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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3221, 16 June 1879, Page 2

Thk County Chfiiririan niot the members of the l^ative Committee and land owners;in Thames County,.this morning, for the purpose of mating arrangjefor the acquisition of land for railway purposes. „ • ; ■: .; ■:• • >\[\:i'i; n;H ■ ;At the E.M. Court to-day» before Mr G-. N. Brasßey, J.P., a carter was charged with driving after sunset and neglecting to keep a light attached to the right gida of his' vehicle,,-!.' Defendant admitted the. offenceind;was, fined Is and' costs, „ ; ''*' 'Thee'e' was some excitement in Aucklapd: -on t Saturday,.'.owing do , the .repotf that a pood reef had bpsn struck in the Caledonian.' Shares were ia active demand at £2,n,ndL:o'r&r. .>;,,-; ; ; A IABGE quantity of earth has slipped from the. hill near the Prince Imperial winding engine, and the first rain will probably bring down more. i , 1 We regret to leflvn! 'that'Mr J. B. Sioney, Clerk of the E.M; 'Cocrftft is f Buffering." fyom a ( eeyere affeolibn of tHe throat, mown as qufnsjr. :\ He| has. been jinatiie ijkq attend to hia dulses for »bpui4a' week. " '"' '■' ' ' j..^ ''. ''^."■'. ! ,,''t ■I,

; Tfe Globe of Christchurch speaks if us after the following fashion : —" Tlie sod-turning of the Thames-Waikato railway by Sir George Grey recently is, not likely to lead to anything more than a'lout for'^BTscerislsupport. ;lThe,cleiiiends for compensation by the- owners, fand. occupiers of the lands through;wbioh ; the proposed railway is to pass are stated to:be so exorbitant as to itpp any prosebutiqn 'of the work for the present/ \ Today is proclaimed a half-holiday in Auckland by the JN^ative Ministerj in honor of the visit of the Governor. ; ;'K: 1

A; Wbl/MNGTOn' telegram says,: ( —New Zealand will have representatives! at the intercolonial sculling match to be held in Melbourne. Mr Hearn, - a well known boating 1 mft'ri,? is urider^oWg 1 careful traiiji- 1 itj'^'-itiid sWill probably leave liere for the t Yict6riaii n wafers \ about' 'the 'end of tb(e iprjesebt riionth. For the l^sf four' yeats Hearn has pulled iti'wipriing boats.' in mdst of tjie big eTonts'iin scßlling contests. He has invariably beeni succeiss|uU; \ .,'? \ ■' Stdnby Taiwhanga, a'chief from the Bay of Isknds, has prepared an address to "the Governor, which he will present at Government House to-day., It.prpfeßses to rfepres'erit the' 'sentiments, of the ; Ngap«hi;; ,Te Kariwa, ' ITgatimaru,'lower Waifeatps, and tribes' , ; whiph w,e,nt.under jaj^hprUy.. of .ih^e , jisrdveinment to> the/bji),9, Eippua meetipg. In the address prepa?ed,th|BGqirernpr f !and Sin. George, Greyo a.re ;in -turns) highly eulogised. - • ■

"■TTiiE 2 Scdtti'ghcqmm'Bhced'a series! of &ltcfie3'oji';'''Safpr'day'for''&'iinicnbe!r pf. Valuable.' pris:es v iQc|ndmg the' (Srelliqn Bnver;cup,; for yoiing r 'shpts/ a : waf'oh, v iscarfJrlng,,;;ai)d otji.eir \ prizes. - jSergbjint r|jPici:;e)tt.,,^ins.the cup, ; ana ..is, gratolated!on bis,success,;ashe is auiost painstaking volunteer. The following were? Itbe(principal scores :at 200,,400. and 500 yards ; s 7? shots at; each range:— -..(■? ?! ; ), c ..".v.'-i< X, - ;,i;-> r-. h -.■: • i ■ i- ' .' .■•:•■ ,ri-r-EoilltS^ ' . Vol Oobhrane ,;>-.. .;.;. • ..ii 66; " Penk ....;'■ ,;-:i... ■■:■'■'■■vn)ui :.»4; -65, .Cl.lff ; X3-roy:'N;;.W ■:/ii,v."'. .-i 'G3; " Lawlor „.- ... ... ... 6i\ <n Swgfc.Picket;<<■■■;: ... : : „,■■.■! ■■;.. 'i 53! .:VoliGriffia ;w. -„; . ..':i.Wii" .■■•■■■■.-. i.i 57; " Adaujfj ... - 65; ;! ■'^'IXvW 1 GMtrk 1" in the fFreeril^nco; alluding to the comic opera " PJnaforei" now being acted in Auckland," say I: "The mtfsic '■ is ; itnwPrthy^ Arthur (Sullivan!" He might equally well'have said th|e words: and plcs are upwortby Gilbert, .especially the plot, since, for the purpose. of bringing in abatch of weddings at tlie end of -the ; oper a, he can, find pq more in*; geniodsmethbd'than making two foster brothers—Ealpft'Eacksifaw and Captain Corcoran —the one to mary bis (foste^) .bjcQther's daughter,, and the other his pv^n (foster)' -mother' (Buttercup),' wh'pn| he gallantly assures}^-' ;' ■ r t .^'/t : ■ -ul[ 'f:- " I Will rJeTer-be'! iintjue'<fo titieV-'^: Company: What, never ? ] fiapialnr No, never! j /'/Company: 'What, never.! "^"'"'C:<:': \:" "."• jCax-iiun: Hardly ever! , d ! 'Company'; Hardly ever, be untrue tothee l'( However, as one seldom pays muchattenti6n to, and nevervhears the words of an opera, perhaps tluii rubbish is as good as • aiiy othyvi^@uontributed.]t <: ¥.'... .• 1" I

A teseSeam from Gisborner says ajn important native meeting, convened tjy Wipere, wa"a r hpjdi rafr} Pakikiri. Every] tribe in the district was fully represented. ftU^. Mee.^ag.^^^d;!;6;gi^?unqualified iupport 'to*:.the'iGrjyernme^it, ;In' regard to the .^Taranak^i mafter .the-- natives strongly 'deprecated, vvar,., $ut are ready to abide ' the" orders r6f the 'Government! ,The opinion of the meeting was that the mG i a,t\j.udipipusV';iourse^:would! ( be' 1 for ;a ..natiVe comraissiou .'of chiefa.',''from, .this distriot to inquire inta the, differences jbetween Te y/hiti, and, (h'e,.Government,* tho commission also to jacludo such Europeans as the native,. pluefs ytcy. td approve. , v ;i :

, ? s,.The quarterly competiiiipn-, of the Thames iiifle Eangers for iiio Mannmg Champion Belt took place ton Saturday afternoon at the Government rango. The ranges were 200, .400 and 500 yards, five shots at each range. Iv addition to the belt ..there, were, several, pther, p/jrqs, donated by M?"G. Vesey-Stewart and Jipther geutletnei.''' Vol. Willisi won tie. belt with the score of 60 points. The other prize takers were Vol. Wilcox; 48, Vols. Long, Grllpin, and McKee 44 each. This cpmpany is beginning to make ia good show in shooting and.af they go pn improving as they hay« done during tlie, past few months, it may not be very lc^g^ (before.a Hangejc is,, tho; winner, -o/ the much-covfltediiDistrifttißeUk ;-ytl !«• I ' A TEMPJEBANCf leqturei^ wbp ha 3 be6n at'wbrk' id -the towos«npvtP the-Hudsdn, has bsen giving a reporter jof the;^Kings?. ton Courier a page frpnu fc;j; early experience in Michigan. Pluvious to his umv£.i ia a small town where he intended to do some work, the boys bad agreed

among thi-niselves to go to the uii;eL'tiKi but not to sign the pledge. Ho appealed in vain for 1. recruits in tho temperance cause. Wot a man would move. At this stage of the proceedings the belle of the town sprang, to her feet, and cried out — " Boys, this is really too bad. Won't you B'^ii the pledge P" Not a soul moved from bis i'eet. Again the fair belle appealed to the men's better nature, but it was of no avail; they had promised they wouldn't sign. Finally tho lady .said, ,'vßoys, I'll .kiss the first man, who signs the pledge." At this juncture up jumped a V tall \ [backwoodsman,; 'an<j| drawlingly' exclaimed, ''Siss, I'm your huckleberryi Whar's " yer pledge P" The brave girl kissed the follow, and the cheering which followed made the building rattle. This incident broke the ice, and before tho reformer had left the town nearly evei-ypne had donned the: ribbon.

Dißtbict Judge Weston recently said : "I am'not a Catholic, but must sayFather Henneberry has done an immenso amount of good on the West Coast. If he would only chine 1 once!a year, there might be some hope that the hotel* would get weeded out. I have seen so much that I cannot refrain from giving expression to my yiews, such as ; they are.*', r I Thanks to tho unremitting exertion's of the County Suryeyprj the 1 repairs to the • Water : lKao6 1 were finished "on Sunday Evening; arid the water turned on this morning. ! Thei Herald mill started crushing about n0,0a.,, ... , /i*^^)y<i \ .- . DoouiiEN^s of a treasonable character were discovered on an Irishman who was recently sentenced to a month'si imprison- ; ment ■' at ■■ iNewcastle-urider-Lyme :16i * assault/"One of tho papers'contained rules and reguUtions for the management of the 'Nortn/' of ! jßmsWii 1 of, the ■ I-Ikß., and Wferred to ;the'formation 5 of a military prga^isation, the seoiret,arming of members, the secret accumulatiqn of ; < jWar. ' Jiisued bxpr^ejjbf '^he Executive " ha|d a foot-note its immediate destruction after perusal, and contained the following.paragraph :—•" Let the universal -satisfaction^ at our enemy's recent humiliating <defeat; by ?deipised< > 'opponents stimulate us. to. exertions which 1 iliall hasten'our opportunity ; to < strike alsb. Ar Cety wayo with unarmed followers/would1 never have 'staggered tire prestige or curbed thfe insolence of England. Arm Ireland, and a ' Edrke's Drift;' nearer/ home my shake the Empire to its base.'' The magistrates,orderedihe.papers toJbje sent to the Home Secretary,., - The question of subsidy, is one- ~on : which; foR years <past- local -%qy ernin'g bbdie* ha^e i)e¥n^niuc)i ekercis¥d'i anjd' Parnell is now ! eridpavpring,^p,arri^o at ja^" :)splutip^ x^'o£. |h£» i'prPblem, ,olr s fio\^f |tl^o,G;6vernm' ept, by I means of. ■ q^quct jpnf, .deprive, t^mipf .nippeya on the receipt) w which, their borough; calculated. The .arrangement has been a subsidy of £l,.fpr each £1 of rateß collected; That iwast quite, explicable. The gross amount of rates collected in the Borough was £40(J,;: which, with the subsidy, should have b?eh double that amount, but the Government deducted £70, asithe propoifcion to be paiid toward the hospital, and beyond this, |a further deduction of a suth of £12S has been made ' toward the maintenance of charitable institutions. The same prcidess will !no?' doiib't be felt : hf }6t\i^i>'- local governing Jjpdies, 7*bujt. present th|e Parnell iMrbugli Counclli' which on the S strength of this supposed- accession of funds has incurred certain; liabilities, do not approve of the pdsitionV or !th]& nature of th"c; deductions to, which;; ihey '■ have been, subjectedi-^Herald^ '.^'^'.J-V.^" ' Australian cities (according ; to: the Dunedin Star) relative to tho talented lady ;now: delivering; ;*!course: fof -Wrep* thought lectures in Dunedin. Britten ; ;comnienced 'on ' one ■ occasion before a large \ atidiionce ' with 'the iiijteir'jectory question—^" r'?;Vboni!" and repeated this in a^ekceri3,6^6a\6 i three timesj pausing ■ again before taking up. 'her argument] '•' 'A squeaking voi^e' from ,the gallery, as of a larrikin born, broke the! silence of that' solemn interval, with— (<I give it tip, Emma." It nee6T hardly be stated- that a good point was' lost, but Mrs Britten could not h,elp joining in^the; generaClaughr '■';■'[ i ,fc;X t,\