THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3292, 10 July 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1879.

;'!: £t 'lix§ ' l^st" meeting of. tjie,' Qonnty !Cquncil,Cr Porter gave notice of motion .to-the that' the Government be requested to place £9500 on the estimates [ fpt*:fq&ss'au(i [ o'tfye'r.' "^y^ic^yfpx^'^p.t .i Qhinemiiri, , In, speaking fto the ; reßolu7 tion; he! strpngly urged the claims of the 'district,'pointing put that'thbiigh th^r^ vre're 88 biles .of road in Ohinemu'ri only had been; spent* on. them. .*,; He r p'oiated out <that other counties werd i moving in -the same direction. l They have r'afidivith 1 a verigeaiicel toi ' Otily! ;the other fflay thfe Hon. the Minister fbr, Publife v Work's./' rejilyihg to a; deputa* ti'otf, !sajd' K theit claime' to'the!" extent of'^'^OO.^JO I "had r . ! County'!C;ouni;il£ii' but all 1 applications had; met with_ ajß|;er;ep.type.dj^ef,usal, as the! Colony ( cquiq not a?suine M the functions givetf t6^lo6al'goVernittg'tioaies4)ySta;'tute.j It is pretty revident that !the days whenj .local bodies canexpect Government grants! are fast passing away, and that local; governing bodies, will, speedily have to; depend on themselves. 1; Xidcal self govern- ( ment may be all very well in.its^way^but j s|(?tiaiiiaf'flraWbabks^.-' ■,';4''; ii: i " '{ I ' "V^p learn froj^ ( an. Auckland 'exchange' that" the 'Th!ani(E& p'drtibn * of '''tlie'''.a&tji«'! Chinese': petition :hasi; gone"^strty 1. 1;! Tlje •Aucfclahd' portiqii 5 of Hhe 'petition'conta'iiis 2504 ss^nktur^i;^.'V; i ":;\;:; 1 ;;■';;;;;',:;/; , I^essbs ;Gellion and. Co. sold two allotments on the foreshore, Dear Burke street Wharf, at the Exchange Sale Eooms at oooiii to-day.; Nq.il 1| acres, and No/2 3y acres; the term of lease is fo^ fifty years each.' The* rent for each for five years was £5 pel? annum ; for the second five yearsV £10 per annum 'per allotment) from'-'thfi elevebth to the twenty-first year, £12 103 per acre.per anrium; frpjii .the twenty-first to the thirty-sixth y.eaf, .£25, per^acre per annum j'anid from, .the thirty,, six y^ar; to the end qf ,'s'p term, £50 per acre per/ annuin.j JPurchasers were required to spend.at lie4s,t£sO; per, acre per annum .for the first: five -years in improvement of allotments. All buildings erected by the lessees to be their property at the end> of the;term; and might beremoved by them. 'NOi 1 Was sold to Mr E; Stottej ,Bhipbailder;: and for Noi 2 there were twq.bidders, viz., Messrs A. and':Q-.' Price and Mr Phillips, the latter' being ihe successful bidder.

A London Newspaper > advertises •:— "Wanted, two apprentices who will be t?eitipd,a9'!Ohe, of<thei family." tWhen it was ascertained, ithat- the' advertiser was' in the hubit of coming home and beating Bis wiffe, aad the: number of persons who wanted to' he'.'twdtci as " due, 6f the family" was very small.-^iNorriatown' Herald.

As will be seen by advertisement in another column the .Royal Illusionists intend visiting the Thames shortly. This company profess to be the " only legitimate exposers of) Spiritualism," and their entertainment is favorably spoken of by the Auckland press. ■■

The Clerk of the Court requests us to state that;;the IJ.M. having returned, the .services of Justices will not be required, this week. , . '• \

The Adah arrived from Auckland last night with general cargo.

The Wellington Post says the "Gbver-H ner's speech will be exceptionally qqucise,/ but will, nevertheless, be a declaration of policy sufficiently clear and explicit. toJ entitle Ministers to claim a hearing on its merits.—lt is rumored on good authority that the measures to be proposed by tihe Government in the coming session include the. re-imposition of duties on imported timber and grain, taken off last session:

A Press Agency telegram says :—Mr Bunny will be the Ministerial candidate for the Chairmanship of Committees, and the Opposition will put forward Mr Seyi.mpur against him. A portfolio as. Minis-Mines:-will., be, entrusted to/Mr G-isborne., -m •• .;■.-,;; .•-. -', . .■■ [

1 Some weeks ago the Canterbury Board 'of-Education sent to the Timaru School Committees a list of applicants for the second mastership of the Timaru School. The committee put.;aside .several high certificate, ttifeti, aii'd choser a.yqubg^ man. belonging to Tiiharii.' The Board sent back all the applications for reconsideration ; but the copmittee still refused to .select' £ny ; - other candidate. To-d^y' the Board resolved to virtually take the appointment in their own hands and select* a, person; whom they thought best fitted for the post, the choice of* the committee, being so alarmingly absurd that the Board could not'uphold it on any consideration.! . , [

Mk J.C. Tbxwodd, of! Wellington, hasbeen appointed by H.IJ.H. the'-'Prince; of Wales as 'District Grand Master of |he English Freemasons, for .the i^orth Islatid. The! Disperisatioui conferring, the degree arrived by the late mail. ' ;

1 Thb annual report; of the Canterbury ■ Orphan Asylum, shows an expenditure' of £1903 14s lOd, making an average weekly; expenditure of 7s 'sd^iper> head. !;(The amount received-for. the! maintenance for children: from private sources;is £331 12s. The average number of children in the asylum for the past.year was 98. , ' < .A telegram' saysir-The : performance of „,J'.Maritana" by Mitchell's Opera .Company last,night,- :w.a's very favorably noticed by the papers, and seems to have agreeably surprised thia large audience which was present; \

A telegram to tbo Herald isayg :—The Maoris on the Plains appear to be frightened, and are shewing, signs of caveing in. Now is the time to strike a decisive blow. Te Whiti's influence is dying out; tohu is taking place. .

Mb Gr. D. Ohaplik, the celebrated American actor, with Miss Rose Osborne and a large company, ; opened at the: Auckland Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening in the . burlesque comedy ',?< Engaged." ..■ This play is from/the. able pen[Of/Mr W-i Sv/Grilberti and, isl said to be quite a novelty in its way, the writer baring discovered quite a- new source of humour. It is very favourably criticised ; by!'"the Auckland "pressL The company ; will'visit the'Tharries at thecoiicliisipn^of 'the Aucklandseason. ;:;. >]'" .' i ;!; , \Ojjb , readers will doubtless remember Jiea^ing pf : the; remarkable abduction of a ..litile boy named Boss, the son of> a Philadelphia merchant, some years ftgo.'vM-l^e have now (writes the Bendigo Indeipenident) something which will be read with interest to lay before our readers. We 'learir> 6ft the best authority,' that, ft private detective, under the' instructions of Lloyd and Co., has already traced Char-ley-flossjito New Zealand. The detective hpwe'vfcjv lost! the ■ scent 'at'.'.fjip,, Thames diggings j bni( ascertained thait for five months he had been in possession of some person staying iv Auckland. After losing all traces of the child (or rather of the lad, for he is now over eight year old)j:|Ir Lloyd freceived information that he had turnecL up at Mudgee (New Sautb/li^aleJß); but»that the parties who had him in charge had almost immediately,, left, for Q\i££nß'la'nd; *It' seems '(supposiag. the boy 1 '46 tie (Mrley Eo^s^'thirt hVis kept^y; two women, pne.pf/wjbom is thought to be 1 a daughter^ a 1 nd the other a paramour of j the original abductor. The .'seartih'will Ptiijt be allowed to languish,'for*!#e believe Mr Lloyd is in communication with Philadelphia by every mail. Mr Koss guaran- 1 tee«.^OQOidqJlars for the recpvpry ;pf his; little son, and the United States Police^ authorities 1000 idollatfs.' The father is aj i'Philadelphia j'merohant, in la fair way of] .business, ,but>it is understood he is spend-! r'inj^• ithe'greater 'portion of ■■> his;income inS en°brts!'t6recoVef thestolen child.' '^ i

Theee is no_ more 4eadly enemy io thei in ,Australia,. (says ja iconlem.! JpQraTs,)\i,ihan) Mr ; Henry..Backer, v .Qfi ,v ! V^a,nH)« l (TW,iJ!hia-the last two-years -more kangaroos have fallen -to. hisOgun,!. arid .fthose of the party organised by him/than <to any similar number of V shootists '' i!ih rthese .Colonies^ "Wo have' been favored Iwitli' a synopsis dfthe last Warbo battue, {kt 'which 14 H;;guns' were- employed!, 'when -BCIBB ; kangaroos, seven horles'i ;4n'd J; five : do£s ''^Weite'' killed, \at an "expenditure of '1!3,37JS cartridges. Tin's gives the high average of One death id each l-2-sth cartridge. The shooting throughout was remarkably, good, - and some fof the averages very ,high--foj? instances, Sutherland scores 656 kangaroos and one horse to 744 cartridges; M. Bracker, 656 and;one horse to 1000 cartridges ; Bitz, 341 to 4CO cartridges ; W. Bracker, 590 to 685 cartridges. : The highest average was !■} cartridge ; and the i lowest lf.! , The shooting is-considered the= inbre^ remarkable that the kangaroos are; scarcer.in the district now compared with previous battues, when they laced tile line'of shooters in droves of several thousands.' A. well equipped and ;experi'enc'eii 'party, such as Miv Bracker has nowgot together, would soon reduce the marsupial pest to 1 the smallest minimum i,n.any district. . .. '> , - A'meeting of the creditors of i Duncan McWab, commission agent, of Auckland, wast held in Aucklandl. Total liabilities, £655;; assets, £420. Only £120 of the liabilities are unsecured. ; !

" SoitE sixty-seven members in all of the Hamilton Light Infantry llifle Yplunteers ; have been sworn in, and drill regularly takes place at the Victoria Hall on Wednesday and Fridajr^evenings. It is, the intention''of thY company to have a .baild, J" t'-.V';'-'" 1" -1 '•r-™l >; ; ;' ;l:. v' . >■;.:'-

i ' MaE»asie t; Duuoltt,' "!!tho! ceiebrate'cl Utussian piauiato, will shortly visit New - Zealand.

Akoxjt two o'clock this afternoon one of the heaviest showers experienced this winter occurred. Though only of a few' minutes' duration, Upper Albert street speedily assumed the appearance of a mountain torrent, and the water in some parts rose over the footpaths.

Dukedin appears to be suffering from the depression.felt: in other parts of the Cplony. In reply to an advertisement for a carpenter a resident in the suburbs had no less than 40 applications. An advertisement published yesterday morning for a generally useful man elicited about 60 applications.

>■■'- A meeting of gentlemen interested in. .the proposed Auckland Woollen-Factory • was held at Auckland on Tuesday. All present seemed favorably impressed with, the project, and a large aud influential committee was appointed to investigate the-proposal. ■ / r ■ Say£ last night's Auckland Star:—The coming session is exciting intense iuterest throughout the colony,, and, in strange contrast to last year, our members down with< conflicting sentiments, and it is not easy, to decide on the real support 'Whicn the Ministry will receive from. Auckland. ; ; i ;

Local Exhibition in Albert street.;- ;A magnificent collection of tieweßt patterns in Gteelong, Mosgiel, and /West of England Tweeds, at MABSHiii's Tailoring Department.—[Advx.l ' ■„,.,."..,:'■', '..-,""