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Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9307, 20 February 1899, Page 2

\t a public meeting at Paeroa it was decided to invite the Govarnor to visit Ohiuemuri. A young man legally qualified with a battery manager's certificate is required by the Monowai Gold Mines. The Thames Naval Volunteers are notified to 'parade for inspection to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. The number of passes obtained by Thames candidates at the recent Senior and Junior Civil Service examinations is mo-t gratifying. While Auckland ouly secured two passes the Thames obtained six- Four of the candidates were High School, pupils. Among the juniors both Hugh and Maribel Torrens were former Tararu pupils, and the last named junior in the list i>. Thcburn, was, and always has been at Taxa v School, | and was one day underage at the time of j entry. He is a son of Mr J. S. Thorbura. The following civil cases were dealt with at the Magistrate's Court to-day:—John Muir v. G. Crocker, claim £4 3s—Judgment for amount claimed with costs 6s, P. McGregor v. M. A. Eeilly, claim 13s 6d— Judgment for amount claimed with costs 6s , tf. j. Houlihan v. Henry Wilson, claim £16 4s 2d Judgment for amount with costs £2 ■is 6d ; same v. Anderson, claim £1 16s— Judgment for amount with costs 16s ; same <r. Joseph Davie«, claim £6 10s 3d—Judgment for amount with costs £1 Ids 6d; same v. homas Withers, junr, olaim £2 18s 9d— Judgment for amount with costs £1 6s. The tender of Messrs Lovatt Bros, has been accepted i\ r the construction of the Eclipse co upane's new water-race in conut etion with the 10 stamper battery that is already in progress of erection. The length of the race is about one mile and a half, and ihe contiact price ss 4368. Tub special committee of the Auckland City Council, appcinted to investigate and i port on the expenditure connected with all the departments under the control of the C utoil with a vinw to showiug where reductions can be made, has recommended the Council to dispense with the services of the present town clerk, city engineer, inspeotor of nuisaucts, superintendent of fire brigade, and what are called non-woiHog ward foremen. In the opinion of the committee L he offices of town clerk and treasurer should be amalgamated, and the officer per* forming the duties of this dual position paid the small salary of .£3OO a year. The otal saving proposed is over £5000 per annum. Miss Biiling, who has for several years laboured as a missionary in the New Guinea group of islands, preaoaed both morning and aveiiiug io large congregations at the Wesleyan Church, Pollen street, yesterday, the subject of her discourses on eacn occasion being relative to the mission work that is being cirried on by the noissiontri s amongst the natives of the islands referred to. She depicted in graphic language the good work i bat is being done to bring the natives under the influence of Chnntidnity, but stated there were yet large fields open for the Sowing of the good seed. Altog ther, she said, there were 300 isiands in the New Guinea group, and only four white missionaries at work, which meant an average of 75 islands t) eveiy missionary. As yet, however, the mission work extended to only iO of the islands, and to many these on the coast line only, so that there remained many of the inland villages yet unvisited by the missionaries. Miss Billing appealed to her hearers to become interested in missionary work, and was listened to with the greatest interest. This eveiiiug Miss Billing will deliver a lecture in the Wesleyan schoolroom, in which she will further deal with the mission work at present proceeding in New Guinea, and a practical illustration will be given of the style of dress usually worn by the native girls. No charge will be made for admission, Out a collection will be made on behalf of the Fereign Mission Fund. The proceedings will commence at 7.30. As various rumors are in circulation on the snbjuct, we think it desirable to state briefly tfian an action has been commeuocd in the Supreme Court, by Mr Wesley Spragg (lhe Mew Zealand Dairy Association) for a libel alleged to be contained in a letter forming part of the correspondence which has lately taken phce in our columns with reference to the dairy industry. We have placed the matter in our solicitor's hands, and, as the proceedings are now pending, we, of coarse, refrain from all comment thereon.—Waikato Argus.