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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4327, 13 November 1882, Page 2

Capt. Scbkxfied called to inform us that ho was' not a party to the compromise relative to the pay of the Parihaka contingent efarred to in " Thistle's " letter on the Bth insfr., and adds that ho published a refutation of tha compromise in the local press 6oon after Mr Bryce delivered th ■ offensive speech.

We regret to learn of the death of one of the children of Mr J. A. Miller, from scarlatina, after-a very slrtrt iftjn'ess. The little girl, who wa<» Beven yeirs'old, we.s quite well on Sunday week, but - complained when she came home- from Sunday School. She became worse rapidly, and though medical- aid wai procured, the doctors could not arrest the progress of the diseise, and she died ou Saturday aflernoon. The funeral took place yenbrday, and was attended by about 200 children from the Shortland Wesleyan School. As Mr Miller himself was confined to the home by a bad cold, Mr Ashby, the Superintendent, kindly took charge of the procession. Suitable bymna were sung by the children, who seemed very sorry to lose their schoolmate. The Rev. Or. T. Marshall read the burial service, and there were many tears of sympathy shod as the little one was lowered into the grave.

The Oddfellows* Hall «as fairly filled last night, th< JM Mr Taylor's dißCUß?ion being—" The lEiriJ^khe Subjects, the King* dom. The text was; Luke I, 32 v. "He shall be great and ehall;ljfejj|fig -the Son of the Most Ei«h; and -ij|HH|Bd God shjll give unto, hica the throneUfHi* father David : amHie shall reign ftvcrytitie House of Israel for ever; and of Ifis Kingdom.there shall be no end." • People'in these days were" ready enough to apply a literal interpretation tj both the beginning and the end of this verse, but the body of it they generally made to apply to the church, believing that Christ's kingdom v/e.3 to be a spiriual one, and to exist in the hearts of believer?. Ho contended thafif two portions of the text could be taken literally, the third should be read in the: same manner. According to the authorised version of the New Testament, Christ said His kingdom was not of this world, but in the original Ilia •' world " would be better translated " ago." The tsxt slid Christ was to be a king ntid to roignon the throne of Hia father David, aid Zechariah said He should hi king over the whole ea^th, and in those days there should be only one king;, Was Christ king over the whole earth at present,, or was he likely to be ia the present state of affairs ? 'Another prophecy by Zach&riah tliab Christ's kingdom should be from one end of th« earth to the other wa3 yet to be fulfilled. Pet»r, in his memorable sermon after Christ's ascension, proclaimed that the kingdom of God would be a literal one, and in Mm^fcheiv, when Christ is picturing the last judgment, He cills to his followers to come and inherit the kingdom prepared for them. Another thing that did not bear'out the belief that Christ's kingdom was to be in the hearts of believers was that the words church and kingdom were never used interchangeably in the Bible. Christ said it would be hard for a rich man to enter His kingdom, but rich men were always welcome in the churche3 of to-day. Mr Taylor dealt with the subject fully and o'early, "and was attentively listeutd to.

A caiCEEi match was played on the WaioKaraka flat on Saturda yaft moon between an eleven and twenty-two of the Thames Cricket Club. Mr Clark captained the twenty-two and Mr Smith the eleven. The twenty-two took the wickets first. With the exception of Newton (17) and Bennett (16) who played well, none of the other batsmen got into double figures, the innings closing for 87. Coney and Newton for the twenty-two bowled well, especially the former, his bowling bei'g »cry difficult to play. For the eleven Smith with 26, and McMillan (25) were the highest scorers; the innings cloiing for 92, or 5 ahead of their opponents. Hunter for the eleven bowled well, keeping bis bills on the wicket from the start to the finish. Next Saturday the first eleven play a match against fifteen of the Union Club, the stake bein? anew ball. No doubt gn-at interest will be taken in this match, as it will be the first match of the se.ison >o count for the batting and bowling average. It is also probable that a match will be played between the second eleven of the Thames Cricket Club, and r.n eleven of the Foundry Club.

A movement is on foot to establish at "the Thames a lodge of the Unitf d Ancient Order of Drnids, Friendly Society. Mr W. Bishop, the District Resident for the North Island, and a member of the Grand Lodge of Victoria, was a visitor to this district during yesterday, and having expressed himself favorable to the granting of a dispensation, .several gentlemen formed themselves into a committee to canvass the district for intending members of the proposed local branch of U.A.O.D. The present order of Druids dates its existence back over 103 years and now numbers some 300,000 members wil.h funds amounting to £2,000,00 \ New Zealand musters 31 lodges with 20C0 members.

Ret ebbing to a trip of the mail coach to Tau-anga, a correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times says: ~'« To instance the advantage of the service, it is only neceseai-y to say that the mails f * Tauranga and Bay of Plenty (which left Auokland by steamer at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, aud arrived at the Thames yesterday at 4 am;) were, by arrangement of the postal authori ies at. the Thames, vkcedin tbe coach, which brought them at »»ix o'clock last evening. This pieye' of postal expedition reflects very creditably on the Department, and also cvi dences tbe value of the overland mail to the

pe pie of this district Hi! the nviils.in question been kept at 4uckl<nrf for 'he "taffa leaving tin re at four yesterday, we aiould not have received our letters until about eight this tdor/ring—fourteen hours later tGan by the coacfa".'*

The rumored resign ition of his see by the Archbishop of Canterbury is contradicted.

The Anarchists have threatened to blow up the Bourse in Paris with dynamite.

TmtOKXJICAL item : Alts ! that so many people look upon religion simply as a fireescape.

This boriy of the young man Thome, who was drowned at To Aroha while bathing a few daya ago, has been recovered.