The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3892, 20 June 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1881.

Jddsb Shaw has decided in re the Pro* perty Tax that tbe person owning property in New Zealand may deduct debts, charges, or liabilities on that property, due or to beoome due, to persons outside the colony. The Auckland Freeman's Journal publishes from the ; Saturday Advertiser the report of the meeting of sympathisers in Dunedin with the Irish Land League. An advertisement appears in another column notifying the holidays for the public schools. , The Governors of tbe High-School are in want of a second master, owitig to the resignation of Mr James. •. ,'■ , Mb Molxhone's threat, that he would appeal to the District Court in tbe dispute between himself and a native about » certain 1.0. U. is about being carried out. Mr Konrick,"it will be remembered, decided against,' Mr Mcllhone.; r. Thb brothers W. V. and James Bindon i have been committed for trial by Mr Barstow for alleged arson. Some days ago we mentioned tbe fact that the lowest tender for the Kopu section of the railway - was close on £1500. The actuaj amount is £1489, the tender of Mr.McDer. mott. Mr Levett was. the' 10we.4, with £3494, for the Morrinsville section. A TBiiEOBAH from,' Wellington stys :—lt is understood that Mr Alexander Brogden, M.P.» who is now in Wellington, intends testing the practicability of establishing the manufacture of cement in New Zealand.! He has obtained from Taramtki a number of• blocks of lime* ttpne, some clay, and other materials apparently suitable for cement manufacture, which he purposes sending Home in order to have them made into cement, with a view of testing the matter thoroughly. — IkIOBMATION hfs been re'ceivecl' at 'the Auckland Station from Constable Grahom, of Otabuhu, that an elderly woman, about 65, named Mrs Donnelly,. living for many years at Howick, had been found dead in her residence. She lived alone, her sons being in employment at Whungarei.

i After all the troube taken and money spent, in the matter of petitions for the incorporation of Parawai, tie Borough are doomed again to dieuppointment, as it appears now the Government hare given it as an opinion that the steps taken for that object haivu not complied with the law. Noiwithstabding the present dull times on the field, it is gratify ing to le&ru that Auckland capitalists hare faith in the resources of the Thames and the future of oar harbour. It appears Messrs Frater Bros., of Auckland, hare disposed of a considerable portion of the Thames Harbour Board debentures to an , Auckland capitalist, and they expect short!j to place the whole of the issue of £6000. When we . consider the small amount of tbe loan, the interest being 7 per cent., and the ample securities offered, it is surprising that it should be necessary to go outside the Thames to find purchasers. for such an investment. . A MEBTiNff was held at the County Council offices, this afternoon of members of the Borough and County. Councils over the vexed water supply question. THE Waikato Cavalry Team started for home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A number of our citizen* accompanied them as far m tbe Puriri i »6d* "springs,' where they parted with mutual cheers It wan the inten tion of the Waikato meu_tb,stay at Paeroa all night, making Hamito* this evening. The day Jwtnesl outi fine, but the roads after-the Ute niti, Wer»; *cry; heavy., i Major Watson has Lieutenunt Johnson to take through Hj||wn of fifteen or twenty men for a return mttßh.Mriy noxfc mmiper. Tho W«ikato m*»iwtpresßed their pleasure with the trip and thafflfgjpy, and if report speaks true one or two of the bachelor < in the team have left their hearts behind themrrthe outcome of which, we hope, will tend #MH fttfther to cement the friendly union existing'bsrttreen the Waikato • and Thames. One stalwart trooper was adorned with lovely flowers in bis coat, given to him by fair hands on leaving. ..■-■'' A- ■■:■ " ■ ■

Fob the convenience' of shareholders resident at the Th*mei, the directors of the Blue i Spur arid Gabriel's dully Sluicing Company here authorised Messrs Prater Bros, to receite ; the calls due in that company on the, Bthr , June, and by advertisement in another column' , those gratfftirien invite shareholders to pay ♦he amounts to them.

W» learn fclmfc in connection with the petition by Parnwai ratepayers to merge into the Borough, the Government dismissed the petition on the grounds shl. out in a peti. tion forwarded to the Governor by Mr G. If. Brawny (wio acted as counsel f>>r the counter petitioners) in his private* capacity a* a resident householder of Farawai. The pout* taken b/ Mr £r*»«t>y being a j followi j—i-

That the petition to merge prayed that the boundaries of the district defined in the Provincial Gozette of the 25'h June 1872, be incorporated. 2. TJmr. fie notice the Governor caused to.bo pubhVi<»d in the newspapers of the 30ih De ember, 1880, in terms of sub. section 1 of section 25 of the Municipal Corporation* Act, 1878, and setting forth the boundaries of the District proponed to beincor p >ra*ed into the Borough, did not set forth the boundfaries proposed to be incorporatad. 3. That such notice called upon ■" resident householders " and not " ratepayers " to object to the petition, and such notice had mi«led the persons entrusted with ohtaining signa tures to such counter petition. 4 That inasmuch as no " district" defined by law had been set out, there could bo no " valuation roll" to guide the counter petitioners in obtaining signatures to their petition. 5. That h believed that it was the desire of the majority of the residents of Parnwai not to merge into the Borough. 6. That both petition and counter pefilion were in consequence bad on the face of the facts apt out on the petition. 7- That the petition had been largely signed by persons who had signed the counter petition, and many were "resident householders" of the district. A SPECIAL meeting of the Governors of the Thames High School w s held at the Borough Chambers this afternoon to receive the resignation of the assistant master, Mr James, and to take euch steps as might be necessary to appoint a successor. The resignation was accepted, and it was decided to call for applications from gentlemen competent to fill the position. Tne salary was fixed at £250 per annum. This was ><ll tun business of importance transacted. We understand that MoKee is likely to bring on ugain the " case of tb« Cup " The advice of tbe District Judge is to be followed, and the donor wi!l bs the next defendant in the matter. The Bangers are annoyed at Vol McKee, and wish him to leave the Company. In case he refuses, the following resolution was .carried at a meeting held last week, to enable the captain of the corps to carry out the wish of the men:—'That, deeply feeling the injury sustained bot!) by tfee Bangers and the Volunteer I'orce generally through the action of Private McKee, of this Company, in regard to the Andrews Cup, the Captuin be instructed to take such steps as will secure his immediate dismissal from the Volunteer Force."

The following is the State of Sick at the Thames Goldfield Hospital from 12th to 18th June, 1881 :—Statistical Nosology— Zymotic PißPases—remained 4, admitted 1, discharged 2, remaining 3; Constitutional— nil ; Local—remained 6, admitted 0, died 0, remaining 6 ; Violent—remained 8, discharged 3, remaining s.;—Tota 18, admitted 1, discharged 5, died 0, remaining 14. Out-Patients, 30. —Thomas Aitjcen, Dispenser. ' Mb Lttndok, speaking on the second reading of the Charitable Aid Bill, kept the House in a continual i-tate of laughter. He com menced by showing that there were very independent poor in the colony by instancing the fact of a number of men refusing work at 7« » dM| because they had to feed on pork. ThenVfJe B<iid there was plenty of laud in the North where men could make a good living growing sweet potatoes, but; he didn't know the purliam ntary name for them. ( oars of laughter.) Mr Swanson and the other membei 8 who voted for the Bill, did so for electioneering purposes ; but he was in a position to spenk his mind, because he had no constituency now, his constituents having deserted him and eelee'ed another man. (Laughter.)' He hnd not read the bill, but would be prepared to discuss it in committee. (Renewed laughter.) Small districts wou d not be able to support charitable institutions. Look at Oneiiunga ; that was a refuge for the sick and destitute, because the land was good, and there was more grass on the streets than the , cattle could eat. Then in Howick the Highway Board had au annual revenue of only £16 a year. What advantage would the bill be to them. The peopln there were very poor, and had been living upon timber. (Great laughter.) Knurl timber, sir. They were" as poor now as they were forty years ago. If everybody would only go to work for two or three years, it, would pay off our national debt. Let them pass an Act by which everyone, in health should be made' go into the country to w.irk. He believed in settling the country, because the more sheep nul the less paupers the better —though ho did'nt know tnuoh about sheep. Paupers were worse than Chinese, becausetbey never left the country. He hoped the Government would put a vote on the estimates for £100,0(0 or £200,000, and they would have his vote. (Laughter.) A poll tax was no good. The Government could not enforce it upon doga, and how could they expect to do so on men, to pay for lick and destitute. If a local government Bill i was brought in by the other party the Government would go out. There wus no doubtabout that. If the Government brought in a bill to-morrow for a five million loan, he was | on, and they could reckon upon his vote. (Laughter.) But the Hospital Bill was no good to country districts. He was sjrry he ; had said so much, because last session he had done too much for his constituents, >*nd intended to do less this session. (Laughter.)— Star. CAPTAIN JAMES, of the brigantine Selena* informs the Star that when about 20 miles to the eastward of Oamaru, on May Z9fch, he observed no less than twelve or fourteen whales. He also observed a like number off Hick's Bay when on the passage up. A TELBGRAM sajs: — A large mooting assembled at Parihaku oa Friday to Welcome the released prisoners, and Te Whiti kept them on the meeting place during the whole day, and addressed them at intervals. He was tu<»* only »i»wk*rr and blamed the Government for their arrest, and a&ul that no one e'se was to blame should any further trouble eneut'. They had been scut to gaol to avoid war and no war should arise in future.,. The land between White Cliffs uqd'.Wanganui was given up as a pluce of unarmed strife between Tohu and tha Government. The. authority should be returned to the native Israelites through the exertions of the prisoners. The .European yoke should b» thrown off, but all shall be done by peaceable means. The prisoners, wore decorations on their head* as « sign of their chieftainship, which should increase, and nut diminish.

The Mar.ried Woman's Properly Protection Bill, introduced in the' Legislative Council by Mr Waterlionse, proceeds on very different lines from the Act passed la«fc session, 'that provided mainly for caee of women who are deserted or cruelly treated by husbands, or whose husbands are either openly unfaithful or habitual drunkards. The new Bill further' provides that a married woman-may acquire; hold and dispose of property without the intervention, of a trustee, may sue, and be Rued, and be subject to the bankruptcy laws, if she carry on a separate trade, contracts beingjdfMnied' however to be with respect to 4er ftpamte property anless the- cantrary be sbowo. A woman roariied after the passing I of the Act may ho Was her s*paraU property^. 1 any owned by her at marriage or ftjfrsequenHy i acquired t Aud the woman malted before i the Ac, ma> hold property acquired after the i Act. Husbands are not to be liable for i wives' debts contracted before marriage, I except to the extent pf the property acquired l through her. Disputes between husband and I wife »s,to property may be •uintnivrily settled 1 by aJu-jge of the Supr.-me Court. , Nothing 1 iv the Act is to affect existing tettlemenUdr 1 the power of making future settlement*.

Thb Herald's M special" wires:—l under* stand that Major Atkinson's Financial Statement is practiuulJy ready for delivery at any time. His preaent intention is not to bring it down before the end of the month, unless tne House express * decided wish to have it earlier, in which case he will readily accede. I believe, however,, it will prove to be purely non-sensnti nal in ehawetar, mid to have been entirely anticipated by previous disclosures. The chief point will probably be that the Government will see their way to bring expenditure we,ll within the revenue this year, without any necessity for imposing new or increased taxation. It is supposed that his proposals of last session ngardiDg local finance will be revived, but that, if bo, they will meet with strong opposition, and will prore the weak point in the Ministerial armour—in fact, the whole question of local government and its finance is one of growing seriousness in the political situation, especially in view of the coming elections.

A Db Wild of Canada predicts fifty-three' years of war after 1882, and announces that the milieniuiu will begin in 1935. The Whangarei Advocate says :—The misfortune of the colony ie, not that our finances are bad or oHr public works unproductive, but that the Ship of State is wretchedly manned. Where is the man to do '• a little financing," as Vogel cooily puts it ? Surely not Atkinson, who caused the great panic on 'Change— and 'tis said he is our best financier But he wants political rest, and is not likely to set any house on fire. New Zealand is slowly but surely getting pn towards polygamy. Christohurch contains 600 men more than women, Avon 200,. Lyttelton 380, Sydenham 130, Heathcote 600, and Akaroa district 400. Many of our readers who remember Mios Amy Thornton, as a little girl on the Thames, will be interested to know that she was married on Thursday week Inst at Napier to Mr Charles Mordige.—Grey Star. It appears that Sir Arthur Gordon's exalted notions respecting the dignity of hia office are by no means o' recent growth. When he was in the West Indies, he attempted to enforce a rule that when he entered a room alt the j ladies should stand, and not re-seat themselves until he hud himnclf pat down. His reason was that as he represented the Queen, the same respect should be shown him' as to her Majesty.