THE Evening Star. PUBLISED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3638, 24 August 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1880.

Thb notification from tbe Borough Returning' Officer appears in bur advertising columns. It will be seen that the nomination for councillors will take: place dn the 31st inst. and the election, if any, -on the 9th of September. » I • ■" : y:}-/^-.^-}].-./":■■ "■ -. ':

In another column we publish a portion of MrXaiehley's sermon, delivered last Sunday, and we very much regret, that our liaited space prevents us giving the whole of this very admirable addressiu the present issue;

\ Mb G-. N. Phiixtps will give his final lecture, on, behalf the Waiotahi School Fund, in the Academy of Music on to-morrow jeyepingi;: Mr Kenrick will Uke the ohair.

: It will be seen from an advertisement that to-morrow evening, at the Exchange roems, -will be exhibited the far famed Sightasoope which has been amusing the people of Auckland for the last few weeks. It is highly spoken of by the press throDghoiit the ;Colohy. f ;«:;; :'1l' : :::r'-':ir:^-:. .■'"-: r:- J ■:'''" ■

; \!!Enx ;> .^i}4:vßeaßt'..'''Xzhib/tioft in. Brown •street continues ,W attract large crowds of people; yesterday^e show was exceedingly well patronised, espepially in the .evening. .The presents—of which every visitor receives one or more—are very' varied and valuable, and the mast surprising part of the business |is that the proprietor can afford to dispense with them so liberally. ■," -

Mb James Browne, one of our oldest established business men, has decided to leare his present premises at the corner of Pollen end Pahau. streets, and resume his avocation in tlie building lately known as the Excelsior hotel, Earaka bridge, which, when the alterations contemplated are completed, will be a very spacious arid central place of business; Before removing, however, Mr Brown gives public notice through advertising columns of his intsntion to reduce his stock very considerably, and in order to effect that desirable end, expresses hi« willingness to dear it all out at cost price. Anyone in want of any or every,of tlie articles dealt in by Mr Browne had'therefore better pay him a visit without delay. ■ ■

; Thk local prize-takers at the Sydney Exhibition each receired a letter from Dr Hector this morning, informing them that the medals and certificates awarded them were to be had on applicalion to Mr P. 0. Dean. It howerer appears that the 14 ceriincates and 12 medals for the Thamei were sent to Auckland to the caro of Mr J. M. Clark, and hare not yet reached the Thames, but by the first mail they may be expected, as Mr Dean has talegraphed for them. It is very creditable to 'this comuiunitj that so many awerdt bars fallen to local exhibitors, and if the same fortune awaits our citiiens at th« Melbourne Exhibition, the Thames will haragainw for itself a name in the Colonies.

A TELEaBAM from Wellington last night states that the idea of prosecuting Miss Sligh for htr part in the late tragedy, hat been abandoned by the authorities; '- i;

A I.ABGB meeting of the Ngatimaniapoto and Waikatos ik now, going on at Hikurangi. Tawhaio is present. The object is to hear Wahanni's opin ion as to the future policy to be adopted by the King natives, he being now Tawhaio's acknowledged principal adviser.

Th« trouble at Ohinemutu it not yet at an end, for a telegram says that a meeting of natives is to be held re the Ohinemntu Hotel, on the arrival of Mr Robert Graham. There have been disputes between (be Maoris mad Mr Graham's agents, who are planting trees without the authority of the acknowledged owners.; :v ' ..r>. .". ■■.:.'. :■:;.■■ •■ -. '

Thibb wai a clean sheet »t the R.M. Court this morning. ■ ;-; .*' .' _

Mb Chabibs Gbibbib* who is leaving.the Waio-K»raka School to take charge of the Mareati School, WairotT*Sbuth, was this morning presented with a gold pencil case, as a mark of regard I'rom his colleagues. Mr Newell Phillips made the presentation on behalf of the teachers, which was suitably acknowledged b; Mr Gribble. Mr A. 8. Webber, who hns been appointed first aesislant of the Waio-Kftraka School, comes to the Tbantes with exbellent credentials: He has hacl experience in. tuition both in Dunedin and Auckland, hat passed the Cambridge local examination in EngUnd, has qualified in the colony by passing two grudes suoce*sively, and now baldt a certificate t) 4, which ras-ks with the matriculatioß of the New Zoaland UniTenity. ' .•■,■-•■ ■• j. .;- ■.':' 1- >--.-■, .. ... .

The following is the Declaration of Policy ! of the Uniied Kingdom Alliance :—(1). That it v neither right nor politic for the State to afford legal protection and sanction to any traffic or system that'tent's to increase crime, to waste the national resources, to corrupt the social habits, and to destroy the health and lives of the people. (2), That the traffic in intoxicating liquors, as common beverages, ia inimical to the true interests of indiriduals, and destructive of the order and welfare of society and ought therefore to be prohibited. (3). That the history and results of past legislation, in regard to the liquor traffic, j abundantly prove that it is impossible, satisfactorily, to limit or regulate a system so mischievous in its tendencies. (4). That no consideration of private gain or public revenue can justify the upholding of a system so utterly wrong in principle, suicidal iv policy, and disastrous in results, as the truffle in intoxicating liquors. (5). That the Legislative prohibition ot the liquor traffic is perfectly compatible with national liberty, and with all tbe claims of justice and legitimate commerce. (6). That the Legislative suppression of the liquor' traffic would be highly conducive to the development of a progressive civilisation. (7). That, rising above claes, sectarian and.party considerations, all good citizens should combine to I procure an enactment, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating beverages, as affording most efficient aid in removing the appalling evil of intemperance.."'

The trustees of: the fund collected for a ladies' college decided last night to devota only the interest 'upon the sum in hand towards a scholarship in tbe High School, trusting to make up the balance by donations from well disposed persons. One gentleman has offered the sum of two guineas yearly for ■uch a purpose.