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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3301, 21 July 1879, Page 2

"The paucHy^rof our telegraphic news; to-day is due to several interruptions in; the wire, preventing any communication; mifh AWeHitfgtoini /Though 1 the oourffly' of the.telegra^hdopArtriient We learn that; the following wires'/-ate interrupted:—! South of Wainui-~(Waipawa County),! Worth oPWliroa (Goofc-'County), and) North of Helensrille (Waitematai Ca«aty)iiK :>•/,-? ... ' ... JA7v.aU ; .The Town Ol.qrlf^ficei?;ed f t^e followjqgi !syleg tarn/ , from .Si r^jsqjber $' Graham, who; was 'vts^. CamJ&ridge , O ,OU;, : ga^iiijcjaj;;:—l " Cambridge V^ineeting; railway 1 comesj of?,, in, Avfew.niiputesi and leaves out thej latter'part of resolution, and. tadds;', that we regret tbat.tlie Government have not; used more vigor in pushing on-the work; with the fundsplaced/at. their/ disposal.'! Some commotion was caused in Brown! street^tq-day,bj_a horse an,d,4raywbolj»ing.! Thehbrse'was^lop^ed^oifdih any'daniagej was done. . ( 'i; .xs/.« !J : The annual ■meeting *ofi therFarawai ratepayers will tie hem at the Parawai schoolbouse r,to»morrpw;; eyening. a Par» ticuiars of the business appear in oar advertisement columns.r.-i :>!:. v-r.r vo 4.! ! The silt retaining {works made by the Harbor Board, between the -Burk« rßtreet wharf and,the MoanaUiri tip, will soon require, heightening," as. the" silt is fast approaching the level of the embankment. Since the works were finished, the silt has accumulated to the depth of about two feet. .#--^f K^T.-J:ffif i:s A syßTNoclrti-^e-properly of Mr Ferguson, wa»ioitnoK;bl,oi!pot;>pff-*:t.he wharf on Saturday night or irofied over by some maliciously disposed person. At any rate it was found Tyinglfettbm-W^'on ilie sajid y^<' ■■:'■'■ J-,; ;l'' ( A;BO]p[iy-a! .quaver $%$ iseVen /o'clock |nis' ..^piprping, j, 1 f thej j A Shprtland firebeli pealed 3 forth the._jfir.e alarm, and .the citizens were speedily thronging the streets and enquiring -r'jW.here ,;was^the ffy*,' 1,, r: w ( ho| haii rpll^d rout; ifroni eir w^rp- ybe4A .(W^TPt- disgustiejdt'iOU finding that it was only a .chimney on fire. The chimney in question "Was attached to Grant'*v?bakery; Pdlletflltre¥ti aMlthe flames were speedily eXtingUi*hed. The Fire Brigade, with their^appliances, were speedily on the ground. «3 p)le^e^rtc^dirom|K Eegistrar Ge,neAl!s, J^eppr,t. on the iittil statistics ,qf£tjhe Boroughs 6f T -Auckland, Thaiiires;''"\^^n^6iii M ss}fon,''' Christch f ur^ n Dtfppjjni/^p^it^ c^^ili ; , fpr, j|he r , ;i mpii|;hi of,. Jfiner-giTißii i^he ,jj)ppMlatpn, ; ,.iiunjkber ! of,,;bir.tjbßjand deaths, and proportion of deaths.tp rth© IQOQipf ipQpQlation ;: of Ba£k;borough:irr

] Dunebin gaol now contains 126 in* •niiites—viz.: 99 males and 27 females. -- 1 Weekly state of sick in Thames Goldtield Hospital from 13th to 19th Julylt:yi|7ff: — Statistical Zymotic diseases—Eemarned 6, disharged 1; remaining*) j Uonstitutionalf-Remained lPrfemaini^ifs 1; Local—Remained 9, re-J D%Mrig%itl>evelopm«D|tal--Hemßmeel 2^ reiaprainißg 2 ; Violent—Remained 1, rYImamijiili^li Total—Kemained, 19, discharged^ remaining 18. Out-pftUents 22. |Mr T. Aitken, Dispenser, desires us Jo i Acknowledge the receipt of,a parcel of bid linen from Mrs 10. BulleW for the use bftehe^hospitahrr,i;iCJ-;'i;.!3 TOft 8! V- \ Tfik^E. yp r unlgstei ls,' ( v](ip%iclotfs at the Policei'Courb, :Dtopdin; ducks. ' They/were each j se^Jtiwi'ced to six hours' imprisonment and La dozen stripes .with,a birch rpd^ iT „,;,, „^,,^.,',/j S -The publicans tare going ito f make; an effort' to induee 7 the whble ,t?ade: io agree, upon a' fired price rforlhe sul» of( jaeer and liquors. '■'■'"■ '■-■^u--r.oh v.\ h:^m,vn t "Jiijioifiv.' Vf '''^■'■■'■'"■i''-4«-"- l-"""J SV'Mi'.'-.ffiK. Uiiii'i } t .TH3sj,Pi9Jaard j ,and cgaji,, laden, from Nelson to Fbiton, mi^poj£, t the Eangitiri for Foston bar and fan ashore'wlile efiWetlngi Janf-* euj'traabe.^' -> S¥e will have to be unloaded, when it is , pfabable»'s'he-%flr>b^g'pt I*fe <f Sheens insured. .^.i:;»<.U by.a, nm. 1! v I Captain A. McKinnon, an old resident ;pf( Port .Chalmers waSj found .dead ' thia^mprnin'g in, 'tlie.grou^ids attachedrtp hi» 'Tesidenjee. .Wherii returning!' home: liast "niglit 'jie must have fallen [and i tunned himself, and owing to the cold-" less of the night perished where lie ell. T , M _ .' • i,^': ' i The' 1 finai performance of the Eoyal Illdisionists took plaice on Saturday efenr ing when, owing doubtless to the counter attraction- of the public, meeting, there was only '»/ moderate attendance; The: rierformmnce was exceedingly well received, ,(;allJ>tUel /Iditenfit .Teatu Exposed in full light. . ( . ;!fJ . T( .,, jj O iiJ,''[ >j(ffi*« inquest was hold'it.the. Diinedin Uospital ou Saturday cm the body of a boy

named Mark I'ox, who was fatally injured at Messrs Gibbs and Clayton's sawmills on Thursday. J. McCormick, engine driver, deposed to the boy having rushed to his room and informed him that a boy had^boen caught 'in the shaft.. He at once stopped, the engine. „Henry' Payne afted 14i saw'the deceased banking,,with I hit hands to the shaft holding something roandvjln, an 5 instant deee'aseil .:£,**« caU'gbt'and whirled round, striking th'o joists with his feet. J. McCormick said the deceased had wanted him to come and see the fun. He placed a sack filled with. 'SftwdttSt"6n the H shaft round wliiofi: 'it' twi^tedf and was then thrown off, strikjng anySparson who gyooV neitli He 'h'aabhly r djsjqvejred „the „trick,,that «day,j;and3 had been experimenting several times. Dr Roberts described the injuries inflicted on the -deceased, which were horrible. Mir Gibbs stated the room which deceased was -injured^ was partly underground:; neither'jbe.jnqr any other boys'had any business there at the timo ri this occurred 1. The Coron'ePsaid f'he 1 accident was clearly ithe-result|of d6ceasfed'S;O^n jjarislessriess or"play, and that the, piEicials .were not to blame.'iTh'e'jury'returned a-vferdicfc thai "jdec^asedjs .death/Was by ?de'ceased s own,carelessness;''! : \ We have received the first monthly y numbei;aof :a ; ;publipatistfi dalled iH'?3?Be The work is printe'dan'd pliiblishipdby Mr .J^.HjiEicl^.pfApokUfad.'ana.ifiiliistrat'e'd sbg] MMC.i.palmer;'!The^nqr£n his jpreface says :-*'!'■ Sixteen y ear like phantom^ ships on (he ; T.ast.ocseanjpfi time? and have one by ope, d^appearedj hpn'zdn of'ithe/past- s^nce the! !Waikato War'cohVulsed rthe .Province of Auckland. , r Hundr?dV>/whprrtook ..part > hi; that, campaign have since died, and;many hunclceds .',', ' are, still^ivingi,nqt : akfew^being; amongst u» at the present time in this. ( Pjx>rince of a Auckland, middle-; Jagfid^harfi become grey and and; the young men middle-aged-,-whilit those! were at the tiniebf thy WaVbut'Mfer^i ohildrenv knowing •ndthingV under*tandingi >^^o£'>the/^reaii' Ipbp^'p^n ird.'dircam-! stance of .#atf(are!ri6vv ttur'ybuiSg il!men,j the flower and hop<rpf" the,. .cpujUry. ,To I 4HisrJclaS!»'<# fre*d»r^'& history' pfr^thej 1 %hidi 'their 1 fa^rs/wp; a'cWs WUo f doubl^ esting.;f ';Th'e ■'nuSej^us J.enguiriesV tjoth' Trom England' 1 and in t))is m cqi6py* Cprial work on the Waika|o, War have induced, the writer Jto alteniptf thelpresent task.j One o ( r -.. t|ro: |Works,4 pnx tihes 'Tsubject j written by Imperial Officers have been published in England, but they are •very scarce-and cannotdOw-wiihout"-some difficulty be obtaiflec^and, although they are excellent fromi a military_point-of view as detailing the operations of the Imperjal E<»ee|r;t|ißy have.almpsf en|irely\ignjpreja tue'Services 'rerictered* lay, Ahe Colonial Militia and Kdruftteers^ :^is important omission the author has endeavoured to rtttify," and 'has given full prdmitfeiicej' tp the< sservices' 'of ■'•}the, ■ polbijii^i"7forces wherever found! ( worthy 5; of ; iidtice." We *• ha*re Tead t^rp'ngh the part b^fb're^s With''great tnter^st,; an4",must ( pijve :the .authprCredit lucid and rea^aßle Bialin t er f he trepted: the Bubje,pti« |tiat^ ters°ofilie^JD^al jjet bein!jp recorded in as entertaining alway as the weightier incidents of the; campaign. ; The! present number contains 24 pages, of well,printed matter^'a^ipap 'of the Waikatp.and a portrait of. $c great chiefi.-Etewi-Mania-poto. If this.niimber may be .taken'tis a sample of what is tofollpwiwe. cani-safely predictjthat jthe r.esult. of .the venture-will be most?gratifying to.Mr Eeatdni'-' I The following items,. w ; e r re. telegraphed by'itl'e^ Press Agency from Duneclin"on Saturday.—Mr AndrJßW.Todd,jof^jTimar.u^ one of the oldest~atfd r nio^ti; respectabTe' ■ residents of ihe Plain, died'tliis morning. —It is intended tq wprlt (Price's street ■ tramway witii nqr^es .until^a jinore power- ; fiiP engine a^rives^' 'Preliminary ■ trials • wefe'made to-day, but" tbe'horses are not | yet broken in.—The Cromwell Company Ihtt^efwnjt/.dqwn a cykei p|!624o^s/ldf tp jbeing "the ? result of the ( Usual foufo j weekly crusiiing .Jtom 482 tons of i stone. From the, beginning of _the Syear^to.Q.datjfilhii rntnjefi^Cfyjaldled' |47100zs *• from,. 3103 tons of ,ltone. — jSignor MM^ Wil^prdauce^a'H*Amateur | operarnextjweek^t] tb.e;,Que,en'jiATh"eatlce, iDu'neain.—Thirty-six applications were ; sent in to; the, Gaversham'Bojcqugb: Council 'for the "office of Town Clerk, at a Balary iof £100 per annum^rUfhe Taieri Derby (Ploughing match, a^,,Mos^iel, %day, wast |vJbc|c guccessfdli -There'we're''27 efliirMs. i—Bradley's hounds had a most successful 'run at MSs'giel^dSy; "^0 XA.If f£ . . I . SAYB^the^S.atucday Advertis,er jfibrding rt6 the Auckland Star, Mr Tole, JM.H.K., ispljikejyijtojsgetsajntpihot water | with his Eden'constituents'over the odu[cation question. '"ThiiS^legislative Adam jhas .eaten.of r .the forbidden fruit,of; s the jtree is oUkni>wledge, and the*angels^6f Eden 'are fluttering their wings preparatory to (making a Bwoop on the disobedient ireptmmtmretit thirpMisnr'irthereSo" focal Milton Jtnooking.about.the borders jof Eden who will enshrine the History of $/Lr Tole's fall in a gariand of song. We, have .a^pireCooipuft, Mnth in tourjqfli cc? whbj hks s#«uledia hi^tharrt iV: fti Aaa£ khame, to turri.Tpl 6 i^% from the gates bf Edehfon'the'very Ev* bf the Vpenmg bf Parliament." This;~clever boy IT v-Ul : ; re'c'eifS!(his I*!quie^Us:in the shape of hi» v we'tel-sMry H p^^at^f jsvnM'he will be at U^tyitq^ec^^f^s^ fields,au4 pastures.n'ew^.,. T . 1 A^^Eng^^^aperrWys'^^VOl' ™en owns one-fourth of SeqyaTjiT One Duke owns 96,000 acres' in Djer\)ysl)ire,, f besides VaSt'esltktes ib'othef parts ol'England and in Ireland. Another,"7'wi^) rj -estates all over the .U^ted. Kingdom,' has .40,000, feres' iii'-'Sij'siex; ailid 300,ppO (r .acres' in: This , nobleman's^^park'iSj; fifteen miles in c.ir!cumference,.7 Another P^ke.'^a^ l.^vjbiich the high spad<; di^^'s i: |or,,|wenty-j(j[ijee^mjle.s.^ AJVtftr-V guis there is .whqj.cani.ride. a hundred ijniles in j|gstniig.h^t|^nei.ugqnsT|his own land. There'is iJlake who owns almost an entire^cpunjty stretching from s|ea to sea. Au-Earl draws £2C)0,Q00 every.^yfeEkSff6m h«e est^feViri ttacashire. ! 4©ul£ejr©j;ul.arily; ; iny-e§ts( £BQ,OpO;a:!yeAr> in buying up lands adjoining his already ejnormous .estates.;) 4 (Maf-quisi!enjoys a year from land. An Earl Jktely died, leaving to his heirs £1,000,000 sterling, and £160,000 a;year income from land. The income from land derived from cine ducal family of England is £1,600,000, .which is! ihor'eas'ing '■e'reif 1'- year^ by 5 the falling in of leases... One hundred and fif*y^persons! own half ; Englaridj :J7o PwH 35 o*u half 'Ireland, and all the lands of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland iire: owned'"by vless !tban_6o,ooo persons, and they say to the. remaining 32,000,000 people: " All this landvpfb^reat,£l4lß.lll ;and Ireland was ( 4o,tj|epcliildre:n of.<men,.aad beb.oldi we are the Lord's children- in and you millions go to work."

Estimated tIOU. mUthad ilp'l-'i !.! '■Totif'I)ekths.: •PrdpiirtltnS of Deaths to Auckland .. Thames. ...... Nelson <<.. Christchurpti Duneain:r.r.» Holtitika .. |Invorcargill.. I 14,103 5,503 / 1tf,467< f' , 0,a0,4 "■23,261 2,853 4,045 33 .■i&)'n. ■Vl»'( ■'"7S:" ?■:.■: "3TJ! 19 12 v ■•I icO i- 3 0 i'HO-17 1-76 " ; 1;59 1-50 |-p;.Tqta|l..., UhMIS