The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4378, 15 January 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1883.

■—OK'- Friday morniog- a patient in the Hospital—whose name we were unable to obtain, owing to the authorities declining to give it in the doctor's absenoe—who had been admitted fir urinal retension, .and was also suffering from other causes, shewed symptoms of typhoid feyer, It was decided, after oon.saltation,' not to iwinove him to the fever hospital, but his^case was isolated as much as possible. The' patient is not yet out of danger. ' Mb.Hamijn, the a: em bar for Franklin South, has succeeded in obtaining from the Government £2000; to be spent in roadmaking, &c, in' his' district.

SxVEBAIi accidents aristae; from the burst* ing of lemonade bottles have occurred in Auckland during tbe last week.; 1 Some very inferior bottles must be in the market, or great carelessness in using gas in bottling must be put down to the vendors of the lemonade. 'i« , . }! - v . Thbbe was quite a rush on Nw^Prinoe Imperial 'stool: to«da,T, aad; prices rose rapidly from f>i», to., 68», with' buyers at the latter figure shortly after 3 o'clock. On inquiry, howeT6f, we learn from the manager that nothing has transpired'in the mine to warrant such a rice, which we' hope springs from a 'legitimate cause.*

„ The causa;rf temperance got "a lift" on Saturdaj night and Sunday morning on board ■of the s.s. Blanohe while she was lying off the wharf for five hours, and her passengers could not land. Sot .only in matter of liquids, but in that of solid*, there was no danger of over indulgence, but to the credit of the proridorCug authorities ou board It must- be admitted that there wai *v abuudanl supply of water »t

hand. In owe or two instances it was pitiful ] to see the briny tear course down the ruby nose of 4»he bibulasfc, upon whoso enquiry for some Johnny Waiker, the truth was gently to him that there was " none aboard." Sighing was in Tain. One facetious young knight of the willow invited all and sundry to partake of "T)t Tanuer'a feast." A tent, a gin case to stand upon, and a many-initialled member of the order were all that "was reouired to constitute a lodge.

■'■Thb -Victorian Press has discovered that the abolition of the political management, of their railways is essential. When will New Zealand open its eyes to that fact in regard to itself?

Sib Eobbbt Geobgie Wtndham Heebebt, permanent Undersecretary for the Colonies, now created a X.C.8., received his political education in Queensland. Ho accompanied Sir George Bowen to that colony ,on 'the inception of responsible Government and wub made the first Premier. So popular was he that at one time he narrowly escaped being thrown into the river by an infuriated mob.

Sous Maori teachers recently paid a visit to Bishop Selwyn's tomb at Liclifield.. They kissed his marble face (the recumbent statue in the mortuar3' chapel), bedewed it with tears, prayed earnestly in a loud voice, then sang a hymn of praiso, and could scarcely be torn away from the place.

The criminal sessions open in Auckland on the 17th inst. A large number of Thames people will have to put in an appearance at them, ' - ' Thebb was a large attendance at the Wealeyan Church lust evening to listen to Mr Bull's deliverance on "Morality at the Thames." : ■ ' ' The Prees Association gives the movements of Ministers as follows: —The Premier is expected to arrive in Wellington to-morrow evening. Mr Whitaker waa at Palmerston last night, and will proceed by coach on Monday morning toMasterton, coming thence to town by the afternoon train. Mr Dick, the Colonial Secretary,, and Dr Grabham, Inspector of Lunatio Asylums, visited Melrose establishment' yesterday afternoon for the purpose of ascertaining whether it would form a suitable site for a lunatic asylum, it having been offered. Mr Rolleston is at present at Cromwell, in the northern goldfields, whence he goes to Queenstown. He inspected the land on the line of the Otago Central railway on bis way up. That beautiful piece of legislation, the Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882, is a continual source of annoyance to those who are in any way affected by its administration.' The -latest cause for complaint discovered in it is the difficulty experienced by publicans in complying with the l%fr as; regards prohibitory orders. Not onlyris,no list of prohibition notices published in any newspaper or gtzette, but none is kept in the Police Court, and the only means of obtaining information as to whom prohibition orders have been obtained against is by going back to the time the Act commenced to operate, and carefully perusing the Police Court records to the date of search. This deficiency should be remedied.

Tee Danedin City Council declinei to allow Messrs Miles and Co., of Chrietcburch to erect posts and wires in'the streets for the purpose of introducing the electric light system. '

„ Thh following table—extracted from the. Registrar General's report on. the vital statistics of the undermentioned Boroughs for the i month of l)ecember, 1882—gives tbe populai tion, number of births aud deaths, and proportion of deaths to the 1000 of population of each borough :—

Borough. Estimated Population. Total Births. 'Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to 1000 of ' population; Auckland .. Wellington.. ; Chris tchurch Dunedin.... Thames .... New Plym'th Napier...... .Wanganui.. Nelson ..... ;Sydentaam .. ' Ly ttelton_.. •Timaru .... Oamaru .... Hokitika ■■'.; • Caversham.. InvercargUL. 15,022 21,582 15,156 23,959 5,814 6,650 . -4,163 " 6,804 c 7;796 3,653 3,791 5,098 i 2,668- -- i;; 3,786".'1 : 4,283 50 84 87 58 20 67 ■: 11.. 19 . 22 • 37 11 7.' •17 I '7: d 8-. - 20 , 17 39 '§ . " 8 y i 3 ■ li^ ■-. -2. 4 8 *3 0-99 1:81. 1-46 • 1-38 . 1-57 . 1-16 0 #24; 0-43 1-56 0-46 0 97; - - - T0ta1....! ■425 ' -164