THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT YOUR FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3508, 23 March 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT YOUR FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1880.

The Southern telegraph lines were still down at; the time of our going to press, and our budget of cable and intercolonial news had not, come through.

The examination for the High School scholarships was continued to-day. Mr Brown, one of the sub-committee of Governors, superintended. The papers were numbered and forwarded to Mr K. J. O'Sulliyan, Inspector of Schools, this afternoon, who will make the awards.

Me Loui3 Melhose, one of our oldest share brokers, and house and mining agents, has been appointed agent for the Thames for the Norwich Union Insurance Company. From Mr Melhose's knowledge of the value of property and his well known business capabilities, he will likely prove a valuable agent for the company. is prepared to furnish all necessary information to intending insurers.

We notice the Mining Inspector has declared the following licensed holdings forfeited, Piako No. 1 and _No. 2, and a portion of the Prince Imperial.'

Two persons were fined in the usual penalties for drunkenness at the Police Court this morning.

The registrar, A. J. Allom, Esq., notifies by advertisement that form of application to be placed upon the electoral roll may be obtained at his office.

The Thames correspondent of the Auckland Star reports yesterday as follows of the New Whau:—" They will start in the low level shortly to work through the Sons of Freedom tunnel. The Whau got splendid stone from the hanging wall of the lode this morning in breaking down, causing a demand for shares." This is something new, the directors stating that but a fair show was obtained, not splendid stone.

The following is the weekly state of the Thames Goldfield Hospital from 14th to 20th March, 1880:—-Statistical Nosology : Zymotic Diseases—remained 4, ad' mitted 1, discharged 1, remaining 4; Constitutional—remained 2, remaining 2; Local—remained 5, admitted 2, died 1, remaining 6; Vielent —remained 7, discharged 1, died.l, remaining 5; Total, remained 18, admitted 3, discharged 2, died 2, remaining 17. Outpatients 72.— T. Aitken, Dispenser Thames Hospital.

We have received a copy of the third annual report of the Auckland Scripture Gift Association. It mentions that the total number of schools visited during the year as 85, the prize books awarded 3,559, nearly ICOO of which were copies of the New Testament. The report thanks the owners of the Botomahana for the free passage of the agent to <;he Thames, *and appeals for sympathy and help from all Christians, the basis of the Association being "That a personal knowledge of the Holy Scriptures is iudispensible to the safe teaching; and training of the young, and is the only reliable foundation for the good morals of a people,; or permanent national welfare." ; ■:.

The Waikato Times says:—-A concert is projected to take place at Grahamstown on the night of Easter Monday, in honor of the Waikato Cavalry Volunteers.

The Nelson Evening Mail'seems to think that it is a very lucky thing for a locality to have plenty of "the unen> ployed " in it; because then it can with a good grace appeal to Government for-a share of the public-works expenditure. The Foxton-Porfrua railway, for instance, is wanted by Wellington, and fortunate it is for that city to have the humanities on its side in the appeal for the prosecution of this work.

While the great majority of people will strongly approve the economy which the present Native has introduced into his department, the fact cannot be denied that Mr Bryce's desire to curtail expenditure sometimes leads him into mistakes. For" instance, there is the case of Paul Tuhaere, who for a lifetime has been a loyal friend of Europeans and the Government, and has rendered throughout that time valuable and lasting services to the country. Among a great many proofs that might be quoted it will be sufficient to refer to his action in securing the apprehension of the murderer lluarangi, at a time when our relations with the powerful northern tribes might have been jeopardised but for his influence and active aid. But after a long career of faithful service Paul's salary is suddenly, and without any adequate reason being given, taken away, and a pension of £100 a year added. It is not by such means that loyalty will be fostered and encouraged. Paul was certainly entitled to reap the reward of his long and faithful services, in his old age, and if Mr Bryce had any personal knowledge of the chief he would not have treated him with such scant courtesy. The matter should be brought under Mr Bryce's notice by some of the old settlers who have had so'many proofs of Paul's loyalty, and great usefulness, at a time when they were almost indispensible to the Government and the people of Auckland.—Star.

The Napier Telegraph says that an address to Mr Sheehan was lately taken round the town for signature. The document purports to be a thank offering to Mr Sheehan, and is intended to be accompanied by something substantial in the form of a purse. The address thanks Mr Sheehan for his efforts in securing for Napier and surrounding districts the erection of tho Port Ahuriri bridge, and concludes by acknowledging his public services as Native Minister, and his personal worth as a private gentleman. The Mayor and Ors Large and Ashton head the list of signatures, the first with three guineas against his name and the others with smaller-sums.

The famous John Bright, speaking at a soiree at Birmingham, says of teachers : — "I think with regard to teachers, they have two entirely different branches of labour; they have that of instructing their pupils from books, and they have that of instructing them from their own conduct aad their own manner,' you

want to teach a child, —I must say it is better than book learning,—you want to teach a child to be gentle; not the gonlloness that is weakness, for there is a gentleness which is combined'with groat force. You want humanity,—humanity to animals is one point. (Hear, hear!") If I were a teacher of n school. I would make it a ■ very important part of my business to impress every boy and girl with his or her being kind to all animals. Well, then, there is the quality of unselfishness. There is much selfishness in families. Selfishness, in families is the cause of misery and the cause of great injustice. Unselfishness and a love of justice, these are qualities which come, if you offer them, to the child's or the young person's mind without a special invitation ; their very nature is such thnt they cannot receive them except with liking and approbation, and I have no doubt that it is possible for the teachers in the elementary schools in Birmingham during the next ten years or so, du-ing which they will have two or three generations of children under their careit is possible for them so to impress their minds on those subjects, (hat. twenty years hence it will be seen and felt over the whole of the town that there is an improvement in theee respects in the general population. (Applause.) Now, these are things which ,1 think ifc behoves the teachers of these schools to bear in mind. They cannot possibly have too high a sense of the responsibilities of their position and of their duties (hear, hear). I believe that the masters of • those schools at this moment are receiving three times the remuneration they were receiving fifty years ago. If that be so, they ought to be much better than they were then; thoy ought to occupy a much higher position than they occupied then, and feel that upon their conduct depended to jsl large extent the character of our future population in future fimes, and not the character of our population as speaking of individual men and women, but the actual position and honor and greatness of our country. I would have no extravagance in the school system if I could help it. Nothing that was done for ostentation, nothing that was done for show, but whatever can be done to make education real, to raise the character of our population, and exalt this sentiment of the people."—Birmingham Paper. . '

It is stated that the Hikurangi natives attending tho Orakei Parliament do not believe there will be war in the Waimate unless the constabalary attack Parihaka. They interpret Te Whiti's reference to a measure of ground to mean Parihaka and its environs.. Tawliiao is said to have no sympathy whatever with Te Whiti; He does not him, and is rather jealous of his influence. He thinks if he expressed approval of Te Whiti's action it would be interpreted by turbulent leaders into a promise of support, and involve war. Tawhiao desires peace.

The plan§ of the proposed reconstruction of the Tay bridge have been drawn, and from a description of them given by Mr Waddell, the contractor, the company proposed to build the fallen piers of brick up to the height of the under-side of the girders which are standing on each side ; that the spans be bowstring -girders ; that the rails shall run 17 feet above the lower boom, and that all the piers shall be stayed by malleable iron stays fixed to malleable iron piles on either side, of the bridge.

At the opening of the Orakei Parliament, Chief Paul is reported to hare said:—"Say nothing hard against Government. Just stick to the points I have mentioned. If I hear any of you depart from this law I shall stop you. Do not take up the time with foolish talk." Eenata Rehua (Ngapuhi) condemned the Government for stopping native passages, food, and medicine. Both races should have a share in the money of the colony. Moses said, " Do not stop the mouth of the ox which is Ihresbing the wheat." The ox had not a share in the wheats but the Maoris have a share in the money of New-Zealand. Ihaka (Ngatiwhatua) also condemned the Government. Te Hemara Tawhia referred to the treaty of Waitangi at the signing of which he was present. They should adhere to the provisions of that treaty. Paraehe (Ngatiwhatua) condemned the Government for sending both Commissioners and soldiers together to Taranaki. The Government had thrown over Mr Kemp, the best Commissioner they ever had. Fox and Bell brought on all the troubles at Taranaki. Te- Hamara urged them to keep together, and said: "We have listened to Sir "George Grey's words, and they have been good ; let us keep them." Hirini Taiwhanga said: "years before the treaty of Waitangi was signed, Europeans 'commenced to come to us, and what benefit have we received? All this blood has been spilt; wrongfully." Sydney then accused the Government cf breaking the treaty of Waitangi. He gave a history of New Zealand since the Europeans came. He did riot see any way of gettingover tlie trouble about the Taranaki prisoners, unless by the natives collecting money to send a man to England, and let the matter be investigated there. He said that a few months ago he was near being put in gasl for teaching the Maori children about their land being wrongfully, taken. Ever since the missionaries came, ~ he had upheld religion.

A singulae case was decided by the Kumara Bench last week, which opens the question as to whether billiard-rooms are Jegal places of amusement. L. Seibrick was summoned for having a public billiard-room open contrary to by-laws of the Borough, without a license, according to Municipal Corporations Act. Mr Warnes, as counsel for the defendant, contended that billiard-rooms here were never contemplated to come under the clause referred to, but the Bench held that although not specially defined, billiardrooms were public places of amusement. The case was dimissed through insufficiency of evidence to prove the charge. The case was tried as a test case.—Sun.

The judge of the Swansea Counfy Court, the Cardiff Times says, recently fiave an important decision in a case tried before him involving the much vexed question as to the liability of husbands for,, debts contracted by their wives. Kobert Jones sued John Thomas for the value of goods supplied to Thomas' wife, but the defendant repudiated his liability on the grouud that his wife being " advertised " as he described, ho was not responsible for her debts should tradesmen persist in giving her credit without his permission being obtained. His Honour's decision was entirely in favour of this view, in giving judgment for the defendant, the learned judge observed that although a man's wife "might buy everything necessary for her household, the husband war

master of his own purse, and could revoke his wife's authority at a?iy lime." This, it also nppoars, can be done by a mere verbal cominuiiication to wife of the lrasbaud'ti resolution, without any advertising at all, the husband having "only to take the trouble to revoke his wife's authority to pledge his credit," by simply "using his tongun." Thiajs somewhat important information for nomi afflicted as some unhappily are, with reckless, expensive, or intemperate wires, and it may be taken as a much needed cauiion to not a few dealers who tempt wives to incur heavy responsibilities without the knowledge of their husbands. ,

Gst.e'wayo applied to Sir B. Frere for permission to visit England, and the High' Commissioner has referred the request to the Home Government. A private letter from Gupe Town says that the Zulu King has become intensely eager to become acquainted with civilised life, and is especially anxious (o pay a visit to the the country of his conquerors.

- In addition to the award of a Gold Medal (L'Acadeinie J&ationale), and also the Silver MedtTl, awarded to John Bvinsmead and Sons, of Wigmore Street, London, for the superiority of the Piano Exhibited by them last year at the Paris Exhibition, the founder of the Firm has been created Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, this distinction being conferred on no other British Pianoforte Manufac-turer.-—[Advt ] ■•■/■■ ■■•-"

Notwithstanding that Mrs So-and-so did not work the picture .that we got first prize for at the Exhibition, and Miss So-and-so did work it, we can safely assert that the pictures in our smoking, and reading room are far better, and only require the criticism of the public to ensure prizes at the Melbourne Exhibition.—-LawliEss and Co., Tobacconists.—[Advt.]

■ . «»■ Josh Billings' Philosophy.—Mothers and grandmothers, whoa you want your friends to use MoGowatst'S ■33 Tea, 'jueb skirmish ahead on ihat line yourself. 1 One pound of this example is worth a cartload of precepts. —[Adtt.] ■''."'.