The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1882.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4277, 15 September 1882, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1882.

The election of Municipal Councillors yesterday: .resulted as follows :.--North Ward— Bawden, 138; Wolff, 69 Middle. Ward— Osborne, 132; Plant, 87. South WardCarpenter, 115 ; Farrell, 68. Mps -rs Bawdeh> Oaboriie, and Carpenter are therefore elected.

At a meeting of the Waste Lands Board held yesterday, a letter was received from the Under Sacretary of Crown Lanrfa, announcing the despatch of a dozen or so of land orders for members of the Te A,roh* special settlement. The orders also wei'fl received. Mr Clark, of Otongo, wrote applying for a block of 10,000 acres for a special settlement party, which he proposes to.bring out from Londonderry, Ireland.—lfc was resolved to send it 'on to the Minister of Lands.

The parade of the Thames Rifle Hangers Company, held last night, was well attended. After an hour's drill, a meeting was held, at which Sergeant Scott was elected sub'lieutenarii;' The captain then .stated that Mr Robert Farrell had, when in Auckland last weekj received from several gentlemen promisea „...; of. a . large number of very valuable prizes, one of which is a handsome gold watch, to be competed for by the company. Captain Douglas said no doubt the men sympathised with their fellow volunteers who went to Parihaka, and appeared to have been harshly treated. He would, however, caution them against; any act or part in the ; proposed' effigy 1 burning of the Won. the Defenco Minister, or any other act that might be construed into insubordination or disloyal conduct. ' --'■V'-tA meeting of .shareholders in the Crown claim, Otunni, is convened for Monday next, ait 7.30 p.m. The schooner Atlantic, which arrived at Auckland yesterday, had a rather perilous voyage since leaving Ravotonga. When nine days out a severe gale was encountered, during ! which the vessnl sprung a leak, and it was | with great difficulty the water was kept under. The whole of the deck cargo, consisting prin- ! cipally of oranges, had to bo thrown overI board to lighten the vessel. On the second day of the gale the vessel was hove to, and the leak stopped partially with furred cavas and pump leather, in which condition she reached Auckland without further mishap. . A DtTNEDIN telegram says:—At a public meeting to-night officers were appointed to carry out the approaching meeting of the •N.Z. Rifle Association. The-sum of £297 has been collected towards it, and £500 is guaranteed by citizens.

Thesb is no nation in the world where poverty's pangs are more keenly felt than in Ireland, and yet there is no country on the face of the globe more liberal in its contributions towards every charity than the Emerald Isle; But it is not in money alone that Ireland extends her hand to help the work of G-od; she giveß freely also of her fervent children • to minister at the Altar aB servants in the work of the Most High in the ranks of the clergy, as well as monks and nuns who devote their lives to the education of the children of the rich and the poor. Recent statistics prove that during the present century nearly £2,000,000 have been expended in' the erection and improvement of churches in Ireland. £3,197,227 have been:expended on monasteries and convents, £390,018 an colleges and seminaries. Nearly £200,000 have been expended on schools, under management of pariah priests, £400,000