The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4453, 13 April 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1883.

Mb NANOiRBOW,. Cbieif Inspector of: Sfcewners/or the Colony, is at present on the' Thames examining candidates who wish Itoj to be'able to take places"on board steamers as engineers. „..,; J; ,-;;'■•; .-..-.'■,'Y-.h.; "Y^;,,,./ ■ '" A SCSITOa football match: w to tjejplayed; to-morrow- ■fternipon at the Earawai Gardens • between teams pickedon the ground from th ; Thames Club. -" , .. , ! r! &PtiiN Bbwif, of 'Wellington f"as'Been kind enough, just whW we were congratulating ourselves; on the change in the weather, to predict that we are goinjj to hare another Tifitiromij jtijpipr Xiuvitts^ fin a telegram the Harbourmaster to/day, he lays: — "Between north-oust and north-west glass further falling soon with hacking wind and rain,'bat ai'ter,. 12;hpurs glass,rise again and I gale from south andrwest." V

Thb trial of tbe battery at the Waiorongomfti was most eaccewful. The machinery was -started on WedneuUy, and amid tbe ; enthusiasm of those assembled to witness its opening Operations, it was found that a speed of frond 55 to 60 iblows per minute could easily be attained. - r

The Besident Magistrate to-day express, i surprise that defendants in actions do not, instead of allowing judgment ta go against them by default, confess it. By so doing they would sate the plaintiff's time and ,the first outlay, in 'the way of, Court fees, in many instances, counsel's fees, and secondly, prevent such charges being recorded against themselres. , t j Thb noTelty of iweaf ing a Chinaman by the match pro.ass jnas gone through in the R.M. (Court to-day. The witness went through J the ceretnony" with' abVbad grin , wbich spread over Ma guilelißS coun'enanoe. r The 1 following telegram was received by the legal manager this morning from Mr J I Wilcox, manager of the I'Smile of Fortune mine, Owhiroa :—"Started battery to-day; everything workiu^ satiefttctorily." '' THB oorernment organ in Christchurck is of opinion ,th»t>'if' (here' were one man of real power in the Opposition at thts moment he might raise the oountiy against the Ministry without much difficulty

A^ THAVBtLEB who rode from Te Aroba to Thames- yesterday reports that the roads are 'Bonft^what. ■oft in places, but the coach c wld g»t through 1 without a great deal of difficulty. We trust-that Messrs Bradley and Co will keep up passenger traffic between the two places as long as they can. -;

Tb Mahttki, who has made himself so famous during the last few days, is an inferior chief of the Ngatimaniapoto tribe. He has resided^ at Parihaka with Te Whiti for some considerable time, and waß one of the " pot* itical ploughman" who was arrested for. ploughing land on the West Coast. For that offence he served some time in Otago gaol, and after his release-returned to Parihaka, whence he was sent to Waikato at the dispersal of that settlement. He bad such a good time in gaol—being well kept and comfortably clothed —he is anxious to get beck where he will probably hare nothing to do for a living.

Thh Poverty Bay people have very little faith in the patriotism of the . native. The Standard writes :—" Wi Pere wa > present during the trial of Mahuki and his followers at Auckland, and the N.Z. Herald, in commenting on the fact says: —Among the visitors in Court waß the famous West Coast chief, Wi Pere, who finds it pays much better to be a director of the East Coast Land Company than to pay tie role of a Mahuki. The moral of the contrast, should be, duly impressed upon the latter chief end his followers, if opportunity offers."

Thb Dunedin Harbor Board considered the Report fronff'tbe pilot of the Monarches to that Teasel striking the bar, in committee yesterday. Tkis Board has received no notice of the inquiry;now < being held at ;Lyttelton, and is not represented- ; A specipl, meeting is to be held on Tuesday to consider the question whether the proposed operations for the improvements of the bar, as - ; design(d. by the new engineer,: Mr Barr, will be let in one lrrge contractor divided into three... ; '' ' -,''•"•■,, The rgoehoreea Hippodama, Hipporina, Mystery, Christmas, and Normanby. arrived in the Manukau yesterday morning by the 8.8. Argyle, from Waitara.^ •';■.■ ••..;,. Thb most important document awaiting Mr Bryce's arrival at Alexandra was a summons to appear to-day at Wauganui as a witness in a small debt case. Mb J; C.Ji J"th, of the WhAif Flour Mils, celebrated the completion of his new concrete wheat granary by a banquet to. his employes, contractors; and workmen..'The building is stated to be tHe largest of the kind in the colony, having storage capacity for 12J00D tons, and cost £10,000. ' - • A TAC aT race has been arranged between the Rita and the Arawa, round Tit it'i and beck. Mb Juiian Thomas (" The Vagabond?<) leaves Melbourne this week for New Zaaland. . 'AN electric skate has; been caught in the inner lagoon at Napier. '.. , Thb meeting which, the Ngatimaniapoto are at present holding at Te Kuiti, in the very heart of the King territory, is to consider the position of the Kin'gites in the event of the country being opened. :; They are not opposed to that, but they are afraid of the state of things which they have seen before their eyes in the pi-oc eriings of the Native Land's Couvt. They will eomider the prrsent state 5 of the law, r» )d are "to frame j amendments, which, we believe they intend to lay before the" Government. .This throws light upon the letter of Wahanui which we published jeßerday, and also illustrates what we have bee a drawing attention, to for some time past, namely,; that so long as the passage of,,lands through the Court was attended by the present delays, expense, and disputes, the , Kingites were unlikely to seek to move from their present position: Mr Bryce will;pro-, bably be asked to attend the meeting at Te Kuiti, and the changes wbioh the natives propose to make in the law will be submitted, tx him.—Herald. At a meeting of the University Council; yesterday, the Chairman, Sir G. Maurice O'Rorke stated that Government had lodged, the unexpected balance of the vote, £3749, to the credit of the Council in the Bank of New Zealand.- ' ;• ' ;i .''; ":v :;'..: '•.'•. :r /' ;