THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3486, 26 February 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1880.

! Ws are pleased to notice in the Gazette ! the appointment of A. J. Allom, Esq., as i Registration Offioer to the electoral dis- ! trict of Thames. This office was held for : many years by Major KedJell, and on his ! departure by Colonel Fraser and the prelent R.M., Mr Kenrick. The " Registration of Electors Act" of last session necessitates the holding of the offices of Registration and Returning Omcers by different gentlemen, so Mr, Kenrick will I continue to perform the dnti&a of ReturnI ing Officer. ,Mr Allom is one of our oldest public servants, and is certainly I deserving of this preferment, and the attendant increase of salary. Mr Alloro has held the offices of Receiver of Goldfield'sßevenue.MiniDgßegistrarforyears, and his duties have allways been carried out with praiseworthy efficiency and integrity. We can therefore heartily congratulate Mr Allom on his new appoint, ment, feeling confident that the Government could not have placed the important duties that will fall to It is probable that the examinations for the High School 'scholarships will take place within 14 days, and the competition to be thrown open to the scholars attending all the schools on the Thames. R. J. O'Sullivan, Esq., has been asked to prepare the papers for the examination.

The s.s. Coromandel, which has been laid up here for the purpose of getting a new propeller fitted, will leave for Auckland on Saturday evening at 7 o'clock.

iTisexpebted that the Prince Alfred battery recently purchased by the Alburnia company will be ready to start next week. The' machinery is receiving an overhaul at the hands of Messrs Price Bros. The District Court was formally opened this morning by the clerk, Mr Allom, and adjourned till March 2a d. Some amusement was caused amongst the angels of the Corner this afternoon. Some wits posted a bogus telegram, giving the result of the Dunedin Cup, and the brokers who indulge in a little mild betting when business is slack were speedily round the letter pillar consulting books. The telegram was a capital imitation, and quite a large number were daceived. It gave the result as Camballo 1, Grip 2, and Foul Play 3. Jim Baggotfc was the only one that would not believe it. It did not agree with, his book. ;

A cbicket match between the County and Borough teams will take place at Parawai on Saturday afternoon. The County team will be Turner, Spencer, Beere, Burgess, Young, West, Munro, Davis, Otway, Allom and Murpby.

That Russia has ultimate designs on the Pacific has been apparent for some time, and in .spite of her reverses in Central Asia she appears to be making headway in the far east. A telegram just to hand shows that she is making Port Olga her principal arsenal on this side of the world, and is endeavoring to obtain a footing in Japan, and with good chances of success, the dispute between China and Japan having presented an opportunity for grasping Russia could not afford to let slip. •

Mes LudloWj who was Tery succesful in the manufacture of tinned fruit for sale last year has gone into the business on an extended scale this year. She has already preserved a large quantity of fruit. In a year or two we expect to see the jam-making and fruit-preserving industry one of the staple industries of the place.

To Auckland belongs the honor of possessing the champion naughty boy. The'''school-master punished the lad for playing the truant, and. the indignant parents summoned him to the court. The dominie in giving the evidence stated that the boy one quarter "played the wag" 69 times out of a possible 106, and during this - quarter, 17 times of a possible 30. This score will take a loVof beating.

The legislator who was said to have taken a bribe to sell his party, and informed his tempters that "The Paschal lamb was ready, but the mint sauce was wanting," did not come from Otago, but Auckland. N.B.—The mint sauce is still wanting.

Oub contemporary chronicles how P.O. Thomas shot a porpoise while on the trip from the Thames' to Auckland. A funny friend Jhinks it will be more to the " porpus " if Mr Thomas shoots enough bulls-eyes at Nelson to bring back the belt.

The following are the Auckland representatives for Nelson-.—Victoria Company, Lieut. Skinner, Sergeant Haslett, Sergeant Taylor, Volunteers Fairs, Haslett, and Cooper. No. 8 Company : Volunteer Hay. Engineers : Volunteer Eady. Naval:—Petty officers—Smith and Moore, Artillery :—Gunners —W. Hose, H. Rose, Henderson and Woolley. Hobsons:—Volunteer O'Brien.

The trouble over the hotel at Eotnrua appears not to be over, for a late telegram says :—A gross breach of the peace has just been committed, Mrs Ann [Robertson, who recently purchased Wilson's hotel, having been forcibly ejected from her premises. Some native women seized her with the intention of dragging her out, which they eventually did ; they held on until she was overpowered. The inhabitants are highly indignant. Certain Europeans have worked this matter, which the natives say is bad work for the pjace. Protection is the anxious cry.

Ready- money Robinson of Christchurch owns the celebrated race-horse Foul Play, and " Herk " Eobinson has got some interest in it. A publican's wife at Wellington drew Foul Play in a £2000 sweep, and "Herk" was around speedily, purchasing half the lady's chance for £100. He will net a clear £400 by this transaction.

In the speeches which Mr Parnell has delivered in the United States, he has confined himself almost entirely to appealing for the aid of his countrymen in relieving the widespread distress in Ireland, ana he has thus far abstained from endeavoring to obtain support on behalf of the agitation recently set on foot against the payment of the rent.

A cab, driven by a young man named Rogers, came to grief in Burke street this morning, one of the wheels falling to pieces.

The fact that pleuro-pneumonia, a highly infectious disease, has attacked some cattle in tlie Auckland district seems to hare stirred up the farmers of the Waikato to take steps to prevent their herds being infected. Mr Fantham, at a late meeting of the Farmers' Club, brought forward the following resolutions, which were carried :—" That the Government be requested (1) to appoint Mr Geo. Naden, M.R.C.V.S., chief inspector for the district of Auckland; (2) not to allow stock to be landed from other than New Zealand ports without having been quarantined at least 42 days, and inspected ; (3) to at once proclaim the Auckland, Waipa, Waikato, Upper Thames, and Piako districts an infected district; (4) to at once have all railway platforms, cattle trucks, yards, &c, disinfected ; (6) any owner of cattle believing his stock, to be infected shall at once call in the district inspector, and any owner knowingly not giving notice within 12 hours of the presence of the disease to be liable to a fine of at least £100—any person giving information of such neglect to receive half the fine; (7) any person exposing diseased meat for sale to be liable to a fine of not less than £100—any person giving information against such psrsonJjjL, receive half the fine/ l _ r _^—^. — **~**^ the New York Commerce, " seems to be under the strain of a 1 vague alarm. The possibilities of new combinations which may soon involve all Europe in a fierce struggle are not to be overlooked. At no time previously have so many preparations been made, or has a greater military activity been manifested, and the financial strain on the resources of each nation of Europe is overwhelming. The toilers feed and clothe the vast standing armies, and sen') out sons, husbands, brothers to slay and to be slain. The time will come when the masses will refuse to fight for their rulers' ambitions and petty jealousies. The standing armies of Europe are her danger and her curse. France alone keeps over 1,809,000 soldiers on call, and adds to the number yearly. The enormous expense of the Prussian Budget has been such that there is a deficit for 1880 of $10,500,003, and new custom duties and taxes are everywhere levied. Meanwhile in America the grasses grow, and the harvests vipen, and our newspapers and people quarrel over our corporal's guard of an army. Our lines have fallen in peaceful and pleasant places."

One.of the party of Zulus by whom Prince Louis Napoleon was killed (remarks au English paper), has given an account of the affair that must intensify the feelings of astonishment and indignation which were engendered by the first report. There appears to be no reason to doubt the truthfulness of the Zulu. He states that only eight or nine men took part in the attack on Captain Carey's party, that all the latter who were not disabled at the first fire ran away, but that the "great chief," who could not mount his horse, was pursued, overtaken, and slain with assegai wounds before he had a chance to defend himself. Whilst this tragedy was being enacted, the gallant Carey and his companions w ere riding foi their lives. Several weeks ago it was known on the authority of Cetewayo himself that only ten men had taken part in the attack, and now it seems that the number was really smaller. s

Josh Billings' Philosophy.—Mothers and grandmothers, when you want your friends to use McQowan's 3s Tea, ' just skirmish ahead on that line yourself.' One pound of this example is worth a cartload of precepts. —[Advt.J