THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1877.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2542, 28 February 1877, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1877.

, The report of proceedings at the after* noon sitting of the County*:>Oouncil and some other matters are-crowded out today by a. pressure of telegrnphic news.

The usual weekly drill of the Thames Engineer Cadets was held at the Volunteer Hall last evening. There' Iwire* pifcl Bent—-Captam-LaWloi I,' lieiftenants>Philp and Frearson, Color-Sergeant Oatridge, Sergeants'liVtfcbx I{and Greenville, %h&£% rank and file. • Sergeant-Sfajo* Grant was also in attendancer ~A fter_the company had been proved' by !'ib^.rs'-' lb|'*-C,a|tlap Eawlbr iri thWhall, Sergeatft-Jltajd^Qyl^ took command, , and t the^'^dmpany was marched out on ' the/'b^Kphtj ..and put through.half an hour's.ski'rratshing drill, the differWt ■ befog;;~on-' iW whole executed'Very 1 creditably." '} At ther conclusion of tile driirCßpfaiaXawldr in'i: timated 'that on TKftf jjdiiy' ' bvehWg 'iiext' there Vould'^ea/slMfi^hf.it''^ wal .Gar^ena/a'ad^ reg^ Leste;d^ were able to atte^iclVr ;J^.^e,etj,n'g ;^of 'tiig Financial Committee "was ' TjelH ' imme: diately afterwards, and it wasresolved to^ devote a certttin amount of the funds on hand fpr., sicprizes, foß.,cjlji.UKch> au4 r PffJ^ nary pataSfes:- ■' '^ 'J s ''J ' *-*■ -v r- *" -L

A.sqtjth-ebn paper says Mr J. L. Hall has^becoi^eith^!le^sefek)cthe-©ii|iltcliiirclt Music Hall for three,years. . .. , _ : Some o,f.tlie^ristcliurcli;people don'| exactly,belikejifiiei.,',*. wp.ys.tiiat'are^dark" of the DaVenpprt^jßrptliergj-anii one occupant of_ the, the pther evening j end easb'uisd3ini © nbSel lib aliSef cJtoi vSlffidw a little light upon the dark seance. It appears that wtosh the rnusicdtm^traments were flying about.in space upon spiritualistic w.iftgf. thj'a ot>s.€Bfflan ? vc|^|triyidg -tq turn 'tie' |i^hi"|fo6pi'jA $nlt '^^e^lnijiern direct on* to tne'^ftlffei* *sTKIs imm dottPon two separate Jtfter^'tho second brie'a* nurfiber 'of- the-J'SfiSience seized the ofiender- land deprived him of his lantern. ■ Each 'time^ thfe'Hght-was directed onto the'sfag© the- iperfotmance immediately ceased/andj{fheiaudreWce?/we are told, did n&t seVanytfiiDg toenlighten them on the ni'a'nnet in Wtiicli Hhe'-Tope-tying and instrume'ht-playin'g was carried on. ■■■;■ •■-•'■ ■ -■■■■'•• -wi''- .

ErGifebifiG the" rabbit nuisance, the Winton correspondent of the Southland News ' wiMtes':—jDttrrag the" late Soofled state of {lie New Eiy&rlhib se'ttlbi^ rniade another 'crusade on' bunny; ' People" id localities; wher6 they have not yet become a pest, may forni ■ some idea of what the settleTs along;the river flat have: to cope witli from-the 1 following 1 facts/ which :si§ not in the least exaggerated. Mir-nJolm Go^'ieV'asfeistedrby ' his' hroHiemii-lkw, killed, 'during'- two %:afte? inoons^th'e'. enois mons quantity of 1800, and-;by ■ Satunday they had Reached the round rfignr®f<if.2ooo. Several'hundred s^ere lifcet^sp ddstr/syed on almost every .adj^ffijig ; iftrnv: bqmr^tfd by the.riter.: : Bunngjtlm!fl.Qpd:/they-j §re described as being-'-'.piled on top of one another in the rj bu"J(ließ''-by. /twentie^rand thirtiesi" Mr;A.rtl:.ur,.Ge?rrard,;ia ? dent; { .tha.the haß,:!';durinK ;j t]ie^.paßt.ye.a.r> destroyed rabbj|s ; ;on 'his! farm extent of nearly 26,000.

The Melbourne correspondent- of the Harapdea iGh^TdraDr, iVi^fc®ailtr3^Sfeandal is busy witli-tiie naino of. r a .prominent member of the legal profession. For fconte; $rfae?paSt gth^^p^taier; oftf jhis |J£p and 'soVrows tiad^*dput/t of lier lord's fidelity. to satisfy herself, shepa'n'ight or ;two fagb', 'in conipanylwith a private detective, followed the truant one to a nejgUboi'in? suburb. , |Jere a: st^p was made at a large house in a fashionable street. The.husba.nden,te,r^d, } ar:d aftcra short pause the wronged wife Tcnocked at the door. . Directly, thisv. I.was^d'jienpd; } tpil) rushed, t>ast tfre^erylaiifciinß'ii^tb &&01& tite dqor of |«liich wa^^peijj I Ih ffih, i;seate3 at a supper,table, -werp ti^e'.'triian^ lo^g and.a lady.. !sqth^rpse, at'» ; 'Jie.r t &|i;upt entrance, and as the. lair one turnea to the light the wife ? recognised her own couain, whom bat a few days b,ufpre?Bhe had, as she imagined, soeu start on a voyage to New Zealand. A scene of bitier; upbraiding: rensu«d,' and the wlpj'e matter is, I believe, to be taken to :"th^e Divorce Court,,-despite the strenuous efforts of mutual friends of the parties to efl'ect a ; reconoilio.tion, and preyent. the exposure consequent on legal proceedings-" , ,;. . ■ ;-.) ;■/,