The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1879,

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3170, 17 April 1879, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1879,

By oar Australian telegrams to-day the details of the encounter with the Zulu army at Isandula are given, and from the number of men and officers; killed, it seems to have been far more serious than the first telegrams would lead us to anticipate.

The meeting of lodge Sir Walter Scott advertised to be held this evening has been postponed till Tuesday next the 22nd inst.

We are informed that the new school will be opened on the first- of May. We believe that Mr Watson has carried out his contract to the satisfaction of Mr Allright the Architect to the Board of Education.

We have been informed by the Hospital Secretary that the amount of subscriptions received during the past fifteen months from employees in the various mines, mills, &c, as shown in the balancesheet presented at the annual meeting of the subscribers yesterday evening was collected from the following workmen : — At the Moanatairi mine, £57 10s ; Alburnia mine, £44 12s 6d ; Queen of Beauty mine, £14 17s; Hauraki Sawmill, £10; U.P. Association, £6 13s; Caledonian mine, £6 4s; Shortland Sawmill, £5 8s ; Price's foundry, £3 7s; Piako mine, £12s.

A meeting was held, of Shortland residents principally, at Mr Stephenson's residence, Pollen street, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of discussing the proposed harbor bye-laws, published in our columns a few days ago. Mr John Gibbons was voted to the chair, and, after reading the notice calling them together, said that the meeting was for the purpose of discussing some of the bye-laws proposed to be adopted by the Harbor Board. Several gentlemen spoke upon the subject, and all admitted that the Board was justified in making certain charges for the use of wharves, &c, but,those proposed to be collected were far too heavy. A deputation was subsequently appointed to wait upon the Harbor Board, the result of whoso mission is contained in our report of the Board's proceedings last evening. The bye-laws were discussed seriatim, and certain alterations were proposed to be laid before the Board, after which the meeting broke up.

A queee typographical error appears in Tuesday's Herald in a paragraph from their Hamilton.correspondent, concerning a steeple the Presbyterians are erecting on their church. " Our own " goes on to say : " They have further determined to make use of all the talent within their power to induce the people to attend church, by elevating a fine hell to its right position in the turret." Probably the correspondent meant "bell" instead of the brief synonym for the lower regions.

Oub Tairiia correspondent say3:—"A monster petition has just been completed here to be forwarded to the Postmaster,

Thames, for an extension of (he present mail service at Nevesville to Tairua Sawmill. The petition, though large, does not represent more than half tlie population. It is currently reported here that there are several informations to be laid against the informers in Hale's case for selling grog themselves from their unlicensed houses, situate in close proximity to the mill, and almost next door to the Police Station."

Hamilton must be a prosperous place. Mr Le Quesne has just finished building a large brick hotel, which he intends to let at £14 per week. There is not a single empty dwelling house in Hamilton, and three and four-roomed wooden houses let for from 15s to £1 per week.

Mb Blank is a nice old gentleman with several pretty daughters, and lives near Dawson's Hotfll, Hamilton East. During the recent campaign an old friend of his from the Thames went up to see him and his girls. After the first greetings tne Thames man asked after the young ladies. " Oh you'll no' see them," rep'ied Mr Blank, " I hetrd the ker-racter of these JNavals of yourn, and when I was told they were goin' to stop at Dawson's, I sent the dear gals off to Te Awamutu to keep them out o' harm's way."