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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3212, 5 June 1879, Page 2

I Br. a private letter received by the mail to-day, 1 the following extract, showing the state of affairs in Europe, occura :— " Sou should feel comforted that you live out of Europe. Eussia, wbo gracefully posed herself as heinir the vanguard of Liberty and Proxies'!, is like a hell upon earth, if newspaper reports are to be believed. Cormnny is is ground down as possible, and I believe in a great struggle there before long. Austria is all in a tremble as to what is to become of her; and what with Turkey and Spain both bankrupt, Italy on the watch for what may turn up, and even our own country groaning for want of trade, we may wonder what the world is coming to. The weather, too, helps to keep down our spirits, and that wellknown personage, ' the oldest inhabitant,' cannot remember suoh a winter. Nothing but rain from morning till night—not 1 warm spring-like rain as it should be, but a nasty cold sore-throat giving drizzle, with the wind E.N.E, N.N.E,\N.E by N: anything you like so long as you keep East in it with a good admixture of sleet and snow. Sacre! as the French would say, it almost makes life burdensome to strong people, but to the poorly ones' it is ruination.

Mb Cbeighton, of Farawai, the owner of some land required for railway purposei, has offered to allow the amount of compensation to be paid him to be as* sessed by the Eesident Magistrate and Mr Brodie.

Wk learn thai Mr John Gibbons' tender for the supply of 100,000 railway sleepers has been accepted.

Ekwi attended the last meeting of the Auckland Institute, and spoke as follows: —I left Auckland in 1859, and now afder a lapse of 20 years, I return to it. I am astonished at the improvements in the town, and I cannot recognise it as the place I saw twenty years ago.

The Maoris atTe Ore Oreii Wellington Erovincial district, are organising a brass ,an,d t ;\ i:';''!:': r ':/. ;:'.';- ':'": '--' A'\ ■'■■' :^v.,. , ;i iTHE unemployed in Cliristchurch are dissatisfied with the action of the City GoUnoil who have found employment for a number at stone-breaking. r'^ An English paper, writing on the way New Zealand is running up a National Debt, calls our country "The Great Lone Land." Twenty-two millions is our Theee is a hotel in Christchurch whioh provides a counter-supper consisting of sandwiches: A young swell, lately from England, called in one night, arid, after inspecting the sandwiches: through an eyeglass, asked the barmaid, " Are; these arrangements—ah— -pro bono puhlicof" "No,",;replied the Hebe, briskly,,V they arer—ahr—beef.'' ( The young man left. :

A MA.N in Dunedin has applied to the magistrate for protection from his wife; He is the same man' who last week married a woman arid attempted to get rid of her the, .lame night. r The Court nile'd' that the person seeking ; prb^ection not Beings female he oould'npt interfere.!,

, vFiftt men of the : Armed Constabulary went on board the Government steamer Stella at ten o'clock' last night'for New Plymouth, and a number of newly enrolled men are to be despatched at once. A telegbam from/Wellington says.it ia jfepbrteld %hat the Government are importins sever'aT Gatling guns^! ■'■ h"vi}. ''-' i:! "■'' lit™ n«i: ,'>!>!'»•( j r<rer«i <*ij ,;t ? ■«.•«; .»fni no} h'm'.if, vt'^B ibeliere Mr H.E. Jones has kindly lent: to the Exhibition Committee, hi«,collection of quartz specimens gathered dur» ing his long residence upon the Thameii Some of the specimens are very valuablel.'

Me Puckbt hasvha'd.'s! from the Government requesting that no time, should be lostin concluding arrangements with the Natives for the land required for railway purposes. Mr Brodie intends: having a meeting of the Native Commit-, tee on Monday next, when, as far as the Natives are concerned, matters will be arranged.

.„ It is repprted.that,the, childre!n I( at s tend. ing, the \'%^-]^s^^^ol'..yr^ih'^Jb9 seen collecting firewood yeiterday on,the hillsides for, the purpose of making fires in the school these, cold mornings.« We think tHe committee should supply fuel for,ithesohool, the more so a? :is stated that they have funds in hand, (it .'-V

The genus runboy it, proverbially not the le«ist 'cute atom in ' creation; Some days ago we had to chronicle the fact that some of- oar runboys were being Tictimised r by persons taking the paper,of thiim /qoi; paying tip. \o?hi boi^stbMob the other leg, as we hare to write about a runboy;victimising some of his customers, it appears that the, little imp in question informed several : of his customers that the, proprietor of this journal, wanted to lay .in li} thi stock-jof^-papery before the winter set in; consequently, him had y, determined to offer the extraordinary inducement of; three weeks' Star for the moderate sum: of Is to cash purchasers, enly paid in advance. Strange to say, several were foolish enough to beliere this :yarri, and jump at the bait. They: are now lamenting grievously about it, as the youth, after serving them with a week's papers in the terms off his contract, ceased his usual daily visits; thereby victimising each •of his customers to the e"xteh£s of J6di We would recommend those aggrieved to enter an action against him for breach of'contract; '-' vi:.)

There was again a clean sheet at the R.M. Court to-clay.." „, ,„.,_ j _ r THE Auckland people are Tety^ell offi for^amuaemßn'tß.^'''Besides' -the"'* penny ; gaffs, Mr .preswiek, the great tragedian, i and Miss Ashtoh aW giving -readings at the Theatre Royal. The Amateur Opera Company will again appear on Monday next in-" H.M.S; Pinafore," which will be: placed on the boards in grand style, f |

Te Wheobo gave a ;d"ininer at Auckland on Tuesday at whichif.he.JJfative Minister and Rewi were present, r; : ,< -i.s /

!,',V &Jtia the^jAuckland ■!iS'tarT—We I'eifn \ from a private ' Source' that a Alette?; received by this mail says: ' ■ Sir Jiiiitts Vogel has appointed, Mr 'l&.M.jKeed to; the office ;ot Emigrationj I!^^^^*'^! l',.''^^' North of Ireland, with unrestricted! power to send out emigrants." We understand I thut Mr Reed's head-quarteesuwill be fiied at IBelfast, but? tliat r he;will also occasionally visit the northernl districts of, Englandi 1 <,^:-'■>;'■■'-•>'■ ■■vi^ »i '>■<.£ \ The brigantine Ada C. Owen, Captain j 1 McLeod, sailed from this port on Monday; last .with,a, full cargo of white pine, tjni-!' ber,' shipped by Messrs Bagnalt Broii.!, Jof! the Ha'uraki' Sawmills, for Bunedin. We j understandjthafr althouKh the mills of =thji; firm have been stopped temporarily, (hey; are making arrangement* for drying and seasoning their timber, by which means its value will: be, considerably enhanced. This will enable them to. take advantage of the Australian.markets., ( ; , ,r A >

Yestebday forenoon (says*the Herald) \ His Excellency Hhe Governor and Eowi had^a'" conference by telegraph, Rewi; being at the office here and His Excel-* lency at the office of Now Plymouth. His Excellency said he was coming to we

Jtewi, and asked him not to leave till lie came to AucklaucJ. With Ministers they could come to a. solution of the existing difficulties. Ilewi consented to remain till the Governor came." Revvi * will probably spend a few days at the Weiwera.

The Theatre Eoyal will be reopened on Saturday next with the Victoria Variety Company, a troupe who have lately appeared with a considerable amount of success in Auckland, and which comprises amongst its members Miss Jessie Kaymondand others well known to theatre goers. The pieces selected for the opening night are TJnola Tom's Cabin and the Bonnie Fishwife.

I, JDsjs pi the windows in the, melting-. ' house of the Bank of New Zealand was blown "ih .by the force of. tb,e galeiithis afternoon. It was blown bodily in, the frame, saabes and everything giving way, but only the glass,(a plate ■} of aninch in thickness,) • iff \ the'llowetl^sasKCwas broken. Fprtunately, the gentleman in charge of tnetfeparfinent; wag riot brought intojcontactfwithrthe*falling matter, or we , are afraid he would not be in working order forsOnii^imeiF/.Tr

A teiegbam to the Herald says :•—The fanatic influence of l*e Whiti is, however, stiU spreading thronghoutthe district.like after-damp. Every reasonable means, 1 think, are being tried to stay it. The settlers here are hot frightened, although they]wi«ely intend to. preparesfor the ewl day, as a balance must be struck some day between Hiroki, Te^Whiti, and the Government.