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Thames Star, Issue 3666, 28 September 1880, Page 2

The annual soiree in connection with St. George's Sunday School will be held at the Rolleßton-sv.ri.et echool-house this evening. The choir of St. Gfcorg«'a Church will be in attendance and will supply the hiubic. The greatest care has been taken to ensure the concert being a success. Thebb will be no meeting of the Kink Club to-night. Th^ season will be closed tomorrow evening with a rinking and dancing reunion, the former commencing at 8 and the latter at 9 o'clock p.m.

Mb McG-owaa—he of the 3s tea notoriety—has left at our office a synchro nologieal chart of the world, lately published in America, and designed by aMr Adams. It is a wonderful piece of work, and is almost a photograph of universal history and chronology. The chart is 22 feet long and 2\ feet wide, and is divided by perpendicular lines into 59 conturies and their decades; across these century spaces pass from left to right colored lines or streams thnt represent the different historic, nations (and lives of the patriaichn), and change their color to indicate every change of rulers ; three streams divide, sub-divide, unite or disappear according to the ro ord of the nation represented; thus every nation with ita consecutive rulers and all the leading fuel 6 of history are placed upon a fixed sea a auti presented to the eye in their proper relations as to tinne, just as gtograpMc.il y a map locates towia, rivers, and rountriee. Meridians intersect places of the same longitude, in the same way that century and decade lines on thio chnrt murk- ccntota* poranc»U3 nations, rulers, and events. The origin of nations, their grand march through the cm uries, and thvir final overthrow, are prominent fe tures, while the confused mass of dmes and events that usually comprises our knowledge of history, is so lifted and i-yMohronit>e<l, so lighted with colors, models, and illustration?, that the centuries of the pas' seem tratisfo-med into individual realities m>rk d with their peculiar characteristics. The plan of the chart is so simple tliat children can readily understand it, and so comprehensive that it is in itself an historical nyclopseii* for the mature scholar.

Mb Radfobd is calling tenders for working tributes in the Columbia mine. Tub Superintendent of Sfc George's Sunday School has made arrangements with Mr Beer«, the manager of tbe Panorama of NewZealand, to exhibit the Panorama at the school house to-morrow evening. In addition to the New Z'aland views a number of amusing comic scenes will be thrown on the sheet for the e3pecia] entertainment of the school children, by whom they will doubtless be properly appreciated. The native mail man, Nikora, brought to Tauranga the news of a fafc.il accident which had occurred at Te Teko on Monday. It appears that on that, day a party of natives from Kokohinau called at Te Teko, and one of them—a man naato;i Te Mane—entered a house occupied by Captain Bluett and took down a revolver, which unfortuuately happened to be loaded.' Captain Bluett's native servant, who happened to be in tho place at the time, remonstrated with Te Maoe, and requested him several times to put the revolver back. This he refused io do, and Captain Bluett's servant endeavoured to takes it from him. Te Mane resisted, and a struggle ensusd, during which the revolver was discharged, wounding a native woman named Adata Peka, who was sitting ia the doo way. Tho ball is said to have struck her right thigh, and from thence made its way iuto the abdomeu, finally lodging just under the lower rib on the left side. The unfortunate woman lingered until the following morning, when she expired. The natives, who are greatly excited about the matter, cannot comprehend what 1c Mane wanted with the revolver, and why he should have reftued to give it up when requested. The sitting of the C*>mt ia unxiouely looked forward to, us the natives intend to wait its. decision before doing anything. |

A ibaened counsel, Dr Foster, raised the question in the Supreme Court, Chrirchurch, whether a Resident Magistrate under the Statute possesses the power ot two Justices, except in oivil cases. He contended that the Act contemplated civil cases only, and that ia crimiual informal ions, or informations for a penalty, he does not possess the dual power which it has usually been considered he does His Honor stated that the point raised took him by surprise, as he had always held that the laugunge of the Statute, ia "etuting that the ite.-ident, Mu^istrato should have and exercise when Eitfing alone all powers conferred on two Junices, gave him jurbdio'ion in ull caees. Mr G-urrick, who was on the other sid*, mentioned that he had raised the point some time ago, and that ever since, in ca^es of a criminal nature or informations for a penalty, he had taken o»re to have a Btcond Justice eitling with the Resident Magistiate. Ultimately his Honor, on consulting authorities, overruled Dr Foster 1* contention on the point raised by him.

G-eobge Lexate, aged twenty six years, residing in Abbotsford street, was (says ihe Argus; admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on Handiiy suffering from camphor poisoning. At the present time, in consequence of the prevalence of mearles, many persons carry a piece of camphor in their pocket as a precaution uguinst contagion, and a very foolish prudtiee prevails of eating small pot tions of it. It appears that iv tho present instance the rnau was quite ignoraut of its poisonous nature, and ate a piece which was given to him by another person. On his removal to the Hospital antidotes were resorted to, and the patient, although weak, ia supposed to be out of danger.

No sooner does a Spanish Prince or Princess of the Blood Eoyal condescend to be born than the august "little stranger" is called upon to play a conspicuous part in Court cere* motiials of a very solemn and fatiguing character. The following programme of action to be observed on su h occasions ha* just been published at Madrid, in anticipation of a "happy event" which has since com* off. According to ancient prescriptions the lyingin chamber of a Spanish Queen may not Have more than one door, which must communicate with a saloon, ia which the great officers of State, deputations from both Chambers of the Cortes, admirals, marshals, and grandees of

Spurn are required to assemble wuen the Body Surgeon of her Majesty shall announce that the birth It at hand. This announcement is made to t c President of the Council and Minister of Justice, who are conducted by the.King in person into the Queen's bedroom,, where the accoucheur officially communicates to them the state of affairs, This they, in their turn, impart to the illustrious gathering.in the aforesaid saloon. The assembled dignitaries then wait patiently until the Royal Infant " deigns to enter the world." As soon as this important event takes place, the Ring carries the new-born babe into the saloon on a huge golden salver, and exhibits it to all present, commencing with the MinisterPresident. Twenty-four hours later its birth is registered civilly, and the Cardinal Patriarch of India baptises it in the, P»lace Chapel. Immediately after this ceremony the baby, if a boy, is dubbed knight, and invented with the insignia of the Golden Gleece—Truth.

A COBBESPOSDENT sends us the following remedy for cancer:—" Take an egg and break it, ponr out the white retaining the yoke in the shell, add fine table salt, and mix as long as the joke will receive it ; mix them together until the salve it formed. Put a portion of this on a piece of sticking-plaster, and apply to the cancer twice a day." Our informant states that a man, by name George Cnineiy, living in the Mount Misery district, had a cancer on tin lip. He had it cut out in the Ballarat Hospital. After some time it came again. He tried the egg and salt about four years ago, and has not bad a return of the cancer since."