The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1706, 22 June 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1874.

Thh Revision Court for hearing objections to nanies on the Electoral 801 l for the Thames district and for the admission of new names to the roll will be held at the Warden's Courthouse, Grahametown, to-morrow, before H. C. Lawlor, Esq., Revising Officer. Persons who have been objected to wrongfully should not neglect to be present if they with their names to be retained on the roll.

Somb of the post offices, in New South Wales sre unable to meet the demands made upon them. The Border Post reports that " Mr. Higgini, of the Manchester House received a post office order last week for the sum of £10. It was drawn by. the post-* master at Gundagai, upon his compeer at Albury, and bore the official date of the 11th instant. When presented for payment on Friday last it was dishonored, on the ground that there were not sufficient funds to meet the demand. The majority, if not all, the country post •ffices of New South Wales are in a chronic state of insolvency, in conse quence of the Poetmaster-General insisting upon all moneys paid into them being, on reaching a certain amount, transmitted to head-quarters. Mr Higgins applied again on Tuesday with his greenback for payment ■to learn that there were still no funds, but that a message had been wired to the Postaasttr General requesting funds to rreet his obligations. - Several cases of serious inconvenience have already occurred to persons who were temporarily staj ing at Albury, to whom post office money-orders were forwarded to meet urgent demands."

The following amusing Pickwickian story is related in the West Coast Times of Saturday:—"A. rich story is told of one of our members, who is likewise a member of higher Assembly. .It appears that one night this week, after being engaged in earnest debate umtil eleven o'clock, he retired to his hotel, were he lit a candle and sauntered quietly to his.usual place of repose. Meditating it might have been on the component parts of an Executive, or on the paßt history of the County, the first subject being one he will most probably be called on to consider at no distant date, and the other, a matter with which he is thoroughly conversant; ha placod his lighted taper on his dressing table, extinguished his cigar, removed his white beaver, covering, withdrew his gold pin from his checked scarf, and hung up his overcoat by the tape fastening which hangs from a velvet collar. He was about to divest himself of further wearing apparel, when behold! a head popped up from the couch he had occupied for the past fortnight. 'Halloa! What brought, you here, old fellow?' inquired our described occupant of the apartment, to the stranger; " You hay.&.no right here, and I have to request that you find a room elsewhere, as this is mine and lias been for some time.' You will pardon me,' replied the stranger, 'but this is the number we wore told to take;' 'We !' ejaculated the member, ' who are we P' Just ttwß a few curl papers were observed in hiding behind the hesd cf the .■•■; stranger; and the. member- remained not even to apolrg-so, a duly, he did nob neglect, however, on the following morning, when the married gentleman expressed his astonishment that he had omitted to lock the door before retiring, j

An acquaintance of mine hud occasion lately to visit a, large s'atioh on the Murrumbidgee to take delivery of some sheep. As a 'preliminary the proprietor, who was obviously three sheets in the.wind before 11 in the morning, insisted on his.visitor coming in to have a drink. Without any great reluctance he consented, and instead of one had two^ "Do you," at length said his hilarious host-, * believe in miracles?" " Can't nay that I do," was the reply. " Well, I'U Bhow you a miracle. I'm drunk, my wife's drunk, the overseer's drunk, the hands are drunk, we'ra all drunk, and always druuk ; and mark you—hero's the miracle—(he station pays ! " —iEgles.

These is now on exhibition ii a shop window in Brown-street a very fine photographic group of the officers and men of the Thames Naval Brigade, with their brigade belongings. . The centrs of the group is the portrait of the gallant captain, with a lieutenant on either. side. Above are the handfome colors of the company, with the indefatigable paymaster and hon. secretary. Below the captain is a good \iew of the Naval Hall, with the guns and men m cose proximity. The warrant and petty officers and bluejackets are artistically ranged all round, forming a large shield. The photographs and grouping are by Messrs Foy Brdtherp, Pollen-street, and the whole picture is creditable to their taste and perfection in the art of photography.

WE (3reymouth Star) were agreably surprised, considering tho scarcity of coin just now in 0-reymoutn, on opening our letter-box this morning, to find the sum of twelve shil'ings ami sixpence enclosed in tho following note:— "To the editor: Sir,^-Pleasepay to tie Greymoulli Hospital the enc'osed sum of ten shillings, being the amount of the stakes involved in a bet between Master Hollidny, assistant at C. 0. Sommers, und myself. — Joshua Shields." At first we were puzzled about the extra half-crown, until a happy thought suggested it as remuneration for our trouble in the matter, but as we shall only be too happy io acknowledge and transmit donations to the Hospital free of charge, we have handed over the twelve and sixpence to tho treasurer of tho institution.

The Otago Daily Times of May 19 says :— It really seems as if mhfortum is inherent to? come people, that more than a fair share of that trouble which wo are taught to bel'eva is man's portion devolves upon them. Many singular cases of the kind have come under our notice from timo to time, but not one, perlisips, more striking than the C;.se of a fine little boy, whose name we suppress for many reason*. The lad had long been afflicted with total blindness, and boro tke great sorrow with" singular fortitude, and with philosophy rare in one so young looked inwardly for and found that light which was denied him in the outer world. He turned his attention to music, and was rapidly attaining considerable proficiency in the art of vrolin-playing, when what would appear to have been a mandate of inexorable fate, crushed him to the earth with another blow. One day last week he was assisting to split some wood, and was feeling if tho wedge were in the rent, when, not noticing the little fellow's position, tho lad who was wielding the maul, brought it down heavily on the wedge head and crushed the other's' hand —the lef V Medical assistance. was at once called in, and it was found that the middle finger was badly broken between tho knuckle and tho first joint, and the-hand muchjbruised besides. Amputation, although recommended, was not then resorted to, in compliance with the boy's piteous entreaties to save his finger for the. sake of his violin j but, although, postponed, it had to be reeorted to on Saturday,,, when the lad was placed under the influence of chloroform and the finger removed at the knuckle joint: Truly does this case present a sad instance of accumulated misfortune.