The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4434, 21 March 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1883.

OwiKG- to the Parawai Licensing Committee not having met to elect a Obairman an application which should be made to such a functionary has to be otherwise dealt with. Luckily the existence of Committees or their Chairmen are not absolutely necessary, the duties devolving upon them may be performed without their aid, otherwise, as in this case, great inconvenience might wise from the negligence and carelessness of boards acting as the Parawai body has done. The manager of the Bank of New Zealand informs the customers of that establishment by advertisement .of the holidays to be obuorved by it flaring the ooming Easter season. Thb Easter holidays in connection with the public schools of the Thames are publihed in another column. A SHOHT service for men only is announced to be held in *St. Q-eorgo's Church this evening. Thb sole of Mr Leydon's freehold property in Pollen street-eventuates to morrow, also the last sale of his stock of general goods. John MoCubdy, the man who, it will be remembered, received 1, injuries 'to his spine in the Prince Imperial mine about ten days. ago. is progressing very satisfactorily cowards recovery, and will probably be üble to resume work again in about a fortnight. Pbepabations for lighting the Lyttelton harbour by electricity are rapidly going on, and a number of the lamps are already in position. ' Thb first sod of the Kaihu Valloy Railway wai turned at Dargavilie yesterday in the pretence of .700 person', by Mr J-.-M. Dargaville, M.H.B. Thb following are the complete scores in the shooting match between the Artillery corps in various parls of the colony : —Thames Naval Artillery, 701; Dunedfh B Battery, 694; Wellington Naval Artillery, 681; N-ilson H Buttery, 656; Auckland A Battery, 634: Auckland Naval Atillery, 555 ; Port dial* .mera L, Battery, 574; . Lyttelton. Naval Artillery, 474. A comparison of the figures at the top and bottom of the list t>pt>aks volumes for the proficiency of our' men as marksmen, wliils shewing that a little shooting practice on the part of one or two volunteer companies in the colony would not do chem any damage; Baiihttm'b agent is tying to arrange fjr gix Ngapuhis.to visit Amerioi and exhibit them* ielve».

Tn the Resident Mn.o;i?trate's Court, this moning iho two boys James fnd John MacAUate-, aged 10 and B£-years rcspedlivoly, wpr.) brought up charged with breaking into the Stab Office on Sunday libl>". Evidence was given by Mr Heald, manager of the Stab, to the effeofc tbat he was the loßt to L*ave the premi a* on Saturday night, when he saw everything safely locked up. On Monday morning upon opening the office he saw that a book had been removed from the inpido of a desk and placed on fop of it, and a buttle of copying ink had been upset in it. The wrapper of a book in the office bore blood stains on ifc which were not there on Saturday. The staina on the boya' feet and trousers corresponded with the colour of the ink spilled. At the rear of tbe premises two panes of glass, large enough to admit the boys, had been broken, and a quantity of type insida had been upset. Sir or eight penny stamps l«»d been removed. The money in the office was locked up in the safe. In the Editor's room two drawers had been emptied, and their contents placed upon the table.— Constable O'Brien deposed to having arrested the boys through seeing ink stains oh their clothes.—Detective Doolan described the condition of tbe premises on Monday ra >rniDg.— Upon being" questioned by the Bench, the juvenile admitted hnvingbroke into the office fov the purpose of obtaining money or newspapers.—The Court lectured the boys; sentenced them to 24 hours' imprisonment on bread and water; to receive a whipping of six strokes each, and said it would to-morrow decide as to Bending them for some years to the industrial home here or iv Auckland.

The Dargaville races yesterday were well attended. The principal events were;— Maiden Plate, 25sovs., 1£ miles: Katipo, 1; Bryan O'Lynn, 2; Lyric, 3.—Maiden Hurdles, 25sovs, 2 miles : Cock Robin, 1; Ellerslie, 2 ; Garry Owen, 3. King Quail was leading, but fell.— Bushman's Purse, 40sovs, li miles : Katipoi 1; Harold, 2; Chiquita, 3.—Darga^ille Cup, lOOsovs, 2 miles : Moonstone, 1; Ldho Hand, 2 j Harkaway, 3.

MEBSB3 Brodie, County Chairman, and Aitken, Engineer proceed to Auckland by this evening's steam°r with the plans of the proposed works to be done on the County roads, for the inspection of Mr Gordon, Engineer for the Mining Department. ChabiesMatbews was to-day fined Is for allowing the' chimney of his hi-uso to take fire. The native parliament meets at Waitaugi to day. A G-ENEBAI meeting of members of the Thames Choral Society, both honoraiy and performing^ is called for to-morrow evening at the Kanaeranga Boys' School, Sealey street, kindly placed at the disposal of ths Society by the Chairman of tbje School Committee. It appears that the Committee appointed at the last meeting of subscribers, held in (he Academy of Music, find on going into a " committee of ways and means" that the rates of membership then decided on are totally inadequate to carry on the society in a manner in which an association of the kind should.be carried on, and they have wisely called the members together beforf cotnmif tinj» them to any liabilities to discuss the matter and consider the advisability (£ raising the fees. A statement of the estimated receipts and expendituro will be submitted to the mpeting and tbe members can then dcci le what i to be done. The Committee hope to see a full meeting of members, and such a decision arrived at as may result in a success* ful Society being launched. Mb Hbbtby GoodAXli, a gentleman representing a company of capitalists tit Leeds, Yorkshire is it present making a tour of inspection" in th« Waikato district. He has come to New Zealand for the purpose of inspecting large blocks of land on the East and West Coast of the North IsLnd, particularly a large block on the East Coast consisting of 3600 acres. The company which he represents have £100,000 for investment. Mr Good-ill visited the Piako district, and speaks favorably of that country. He prooped^B to Rotorua to-morrow, inspecting the country between Cambridge and th»t place, and from there will proceed overlaud to Napie-. He is not in way bound to any particular block or part of the country, but should he be favorably impressed with any piece of country which may come under his notice, and which can be secured on reasonable terms, he is invested with the necessary powers to open negotiations for its purchase. After having visited Napier ho proceeds South.

Thb" Christohuroh people are always anxious on the arrival of a new Governor (o get him to take up his abode in their midst. They have started a rumor that Sir Wm. Jervois contemplated doing this, but the Governor's private, secretary states that there is not the slightest foundation for the statement that his Excellency contemplates acquiring a residence in or near Christchurch.

The Minister of Public Works denies that the Commission to inquire into the best route for the railway from Christchureh to the West; Coast has been appointed.

Ik the case against Milner Stephen, heard in Christ church yesterday judgment went for defendant.

Who will dispute Te Whiti'd powers as a prophet when events happen in the manner he has long foretold ? Did he not prophecy that. he would return to Parilmka on a s'ar! And did he not actually return on the Stella (Anglice Star) ?—Herald.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Land Settlement Company held at Gisborne yesterday, alterations in the articles of association were unanimously agreed to. The following permanent directors were appointed:—Dr Campbell, Hon. James Williamson, J. 8. Kirth, Hon. D. Pollen, J..M00. Clark, Thos.Buasell, C.M.G., S. T. George, John Blain Whyte, Allan McDonald, J. Buobanan, 0. A. DeLautonr, Thos. Morrin, J. M. Matthews, Patrick Comiskey, B. H. Rhodes, John Barrouclough, and Wiremu Pere.

The Rev. James Buller writes the following letter to a Chrißtchuroh paper:—"As many seem to douht whether Mr Milner Stephen has effected any cures at all, I deem it right, in the interests of truth, to test'.fy to one case Which is that 6f~ a grandson of mine at Wellington. Ab the Bequel of a severe attack of rheumatic ferer, .which he had some years ago, one leg was nearly two inches shorter than the other. He applied to Mr Stephen, who sue ceeded in elongating the short leg, and when I last heard from him he said—' I took the cork out of my boot, and nowj walk in an ordinary pair.'"