THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3762, 18 January 1881, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1881.

It will be observed from, oar advertising columns that tenders are called for the extension of the Karaka Road, and the widening of the Rotukohu Boe.d. The former road is, the one reported against-, by the 'Warden and. Mining Inspector, but which the County undertook on their own -.account for .the benefit of the large number of miners employed at the head of the Karaka Oreek, without the aid from the vote of £10,000 they would hare obtained bub for the adverse report referred to. Much credit is due to the County Council for tbeir .energy in this matter, and more especially to their respected Engineer (Mr Attken) and his ■staff, for the promptitude displayed in carry ing out the wishes of the Council. *Z Thbbb is every probability of the unsold portions of the Te Aroba lands being joflered by the Board for selection! The price per acre will be the upset- price of the section when first offered. | A OfiiCKßi team is being organised to pro- | ceed to Coromandel on the 29th, and it is the intention of the Club to charter the s.s. Blanche to convey the eleven to meet their brother manipulators of. the, willow. The match will no doubt be eagerly looked forward to by both elevens. At the meeting of the Naval Brigade held yesterday evening it was determined that the gun boat should leave for Auckland about 6 a.m on Thursday, the 27th inst., and the gig on Friday, the 28th, about the same hour. Any hon. member will be welcome on board either .to and from, or in Auckland. The usual Church parade will be held on next Sunday instead of on the 30th instant, and we understand that the Brigade have invited the other Thames companies to join, A KIW kind ot thistle has made its ap> pearance in Mackay street, that fruitful garden of all sorts of weeds. The new variety brandies out into a number of stocks, each ■took terminating in a large cone. The cone is encased in a coating of sharp spikes, which seem capable of inflicting a very severe wound on one's hand if one ventured rashly to seize it.

The cones would likely be troublesome to sheep runs, as the spikes should make them stick to the wool. It would be well if this weed were exterminated before it is allowed to spread, as otherwise it might become a great nuisance. .'- ' Thb Taranaki Herald of the 10th instant says:—We regret to learn that Mr Sargent, of Bell Block (formerly of Auckland and the Thames) is lying very ill from p<rtial sunstroke, received will making a haystack. Thb County authorities. intend paying an official visit to Ohinemuri to-morrow. Mxmbs Greenville and Tetley hare registered the ground which was in dispute, lately known as the City of Bradford, ond they intend to work it in future under the name of the Traitor. The shareholders hate obtained a certificate of protection on the claim, until the reef is cut, to draw the water. ' j 'In the cricket match Australian Eleven v. Twenty-two of lovercargill, played yesterday at Invercargill, the New flealand team went in first, and scored 43. Palmer and Spofforth's bowling was most effective. When the stumps were drawn for the day the Australians had lost six wickets for 147 runs. The principal scores were:—Murdoch, 40; Spofforth, 1 33; and McDonnell, 36. Boyle was clean bowled first ball. The new steamer being built by Messrs Price Bros, to the order of the Thames Biver Steam Navigation Company is boiog rapidly proceeded with. The frame-work is nearly | completed, and the vessel will be ready for launching in about a month. j On visiting the Police premises this morn- ' ing we were glad to find there were no inebriates to be introduced to His Worship. We observed that an offender disposed of yesterday; and who was sentenced to forty-eight hours hard labor in the cells, was doing a Government stroke by adding to the picturesque appearance, of the Court yard, by weeding and gravelling the same. We have some doubts as to the legality of confining prisoners sentenced to forty-eight hours or other :short termß of imprisonment, in the cells ordinarily used for drunkards, there being no accommodation for them with the exception of a blanket, they having to consequently lie upon the boards. This is one of the results of the retrenchment policy of the Government in doing away with the Shortland gaoL To be consistent the Government should decree that 10 per cent, of the rations now served to prisoners should be docked off.

: |-,A.x the meeting of the creditors of Professor; Swallow, held on Friday last, the followißg statement was made by the debtor concerning , the unexplained £80 which appeared in bis expenditure list when filed in -Court: — .

■ The Hawera Star thus refers to Mr Bryce's resignation :—The best proof of Mr Bryce's popularity as Native Minister is the general .regret which one and all have at once and unhesitatingly expressed at his resignation. „'-.. He knows—none better—that every 'concession made to uncivilised people is invariably regarded by the latter as a sign of weakness on-the part of the eomceder, and that To Whiti forms no exception to. the general rule. It is also certain that the Parihaka land, if offered for salewhile TeWbiti preserves his present obstructive attitude,twill be sold for very much below the market' value it would have!, if Te^Whiti's prestige were lessened. The;fencing, destruction of trig-stations, the impounding of cattle and: horses, and the - constant contemptuous abuse anddisapproval of all action taken by the Government, has been steadily persevered in by Te Whiti, and Mr Bryce has. shown, tbat he recognises that there ought to be a limit to our patient endurance of these minor acts of rebellion against European authority. It cannot;be denied that any attempt to resent, or even to put an end to, such an unsatisfactory state of things'w-ould be entirely opposed to tbewliole spirit and tradition of the iSative Office. We have no hesitation in saying that Mr Bryce's desire to take active measures against Te Whiti represents the feeling whick prevails almost unanimously along the coast. Sefttlers dislike, and are tired of being ever exposed to the continued and ever-threatening risk of a murderous raid. They knew that if resistance and bloodshed should result from active measures against Te Wbiti, it would mean ruin to many, and heavy losses to nearly all those near the frontier. But tbey Believe that some day or other the difficulty will have to be faced, and would gladly see it attempted now, even though the worst should happen.

TheKsbw Zealand Times of the 12th inst. -has the following paragraph:—" The direction of the conversational current in the city yesterday wa#''decidedly North by Worth, Northerly. Everyone had tne word'on the tip of the tongue, and had one of the city banks failed, no greater interest could have been expressed than that aroused by tub rumor tliat North, the £4000 sweep man, hud levanted. When it became known tbab the Arawata had arrived from Auckland without bringing him back, a crowd quickly assembled round the well-known premises on Lambfcou Quay, making anxious inquiries A guilelesslooking youth, with nothing on but a pair of trousers and an apology for a shirt, tit last appeared, and assured the clamorous claim ants that the worthy barber waa 'missing,' and that his wife and family had sought.' fresh fields and pastures new.' Eight o'clock arrived, and still the shop was besieged. Telegrams began to roll in, and the hot baste of the perspiring messengers contrasted Badly no doubt, with the invigorating coolness of the missing man^ us be indulged in (he breezes of the South Pacific One telegram from Hokitika was especially excruciating : 1 Has your favorite profeasor really gone, and where?' As the sender of this laconic but highly-pointed message was a loser of £50, his eagerness was, to say the least, 1 excua* able."

Wb notice by the Police Q-azette that several rewards have been given to the constables who took an active part in arresting the murderer Tuhi, at Opuuuke. Third-class Sergeant A. McKeown has been promoted to be First-class Sergeant for the zeal and ability displayed by him in arresting Tuhi. The following Constables of the Opunake Reserve Force have been awarded the sum of £5 eaoh out of the Reward Fund: —James Connell, W. Coleman, John Hickey, Thomas Knowles, W. McCarthy, Denis Murphy, John Shearman, and (Aoorge Taylor. We -are rather surprised to find that no notice has been taken of-the Civil Police in this matter, and Constable Day on whom really devolved the principal work of ferriting out the information, which led' to the conviction of the prisoner, no notice whatever appears to have been taken. Certainly as much " zeal and ability " was displayed by him as the others, and should have been recognised by the Government, who, we are sorry to say, are very slow to reward merit.—Taranaki News.

Thb following inatauce of pluck and fore* thought is from, the "Inangabus Times" :— An accident, which, owing to the presence of mind and pluck of one of the meu coaoerned, fortunately did not end in any serious come-

quences, occurred in the Energetic mine a few days ago. Tt appears that the rope in the winding shaft is out of repair, rendering it dangerous to descend in the cage, which has been the usual custom. The men had, therefore, been ordered to go down to their work by means of ladders, which are erected for a distance of about 200 fee>, in a shaft used for the purpose of access to the lower part of the mine. As the day shift was going down the ladders, the candles, carried by the topmost.man, Richard Charles, burned his hand, and caused him to let go his hold and tumble down the shaft. The next man, about twenty feet below him, hearing the scramble of Charles attempting to regain his hold of the ladder, instantaneously mastered the situation, and, at immense risk to himself, threw his own body across the shaft in such a manner as to stop the further deaoent of him. Being a big and powerful man, he succeeded in the plucky attempt, and prevented the falling man from passing him. Had this not been effected the mishap would, If in all probability, have resulted hot only in the annihilation jof Charles, bufc would aleo have caused the* destruction of five or six others^ below him, who would not have been able, to withstand the force of the increased momentum, but would have been swept off the ladder, and precipitated to the bottom about 180 feet. As it waa, the intrepidity of Hawkins saved the lot, and he escaped himself, as did Charles, with only a few scratches.

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