THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3836, 14 April 1881, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1881.

We are informed that the Honorable the Commissioner of Telegrapher-has authorised the observance at all Telegraph Offices on Easter Monday of Sunday hours only—. namely, TO to 10.30 a.m., und 5 to 5.30 p.m. Midnight stations, however, and those required for Press purposes, will be open from 7 to 8 p.m., and open at midnight for cable messages.

- The Board of Education require tenders for the ereotion of a school-house at Hastings.

The address of Sir G. Grey to the Thames people is looked, forward to with considerable, intorest. It i 3 expected that he will forshadow the policy of the Opposition, and indicate the line of policy to be adopted by his party..

• We would again remind our readers of the excursion of the Te A^oha to Miranda to-

morrow,

"VoLTTNTEEBS -are reminded to put a pannikin, knife,-and fork in their kits. Thjs Naval Cadets go to Auckland to-night in their pinnace..

The members of Vol. Corps intending to proceed to the Waikato are referred to our columns for marching orders.

■ Our " men " who are to uphold the prestige of the place at Auckland, leave this afternoon per Botornahana. We omitted to mention the name of Master Bucklaad as a member of the team.

A MEETiNft of the Pumping Association Directors will be held on Tuesday, at which the report of the sub-oommittee to enquire into the dispute between the engineer at the pumping works and Mr Career will be considered.

Sib Geobgb Gbey will proceed to Coromandel f-^ypn the Thames, and we understand that Im JS&nstituents in that district have made steamboat arr-mgeinent to take their member from the Thames and convoy him to Aixckland after his address.

A SOClAii p*rty will bo held on Easter Monday to commemorate the institution of Good Templary.

"Mb Cabpekteb advertises a sile of unre deemed pledges.

Wb wish our readers to look at the advert tisement from J. Bycroft and Co., which appears in another column. The proprietors of the City Flour Mills have made arrangements to.supply the very best quality flour at the lowest market prices. They have determined to patronise the local growers of wheat, and have already a largo stock of Auckland wheat on hand. Their arrange-, ments enable them to supply their -Anchor, Brand of flour in sacks at £11 per ton, and iv smaller quantities at a slight increase/ ,',

Mb H'ONias, the Secretary of the Thames Hospital, requires tenders for a supply of .firewood.. ,

We leain'that Messrs McLean, the proprietors of a large area of ground in the Upper Tuames—a great portion of which lies within the' Thames' County—have entered into contracts for draining', on a extensive system, a large section of their estate lying towards the the Thames river." This will be encouraging to the sefctlera of tbe upper country, and may induce others to follow their good example.

It was stated in Auckland th t-X/otti Wil-

mot offered to tell Wiukham "at*a 'seance whether he would be committed for trial in the action for libel instituted by Mr Bees, the solicitor. By a telegram from Auckland we find he .has bten committad. When is the local'libel' action coming to a head, ©r when is the apology to appear ? It will abject, we understand, and the name of the poor scribe who indited the paragraph is to be given. We have not heard from Paul Pry lately j we hope the prospect of an action at law haa not killed him. His notes were interesting.

Thbbe were four cases of typhoid fever under treatment at the Provincial Hospital yesterday, and "two of these were -from Newmarket.

' Thei London Standard' deplores the gigantio emigration to the United States. Europe made a present last year of £60,000,000 to the United States. It is the same as if Europe bad taken upon itsalf the whole burden of federal expenditures for twelve months It is a pitj the stream of emigration cannot be diverted to our colonies, where British-born people.would still find the shelter of home flags..

The Czar, says a telegram in tha Melbourne Argus, was shockingly mangled. One leg was torn from the body, and he received other severe injuries. A. number of the guards, officers, and police who surrounded the car riage were -.'killed* and several others were wounded. Thiv Or-nd Duke Michael was amongst the wounded. The shock caused by the explosion was so great that the, windows of houses situated at a great distance from the scene were shattered.