The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4382, 19 January 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1883.

About twelve months sitice a company was ' formed at. the Thames for sericultural pur- ■ poses. Steps were taken at once with a view ' of commencing operations as soon as possible. About £100 worth of mulberry plants wfre procured and planted in July last. The Government; inspector of sericulturo of Christohurch forwarded to the hon. secretary (Mr Allom) several kinds of silkworms egga which had been procured from Japan. These were duly ) atched in Sept. and October, and ha»e baen-distributed to ?trious parties. One . kind (the yellow biyoltine),.after going through *if»! v«ric>iiß stages to the deposit of the eggs, ' iebout a-TDOHth ago,' is- now hatching out a ] second crop. The" company; ba'e secured fpur -\ acres of freeliold land at Parawaj. They-i exp'ecl fo \hi»ye- oper^ion* •ia full ewihg ; in about two'year's..

" Two worthies ' essayed Jan. afternpon'e pleasure yesterday. They obtained a chariot, drawn by an equine of the hat-rack style of arobiteoture, which was clothed! in a set of harness that would have fitted him a year or BO before he. began to so wofully /fill away ;> thece' trappings were a source of continual anxiety, and frequently, as the steed fl w along, would one of the buggy'occupants gt over the back of the trsp and walk alongside Jibe nag adjusting his harness as they went. After some ciever driving Tararu was reached, the panting beast given a spell to enable hi uto regain the breath lost on his arduous^ journey, and a return was ma.de. .The driver of the angular steed looked much, and wondered when he found that the owner of the animated bone-bag only charged fifteen .shillings

for the turn oat. . -<„.-, .The trial- -ofT, Priestley and, , Marion Hamilton, for the murder of the husband of (he latter, is fixed for Monday next. -

Major Mubhay last night swore in twenty new members of the Naval Brigade under the itiew regulations. A large number of new men have promised to join the company, which will easily acquire the miaimum strength required 1 by the Act.

Thbbb has been very little business doing in thn sharemarket to-day.

Thx accommodation for witnesses and jurymen"«t the Supremo Court, Auckland, is greatly compUined of.

AxoiHEß' neighbor's disagreement was brought into the 8..M. Court this morning owipg to a children's quarrel. A boy named Skclton ,was charged with assaulting another namsd Donnelly. He was fined la and coBts;! ' ' ' ' ■'•-•••.

ACTiVB prppiriitionß for the .establishment of a convent of Dominican n«ns at Q leene town have been proceeding for «ome. Ifew months pist. • ' ': - '. The Chronicle reports that at Wanganui a ■hearer .named Greorge Brough had shorn 154 sheep in nine hours. •' -. ' ' ■ '•'■ ■ A Scottish Rifle Oorpg; to be dressed ia genuine .Highland cdsttune, is to be enrolled in Melbourne. -i:.. 1 . Tfii tnan Jaine* Sullivau, who received a " sunstroke at Olaio, near'Timaru, on Weduesday, died in the Hospital the same ereniDg. 'I'his ie the second fatjt\ c*?a from that cauee oh.ibe one day. ~'."4sK% number of enrolments in the "Rifle Ffo>g«*ra-now ezoe>-d>' fbr'y- At the Volunteer H 11 last night Dr Kilgour, J.P., administered thi, oath to s- veral new members. T^ie. captain stated that in addition t<i th« prizes already Veoeirecl, ie had b^en prsmised three .silver watches -.by Dr Huxlablo and otuw officers of the corps. - *

Mb W. H". Hazatto, of Auek'nnd, -b9 3 favored us with his " Eifle Practice Register." It is a neatly got up and very useful companion to marksmen, and contains some valuable information on shooting rnattiTF.

AxriHt hraring the evidence of several witnesses in the Maeaey case, at Dunedin yesterday, ifc was further adjourned for a week.

HT.M.'s surveying schoonpr -Lark,, which arrived at Auckland yesterday morning from Sydney will probably stay there till March, and then leave on a surveying cruise to the South Sea Island?.

Cake should be exercised in administering the extract of the blue-gum. It seems (says the Inangahua Herald) that the children of a Mrs Barleigh were suffering from a cold, and, acting upon the advice of a neighbor, Mrs Burleigh rather rashly administered to each a teaspoon ful of extract of eucalyptus. The children wore at once seized with violent symptoms of internal poisoning, fche eldest girl particularly being thrown into a terrible paroxysm. Happi'y a neighbor very coon prepared a strong einelic, and this having been administered with effect, by the time the doctor arrived the patients were greatly relieved, and subsequent treatment very soon brought them round.

■ Haif-A-dozen celestials appeared in the B.M. Court this morning,. four of them being defendants in a case brought against them for damming up the Waikiki Creek."

A Southern paper remarks :—Archibald Forbes made, a pile by lecturing, and was ban"quetted in Dunedin; Maccabt, the showman, after a most- remunerative season in the same town, received similar h^nor. Not bad to cater for public Hmusemenfc in Otago if you happen to be a Scotchman.

The Dominion of Canada is the biggest British dependency, Western Australii second, and South Australia third.

The novel cerrmony of swearing a Chinatnan by the match process toolt place in the Resident Magistrates Court this morning.

A BIi^NHHiM paper is responsible for this lively piece of intelligence :--As an instance of the wonderful wool-producing capabilities of this Province we may mention that a stuffed sheep was exhibited at a Show lately, on which 'he wool is etill growing. The animal was shorn just prior to its beinsr killed about 40 years ago, and was afterwards stuffed by its owner, Mr J. Gibson, since which timo the wool has been steadily growing until now, wjien the fleece is quite heavy enough for the Bheare. Wool growers will do well to ascertain the peculiar breed of this sheep, with a ..view of developing the .species, for if wool can be grown in this way an shelves under cover, flock owners can be independent of both droughts and runs.

An ©Id and respected settler, Mr.William Powell, died at Waitekauri on the 17'h. The deceased was ■well known at t'e Thames, and only left the Hospital a short time ago.

The itsdefatigab'e rate collector has been actively employed in hurrying up those whose rates arc »n arrear. All amounts owing at the end of January will be sought for by the aid of a blue document. ;

The Town Clerk is calling for tenders for ctrting »nd tbe eupply of timber, &c, to the Borough Council, as per specifications to;Jbe seen at, the Pr.uncil Chambers. They will be received up *o Thursday next. .;

In connection with the subject of a telegram which spppars in another column, the Herald writes :—The gold had been in the possession of a man named Hunter, who was formerly steward on board the ill-fated pteamer. This person died last. Saturday, but before bia death he directed that a box (the contenti 'of which he Itepfc a secret) should be sent to his brother in. San Francisco. The suspicions of his friends were aroused, and on opening the box they found it ro contain, nearly three hundred ounces of gold, which there is reason- to believe formed part of the robbery alluded to. On that occasion £5000 in gold was stolen from the Tararuft, and the circumstances l ud to the dismissal, of everyone connected with the vessel, from the captain clowdwords., .

-The North;.Otago Times (Oamaru) says that the prospects of a good harvest over ;an ext?ni»i»e area has led tonearly all the reapers and binders in the New Zealand markets being bought up. At the'present 'time there are only a few of these machines ia the colony remaining unsold. . '..,-■..-

Telegraphic news will be found on our fourth p»g«.