THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3222, 17 June 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1879.

I? will not be for the want of warning oa our part, if the Thames be behind ether districts in New Zealand in its contributions to the Exhibitions of Sydney and Melbourne. No better means could be derisad to lay open to the world our raw products and manufactured articles. To the manufacturer it is, in a business point of riew, an adrertisement read and seen by thousands^who otherwise would nerer har* heard of, or seen the manufacturer or his article, while the manufacturers of other countries will hare brought before them, products that may be to those not knowing how to profitably utilize them practically yalueleis. IjTot so many years ago the large gas companies' greatest trouble was to get rid of their gas tar; now the chemist has turned it to a tariely of uses, and changed it from a^raluelesi to a raluable article of commerce. , Our kauri gum: First of all the man who gathers it, scrapes it, and throws away the scrapings as useless waste that the gum merchant will not purchase; again the gum is scraped by the merchant and more waste thrown awayi Will no market talue he found for this; refute? Doubtless jit Will. Our flax fibre manufacturers, after beating the Tcgetable corering from the flax, throw it into the stream that turns the miU, or get rid of it by any ; other •onTement method. Yet that vegetable coTering can b« worked in o paper of superior quality. Will it not; pay sto dry and export? These and similar questions are mor* likely to be quickly solfed by those who may im such products at the Exhibition, and who, in their business and manufactures,' use similar productions. Hence we urge aji;airi and agaitf 1 on all friends of the Thames to become exhibitors. We are iriformed that by Wednesday' next, the 25lhintt, intending contributors will have to deliver all articles intended for the Sydney .Exhibition ,at the ; Council Chambers, Albert street, where some, gentleman appointed by the Local Committee will be in attendance to receive them.' On Thursday, between 11 and 4, they will be locally exhibited, and will leave here for Wellington, en route for Sydney, on Friday morning. : ; The half-yearly meeting: of members of Grahamstown Branch, H.A.C.B Society, was held last evening, and was numerously attended. The President. Mr P. Byrne, t ccupied the chair: The Chaplain to the Society, Her. Father O'Beilly, was also in attendance, end took a lively interest in tt o proceedings. After the' routine business was disposed of, the Secretary read the return" and balancesheet for the qrai-.'er ended June 2nd, which diselpsed! a state of affairti 'TbV frndg, d ioclu9;ng assets; amor at io £831 lo* lid—the Sick Fund having to its credit £J49 Us, and the Incidental and Management Fund £282 4s

lid. The rot urns him! balance sheet, as read, were received and adopted. For the second time during the last throe years the Secretary was voted a bonus of £2 for the able and correct manner he has furnished the Executive Directory, Melbourne, and the Kegister-General, Wellington, with returns and statistics. The election of officers for the ensuing term was then proceeded with, and resulted as follows :—President, Mr P. Byrne ; VioePresident, Mr P. Treauor; Treasurer, Mr Twohill; Secretary, Mr M. Landers; Warden, Mr J. Duggan ; and Guardian, Mr P. Telahunty. P.P. McT'hone and M. Kiely volunteered to act as sick visitors: Drs Payne and Andrews were •looted medical attendants. AccoiMts to the amount of £27 18 6d Were passed for payment. The receipts of the evening amounted to £12 18s 6d. After a cordial rote of thanksfto the retiring officers the meeting was brought to a close by repeating the, " Anftelus." "\J \

Thbeb was no business at the R.M. Court this morning. |

\ After we went to press yesterday the Naval Brigade assembled to escort Capti, Wi'dman to the steamerenroute to Wellington. Thb corps mustered 70 strong; and marched to the steamer, where the Captain's health was, drank,.* arid cheers were given, as the> steamer left the the wharf. ■■ ■''■' "■'-'' ■;> l' ■ -t! "' ■ \

Mitchell'? Opera Company. ha|donfc good business in Nelson.; We see thaji Miss Wanßenheim has re-assumed he^ proper name on the bUls^j^here »he it underlined as Madame Le Cdnteur. i The Zealandia Panorama: has left foir Melbourne per Arawata; under) engagement to Messrs Hiscoeks, Hayman, and Co. We bad hoped tot f see this much talked of panorama ere it left < the shores of Neir Zealand/ ■''-l-• >■- •?"1' :"'

A LABOEEB at Wainui!3fie^rtQ "dry| a dynamite cartridge by ( holding it ;on.: a shore! oTer A fire. An explosion ensued, and the man was.badly hurt. Ho will probably lose his eyesight. His insight into the nature of dynamite was yeiy

limited.

Some weeks ago pur telegrams informed vi of the mysterious burning;.of the Little Akaroa mills. Mrs' A«hwinand fee^' son hare been committed for trial, Ko^rer, on a charge of having wilfully .set fi^.to the premises, m '

me premi»es. ( „:; , ^ '■:. ;:'w;; lt ;-;;.-: ill ' The Iniurance Agents of Wellington voted yesterday to each of the Brigades £50 5 and the Naval Brigade attdSalvagfe Corps, £25 eaoh, for their exertitirii at the fir« in.Manners street. ''" "! i' I r^;^ | FsoMTauranga .we learn } that the TJ» Puna natives, have again threatened Mr Esdalo, saying if he does not olear in 2p hours they will turn hinx but.^lnspector Emersori, of the A.Gr F6rce r lia's vOlunlteered to go out. ":",.'.':.' '.:.!','^,]. : J. \ ■ In the Taranaki; News, ;of Saturday's* date, is a list of the corps of rolunteers, 1 their strength, and the names of the officers at present enrolled. ' We notice in No. 1 Company of Kifle Volunteers, for general' service, the name of J. Hoskin, Lieut., probably our old friend the ex-! Champion. '. ':; _ ..,.....,,„ >-, ;> . r . T j'; Ax Lodge Sir "VValter ''[ Scott, ? 8r6., Phillips intends to deliver a lecture this evening on the nature and orign of; Freemasonry. Visiting brethren are invited to attend.'-; •^■■-■'■^ •-■•;. ■■■ : ■:,.:.: I

A coNTEMPbBIBT,; in speaking of a tradesman whose shop was lately burnt down, says he has been rather an extensive sufferer by fire, since his arrival iri: the having been bur at out several times. The sufferings may hot be very severe. There is a .general impression abroad now-a«days that when a maa has been* the " victim " of three or four fires he should'be* in a position to retire from business altogether; , ;■ "'..JVe nbticeTthe new 'musical inslrttn^eiitj the ocarina, in ,tKe shop of Mr Eurra^ Owen street.; ... ■ ",.,., , n .v,■,■/;•,- -<•; •]J; f5 Wb have to acknowledge the receipt of the Australian Sketchier for June, and the present number fully maintains the prestige of the paper as the beat illustrated published in the Colonies. We notice two New Zealand sketches—^' A New Zealand Native Land Commisiioo," '■ aid "the New Zealand Native Contingent.'',

Thbeb ;were severaL errors in,, Mr Wood's letter in yesterday's issue. The initial .jetter "of Shibboleth was dropped out, and " phrenological" was made to read phraseological, "while" read as which, and "pass" as peep. . The coiia-; positor, to improre the flowing diction added the word .flow where such was nerer intended to appear. i

41 iEaLES" says :— In one thing the Ministry (Victoria) hare displayed some discretion. I have heard on frr authority tliat, knowing the ambition and--;may:l say without offence —ranity of their chief, they telegraphed to him that he must not on any account accept knighthood if that honor were proffered him. It was felt that to go home for an Enabling Act tor the people and to come back with: a pair of g:>ld spurs for himself might not be construed as an unselfish aad patriotic outcome of a £5000 embassy. In this, [I am bound to say, the Ministry for once showed wisdom. :

At a country branch of a bank which once got into difficulties, on the last day the doors were to be opened there was in the branch treasury some £287 in cash (not,tl^c bank's own notes)? .That manager looked ahead, t^ith an eye to the future he deemed it defhable, as manage^, to grant himself, as customer, an overdraft of, : say £230. Thui it came about, that upon making up the accounts. the cash available at the bank was returned as £7. It is, of coarse, for the manager to decide as to overdrafts; and h« took the precaution in this instance of granting one to a gentleman in whom he had the most perfect confidence. • :i;;r" iVi j

! Some of England's losses out of the ordinary coarse of trade, are worthy of notice. Loans' which are completely lost hare been issued in London, since 1860, to the amount .of £157,200,000. Loans that are partly lost, to the amount of £66,200,000. This does not include the partial default referred to above, on the part of Spain, for 109 millions. It is clear then that the Dnited Kingdom has suffered a losa of hard cash at least as large as that which France had to pay Ijo Germany. Another source of loss is put forward, which will strike many as being novel. It is' said that during the 39 years, 1887-76, eight millions' of people haTe emigrated to the United Stater and the colonies. "It has been computed that each emigrant was' worth 5 to the country; or colony to which he went, quite £175:; that is to say, speaking in commercial language, his infancy, education, teaching, sL'll, and the slock of clothes, money, tools, and goods he brought with him were worth

£175 to the country of bis choice. On the average of the thirty-nine years, 1837----76, this country has contributed forty million pounds per annum in immigrants to the progress of the United States and the Colonies, and no discussion of the progress of these new countries can be of any value which does not ansign due prominance to this wonderful phenomenon."

Thb Mnyoresg of Auckland presented a splendid bouquet to Lady Eobinson at Government House. The school children, to tlie number of two thousand, sang the National Authem.

At an inquest at Masterton on the body of a child named Lancaster, who died of congcat'on of the iusgs, it appeared that the father had been in liquor some days, and was t?o iniosicatsd to go for the doctor, when reg ired, the mother being unable to leavo i.xc child. The jury returned a verdict of "diedfrom natval causes," at the same time severely censuring the father. ■;■•■■•.•■ ■ > ;

The Northern, Advocate, referring to the late jokfr William Hawken, of Whau ■Whau, who passed from this life last Thursday, and had reached the ripe old age of 83 i years,-says :—He came to this fdistrict!OTer twentjr years ago, bringing with; him: a family of seven, two others of the family being ait that time '^.Sydpeyj. 'The late Mr Hawkei's, fattily hare since fettled 4n ;of'this district arid are some of our most successful farmer.!. Messrs Charles Handing,,Gil>'sesi-> jWiHJam and Harry Hawkeii, sons oT the deceased, lave amongst our leading farmers. Mrs Griffin, Mrs Lilley, and Mrs W. Burton, wifes of other, wellknown farmers, were daughters' of the late Mr Hawkea. \

The following is an opitiion, oif women as expressed by a young man 1 known to our reporter:—" I hare recently "gin up all idea of the folks, and come back to perliticdl s life. I am more at home m this line than in huntin' the fair sects, ingels in petticoats and kiss-me-quicks are pretty to look at, I gin in, but they are as slippery as eels ; when you fish for 'em and get a bite, you find yourself at Ithe wrong end of the hook—-you're ketch cd' yourself; and when you're staffed 'em with fruits, daggerty pcs, and jewellery, they will throw you away like a cold potato. Leatewite, that is my experience. But I'ri (done With 'jlrrif^'The Queen Of Sheba, Pompcy's Pillar, and Lot's wife, with a atoam engine to hold 'em wouldn't tempt me. Th« sight of a bonnet ri'es me all over." *" ■'' V' '• 't^^; \::; >^.. j ] Me » Hugh - McKEKeiK writeif; ? from Tairua; respecting the .iced** eiisting' there of a resident medical gentl^njan.' -He says that, when any accident bciSurt^ the bush or mill hands employed in^ait district, there is no nearer help jthanthata to be obtained oter the 1 ranges at the Thames, and that during wet weather the creeks are not passable at times for a week or more. During such times much unnecessary suffering is endured, and life not uufrequently endangered. Were-a, 'medical gentleman to take up his residence in this district, he says, all tl c bushmen in the district would be willing to subswibe a small sum weekly, and thinks the Union Spsh and Door Company, vrho own this^ mill and.bushes; iti'tiie'district, might be induced to'gifet Contribution to the same fund. We. (Itprald) would pivise our >coprespondent to submit the proposal to the "bulk of thel people working and residing in the Tairua district, to s-^e whsfc prospects' exist: for'the ihain--1 teni;nee'of. a medicel maiij if one were induced, ;to go there. l KhowJTig.the exact 'airouAt of pecuniary suppbrt likely to be obtained in the district, he and "those working with him, would be in a better position then than now to make; arrangements for the residence of a local doctor. We hare no doubt th* Union Sash, and Door Company would . be-willing« to supplement' a doctor's fund by a liberal subscription. .--r-'-.-X >:-i;v;:.^ ! ,- •n Fsom the fact that a CPhames-resident' had a good deal to' do with i the organisation of the Wiellington ;I(ayal Brigade we feeta iort of brotherly interest in their welfare. -This infant corps is going in "big licks." At a meeting on Friday last it was resolved that Colonel Whitmore be requested (W place a sum iof £1000 on the Estimates, to be submitted to Parliament next session, fo? the purpose of purchasing an ordinance-carrying schooner about 100, tons burden, to be used as a gunboat in which the Brigade could exercise. It was decided, if Colonel 1 Whitmore did not agree, that the Governmeat be requested to provide the Brigade with a steam torpedo launch and an instrue Lor, the. members agreeing to do all in their ppwer to render themselves efficient. i

Is the United States (says the Evangelist), Ward Beecher and De : Witt Talmage are making on an arerage about £5500.i-y«ar by preaching; and lecturing; The former has already a ! for tun c! of £200,000. The,'question is being: asked, " What; will he doivitn itP" What i a different style of man is that, grand man of God, Spurgeon^ who,"'in spite of the tent of thousands of pounds that hare passed through his hands, is as. poor now as when a mere boy in a round jtoket, he Walked from, Cambridge to Waterbeach, to begin his marrellpus career by preach- '■ ing in the little Baptist chapel there.

The following is tha text of the address to tLe Governor, read by the Mayor of Auckland :-M'To Sir Hercules Kobinson, K.C.M.G.—May it please your Excellency, we,'the Mayor; Councillors, and citizens of the city of Auckland, avail ourselves of your Excellency's visit to this patt of the cdloUy to assure you of our loyalty 5' and devotion to our Sovereign lady, Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and to express pur satisfaction that she has besh pleased to appoint your ,E£Ct}Hency to. tb,e. Governorship 1.; of this , colony. We beartMy bid your -Excellency, Lady .Robinson, and family, welcome to our r'ty and province, and we trust your stay /with v.v will be a long and pleasant one, and that we shall often be honoured Ly your presence and residence with us. —On behr.lf of the citizens of the .city of Auckland, Thoatas Peacock, Mayoij; P. A. Phillii-s, Town Clerk." j

A dboll story.'of the blunder of a jaijy is reported from Ireland. Ihe charge was one of stealing a sum of money. The man was aeciuitted by tlie jury, and Mr Justic9 Fitzgerald made some remarks upon their uufitness to discharge their duty. ,He then w;ent on to refer jto,^he fact that the man had stolen the, money, whereupon the prisoner interrupted the' judge with the calm assurance that "it Wtjs his fir?t offence," This innocent confession of guilt of course convicted the, jury of incapacity ; but the verdict was recorded, and the lucky thief, to his astonishment, found himself a free man.

Some of the Canterbury lawyers tro ia high glee, says the Uangiora Standard, arid their professional smiles do the beholder god to see. A rich raan~a very rich man, mind—no less tlian Mr Michael Studholme of financial renown ii going to law. Mr Studholme never does things by halves, whether it be in enlarging a, run, stocking it, sweeping a freehold area, or making it immediately producfiVe. Some time ago, there were very destructive bush fires at Waimate where Mr Studholme has one of the finest estates in the colonies. Some of his shepherds were blamed for having originated the conflagration. Proofs are wanted, and proofs must be had. 8b that no less than sixteen claimants have turned up " desiring " damages. Sixteen writs have been served upon Mr Studholme, r and 34 lawyers retained and preliminarily " fed," or at least as far as numbers are concerned that gentry will be gifted with enough professional lore to amount to two men of the lavr on each side. Different juries will have to be sworn for each case, so that at 12'" good and true men "■! for each suit we have the modest total of 192 free and enlightened citizens of the realm to assis^ iri fefretting out what ;the; law meaiis, anft* where (justice! does not-join issue wi£\^ it. No wonder that the wigged atMg gowned profession should be in a flurry!^ Loaves • and : fishei are • scarce just now I ambng members of the Bar, and it ii I indeed another cas« almost of the survival of the fittest--not' fattest. Mr T. I|. ,Jpynt,, who,. : wo, understand,, ,has -been ?sfele'ct;ed by the' defendant !" |n|k4 things lively " for the 192 jurymen' in question has succcsded in . getting tb^ trial of the cases hoard at Timaru. W0 sympathise with some of our Southern friends. Over 200 witnesses, it is saidj,, will g/ace the proceedings, and ths Court is procuring a brand new Bible wiih a ..-patented hard-cover.!;'; . ; o^<: ■:■:-■;, ,<■/:■ ] ■ The latest idea fo ensure purity of elections was carried out recently in Ohio, and proved to be a perfect failure. The ballpt-box was consLrjcledof^bick glass, and wai seven feet square, so ai to admit of two men being inse>i.3d mit through a door in the side. .The idea was that they should sit there all day, and tally every tote cast, with a iTiew to prevent liny; stuffing of the huge box by 1 interested parties. They got alongs pretty well till noon, one being 'bf ootirse iirfed-hot Democrat And the other a yioleioft^ Itepublican, wKeni the glass beciini'? clouded through the 'bf |li«ir bredikK. l?liis: "pre!rent;ed^'; i 'the;',!,b^sifcaa'^rV^fro^i obser yin g. the*'' Action :'l ( of,, the^' imprijioncd politicians^ bii ; t','it! .served,',-tlio,,jiui^pos.e, erf the scrutineer,of the;Dempcratiq;party,to : a tura, as, when- the, box >was; sopeued at sundown, it wa3.found that he had] eaten just one hundred and eighty-three Eepublican Totes, the e^aot number necessary to secure a vMbry for' hiaipaffy.l) He looked very pulpy as he left the poliing-place, but 'he" told a ' friend afterwards that in the cause of right and justice he thought he could, hare masticated eleven more tickets. The only way 'lip ensure an incorrupt election woul^. seem' to ibe the printing of tickets on sheet-iron plates, and gagging the scru^ineeri! ■* .; ; ?\ j! Q \ \

Aw unfortunate'surgical accident has oocyirred at the Kew Lunatic Asylum; A patient named. Sinclair wassuffe^ißgfrom a conaplaiut foiv; the. relierof which Dr Wilsqo^ • the -liousei^tgrjjieon^ found it necessary to reiorfc to surgical remedies. In performing nn; operation,, the .instrument, ■'wKiei'twaJi^.me'tal/' silver-plated, unfortunately broke off, and a portion was left in the maa's body. ,-,An exploratory operation was t 'subsequently undertaken, but did not 'profe successful, arid Dr , Br.vlcer. was .(hen-,, called in f ; aad .lithotomy,,was ; perfpx'med r ; but .without success. Tht,broken portion of the. instrument still ', remainr■ in. the patient, and there is every reason to fear the,most serious results. Every caw appears to have been exercised* in the use of the instrument, the accident being attributed ilto*;defecfcinvth*=xnetaLtui-;. ■--■'■'• o>'3.' o ■■;■■<?<■■(( \

A light was thrown upon the mariner in which the police first obtained a clue to the whereabouts of Weiberpf, the told robber, at an inquest held at ColPngwood on .Wednesday upon the body of a woman named Eliza Braoicley, the motaer-in-law of Weiberg, who .died suddenly the prerious day. The po^-mortem examination showed that death had resulted from syncope from discire o c the heart. In searching the house of the deceased, a letter was fouad from one of Weibe^g's friends to the deceased, recommend ng her to apply for a shtire of the reward offered for the captrre of Weiberg. It is probab'e that more will be heard of the matter.