The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4427, 13 March 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1883.

; ■ .:—. *_—_— A telt.gbam: was received to-day by the Town Clerk stating that the Government would be ready at any time to receive the deputation appointed to wait upon them by the Thames Valley Bail way Co.'s directors. We would urge upon tho directors to make no delay in despatching the deputation. The Premier is expected to visit the North shortly, and ib is desirable that previous to his leaving Wellington the necessary arrangement between the Company and the Government should be agreed to, and one or two matters on which differences exist settled. Messes Robinson and Co., the contractors for the section of the railway to Kopu are making a start at plate-laying to-morrow from tha Shorfcland end, and expect to have the plates laid as far as the Goods Wharf in about a fortnight. An advertisement for 20 good men appoars in our advertising columns. ) We learn on good authority that His Lordship Bishop Luck has decided not to remove the Rev. P. O'Reilly away from bis present charge at the Thames, the only alteration made being the appointment of the Rev. Father O'Dwyer as successor to the R3V. Father Boyle, who has proceeded to Gisborne; We are sure this news will be hailed with satisfaction by all residents of the Thames, irrespective of creed. As will be seen .by our telegrams, the Hon. J. Bryce will arrive here to-night on his way to Obinemuri. Volunteers should embrace the opportunity of laying their grievances before him. Theee was no sitting of the Police Court to-day. Thb tide rising caused another flood this morning. It is a pity that the Borough cannot adopt some means to prevent tho damage done to property without going through the ceremony of holding a meeting. If such a proceeding is deemed necessary surely it rould have been called yesterday, and immediate steps taken to abate the infliction of loss on the ratepayers. Thb haul of stone obtained in the Deep Level Cross yesterday afternoon caused a brisk demand for Bhares, which were sold as high as 6s 9d. No telegram' announcing the discovery was posted here, and wo are informed that the first news was received from Auckland. It would be a great advantage to the public if all mine managers would make it a practice of posting their telegrams shortly after sending them to" town, as is done by managers of some of the leading mines.

The time for receiving tenders for the reflooring of Banks and Co.'s slaughterhouse, at Parawai.is extended till Friday next, at 4p.m. The N.Z, Times thus idiotically attempts to gloss over the fact that the Empire City is overrun with unemployed:— "We ara informed that a business man in this city, who recently advertised for a storetnan, was not a little surprised to find that no less than 82 applications came in within two days. Appoiatmcnts of this kind are. evidently in high favor with the intelligent ("section of the working classes." Perhaps moat of the intelligent people in the Governmental city are without occupation, but their staying there says as little for their intelligence as does the fact that the place support* people who write such absurdities as that quoted above. The Auckland Star says that "Wiggins' 1 tidal wave' flooded some shops at the j Tharaeß." It is cruel of the Star to father j the visitation on the unfortunate Wiggins, j If peopte get that notion into their heads,. ■ Wiggins will have a bad iime, and the Borough Council will hare their sin of omission washed away at poor W.s expense. Tawhaio is Blaying at Wuipawa, soaking hiniselr with liquor. His people are all now deserting him, in disgust at his debauchery. A " citizen " on temperance reform, writes to the Otago Daily Times :—Seeing lbat great interest has been faken during the past two weeks in reference to the drink traffic, and especially relating to the Sunday traffic, I took upon myself the duty of watching the hotel that is near to my residence for one hour this (Sunday) morning, and during that time the following numbers entered therein:—Men 7; women, 6 ; boys, 5 ; girls 5 ; total, 23. Not so bad for one hour, and good for the bibulous habits of the whisky metropolis. A MEETING- of tlioae affected by the recent tide floods was held at the Pacific Hotel last evening. Mr Marshall presided. The Chairman explained that the meeting had been called to enable those who had suffered by the inundations to discuss the question as io what means should be taken to remove the liability to damage done by the water rising. Mr OBborne said some representation should be made to the Borough Council, and it should be asked to take steps to prevent a recurrence of the injuries. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr 0. Curtis seconded by Mr M. Brown, that the Council be requested to take steps to prevent the tide rising in the streets and destroying property. The following gentlemen were selected by the meeting to form a deputation to wait' upon the Borough Council and urge the necessity of adopting remedial measures in the matter:— Messrs Marshall, Brown, McCaul, McGregor, Frater, Q-ellion, Cook, Vaughan, Claxton and Melhose. Mb Allow, the clerk of the Borough and District Licensing Committees, to-day received tho appointments of the members of the various csmmittees. No hour of meeting has been fixed for the county districts, but a3 it is customary to hold the meetings at noon, they •prill be held at that time on the 15th iust. The Wanganui Herald says that the general impression is that Mr Milner Stephen has been a pronounced failure, though we have heard of one or two partial cures. When a man professes to cure by some occult influence which he cannot explain, the presumption i 9 he is a humbug. When he professes to euro diseases by a nostrom like magnetised water ho is a quack. What has Mr Stephen done to contradict these assumptions ? The Dunedin Star of last night has the following :-—'' Rumor says .that the police, acting on the infornmiion supplied by a number of the inhabitants of South Dunedin, have brought to light a case of shocking ill-treat-meat of a child by its parents. An information against the parents is to be laH. and the case will be adjudicated on by the City Bench. The child alleged to be ill-treated is a boy seven and a half years old. It is known that for several days the boy had his arms tied behind his back, so that he was unable to move them in any way; in that state he wns locked up in an outhouse for hoars'at a stretch. During the step-mother's temporary absence some neighbors gained an entrance into the house and removed the boy, whose condition is said to have been pitiable. He was in a high Biate of fever, was suffering from inflammation of one of the lunga, one of the bones of the left fore»arm has been recently fractured, and apparently was unset, and his body bore the marks of recent bruises. The police, on becoming acquainted with the circumstances, had the boy examined by Dr DeZouehe, who ordered his removal tj tho hospital, and is now attending him." Waitaba, we fear, is becoming demoralised, if ire can believe the following; but as we out it from the local newspaper it must be true—" In Mr Penniugton's room on Saturday night last a number of larrikins congregated, with aa equal number of dusky maidens of unquestionable virtue to spend a few hours in the enjoyment (?) of " a hop," and feast upon beer and biscuits, and such other luxuries as were available. The unseemly' orgies were not even discontinued when ihe clock announced the hour of midnight, and the approach of the Sabbath, until Constable Day gave them the hint to disperse. It is fortunate for some of the young gentlemen present that their reputations are sheltered under the cloak of paternal respectability, otherwise their names wou.ld possibly flourish in these columns."—Exchange. The Sydney Bulletin makes the following statement of how .the Australian eleven "divided the plunder " :—lmmediately after the last match played against the Englishmen, the Australian Eleven disbanded. A division of the profits of the whole tour throughout England, America, and the Colonies was made a couple of days ago, each man receiving between £600 and £700 as his share Tho Australians cleared neatly £200 per man in the three test matches played against the Hon. Ivo Bligh's team." A correspondent writes:—"ls canned lobster better than the fresh article ?" Oh, far better. Far better. You can holler five times as loud in your sleep and ten times as often, on canned lobster. And you feel iufinitely worse the next day. " Oh, yes—for carrying out all the known purposes of lobster, tho,canned article takes the purse and tho blue riband by a whole neck. Professor Huxley, says the Norristown Herald, " states that the living body is 'a fluid possessed of vis esaentialis and a Roiidescibilitas' Those bodies which are -filled with adulterated beer and whisky may be in that terrible condition, but men who stick to pure water and pay their debts possess bodies which are simply protoplasm susceptible of structural metamorphosis and functional metabolism—and we 11 bet on it."