Refeebing to the floating of the Queen of Beauty mine last evening's Star says : " The floating of a company in England jto test the deep levels at the Thames by sinking to a depth of from I,oooft to 2,000 ft at the Queen of Beauty mine> really marks the begiu riing of a new - era upon the old Thames goldfield, the surface workings of which have been pretty well burrowed in every direction. If the lower levels prove as rich as those above, property at the Thames will soon be at a premium. At

Coromandel, the mining boom has sem

building operations humming along merrily, and town allotments which were a drug, in the market, have now a tangible value."

Me E- H, Taylob gives a lantern lecture to-night, commencing at 7.30 o'clock, on " Life of Christ," in the Pollen Street Lecture Hall. Those who have heard the two previous addresses should not fail to be present this evening, and as the admission is free.; there should be a large attendance. *

Oar Paeroa correspondent writes as fol lows :—"The many Thames and up-country friends of Miss Nellie Lawless, daughter of . Mr T. Lawless, late of the Thames, but now manager of Mr J. H. Smith's ironmongery business at Paeroa, will regret to learn that she met with a most painful accident on Tuesday, being burnt severely about the legs and body. It appears that she was getting dinner ready, and when near the fire her dress by some means caught fire, and she was soon enveloped in flames. She immediately rushed outside, and threw her self iv a pool of mud, and in this way extinguished the fire. She was, however, badly burned, in addition to l-eceiving a great shock. Dr. Forbes was immediately called in, and all possible means taken to alleviate the pain. Sincere sympathy is felt , both for the sufferer and her father, who, it will be remembered, was bereaved of his wife through a similar accident at Tararu two or three years ago."

THit|l>anhoe quadrille assembly's dance will lie|held in the Academy of Music this evening.
