THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT YOUR FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3632, 17 August 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT YOUR FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1880.

In Committee on the Estimates, the Honse last evening passed the vote of £98,600 for the Thames-Waikato railway. This, however, comprises £83,206 for liabilities said be be already incurred, and the paltry balance we suppose is for the purpose of giving effect to the recommendations of the Railway Commissioners.

The Herald's Wellington 'correspondent says last night various rumours were afloat, tho chief being that all the financial bills of tho Government are to be abandoned, including the Property Tax Amendment', the Besr Duly, the Succession Duty, the Railway Amendment, and the Local Public Works, and (hat the subsidies are to be continued this year out of the land fund, so fnr as it. would go, disturbed pro rata ; also, that the prorogation is to take place on Friday next. The Beer Duty Bill is to be pressed on. The •Propartjr Tax Amendment will be left to the House to. ..carry or reject. If rejected, then the Government will collect £40,000 more by taxing personal effects, which the Amendment Bill exempts. The time for sending in the Property Tax returns, which expires on the 31st instant, will be further extended, probably to the 30th of September. The Charitable Institutions Bill will also be pushed on. It impossible to ascertain whether there is any color for the rumour ss to continued payment of subsidies out of the land fund, as Ministers are very reticent on this point, but the general impression is that this will be done, and the land fund distributed pro rata as far os it will go. The great object of a'l sides seems to be to get the session over as soon as possible. Wk understand that Messrs Bagoall Bros., have already fak'on steps to have colle< tions made on behalf of the widow and children of thn man Clark who was fatally injured while worfcing up the'river. We believe tho workmen of other sawmills in the neighbourhood will b3 aeked to contribute* Ik a charge a ainet a man named Mutthew Henderson for wife deaertioii at Christchnrch thi. 1 Magistrate ruled that for such an offence am in could not be ai rested upon a telegram. 'M&J* W. Walkbb is inviting tenders for warkinjKon tribute several favorite blocks in tbJB Eurao-yi Hill Company's ground. 'YestebdJ*'B Herald contains the following misteriou3 "paragraph ;-*-" The Maoris hare ta^en to Mining B* Bangitifcei but the c*':periment wa? not nucceseful, the result wag,, general prostration." Perhaps Jji-W^rtctfto " BinTnng! w~H&i?fiffi£iJmjß*l'ias a prostrating effect.. 'It will be remembered that some time ago tbyit.Father O'Reilly and Mr Mcllhone on behalf of the Catholic community, protested ttSjainsfc the removal of a child of a Mtb s'r'tZ!?imnions from the Orphan's Home to be adopted by a Pcoleatant family. Tlio orphanage committee agreed to retain the ■•"'jfanfc provided the protesting gentlemen glWauteed to find the cost of its mHintenonoe —'some £10 per annum. This wns promptly ac^edad to, and the matter disappeared from thb public mind. Father O'Reilly oieiitioued tb-jj'circumstances at. vespers last bunday, and oufr Catholic friends c.uno forward witli their usJual benevolence and subscribed £12 on the 6Pbfc. .The verdict of the Coroner's jury, in the n£se of the man Qlark who died at the Kospiial from injuries received at BagnallV Jbush was " Accidontnl death." De Payno appears to have clispleaeed the Coroner's -jury yesterday by not attending to give evidence. The Coiounr naid he could fine the doctor for his absence, but stated that on his wny to the inquest ho hud seen Dr Payne, who told him he would be present in time to give evidence, but had in the first pluce to attend an important case. Under tho riicumstttncos he would not fine the ofietKiiii:» witnrss. Tusjie w:is no business at the B.M. Court tbia morning. Ws have recoiled from M'ons. F. O. Cailliau the copy of tho Muse published on irffipSitturchy. With the publication is presented a piceo of music by an Auckland resident, Mr Bowring, entitled, " The Auckland March."

The hint Uirown out by us in a late issue that it was probable thut Mr and Mrs Ithrenfriod would entertained upon thoir return by a ball, is likely to be acted upon. Some energetic young people have already taken the preliminary steps.

Our Good Temp'ar friends taking advantage of our having published the ReT. S. J, Ncill's unmiul temptrar,ce sermon in exten&o, hnve had it reprinted in tho form 'if a broadsheet and will circuluta it throughout the district. '

A IAKOE envelope nnd a full sheet o' foolscap convoyed I ho joyful intelligence this morning to the Treasurer of the Borough that tho sum of o'je shilling hud been placed by the Government to tho credit of the Borough account at the Bank of New Zealand.

We are very sorry indeed to hear thafc Dr Huxtable met with a very severe accident last Might. His professional duties called him up Iho Hupe Creik district, and in coming back down one of the hill paths his horse stumbled und threw him. He was quite alone and must have been insensible for some time from the effects of the fal 1, but after a time managed to catch his horse and reach his home. Of course attention was at once paid to hia injuries which were principally about his head, and were very serious wounds. Dr Huxtable has since his arrival on the field been most attentive to his duties, and we are sure his many friends \ ill hear with regret the accident that ha« befallen him.

We understand that the Minister of Public Woks has appointsd the office of Mr Thomas iMaeffurlatje, Supreme Court Buildings, Auckland, as the place where claims are to be sent for compensation for land taken for public works on the Thames.

We have rec3ived from the Government printer the latest numbers of Hansard, and a number of the Bills which hare been laid before Parliament during the last few days.

Delakey, c carter, of Auckland, who was kicked by his horse on the head, lies at the hospital in a. dangerous condition. A portion of the bone of the skull is driven on to the brain and, a portion of the brain exposed to view.

At au inquest on the bc3y of W. Langford held at the Christ church hospital yesterday, the jury returned a verdict of " Death from ialnng strychnine." There was no evidence as to the state of deceased's mind at the time.

Official information from lake Mupourika diggings recommends that any rush should be discouraged, as it i 9 being overdone, ar.d it is a matter of time, as either deep sinking or long tunnels will be necessary, and men .without means will find themselves in difficulties.

A tehe&bam slates that several parties are gold digging near Terawhiti, about ten miles from Wellington, and, although without proper sluicing appliances, are making from five to six shillings per day.

In a late Gazette we notice the gazetting of John Leydon, as Sub-Lieutenant of the Haurnki Engineer Volunteers, his commission dating from June 27th.

Of the measures which, as the cablegrams tell us, the Gladstone Government, intend to pass through this session, the Employers' Liability Bill proposes that, hereafter, employers shall be held responsible for all injurie which their workmen sustain through the negligence of persons to whom the master hus deputed the exercise of his own powers. Workmen will then be able to recover -compensation for injuries caused through faults in machinery md the like not directly attributable to the negligent cf the master, as long as they ai3 caused by the culpable negligenca of some person whom the master has placed in authority over them. Accidents caused through the fault of the man injured, or the fault of a feilow-Bervant of equal rank, will still be outside the Act; and in these casts the master wi'l remaiu, as at present, exempt i'rom liability. The Bill is emphatically a compromise, and does not therefore seem very acceptable either to the ma\tsrs or the men. The masters say that there should be a compulsory insurance on the part of the men, while the men on their part affirm that the masters should be liable in all ca^es where the accident i« not caused or "assisted" through the negligence of the man injure:!; and they demand that the legal theory of " cammon employment" should bo entirely swept away.

Important £find !^C. McLiteb has just received a splendid assortment of American Prints; also the latest novelties in Pipes, Match-boxes, and other smoking requisites. KB.—Try the Planters' Delight. Tobaoco and Cigars.

The best of materials manufactured in a proper 'and workmanlike manner should give satisfaction. Henca we are pleased in daily, almost hourly, hearing such exclamations as " My word Douglas your loaf is now splendid," " Those biscuits are really beautiful," "My compliments to Mr Douglas and tell him I harn't eaten such bread for years, &0., &c."