THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILEY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3303, 23 July 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILEY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1879.

'■'.'"."'.. V".' — '' '•*>'_ ■' , ' .'' I ,• r Ik piir!.;telpgrap^iQ/li;i^9mna,Vw)o give a resume of; the proceedings at last night's sitting of the House; it; it may be has betfn jnaffe, ;the;.speaker*,,ou either,side contenting'themselves in expressing approval dlf condemnation of the'administration of the Goyernnjen^ g enera \ terms. There see^QS. but little pxo^pect of the debate beiiig/brought .to, .a conclusion for some daj|V,although a correspondent Bays the Opposition are anxiom to bring the matterto.admsion. i ■■:!'■ MrL. EubbjNfbiei), , Chairman of the received the" following itelegram ■from'»the Premier to-day :— •s.i;hahkiyou! for-your teligram. The inhabitants of, the Thames and Waikato may rely upon 017 supporting their just claim* to the completion of the railway, and to the pte*eryation of the public lands for the use of the settlers." ! .Messrs,Thornton, Smith and Firth have.advanced all brands of their flour 'ißJipfly/|oiv; t ,^;, ; ':,V-,' : i'V .■ .-. : '■ ■■* ■• •The attention of the trade is called to att'advertisement [ notifying the sele of a number of cases of onions at Mr Veale'a establishment; Pollen street, to-morrow. ' Thk^" Chairman of jthe Board of Governors of the Thames Boys' ■ arid Girls' High School will feel obliged if any of our numerous readers will forward designs suitable for a seal for the Board. . Wk have to acknowledge the reoeipt from the Government printer of a batch of Government Gazettea of recent dates. Complaints have been made of the bad state of the railway contractors' tramway crossings in 'the > Borough, whereby wayfarers are greatly inconvenienced. We are glad to learn, that; <Mr J. it. Jefferson has so far recovered that he is able to leave his bed. : ': ! ' r Thbhe was a clean sheet at the B.M. CouTtto-day. At the kelson District Court, on Monday, in the case of Dorant, charged with stealing a sum of money from a fellow operator in the Telegraph department named Peacock, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

Tub hon member for Waitemata, Mr J. S. Macfarlane, has always been credited with farsightedness. We quote the following extract from a letter by him that appeared in the Herald in December, 1878, with reference to Mr Ballance occupying a seat in tho Ministry:—•' I again repeat that the articles which from time to time appeared in Mr Ballance's paper entirely disqualified him from a seat in any Cabinet, and much more so in the Cabinet of which Sir George Grey is the Premier. If Mr Ballance was sincere in .disseminating the articles against Sir George Grey, and asserting that he was tolerated only;for the position he once held in the colony, then he degrades himself by accepting office under such a leader. If he r was not sincere-p-which I belieVe was the case—then he should be avoided by all those who respect troth in public'men. I ask the public, if confidence* can be placed in such a man."

A . Waiboa contemporary says:—A practical joke was played the o^her night on the proprietor of the " Monstrosities and . Curiosities " —a joke, however, of which the perpetrator might h?ve to re* pen(;., It appears that some time, daring Wednesday, night or Thursday morning, : somebody, managed to obtain an entrance into'the marquee containing exhibits, and abstracted the sea-lion and two-headca calf,- which werf discovered ifre^t morning in the local butcher'^, shop, the ctilf.being., we understand, hiing up; among i the bonafide carcasses. The enraged butcher, we bolieye, deposited the sea-lion on the .wfiftrf, where ho :Wa.i,. discovered 'by the proprietors,', evidently making his way with all possible speed ip his native ele* ment* "■ ;'-'' ■'• '■'■■■'-' ;

The Christchurch Globe is responsible for the following "pigtail" story.—"ln; 'ways that are dark' this individual is decidedly peculiar,, as will be shown by the following anecdote :—ln jOtago ; a contract for grading a road was to be let, and the lowest bid was signed ' McPhersoil' Notice was sent to tjflj'.irlia'iiii! McPherson to meet the Board fend com-' pleta the. contract. In due time they met, but behold ! McPherson was yellow in hue and had an unmistakeable pig-tail. 'But,' gasped the President,;' your rianae can't be McPJierson P ' ' Alle i lightee,; cheerfully answered John ;' nobody catch urn contlact in Otago 'lessr he named Mac' The contract was signed! and the Mongolian McPherson did his iwork as wells Jt»A:if iheihadvreally baited fromj (Jrlasgow. ' ,•(• r i A deputation of the Otago memberd, except Ministers, waited yesterday on Sir George Grey .as, Colonial Treasurer, to urge the' claims of the County Councils of Otago io the payment of the £54,000 of land revenue kept back from them, and whiph the Public Accounts Cojmmittee last session recommended should be refunded. Mr DeLatour acted as' spokesman, and, after hearing him, the Treasurer, expressed himself much impressed with, the force of the arguments used, and promised to consult his colleagues! with a riew to giving effect to the request of the deputation. l ;■■■

To the uninitiated the columns of the London Era teem with amusing and extraordinary advertisements, but the following offers one of the sweetest chances to lady members of the theatrical profession. It appears in the New York Herald:—♦•;Niblo?« Gardoni—Wanted.— Society young ladiei, petite, pretty, and •hapely, having the accomplishment of swimming expertly,.to enter the aquarium tank with the crocodiles, water: snakes, &c, in company with Professor Swan', the Alligator Man. Salary, tempting. Address, by letter only j with enclosure of photdgraphic likeness, Manager,: Niblo'a?

. Simmons, the treasurer of the English Opera Troupe, who waa ai-rested!at Weilingtan oh Saturday,,was taken before the Resident Magistrate yesterday morning, when he was proceeded against by the several members of the company for salaries due. In some of the cases judgment was given against him.j and the /reinaimng cases were radjpurrned until to : moriow., ; The defendant wasi allowed bail on paying into Court the various sums due amounting to £51. Simmons denied/ he had fitiy intention of leaving the colony, • ;' ! t

''' 'Pab^nts should be careful how they leave lucifers lying about their; houses, as accidents are continually occurring from children sucking them. Only as recently as Monday an inquest was held at Springfield, Canterbury, in the house of JP^cderick Wnght^ toenquirejintpthe cauie of death of Jessie Macfarlane Wright, a child eighteen months old. From the evidence of the infant's brother, it appears that she must have crawled out of her cot on to a low chest of draweri* on which' a box of wax vesta matches were; lying./ Dr Guthrie gave evidence that the cause of death was, from poisoning, the poisonous substance being the itops of matches. A verdict of ''Accidental death*' was returned, no blame being attributable to anyone.

We extract the following from the' Christchurch Globe:—" The lEvils of Temperance.—There are always two sides to a question and the advocates of Good Templarism will probably be astonished, on learning the awful, consequences attendant on the. adoption of their principles. The defendant in a petty debt case < heard in the. liesident 1 Magistrate's Cour.t, ■ Ohi istchurch, having expressed a strong desire tor inform the Bench how he came to occupy his unpleasant position, he obtained permission to speak. He then in an agitated manner said that three months ago he joined the teetotal cause, and had been unable to obtain a day's work since. His Worship, amidst shouts of laughter from the dally habitues of the Court, said it was the first time/he had ever heard such an argument: frbm'tlie mouth of a debtor, and there is no doubt he spoke from experience.

' 'As a substitute.for the execution of a criminal by hanging, Dr Packard of Philadelphia, makes the following suggestion.: —There should bei fitted up in the gaol a small room, which can be made air-tight. By means of very simple arnhigements, carbonic-oxide can be substituted for the air of the room, and a person confined in it,would then die the easiest and quietest deattt known to science. He would simply cease to exist. A jury should be appointed to identify the convicted person.: In their presence he should be conducted to! the room, and placed in it, entering by a sliding door, of plate-glass, it mayl be, protected by a netting of iron wire. The process of rendering the air irrespirable should be begun, abd would verjr soon.be completed. ,In less than ten minutes, fresh air might be introduced by opening the sliding door and reversing the process ; and the same jury again identifying the body, would certify to the fact of the execution having been duly carried out,