THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3139, 11 March 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1879.

: pi A meeting., is advertised to be held at| the Governor Bowen Hotel on Wednes-fe day evening for the purpose of takings steps to present Mr D. Reid with alf suitable testimonial, it being his intentionijf shortly after returning from Nelson top leave this district. It appears thalg] Mr Eeid's skill in removing steel splinters^ from tbe eye has rendered many miners Is under au obligation to him, which thoy|| now intend to discharge by making .a»| presentation to Mr H'eid on his depax'-|f ture. - H At a meeting of the shareholders of theff Auckland G.M.Co. held at Auckland! yesterday, it was resolved to wind up the % Company. The secretary stated no wind-it ing up call would be required. f|

| Me James Cbaig- will sell the privi-|l leges of Parawai Gardens for St. Patrick's|i [Day to-morrow at 12 o'clock. • if

ATtheE.M. Court today, before H. C. Lawlor, Esq., J.P., two persons were charged with drunkenness. One of them pleaded guilty, and the other not guilty. The* evidence of Sergeant Mulville was taken in the latter case, and defendant: was found guilty, and fined 20s and costs, j The other "drunk" was fined 10a and costs. " „,.

The brigantine Omaha, from the Chatham Islands, brought up 15,000 smoked eels and 22 casks of albatrossss for the great Native meeting that takes place at Waitara on March 17.—-Dunedin Herald.

Even the most ardent supporters of our present national system of secular education were not aware of the favor with which it ia looked on by the great bulk of the colonists, until the recent woeful defeats of the denominational candidates at the two strongholds of the denominational party —Nelson and City West, and since ttiesfr elections the satisfaction of the people with the present system has been strongly palpable. The other day, says the Morning Herald, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of! New Zealand, in his closing address at Christchurch, said :—" We have declared denominational education inimical to the best interests of the community, and have instructed our committee carefully to watch over this question, and to oppose by every means in their power every effort which contemplates a return to Denominutionalism. In this we fully expect that our people will thoroughly sustain us, even at the election booths if necessary,"

!Accobding to the Bay of Plenty Times, Te Kooti has had a vision to. the effect that there is to be fighting in the Waikato and that the cause of the dispute will be brought a^out by the Government support of Kewi against the King. He also states that three murders are about to be committed in consequence of certain land sales, one by a Tauranga Native, and two by Arawas. The latter portion of this dream is implicitly believed in by the Maoris. Bicycxing is becoming quite a favorite pastime-amongst the young men of this town. About half-a-dozen with their iron roadsters made a moonlight trip to Kerikeri last evening and a return to Shortland, by which time they were considerably damaged about the nether garments. Time to Kirikiri and back: 5 hours. «

The following were the quotations for Mining Shares in Auckland yesterday :— Alburnia—24s ex div; buyers, 22s 6d; sellers 255. ex dm Moanatairi—4ss, 46; buyers, 455; sellers, 47s Bd. Premier— 7s, 7s 6d; sellers, Bs. Corby—Sellers, 10s. Caledonian—2ss; .buyers, 235. Kuranui Hill—Bs 6d, 8s 9d; sellers, 93; New Golden Pah—3s 3d, 3s 6d.

If Mr Gladstone will consent, in the event of the Liberals obtaining the majority at the next general election, Lord Granville is to be Prime Minister; Lord Hartington is to lead the House of Commons ; and Mr Gladstone is to be Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Truth.