Golaen Cross Roa*. £300 ; Grace Darling Road, £160 ; bridge oa PaercavTe Aroha Road, .£3O.

Dr. Erson, who Las been called in to attend Sir G. M. O'Rorke, who arrived in Auckland cm Saturday, says that Sir Maurice is suffering from influenza. He considers that his patient will be able to return to his Parliamentary duties on Thursday at the latest.

An incipient firs occurred at the residence of Mr Chas. Ludwig, Tararu, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock last night. It appears that in the absence of the parents one of the children .proceeded into a b drpom with au open light ] and accidentally set fire to one of tjie I window curtains. However, the fUmea on the window we c soon seen by the neighbours, who wii h Mr Ludwig, who had just then come home, soon put the fire out without any great damage resulting. At Warwick Assizes on July 29th Justioe Darling sentenced - Herbert Morris to six months' imprisonment for bigamy. His lordship said that the prisoner was a gentle* man in everything but behaviour. It was not, however, beoause he was the son of a '■ baronet, and could employ counsel to plead for him, that he would escape the conee- ' quenoes of a S9iious crime.

A good story is being told of an Australian. university professor who had evinced great teohnieal knowledge of the bicycle, and who entertained very decided opinions upon the proper position to assume when riding. . One afternoon some of his students persuaded him to give them a lesson on' bike deportment, but the litterateur measured hie length on the green Bward at the first at* tempt to mount. The audience expressed surprise at the denouement. 'Well, you see, boys,' explained the crest-fallen professor, * I'm up in theory but down in I practice.'

The sporting scribe of the Auckland Star writes :—" Quite a storm in a teapot prevails in turf circles at the Thames because the i Auckland Racing Club have this season extended their summer meeting to four days, j It is contended that the extra day's racing will interfere with the fixture on the goldfields, and the. Colonial Secretary is to be appealed to not to allow the Metropolitan body to have this extra day. What is the position? In the first place, the A.R.C. liberally met the Thames Club by altering die date of the second day of the Summer Meeting from December 27th to December 28th They are not now satisfied with this, and they want to have the whole Christmas week set apart for themselves. This they cannot expect, and I submit that the extra day's lacing at Ellerelie will not affect the patronage the Thames Club deservedly receives. Our goldfields friends must remember that they do not get the better class of horses to race at their gatherings, and to endeavour to put themselves on a plane with the Metropolitan body is out of reason. The Thames Club have always been treated with the greatest consideration by the A.R.0!., and it appears to ma that they have no grounds for their present agitation I nay Fay in Sydney the Australian Jockey Club, the premier institution of New South ".Vales race during Christmas week, and that in Melbourne the V.A.T.C, hold a meeting at Caulfield."