The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1882.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4255, 21 August 1882, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1882.

A MEETING of pereans interested in the Otanui district is convened by adfertisement for to-night. An excellent letter from Mr Syms on the subjept of the Ot*nui road is crowded out.

The irrepressible Col. Davis charged Mr John Butcher, at the Police Court, presided over by Dr Kilgour and Mr Murray, this morning, with the larceny of a spade, var'onsly valued at from 3d 'o Is 6d, which formed the subject of a suit on Friday. The evidence points in one direction very clearly, viz , that very respectable neighbours believe the Col. is in the right. However, their Worships chose to decide he was wrong, and dismissed tb.3 case. Mr Braasey appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Mi'ler defended.

These was a very fair attendance at th < Oddfellows' Hall, last night to hear Mr E. H. Taylor's lectureon " The Living Soul." The first ptrt of the service was conducted by Mr Aldridge, lately of England, but sow residing at Auckland. Mr Taylor took as the basis of his discourse the 19th and 20th verses of the 12th chapter of St. Luke, and contended that whatever the word " soul" was used to express in that passage, it seemed plain enough to him that it implied the whole man, and not merely the shadow or spirit said to live in him. Xn the Keviaed Version the word " soul" was translated "life." The Hebrew idea 'of'a soul also tallied with this, a; Mr Taylor showed by reading several passages of Scripture. Many people laid great stress on tbe faot that some of the "Fathers," or the great preachers, taught the immortality of the soul, but if they did the grandfathers, or the Apostles, did not, as their writ:ngs showed. Mr Aid ridge then spoke a few words, saying they were often aaked why they spent so much time teaching these doctrines, and wby did they not rather preach the gospel of salvation ? In reply to these and similar queries he might say that these doctrines were very importamt, and all hinged on the question, "Is man immortal ? " It was the duty of Christians to inquire what was meant by " eoul " in the Bible, as to what was the death the wicked were to die, and what was tbe eternal life the righteous were to have, given to them. The usual Bible class will be held in the Hall on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.

The Gtrahametowß fire belle rang out an alarm at dinner time, aod the town was soon astir. Happily the cause was only the burn* ing up of some tar which Messrs A. and GL Price were preparing to spread on some tubing in their foandry." The whole affair ended in smoke, of which there was a superabundance.

Mb John K. Gibbons, of the Advertiser staff was presented by the companionship of the office, on Saturday afternoon, with a token of their esteem, which took the form of a valuable gold ring and an elaborately curved cigar-holder. - Several speeches were made, during which allusion was made to the many pleasant yearj that the old members of th« chapel had spent in the office with Mr Gibbons. Mr Gibbons leaves for Wellington to-morrow, to take up his duties on the Post.

A WBli-CONTHSTED game of football was played 01 the Waio-Karaka Flat on Sat urday, the opposing teams being representatives from the High School and Pioneer Clubs. Owing to the dilatorinesi of some of the School team the boll was nob kicked off until 3 p.m., instend of 2 o'clock, as had been previously arranged. For the first half hour, and indeed during the second term, the School boys had the best of the play, and on more than one occasion the Pioneers were in Eminent danger of losing a goal. Toe lade, however, were unable to croßs the line, and for the remainder ct the term were much inferior to their opponents, the latter several times driving them right back to the sticks In the last ten minutes the Pioneers ma^e a desperate effort to score, and through the instrumentality of Arthur Rae succeeded in getting a try, which Christie failed to convert into a goal. The Pioneers thus won the match by two Points to nil. For the High Sohool team Barns, Adams, Airey, Farrell, and the three Maoris played remarkably well, and on the other side Christie (Capt.), Muir, Taylor, Gibbons. Rae, and A Horn were conspicuous by their exertions Next Saturday, should the weather prove fine, a return match will be played by the Shortlund and High School Clubs.

De Payne, in answer to a telegram sent, received a message from Mrs Philson to the effect that Dr Philson, although weak, is better, and out of danger. Dr Philson is a staunch teetotaller, and it was not until Friday that he could be induced to take stimulants, and soon there was a marked improvement. Previously he hud despaired of recovery, and had called his family around him to bid them farewell on *>arth. Everyone wil'. rejoice to learn that there are probably several years of usefulness in store for the grand old surgeon.

Hebe is a wrinkle for the Borough on bow to maintain the Fire Brigade. The Wellington correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times telegraphs:—" You will be glad to hear that the Colonial Secretary yesterday informed Mr Stewart that he would give a subscription of «£SO to your local Fire Brigade as the Government subscription. We are thankful for these small mercies, but special thanks are due to Sir J. Hall, who is the very soul of honor, and did not forgot »he verbal promise made twelve months ago, though tbe amount was not specially mentioned at the time." Tbe Thames people would have been only too glad to regard him as the soul of honor, and would be only too pleased to offer up prayers for' hia soul's eternal welfare if he hid kept the promises made to them when he was Premier.

The Zealandia left San Francisco on July 30, and stopped on the 14vh instant at 1.45 a.m. oft Poalo village, Tutuila Island, and landed Dr Cummings and wife. He goes to Samoa as the American Consul. The passengers for New Zealand are:—Saloon : Captain Baldwin, Mrs Armatrong, Messrs D.McKelJar, Palmer, Bowron, J. Dickie, W. Dickie, McLean, A. T. Alcombe, A. H. Shipley, Kirdy, Brown. Steerage: Mrs. M. Carlisle, Mrs Harrison, Mrs McCarthy, and four children, Messrs Cornelius Ellerbuk and McCarthy. In transit for Sydney, 38 cabin and 33 steerage. Among the saloon passengers are M. Pallude L. Barriere, the new Governor of New Caledonia ; Lady Clas k, and Ryman's Minstrel Troupe. Dr Weir also returns to Sydney by the Zealandid with five trotting mares nnd three geldings ; also ten thoroughbred Vermont merino sheep. Of the etock brought by Dr Weir, two of the geldings have a public record of 2mins 34secs, and the others are bred from the beat trotting stock in America. Their strains comprise blood of Rjsdick's Hambletonians ; Whiffie's Hambletouian Chieftain, Montreal, Echo, Hercules, and David Hill.