THE Evening Star PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'OLOCK P.M. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3191, 12 May 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'OLOCK P.M. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1879.

We have been informed that severa'

-land, owners in the ; upper country intend offering all the land required for railway jPurp^ses fr<p© to' the /Government. jThe .b'ad^spirit "shown , by . a feyr proprietors near the township, is .not being,followed, we are pleased to see, by many with larger stakes in the-district. While we deprecate the grasping, selfish spirit of some individuals, it gives us pleasure to record the generous sentiment shown by others, and of the latter class is the writer of the following letter to Colonel Fraser; who is kindly acting on behalf of the Borough in this matter:—' "Shortland, 12th May, 1878.—Colonel Fraser, E.M., Thames.—Sir—With re-' gard .to. the part of my yard held by me on lease for about 12 years, required for railway purposes, I am willing to accept such sum as compensation as you consider right and just under the circumstances, as I have every desire to see the works proceed.—l am, &c, yours faithfully, James Thompson.

■'•' It appears the Harbor Board are determined even now to protect the interests intrusted to them. The contractors for the-reclamation, anxious of course to get material near at hand, hare been taking stuff from the foreshore, and although cautioned not to do so, continued their course; when- the back of the Harbormaster was turned. It seems this officer has, under instructions from the Board, laid- an information agamst' a carter employed by the contractors.

, The.'.Auckland people are already tating iteps for the proper reception of the Governor, and as it it known that a visit- to the Thames is included in the programme, our local authoritiei^should be stirring in the matter. It is probable that Sir G. Grey will accompany His to the Thames.

A DBEB3 inspection parade of the Thames Scottish Battalion will take place this evening, when the Champion Belts of Noa. 1 and 2' Companies will be presented to the winners by Mrs Fraser, as well as setefal battalion prizes lately won. We were shown to-day two yaluable prizes given to No. 2 Company to be shot for— one a beautiful gold scarf ring of considerable value, presented by E. B. Cameron, Esq.,"lately a lieutenant in the company ;tbe:other is a valuable silver hunting JeVer watch, the gift of an unknown dbribr. No. 1 Company has also received .prices from Messrs JRowe and Forgie. Both companies will compete for these trophies at an early date. At a meeting of No. 2 Company held last week, Messrs J. E. Coney and S. C. Schofield were unanimously elected. Lieutenants in room of Messrs Har.greayes and MeVay, left the district. The new Lieutenants are both smart officers, enthusiastic volunteers, and well up in drill.

The Wairarapa Daily is ; vory complk mentary to the legal profession of Wei-, lington. It is obvious to all (says our) contemporary) that when, say, a Welling-

ton solicitor gets up to speak on any case, he is master of it, he states clearly and coacisely wbatihe wants from the Court. He' doesn't trouble the Bench with what he doesn't wiht^r is unlikely to obtain, j He keeps his case well in hand, and a prompt and clear decision is usually the result of his pleading. A Wairarapa solicitor, as a rule, is just the opposite of his town f brother. When he gets up it is 'plain that he is not the master of his case, but that his case is the master of him. v He is afraid to tie himself down to any particular issues. He will make no admissions. He trusts to chance rather than to the genuine merits of his case for a verdict. He appears to know as much of his own case as an idle spectator in the Court, and no more 1 " The latter remarks could not apply rto the doctors of the law upon the Thames !

: ; We notice by advertisement that Mr J. Ju. Byers and Miss Julia Hudson, assisted by a number of the leading local talent, itill perform the amusing Irish comedy " Q'Callaghan on his last legs " at the jicademy of, Music to-morrow evening. Many of our readers have doubtless heard the great G.J.. Brook» jnthis comedy in the pact of O'Callaghan, and will remember the time when it was one of the favourite comedies of the day. Mr Byera is said to be a skillful exponent of the penurious O'Gallaghan. ;

The contractors for removing the s*reck of Tararu Wharf are making good progress, and have already made a large hole in the unsightly obstruction. The wharf has cost the Ilarbor Board over £100 per annum for keeping a light on it alone.

„ The performance of Madame Anderson, at Mozart Garden, Brooklyn, is one of the most extraordinary instance's •of mental persistence; in a fixed deterjnina*l tion and physical endurance ; that we! have ever heard of.. . Here has been this little woman walking a quarter of a mile'in every quartet of an hour for more than four weeks, and it is of no use for the sticklers to technecalities. to say that she made no record because she had assistance. AH the assistance she had was a guiding hand to prevent her from stumbling into' some obstruction? when ■ft'ature' was asserting herself, and the walking actibn^bf the woman was merely, automatic. Let some of these'learned gen tie*men try to do half what the Jittle woman did, and we have no doubt they'will have to be guided but 'of the -arena, and put to bed in the nearest hospital. Madame Anderson clearly has immense power of -will as welt as enormous, capability of physical endurance.,' .Old' Rodin, when the bishop" and priests' crowded around * him to confession, "drew breath between] the excruciating spasms of the cholera, and, exclaimed, "I .won't-diel" f Such was Madame Anderson's " I will do it!" when her physician and friends besought her to quit. ; I

Me B.McDojtaed Scott, liquidator in the estate of the Una G.M.Co., declares a third payment of 2s 6d in the £ to the creditors ©f the company.

Sojib excitement was caused in the quiet suburb of Tararu on Saturday by the antics of a man named Alfred Philcox, who was evidently suffering from the effects of excessive drinking. He entered the shop of Mr F. Wells, and attempted to chop a boy down' with a cleaver, ;but was caught by Mr Well is before any injury was done, and brought by him to town and handod into the charge of the police. He was brought up before the Jiesident Magistrate this morning and remanded for medical treatment.

This season, as regards the growing of fruit, has been somewhat, puzzling to owners of orchards., Mr W. Wood, of Block 27, left at our office this morning a splendid, bunch of Muscat grapes, the portion of a second crop this season,; grown in his garden. Two crops of grapesl in one year is somewhat of a novelty even in a climate like this. In a. garden at Parawai we noticed a fine, apple tree bearing fruit. J .