THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3230, 26 June 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1879.

i J. M. Alexander, Esq., the Sensing Qfficer for this district, held a Gdurh to-~ day for the: pii^pse of revising the: list of; electors, hearing objection's, or new claims, td" be 'placed upbn tile roll. With .tlie exception of a few persons,, reqtiiring explanations, the Eevising Officer.w4s not troubled. The roll will, as scon as prepared,; be printed under the, directidn of 'ColVFraser.^:. ■„■ ■'■'■. : ; -. ':'-. -.- ■■< \ ")';"1

ObidNEL Fraseri 1 R.M., has been appointed : Eegistration ; Officer for '. the Electoral District of .Thames vice Major Keddell, rbmpved..'to; Clyde,'Otagp. j .:.'[',

u'Mn .Walker,- the manager ; of; the Kuramri mine, i notifies : the .time for receiving tenders for stoping and; driving has been altered to 11 aim. on Saturday 'nexfc^ ■'i;i'( > ■■ " ■'■ ' ■>ii-:;v->: -'■ ■ : , ..

' ,M'r..Callis, .secretary to, the ' Sydney, (^E^hibition: ■ Commission, ', ;j.Wellington,; wrjtestp say that the Commissioners learn jjrith great "pleasure that the Thames-' x)i9trict intends:making>a contributipn of' -twenty-three exhibits to the Exhibition.

Mb George -Yidal will lecture on Biblical subjects at.the Academy of Musi?, to-morrow dvehing, and invites Messrs Horn and Wood to be present to discuss th,e subjects of his lecture. • ■

'W'jß are requested by the Receiver of Gold Revenue, to call-attention to Rogula-Jtioa-.10, respecting agricultural leases at Ohihemurii and to state that if rents due by, lessees on ,Ist January last.are not P^id on or before, 30th June, such leases will be void, and all rights ther.eunder be forfeited. : , < :

Eainee's' Original Diorama of the American War will open in the Acadimy of Music on Mdnday next. Handsome, and. yaluable gifts will be given away each er«ning..'V ./.' ;'. ; ', '.'' ';':,."' '■■

At about three o'clock yesterday afternoon a man named Kobert Cameron, aged 28, a resident in Eden Terrace, met with a 1 severe-abciderit in Fort street, Auckland, by which he sustained a compound fracture of the ripht leg. Cameron, who is employed ,by , Messrs Ehrenfried Eros., had driven to Graham's store in Fort street with a load of ales in case, and was engaged in unloading these in the yard from the .back of the dray when his foot suddenly slipped, and fell, the case which he had sustained coming down on his leg and fracturibg it in two places; below the knee. He was removed by the workmen, and constable'McGilp having, been informed of the accident procured the services of Dr Philson, ,whb.happened to be in Queen street. The leg was promptly set, and the sufferer removed in an express to the Hospital. Cameron is a married man with lour children.

Kelly and Leon gave a sacred music performancn lately on a Sunday, in the Brisbane Theatre. The company sang negro liymns with coloured faces, • and Leon, dressed as a womac, sang " Miserero Pom mo."

We liavo to acknowledge receipt of Messrs J. H. Clon^h and Go's Melbourne Station Produce lieports for Juno 4th and 11th. *

In reference to the recent commutation of the sentences of tko criminals who were condemned to death, a correspondent writes to the Sydney Morning Herald, to suggest that the injured girl should be made the " people's child," and receive a " people's dowry." He says: " Let every factory, every school make a moneybox for our poor Australian girl."

The following is a copy of a letter picked up in the street' this morning by a little boy, and left at our office :— "Thames, June 2(3th, 1879.—My ©ear Pat,—l have not heard anything of you since the last time I wrote ye. JChave moved from the place where I now! live, or I should have written to you before. I did not know where a letter might find you fust,' but I now take my.pen in hand to drop you a few lines to inform ye that your old chum has joined the Good Templars again. He joined very suddenly after a spree of 3 years. When he took the oath- he was perfectly quiet, and speechless, and all the time thinking about the .Coming General Election, and enquiring for Porter. lam much at a loss to tell you what he joined for, but the Boys thinks it is to get the Templars to vote for him should there bo .a General Election. N.B.—take Notis. I inolose to you tin shilling, which Jack sind to ye unbeknown" to Me. He often speaks of ye ; he vfould like to sind ye the amount of the ;li^tle. ibeer.bill, only it would make the litter too big., This all the sews I have to sin you from your.loving friend, &0., Muepht. 5',.

An accident that should be a warning to boys in the habit of riding unbidden behind vehicles, obcurred in: Byrinont /(Sydney) recently. A lad named Michael Murphy, ran after a cart -passing down Harris street, and climbed up on the tail but- slipping down, fell'against the wheel of the cart, and caught his leg in the 'smokes, "lacerating it- severely. 'He was taken to the infirmary, where the injury was'dressed. '',"''■'■':''"■ '-:" illJ ■ , ■

Me ; Jackson, a candidate for, the Hutty has expressed himself in favor of Triennial Parliaments, and the Ministerial' programme generally; Avote of confidence' was passed in him after an address to the constituents of the Hutt electorate, j

; 'Thb police in f Chris tcHurch in future are to prosecute where billiard-rooms, in connection with hotels, are open after 10 o'clock. . ...... -■"-""■ The miners of New South "Wales have petitioned the Government; to hare the duty; on gold remitted. The petition from Barrington remitted was somewhatj elaborate, and was ordered to be read by the Clerk of the House. It alleged that ■in. : one year 6974 miners had produced gold only to thevpl.ue of £456,973, or at the rate of £65 10s 6d, from, which there had to be deducted working expenses to the amount of £227,540. ' Why, then, the petitioners asked, should their industry be specially taxed. / >7-' M; :

Hawera, and indeed the whole: extent of the coaatibetween that; place aad New Plymouth, is still a prey to rumours and alarms. No work is being done, and owing to this a number of labouring men will have to leave the district. , The season for certain kinds of farming work is passing away, and unless the settlers are relieved from the disturbance of Maori visits, and protected by the Government, their interests will be very seriqusly affected. They seem to have assumed, the whole conduct of the operations for sending the trespassing Maories about their business. Mr Livingstone is presi,dent of the Hawera Bepublic,, and has declared himself in favour of a policy of peace,with honour. The " ejection committee," selected by the president,' and composed of." cool-headed" men, carry out their functions systematically, conveying the .Maori ploughmen quietly off the premises, while the "light, horse" cover the operations,; so as to prevent surprise.: The, Maories must either be Very courageous :or very fanatical to' persist: with these ploughing proceedings, in situations where they .are completely at the mercy of the settlers,- Apparently those at Hawera have retired from the position at present, and have referred to TeiWhiti. at head-quarters for further orders. No preparation, seems: t^ haye i been made by the Maories for war, and it; would appear that they ere very badly j armed. The chances are, therefore, that they really mean tq,try sand avoid fighting although, of course* there-is always the danger of some sudden outrage.--Herald.

A teligbam to the Herald says :—" Mr Mackay received a telegram from j Mr 'Sheohan to at once meet him in Auckland „ or, Wellington,' so he add Mr Thomson have left Parihaka.—Mr Mackay^ and Mr Thomson have been unsuccessful in their •raissioii .''to: Te ' WhitiV V 'The chief ; will ''neither:be bribed nor cajoled.' Te Whiti wanted ,M,r Mackay to apologise to him for interfering. 'Te Whifcr said he had sent the men to plough up all the land they wanted to occupyV'and that the Europeans had no power to prevent the natives from doing so —There are no signs at Parihakar of ; they have only a few guns, which are getting rusty for want of use- Te Whiti, and those;who believe in his ! power, have faith in his assertions that Europeans have not Ipowerj tojfire; a shot within Parihakja.—The natives have not attartiphjcl again- to plough at ilawera, and have visited Te Whiti to. know the cause of their being obstructed in their work.,; Te. Whiti -told Mr Mackay that he would not give up Hirqki,, as he wa.s .a. .refugee,;..and under his protection. If Te Whiti and Hiroki were secured and taken from Parihaka, it is believed that he would at once lose his influence, and those who are believers would turn and denounce him.

At the Palmerston Magistrate's Court on Tuesday Mr Geo. S. Nelson, Mayor of Palmerston, was charged with a breach of the Arms Act, by selling a gun without first procuring a license. He defended himself, and pleaded the usual course taken by auctioneers, he having taken a shilling for a license, which was procured a few days afterward. The case was •concluded at half-past six o'clock. He was'committed for trial; His own bail was taken for' £10; Mr Ward, the Police Magistrate, stated that he believed the defendant had not the slightest idea of committing an offence, and advised an application under the 58th clause of the Act for a nolle prosequi. The general opinion is that the action taken by the police is a most frivolous one. Great sympathy is expressed for Mr S. Nelson.

A: EEPOETEE of the Lyttelton Times, sent to visit the unemployed at Waipawa, gives a bad account of some of them. Ho states that there aro a number of loafers, p'.re and s-nple, who are aver^a

to work, u'ut that potty larcenies arc so common among them, that theft ,is regarded as a good joke. One ruan was discovered in camp with a suit of clothes, which ho had stolen i'> Christchurch, from the owner, and when challenged, made light of ife. The reporter also says, that a willing man can earn far more than they do, and many havo accomodation- that is good, but the arrangements for supplying food are bad, and give good ground for complaint. The men would have been starred lasfc week but for Mr Moore; of Glenmark, who slaughtered sheep, and baked bread for them.

We are in receipt of the Government Gazettes of the 13th and 17th, containing the report of Mr Bryce on the Bay of Islands Koll, the notification that Mr John Brown of Tararu is a Justice of the Peace of the Colony, and a number of Government proclamations. :

Padds- Mubphy writes as follows to the Saturday Advertiser:—"Ay coorse yer readers have been wondhrin' what's become o' me at all, at all. Well, betchuneyou and me, I've been away on a saycrit imbassy to i : ry and purswaid that oiild ommndhaun, Te Whiti, not to be makin' an ass ay himself, sthrivin' to rise a ruction in the North. Me, Collaiges knew that I was thebest man to sind as an Atnbassadhor to the Eoyal Coort; but, bedad, I've not been very successful in me mission- I found most o' the lilaori Cbortiers nice, gentilmanly fellows—givin' a little too much, perhaps, to the swell Haw-Haw business, but dacint boys'for all that. ./They're jist led away be the ravin's o' that old: fan-attic Te Whiti, who gets all kinds o' visions an' dhramfts, an' nightmares an' day-mares. Begorra, ay me. collaiges would only take" my advice, they'd collar Mm at onced and shove him into a lun-attic asylum. Although he's a big Profit, faii he'd be a Bmall loss to the counthry. i

The Wellington Chronicle saysj:-rA good story it told of a commission agent seeking business from ■ client yesterjday ; —" Oh,, no," said the client;" you're a decent fellow, and all that sort of thing, but I've made up my mind to do business with Mr —^," "But," replied I the commission agent, "he only filed .his schedule three weeks ago." The client: .'? That's just it. You see, I know exactly how much he owes now; but I don't know your/financial position." Moral— Assign.and. make, a fresh, start. ! ' |

"We acknowledge the receipt from the publishers, of the June number of "Words of Grace." It contains jwelli.r selected reading matter,' and biographical notices of the late Dr Lang, and the PRev. W. B. Clarke, well known for, his scientific writings; ;, ; ; p 5 \ V...,.'