The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3966, 14 September 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1881.

The etise H. B. Campbell v. James Hosie is set down for hearing in the Supreme Court for the 3rd of October.

The olive cuttings promised some time ugo by Sir George Grey lnve, arrived,' and are at the County Council Offices. Mr Brodie notifies that all persons requiring some tan have the same by applying at the offices at noon to morrow.

The schooner Sixon, from Canterbury, is due here in a few days with a full cargo of potatoes and cheese consigned to our t jwub* man, Mr Thomas Vealo, which that gentleman will be prepared to sell to the.trade in suitable lots irri'nediately on arrival. We are pleased to see vessels coming here direct from southern ports, thus saving the expense of transhipment in Auckland, and hope the ratcsobtuined for this line will be of such a character as to lead to a continuance of the

shipments,

In looking through the proceedings of the Irish Famine Belief Committee, we find that the amount subscribed from the Australian Colonies exceeded half the eetire contributions. The following are the amounts :—- Victoria, collections, £31,314 19s lid $ New South Wales, do., £28,000 ; Queensland, do,, £12,069 2a 9d; South Australia, do , £7836 lOb.j Weßtern Australia, do., £1,214 17s 5d ; Tasmania, do., £3,619 6s 3d; New Z^Uvnd, do., £10,427 2s 6d; Fiji, do, £316 j Australia, individual subscriptions, £119 17s lOd. Total amount of contributions, £181,665 9s Id. Australian colonies, £94,916 16a Bd.

Thekk was no business at the Palico Court this 11 orning.

Applications for the post of mine manager for the Cure Gr.M.Co. will be received by the directors up to the 21st inst.

M. Henbi Bochefort, the notorious Communist, essayed to address a meeting of electors in Paris, but was snubbed and pushed off the platform.

Some correspondence had been received by the Ministry during the last month from fcstr Julius Vogel, but Government^ had not either taken it into consideration or replied to it.

The trial of James McGhhey, who has been in the Hokitika gaol awaiting trial for murder at Oarterton, will take place on the 26th inst. - '-•'.'•

Haetmann, who was concerned in the plot against the Czar's life, and who is now in New York, has offered to become informer against his accomplices. *

Excessive sickness prevails among the workmen engaged in the construction of the Panama Canal, aud. the works have, consequently, been suspended for the present.

We learn from Mr Greenville that the shares held in Heara's tribute by Messrs Deeble and Heam have been purchased by Mr James Walsh. The Union Jack was ho;ißfcedja» shaft yesterday, to mark the event.' It is probable that the appeal to the Supreme Court, commenced by Mr Greenville, will now be stopped, as satisfactory arrangements have been made between the tributers and Mr Greenville.

The Lyttelton Harbor Board, after a lengthy consideration, determined to use the electric light for illuminating the harbor, and an order will be forwarded through the Telegraph Department for the necessary machinery and appliances.

His Honor Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast was sworn in as Acting Governor at 530 yesterday afternoon, before Mr Justice Biuhmond. "Tho Premier, the Colonial Secretary, Postmaster-General, and Minister for Native Affairs,-were also present.

Ins ibuctions have been given by the Government, for all Civil' Servants appointed siace October, 1876, who have nofc been vaccinated, to have tha operation performed, in accordance with the provision of the Public Health Act, to which attention was called in the House recently.

It is reported that Sir George Grey and Mr Andrews will be requested to contest the two Chrialchurch seats at the forthcoming elec tion.

.An entertainment, under the auspices of the Thames Baptist Church choir and friends, was given in the chapel, Willoughby street, last evening, the Rev .T. L. Davioa in the chair. A-loog and raried programme, consisting of pianoforte selections, songs, read' ings,. recitations, &c, was faithfully and creditably rendered to a large and attentive audience. At the conclusion votes of thanks were accorded to those who had give a assistance, after which Mrs Hajngjujn, engaged iv prayer, and the* meeting terminated by the singing of the Doxology and the pronunciation of the Benediction..

The: flauraki Quadrille Assembly hare been compelled to postpone their usual fortnightly dance, owing to the Academy being otherwise engaged.

Tub Scottish Battalion invite the attendance of voluuteers of other corps to the funeral of their late companion in arms, .Vol. Boberfc Wingate.

His Worship the Mayor and Mr Brodie (County Chairman) returned by the Rjtoma. hana Inat night. Both gentlemen are looking well after their trip to the Empire City.

It seems likely that we have not heard the last of the Speaker's ruling on the late stonewalling operations of the Opposition, as Sir George Grey has given notice of a motion to bring the subject up for discussion.

We do not think the post office authorities would recognise in the light, clean, and ait y suite, now occupied by the County Council, tbe dirty and dreary rooms in which the Government officials erstwhile conducted their postal business. The interior of the old building has been admirably adapted to the convenience and requirements of the various County departments, and we congratulate the Council on their new possession. We must, however, express au opinion that a coat or two of paint is v much needed on tbe

exterior as the tnaiiifest impj-QvainOilb o£ the interior. The alterations were suggested and carried out u::der the direction of Mr Hollia, who, as most of our readers are aware, is a moat experienced architect and designer.

Db Patbe hag sent tire following letter to "Mr Taylor, of JEW:—" Sir,—ln reply to your letter, permit mo to state, and I have great pleasure iv doing so, that on my visit to your dairy near Puiu, I carefully inspected the same, together with your own private .dweljing house, and that in point of cleanliness, &c-, there was nothing left to be desired. I tun very sorry My visit has proved a soure of annoyance, and trust that this letter may teud to remove the same. I may Bay, for i-he benefit of those who have riot visited you, thut the dairy is about 400 yards distant from the dwellinghous'e. further, I am of opinion that the denths which occurred at Mrs Gibbine 1, Brown street, Gtoabamstown, are (contrary to public rumor) in no way connected with your establishment. Full particulars of this, witli.other matters, will appear in my official report to the Board of Health—i am, &c, Mabtin 11. Pa.ink, Medical Officer to the Board of Health for Borough and County."

A Southebn paper says that certain Northern representatives want to elevate the. Maori suddenly from the position of a semisavage to that' of a free und independent elector, evidently without) calculating that the tomahawk might ,pluy a prominent part in deciding elections.

Mb Sheehan told in the House of Representatives the other day an amusing story of how he and bis party came into office in Auckland on the cry of " Retrenchment and Eeform," remained in office on that cry for four years, and only took £20 off the pay of a policeman, which they put on again before they went out.

The correspondent of the Star sayq: —I have aecertuined now, to my satisfaction at least, tbttt the Governor gets £20 per day allowance while travelling on Fiji business, and as far as Loan learn, I believe also draws tbe sune every day he attends to Fiji affairs,even whiie in New Zealand. One gentleman who is in a position to know the in a and outs of gubernatorial affairs, assures me that the total salary of His Excellency is at least £12,000 per annum. These are things not generally known.

A CABLEGRAM says :~la sinking .for a etandpipe for boring operations at Kilcunda, a coal prospecting party found the skeleton ot a kangaroo at a depth of 28 feet. Instructions have been giten by tbo Mining Department to preserve the entire skeleton. The jawbone has been Benfc to Professor Mackey, who states that it belongs to anew species of extinct genus of kangaroo called S^henurus, and indicates that the deposit found is of the pliocene tertiary age.