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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3765, 21 January 1881, Page 2

The Board of Education have determined not to re-open the Thames schools till the 31st met., principally owing to the fact that, the teachers' examination takea place within a few days.

Phiixips' 'buss for Hikutaia will leave on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock instead of 11 o'clock as previously advertised. .

THEBE :'s every probability of the cricket match Thames CO. v. Coromandel O.C coming off on the 29th. A practise will be held at the PHrawai Ground to-morrow, when the taam to represent the Thames will be picked.

.At the Police Court this morning, H WhartoH was charged with the lareency of £10 worth of goods from the store of Mr Leydon. Major Murray wus on the Bench, and remanded the cise.

The Miner says :—The utter neglect of the Thames people to give the Te Avoha Battei'v Company the slightest support has bean the subject of unfavorable comment during the past few days. Apologists for them will probably Bay that they are not bound to invest money in a project they have no confidence in, but we think they should look on the matter in a broader and more patriotic light thin the mere desire for individual benefit. A new goldfield is being developed, which, if successful will have a beneficial effect directly and indirectly all over the colony, and we have no hesitation in saying that every colonist should consider it his duty to extend a helping hand. If th\6 principle ia ?ood with respect to the colony at large, how much more so should it be in respect to the rejident3 of neighbouring districts, who expect t> derive the greatest benefits through the development of our resources. We have no dnubt but that we will be able to raaUe our battery -without the aid of the Thames people, but there will be many here wh » will not be -backward in instituting comparisons between the respective actions of the Wajkato and Thames communines in dealing with the "first appeal oi the Te Aroha people for external aid.

Thb measures which have been taken by the Government to' suppress the existing agitation in Ireland have led to summonses being issued for tbe arrest of sixty Land Leaguers, all o*%hom will be placed on their trial for sedition.

. A YANKEE cays Beaconsfield has made up his mind never to accept office again, no matter what may happen. He has bousht the lease of a house in Cursean street with a part of the large sum he has received for " Endymion," and he means to begin life over figain on a new departure at the age of 76.

Tmeßay of Plenty Times says-.—"Since Captain Bear's appointment us Harbour Master and Pilot at faurunga he has shown himself remarkably successful in discharging the duties of his office, and in conducting auch a large vessel as the Lady Jbaelyn in and out-of'a harbour which was never entered by a sailing vessel of such large dimensions before he has proved that he iB possessed of skill, prudence, and judgment —qualities which are absolutely essential for successful seamanship."

" Old Tuepite " in the Observer writes as follows: —"The Herald and an evening contemporary find fault with me for -deciding that sweeps made on the course should go to Lone Hand as first past the post. I seldom give an opinion on racing matters without an authority. In the cisc of sweeps, I find that Bell's Life in London, which is considered the best authority on turf matters, answers the question thus . —" All sweeps made on the ourse to gt> to the horse first past the post, provided he has gone the course and carried his proper weight."

JJAt a meating in Berlin, of 2,000 persons resolutions were passed in favour of the suppression of the liberty of Jews, to return no Liberal to Parliament who will not promise to vote for such (suppression, and to buy noth ing from Jewish shops or firms.

In a recent letter in the London Times, Dr Croke, Archbishop of Cashel, justified the non-rent pnying proclivities of the Land L-aguers by quoting Bt. Paul in proof of the position that the labourer was first en'i tied to the fruits of the soil, and t'«e landlord afterwards if there was anything left. Some of the Oxford dons twitted His Grace in the Daily Telegraph on his knowledge of Geek, or rather his lack of it, in rendering the text alluded to. The combative Archbishop returns to the charge, and thus writes in the Telegraph;—" Your correspondents have quoted the Greek text correctly. Allow me to give, chronologically, six different English renderings of it," which he does from WickliffV Tyndall's, Cranmer's, Geneva, Bduay, an<i other authorised versions. "But," concludes His Grace, "Imust not weary you or mjself with further quotations. What conclusions, however, are we authorised to draw from those that I have already adduced ? Two inferences from them are obvious and inevitable—first, that St. Paul's text is not only susceptible of the meaning which I assigned to it, namely, that the labourer on the soil has a right to" be fed, and fed before all others from the fruits thereof—bat that this is the oouunouly

received interpretation of the passage ; and, secondly, that my bo-called critics have, as a rue, displayed their own ignorance to a very considerable extent), while flattering theuaj.selves, no doubt, that they were exposing [ mine." m

It is with rogret we have to mention a wonton piece of misqhief on the part of some person or persona. Last evening the water pipes, as far as Sealey street, were laid preparatory to being tested this morning, but it was found, upon the men proceeding to work, that during the night one of the pipes had been smashed by having heavy stones thrown upon it. Now, this ia an offence that the perpetrators will have to suffer for, and the police have already taken ite.'S to arrest the persons. The money loss to the Borough will be fully £12, besides occasioning a great loss of valuable time to the contractor. We hops the Magistrate will make it a caution to tue wilful destroyers of public property. Notwithstanding that the dangers of the road to the top of the Te Aroha mountain have been frequently recounted, the magnificence of the view from the suinunit still tempts many to make the asceat. The latest to undertake the journey, and that successfully, were Mr and Mrs Carpenter, who one day last week ascended the mountain. The view from the top was very much enjoyed and fully repaid their great labor. The difficulties of the ascent were increased by the b»i state of ihe track, which takes its way in some parts along the edge of precipices and places where a slip of (he foot would probably cause loss of life. Thb following resolution has been carried at a meeting of the Presbyterian Synod now sitting in Dunedin:—"That the Synod adopt the overture and appoint a committee to take the whole subject of union with the sister church of the North into conversation, with power to confer with any cornmitt c which may be appointed by the Northern church on the Bubject; and to bring up a repovi at the next meeting of the Synod."