THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1878.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 281, 16 February 1878, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1878.

Hbvbbting to our article of yesterday we may state that it ia our intention, in order that qualified electors who have not registered may have no excuse for not repairing the error of neglect, to enclose in each copy of an early issue of the Star (notice of which will be given) one of the forms required to be filled up and sent to the liegistration Officer of the district in order that the claimant's name may be inserted on the List of Yotera for the Electoral District; of Thames. Of course, we nro awaro that in this general distribution of twelve or fifteen hundred forms, a considerable number will fall iulo the hands of persons who ure already on the roll. To such we would say : Don't destroy the i'ovias, but jook about and see it there be not amongst

your neigh bora some one who has hitherto neglected to nvail. himself of his privileges as a voter, and assist him to become such by witnessing his siguuturc aud seeing that the paper is forwarded to the proper officer, duly filled in and attested.

Messes T. L. Murray and W. Carrick, and possibly some other Thames gentlemen, intend starting on a walking tour to tho Hot Lakes next week, going by steamer to Ohinemuri, thence to Tauranga, Rotorua, Ohinemutu and Eotomahana, and back by way of Waikato. A gentleman now on tho Thames who has just completed a portion of this " grand tour" describes it as most pleasant and enjoyable. The party expect to leave hero about Wednesday next, and bo absent for three weeks.

On the fourth page of this day's paper will be found an extract from " Froude on the Revival of ltomanism," and other interesting matter.

A telegham to the Herald says:—Mr It. J. O'Sullivan, Inspector of Schools in Auckland, has been offered the appointment of Inspector-General of the public schools of the colony under tho new Education Act.

A fubthee meeting of -persons interested in the formation of a Horticultural Society for the Thames will be held at the Governor Bowen Hotel on Monday next, 18th instant, at half-past seven o'clock.

The County Surveyor invites tenders for a number of works, part of the " schedule " embraced in the Ohinemuri Road, and also for clearing and cutting track?, draining and fascining the same from Hastings towards Mercury Bay.

The Judge of the Assessment Courts for the Borough of Thames, Thames County and Parawai Highway District notifies the times and places on and at which he will hold court for hearing and determining all objections to the Valuation Lists for tho said districts.

Me H. H. Hitchens, the proprietor of the Blood Restorer, intimates through our advertising columns that ho can be consulted at Mr Plant's dispensary, Mary street, from 7 till 9 o'clock this evening, and from 9 till 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Some amusement was caused at the E.M. Court this morning during the hearing of the dog case, Price r. Davis. The owners of the dogs each gave their respective canines good characters for being peaceable animals. Both dogs were in Court, and greatly belied the characters given by their masters by keeping up a lively growling match at each other, greatly to the amusement of the onlookers.

Attention is directed to the advertisement in another column of a land sale to take place at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, on Thursday, the 14th day of March, 1878. The land to be sold embraces an extensive area in convenient lots for small settlers, in rapidly rising districts. Some of the blocks north of Auckland, it will be noticed in the " description of land," contain a sprinkling of kauri trees. The land is all described.

It is unfortunate that with all the rain we have had for some time past there has not been a continuous fall sufficiently long to raise a fresh in the Eauaeranga Creek, and one consequence of this is that the Shortiand Mill Company are at the end of their logs and must stop work (if they have not done so already) very soon. Another result of this is a delay in the erection of the County Bridge over the Kerikeri Creek, as no timber of the required description is to be obtained here, and it is even considered probable that it will have to -be got from Kaipara. Although rain cannot be said to be much wanted just now, and would be perhaps injurious to the fruit crops, a good fresh in the Kauaeranga would be generally welcomed.

A little girl aged about five years, a daughter of Mr A. Aitken, County Engineer, was severely kicked on the lower part of the back of the head by a horse this afternoon. Mr Aitken's horse, which had been shod, was brought by the blacksmith and tied up in Mr Aitken's yard, when the children begun playing about it, and the accident took place. Dt Perstcn was quickly in attendance on the little sufferer and gave as his opinion that though there was a bad cut, and it was not unlikely that this part of the head would be paralysed for some time, he did not think that any serious consequences would ensue. The child was insensible for some time after the accident.

The Prince of Wales is a lawyer, or rather a barrister. He was called to the bar a few years ago at his own desire and with the usual formalities, and took the oath prescribed on admission. He was at the same time made Master of the Bench, the Benchers being the governing body of the Society of the Middle Temple. His portrait has recently been painted in the Bencher's silken robe, and is to be placed in the noble old hall of the Middle Temple as a record of so noteworthy a circumstance as a Eoyal Prince's entrance upon the legal profession.

A Western publisher has the following on his letter headings: " Send us the news. When anybody dies, gets married, runs away, steals anything, builds a house, makes a big sale, breaks his leg, or gets the senses kicked out of him by a mule, or does anything that is any way remarkable, and you have reason to helive that you know as much about the occurrence as anybody else, don't wait for some other person to report it or trust us to find it out by instinct, but come and tell us about it or send the facts on a postal card. This is the way news is supplied."

The expense of Stanley's African explorations is in round numbers 3115,000. He discovered 15,000,000 heathens, which is about six for five cents, or a very reasonable figure for heathens.—Worcester Press.

Histoet repeats itself. William Shakespeare has been indicted at the assizes of the Midland circuit for peaching.

The Postmaster General of the United States once received an odd official communication. The Eaeborn Postmaster, new to his duties, writing to his superior officer : " Seeing by the regulations that I am required to send you a letter of ad?ice, I must plead in excuse that I have been Postmaster but a short time; but I will say, if your office pays no better than mine, I advise you to' give it up." To this day that Postmaster General has not decided whether his subordinate was an ignoramus or was .quietly poking fun at him.

We relate t!-e following as a true incident of St. Valentine's day :—A young lady of our acquaintance received a handsome cardboard box in which of course she oxpected to find a love-breathing, scented valentine, and, -is it was heavy,ihe thought suggested itself to her that there might bo some little present of jewellery in it. The parcel waa insufficiently stamped, and, before the postman gave it up, ho received 2s fiom our blushing friend. Judge of her disgust when expectantly opening the box she found it was full of sawdust.

The London correspondent of tho Chicago Times reports :—lntense excitement still prevails in England over the rnpidly approaching crisis, and from Iho tone of the English aud continental press a war involving the greater portion of Europe is very likely to bo the outcome of the present situation. Information from Berlin is to the rfleet that Bismarck is determined to break up the French Exposition. To accomplish this, he will urge Russia to demand impracticable terms, so as to necessitate English interference. Germany will then send a force to aid Russia. France, he believes, would not be able to resist this opportunity to attack Germany, whereat he would turn on France and complete the work begun in the Franco- Prussian war, and which did not leave France sufficiently broken to suit Germany.

Ik a London letter describing the journalists' dinner to Mr Forbes, the following paragraph makes mention of the manner in which certain notable literary men do their work: " Many journalists in the present day diet ate their work to shorthand writers. One of the most prolific leader writers on the Daily Telegraph dictates every line of his work. Ho ha» a carious habit of composition. He makes a point of producing his leader at the office every night. He takes off his coat, waistcoat, and boot, lights a short pipe, and walks about the room, and in an hour his article is finished. Now and then it is completed in half that time. Lucy, of the Daily News, dictates the whole of his matter. Yates hardly ever writes a line. His short-hand clerk is continually at his elbow. Several men have tried to bring the type-writer into use, but only Farjeon has been enabled to achieve success with it, and Farjeon was originally a printer, so that the mechanical character of the work bothered him less at the onset than is the case with most writers. Then the ' copy' is not altogether pleasant to read, being all capital letters.