THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILEY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THUSSDAY, MAY 22, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3200, 22 May 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILEY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THUSSDAY, MAY 22, 1879.

Messbs M. H. Airey and J. Marshall notify in our advertisement columns that they will close: their establishments on Saturday nexti the 24th inst.', till 3 p'.tn. We trust other business people will follow their example. Messrs Os borne Bros,, also notify they will close as above. j , Me Dean, the Secretary of the Domestic Water Supply Committee, received this morning a letter from Whitaker and Russell stating that unless the coupon due to T. and S. Morrin for £40 was paid legal proceedings would at once be instituted.. ■ ..,-... : ■ . • , ■■-„:■ ■■..',,•: The following telegram was received by the Local Comnrttee of the Sydney Exhibition, 1 and is a reply to a reciuesfcmade by the Committee on behalf of Mr Plant: '— " The* Commission regret they cannot authorise the expenditure to Mr Plant; His Excellency, as President, requests a full* report of your proceedings rid the space required, by you in time for,a meeting early in next week. We are pleased to leavn that the fine arts will be found amongst the Thames exhibits at the Sydney Exhibition. The 'Rev. R. iLaishley has determined; tp : exhibit his' splendid oil-painting, " The Finding of !Rufuß," and Messrs Foy Bros., the wellknown aiiist photographers, have applied for 25 square feet of wall space for the exhibition of photographs of Thames scenery, and objects of interest. Miss Jessie Whyte, step-daughter of Mr B. ißullep, who has passed her examination with great credit, has been appointed to a pupil teachcrship in the Waio-Karaka School. Further appointments will be triade'very shortly. The iCprpmandel would-be-suicide is, we learn, getting round again as well as could be expected. He was charged with the offence at the Police Court and remanded for seven days, r : •■ i j Mitchell's .English Opera Cbmpany■ is at present showing in New Plymouth., ■J" Those people go on jabber, jabber, 'jabber, just for:the sake of seeing their eloquence in print," sleepily jerked out one reporter to another at a recent very dry'public ineeting. The poor reporter who made 'this 'somewhat impertinent remark, was, shortly,,after seen nodding' away and considerably disturbed the gravity of the audienc? during thedelivery of an impressive oration, by slipping off jhis chair with a loud bump on to the floor. The accident caused universal amusement .with the exception of the victim of the :drowsygod. : :'; '"' ,;.;';':; . , '; •.".. ■'..,.', I once before alluded to a member of our Parliament (I don't say which branch of the Legislature he adorns) who is scarcely second to the late Robert Heller as a conjuror. Travelling in India, he was one evening, after dinner, smoking

with some acquaintances on the verandah of the Byoulla Club, at; ——. Some native jugglers went through a clever performance, and then the chief man presented a vase-shaped basket for coppers. An anna or two was the usual contribution, but the Australian took from his.pocket a rupee, which bo apparently dropped into the receptacle. The juggler'b eyes glistened, and the donor's neighbor remonstrated with him for spoiling market by over-generosity. In a few minutes the juggler returned," speaking somewhat excitedly in Hindustani. The Australian, visitor inquired what the visitor said. " Oh," said Colonel——," he says there was no rupee in the, basket; but these fellows are all liars—^dbn't heed him." Once more the Australian (apparently) dropped a rupee into-the, basket, and r once more that native returned, with staring eyes and an alarmed expression. "What does he say now?" in quired[Mr—l-—. , " Say!'' said hisr neighbour "he says you know more ihari he does?" Now, this is the stamp of man to put ict the Treasury, and leßve to deal with hungry deputations.—iEglea.