THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3674, 4 October 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1880.

Beiobe proceeding with the police business at the EM. Court (his morning, Mr Kenrick gave judgment in the civil case Bobbett r. Adlam heard some days ago. It will be remembered that defence to the action was that a portion of the goods were obtained after the defendant had filed his declaration of insolvency. His Worship in delivering bis decision said on looking over the Act he foHn^it was only intended to relieve persons from debts contracted prior to the filing of the declaration of insolvency, and the order of discharge could only release a bankrupt from euch debts. As the plaintiff had abandoned all the items prior to the date of filing, the 28fch of July, he would deduct that amount and give judgment for the balance £13 14s lid, with costs $3 7s. This decision is rather an important one to both debtors and creditors. We remember a similar case some time ago, in which a bankrupt defended a .process brought against him by the solicitor who bad navigated him safely through bankruptcy, on the grounds that the lawyer's charges should be made against his estate, while hia order of discharge freed him from his liabilities. As the lawyer however, had wisely retained the order of discbarge, on the ground that he had a lien on ifr, and woulcl^ not produce it in court, he obtained judgment for the amount claimed from his quondam client.

This evening the Rev. Upton Davis, 8.A., of Dunedin, will deliver a lecture at the Presbyterian Church, entitled '■"Jack and Gill: a sooial medley." The southern Press speak very highly of Mr Davis' ability as a lecturer, and no doubt a rare treat will be provided for those who attend this evening.

Mb Gillespie notifies that the Memsahib 'will rua regularly between Shortland and Omahu. She leaves Shortland to-morrow morning at six o'clock, and Omahu at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning on the return voyage to the Thames, calling at the Okinemuri junction.

Messes D. JVI. Mclntyre and Peter Ferguson leave here. to-morrow on a prospecting tour to the supposed' goldfield at To Aroba.~ Apropos of this matter we may mention that on Saturday we wero informed by a gentleman that ,ke discovered some specks of gold in a piece of quartz which he found in a creek at Te Arohu. Of course he would not inform us of the exact locality, bub we may add that he is very sanguine that auriferous deposits in payable quantities will be discovered there.

Theme was a turn out of our cricketer friend a on Saturday when some good practise was gone in for at the Parawai ground. On Saturday next the opening match of the season eleven v. twenty-two will be played, and on the first of November the annual contest between our boys and the Coromandelites will take place.

The Rev. W. J. Watkin preached at the Presbyterian Church yesterday on the occasion of the twelfth anniversary of the congregation.' In the morning the rev. gentleman took liis text from Rev. xxi, 22, " And I saw no temple therein ; for the Lord Q-od Almighty is the temple in it." From this a most eloquent and appropriate address wu.3 preached. In the evening Mr Watkin gave an bble sermon on the rise and fall of king Saul. There was a large attendance on both occasions.

A temsgbam from Wellington says that it is reported the Government intend to dispense with the services of Messrs Conyora and Lawson, Commissioners of Railways. We are sorry to hear of these changes, for two more painstaking and faithful servants »re not in tbe lervice of the colony. How-

ever, in carrying out the retrenchment policy no doubt the Government find they can dispense with the services of these gentlemen.

A Peess Association telegram from Wellington of Saturday's date stales :—" A man named John Andrews, better known as John Murphy, a cabman, tncfc with his death to-day under somewhat peculiar circumstances. It appears ho was driving hour, übout 2.30 this morning, when his vehicle struck against a night cart, and, the shock precipitated him from his scut to the ground. He was picked up and placed in his own trap. s A constable made hia appearance, and there being no apparent injuries the man wai taken into custody on a charge drunkenness. Andrews was placed in the cell and given blankets to sleep on. He was visited by the sergeant several timea during the early hours of the morning, and made no complaint of having sustained any injuries At one o'clock ho wag again visited but appeared to be asleep, and breathing heavily. He was examined by the sergeant, aud found to bo in an unconsoious state. Medical assistance was Bought, and Andrews was conveyed to the hospital. He, however, never regained consciousness, and expired at noon. The cause of death was compression of the brain. An inquest will be held on Monday, and probably an investigation will be held as to whether the police are to blame. Andrews was aged 25, and leaves a widow and two children. A friend of the deceased states he saw him at 11.30 this morning, when he was perfectly sober."

A BEGtrimoN has been in force for several years in England, by which any Civil servant becoming bankrupt—unless he could exonerate himself before the Commissioners from all blame in the matter—was dismissed the Bervice. We learn that the New Zealand Government have jjiesued a circular memo, to the effect that any railway employe becoming insolvent is to be at once dismissed the public service—we presume with the same proviso as at Home.

A cobbespokj>ent of the Medical Times says that the popular prescription for spasmodic asthma in certain parts of the country is to eat heartily of watercresses, and it is said thai; the remedy is successful. One of the household remedies tried in Wellington for the oure of the troublesome coughs pervading at preent in nearly every household is a decoction of watercress roots, a handful or more, boiled in a quart of water until reduced to a pint, and the liquor then mixed with a quarter of a pound of treacle.

Mb D. Maccalisterrecently gave a Icture in Melbourne under the auspices of the AntiCompulsory Vaccination Society, entitled " Vaccination a Fertile Source of Disease and Death." The lecturer closed by mentioning a number of cases that had come under his observation in and around Melbourne where erysipelas, pyemia and typhilis had followed vaccination. A number of gentlemen discussed the matter, and asked questions, which were answered by the lecturer, who then called upon those present to enroll themselves as members of the Anti-Vaccination Society, and thereby strengthen the hands of the Minister of Mines (Mr Williams) and D. T. Daviea, M.L.A., when they brought their motions forward for the abolition of the compulsory clause of the Vaccination Act. There have been (if medical testimony is to be believed) cases in Auckland which fully confirms the statements made by Mr Macoalister.