The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1882.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4295, 6 October 1882, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1882.

Thb Star Monthly Summary for Europe and America will be published to-morrow.

Mb Eebington, C.E., comes to the Thames by the p.s. Enterprise to-night, at the request of the Harbor Board, to report on proposed improvements to Curtis' Wharf.

Mb R. R. McG-begob will sell the handsome cup presented by Mr Edwd. Lewis to the late Thames Scottish Battalion, to morrow, tbe proceeds to go to the Thames Hospital.

A t the Naval Cadet performance last night the cash taken at the doors was £21 17s : tickets sold, £29 ss: taken at the dance, £L 4s 6d| total, £52 6s 6d—an exceedingly gratifying result.

The tender of Mr Andrew Young of Wellington has been accepted for the daily mail between Thames and Paeroa and the triweekly service between Thames and lauranga, and the tender of Mr Bradley for the daily servive between Thames and Te Aroha.

At the R.M. Court this morning, judgment was giren in the case of Wm.j Wilkinson, formerly of the Thames Advertiser t. Win. Kelly, of Opotiki, for an election advertising account for £13 ss; costs £8 le. Mr Sperrey, Property Tax Commissioner has not ' yet obtained judgment against MaoDonnell Bros, of Coromandel. They bare now turned out genuine MacDonnells, and have nothing to say to the McDonalds., But Mr Kenrick would not give judgment until the plaintiff proved that the debt has not been paid, to whioh Mr Miller, demurs on the ground that it is his business only to prove the claim, not that it is unsatisfied.

Owing to the .larg6 number of batteries, &c, using water ,v» ,a motive power, the supply is found haedjy,iufficient, and the Alburnia mill'had to stibs'«|gb.t hours to-day, to allow the reservoir to fill jjqg, Mbs Nbwbomb, of-RojltstajL street, is once more on the warpath; and -h»s sent an official request to Mrs Graham- to interview-Mr Kefirick, and explain all about the'oracker dmnwnftyationi and the effigy burning*.

i At the RnpwbeCourt, Dunedin, yesterday, [ Albert Edward Morgan, a lad of 16, was found I guilty of attempted rape on a girl of six in the Southern Cemetery. The lad's father stated 1 that the boy was scarcely right in his mind, , and Judge Williams deferred sentence till he could be examined by the gaol surgeon.

Wjs (Star) deeply regret to learu that cable intelligence has been received announcing the death of the Rev. 8. Edger, 8.A., who went borne in the ship Pareora for the purpose of undergoing a surgical .operation. The tad intelligence will cause a profound feeling of sorrow throughout the city. Mr Edger was an independarifc thinker . a man of deep spirituality, of ripe scholarly attainments, and an earnest worker for the advancement of humanity, religiously and socially. His family, settled aniODg us in honorable positions, give ovideaie of the perfection of his private as well as bis public life.

Thb London Times declares thnt the Hon Ivo Bligli's team of cricketers for Australia is the finest eleven ever collected in England to uphold the cricketing refutation of the mother country in the colonies.