THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3233, 30 June 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1879.

A ; TEiEaBAM was received at the Borough Council Chambers to-day from Mr C. J. Stone, Chairman of the meeting held to-day re the Pumping Question. The telegram contains nothing but what is mentioned in our telegrams in another column.

The inspection of the Thames Scottish Battalion, will be held this evening, and no doubt there will be a very large muster, as we hear it will be the last occasion upon which Lieut. Dey will be present with the corps, as he intends shortly going to New South Wales.

; '"'■We hear that a number of persons being 'dissatisfied at the fining of Mr Plant this morning, subscribed the amount of the fine and costs.

The usual monthly church parade of the Naval Brigade and Naval Cadets took place yesterday morning, there being a first-class muster of both companies. The accuracy of the time kept by the'band taider Bandmaster Montgomery was a matter of considerable comment.

: A Wellington telegram says the effect of the explosion of a. charge of dynamite is more serious than was at first expected, Mrs Binns suffering a good deal with her injured eye. The secretary of the; West "Wanganui Coal Company: says that dynamite is not used at all in their mine. The coal is so soft as to render blasting unnecessary, so that he considers the copper case must have been dropped into the coal accidentally or placed there maliciously.

AHeathbK Chinee in Dunedin (says an exchange) known as the "doctor," from his sepulchral expression of countenance, paid a visit to one of the local printing offices to dispose of hit wares. Whilst thus engaged, ono of the " devils " was struck with a brilliant idea. He got a long narrow streamer having thereon in great red letters the words " Back from the Grave," and applied it with paste to the Chinaman's waterproof, and that guileless son of the Flowery Laud, went on his way through the principal thoroughfares of the city; all the while marvelling .greatly why he was the cause of so much'barbarian merriment. Arrived in Walker: ptreet,*,great jabbering arose aqiong; tn# assembled celestials, and the okediejM gentleman to his great, disgust' found for the first time that he had been giving Mr George Darrell a cheap puff.

An enterprising and pushing representative in Victoria of an English company, whose privateiaccountu had become somewhat mixed up with those of his company, was being rather hard pressed for a settlement of arrears. "Well, said he at length, "I assure, you I could'nt hate been more economical; my house expenses never exceed '£500 a year." But that rapacious representative was, unrelenting, and at last, driven into a corner, stud the hunted man, "In fact I have a large counter claim against the company." "Counter claim!" said, the astonished

representative, " what for P " " Tlio fact is, I hare a large claim for loss of the company's agency, which J clearly see you are going to take from me." Upon that they cried quits.

" Bed Cap," the redoubtable quilldriver of the Free Lance, realises the sad fact that the mighty Eowi has left Auckland—perhaps for ever—and expands into song as follows:— Youug Johnny's occupation's gone, But let him not despair ; Kind fato, may for her favourite son Yet find another bear.

The grand Governor, Sir Hercules* has made matters up with the school children by visiting them and giving a half holiday in commemoration of his visit; this is doing the handsome, and the kids all say, "He is the best Governor as ever was.": The cits gave him a ball the other night, and a grand " bawl" it was at the finish. I may be able to give you particulars in, my next. My black suit being loaned to mine uncle, I could not attend, and the special sent from this office has not yet turned up or I would have told you all about it now. The Mayor has had a dancing master in the house for a fortnight, but he was not too perfect after all his lessons, A local •Baptist preacher,' whom nature intended for a flunkie, has left his little bethel, and' taken' a seat in the cathedral all for the glory of God,and the Governor's ball —positive fact. —Free Lance. _ ; , [

My American friend (says iEgles) lately found himself in company with, a lady who has lately been travelling,' and who had paid a visit to the United States. "How did you like America?"? he inquired. "I liked the country very well," she said, " but not the people.' Mentioning it to me afterwards, he said he considered this quite a compliment. V She evidently took me for an Englishman." But the lady continued —" Have you been in America, Mr —— P" " Yes, madame, I have been there;'' and he forthwith diverted her attention to the beauty of the view from the drawingroom windows.

The apathy of the public—especially of members of the Church of England—in church matters, is proverbial. Take, for instance, this by no means uncommon instance. Before me is the annual, balancesheet, with report, of a church in, say, a third-rate town of Victoria. Its comparative importance may be guaged by the income, which was' at the date of the. document about £500 a year. In the report of proceedings is this ironical paragraph:—" The meeting had been/an.-: nouneed from the pulpit, on the previous Sunday, and those interested in the prosperity of the church were specially invited to attend. This resulted in a larger attendance than usual, there being five of the congregation present and four ' members of committee !"'—iEglei. • ;

A COREEBPONDENT of the Wellington Post at Patea writes, on the 24th, that Native affairs are looking worse every day. They are haying high times of it at Hawera, and we are expecting to be ploughed up every day, A long description of Parihaka was sent to Wellington, but the papers don't'take notice of such rubbish. The natives are all well armed, and have more ammunition stored up than we have itf the country. I a,m keeping on the alert, so as to be ready in case anything happens, and I am well armed, as all the rest are. In fact, nothing will please us more than a good scrimmage. The general impression here is that the Government are delaying the crisis until the House meets. "

While addressing his Kaiapoi constituents the other day, Mr C. C. Bowen told them that "he would advocate the endowing of any harbour which could be entered from, tlis seal " The constituency Bwallowed the joke, bones and all, and cheered vociferously. Further on he spoke of the unearned increment of the Land Tax question as " the unearthed excrement.,'

" Back from the grave."—Just before the close of the Electoral Revision Court in Dunedin the other day, an excited individual rushed in; and protested against being struck off merely •' because : he was dead," which, he begged to assure the Court he wasn't. The Revising Officer, being apparently satisfied of his vitality, restored the applicant's name to the list, and recommended him to sue his objector for the funeral expenses.

The following unique advertisement appears, in the Taranaki Herald of the 28th May:—•' Fitzroy' extension.—-The sale is postponed until after the Government award the prizes for the Native Ploughing Match at Tapuae.—W. Courtney.