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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4455, 16 April 1883, Page 2

A BTncoß wm current to-day tb 'the effect that two men left Piako in a boat towards the -end of the week for the purpose of" crossing to Thames,.and the; men or. boat had not since been heard of,

Iw view of the forthcoming match with en Auckland team, the !o?al " k ckists " should attend th football practices assiduously. As inebriate was to-day fined ss, or, in default, to be imprisoned until the rising of the Court. Thb company formed to work the tailings in the oelebratad Gabriel's Gully, Tuapeka, where Gabriel B«id first discovered gold in 1861, is doing well. By a telegram from Brisbane, which appears in another column, we learn that a railway accident has occurred, and several officials have been injured. No account is given of »ny other casualty. It is seldom we read of snch things happening. In the Warden's Court to-day before H. Kenriek,Esq., Warden, the ease McDonough v. McCombie was beard. It was a cluim by the plaintiff to be pat in possession of the Kenil- > worth claim, Karangahake, owing to the de- | fendant havidg failed to " bona-fide and continuously work the said olaim." Mr Campbell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Miller for defendant. MoDonough contended that certain informalities existed in the plans submitted. The Warden suggested that the plaint should be withdrawn, and this course was adopted bj the plaintiff's solicitor. £3' 2s costs were allowed to the defendant:.

TBTrny mining' is developing wonderful talent on ■ the Thames, both in introducing prodigies of reporters and proving managers to be men of unbounded resource. A few dnys ago the correspondent of an Auckland paper, perhaps after being struck by lightning or " Toucher's case," accused an unfortunate claim—which we can assert has always behaved in a becoming manner—with being " pregnant, with a potentiality of great riches." Next we learn a local manager has "gone in for underground' crushing " in ,'■ an excellent channel of country," ond fresh wonders burst upon pur gaze this morning on reading in our contemporary that "a email lod<s wasi sunk upon*a water-course " in the workings of ihe Deep Level Cross Company. Doubtless the wisdom of putting that lode down was folly considered before such a course was pursued. Such things as these should not be nil owed to pass unheeded ; there can be no doubt that in encouraging,the genius displayed, both in the experiments and reports written of them, we are hastening the dawn of a new era in mining; and the chronicling of such important events will doubtless play a very prominent part in developing our field. i

As announced a few days ago by us, a warrant, under the hand of his Excellency the Governor .appointing Captain Russell, Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., and Mr C. N. Bell, M.1.C.E., as a Royal Commisson to report on the beet line of railway for the connection of Canterbury with the west coast of the South Island, is gazetted. Those gentlemen are appointed for the purpose of making inquiry into the probable cost and economical or commercial value, 'and otl er merits of the several lines specified in the Schedule to this Commission, or any other lines proposed for the connection of the provincial district of Canterbury with the west coast of the Middle Island, and aho for the purpose of making inquiry into the mineral and other resources of the districts or lands which the several lines would traverse, it being the intention that the Commissioners shall make inquiry in the most ample manner in determining the best line to connect Canterbury with the west coast. The Hne9 specified in the schedule comprise no fewer than 14 alternative schemes which have been proposed at various times.

JEGKLS3 in tbe Australasian thus discourses on typographical delinquencies:—A country paper had a paragraph last week of an extraordinary charaoter. It is as follows:— "A serious accident happened to a little boy named James Hind, yesterday, at Cariton, by the explosion of a Nordenfelt cartridge. It appears, says the Telegraph that by some means the boy got posseted of one of these dangerous missiles, and placing it between his knees, and Striking two coats, and nearly £30, and bad a narrow escape for his life. He walked to Paeroa in his shirt-sleeves, and at a hut between' Waihi and. Owharoa was refused food and shelter, strange to say, because he was a Catholic priest." This curious story might !be explained on the tbeot ? that a printer had made a mistake, but as experience proves that he never doej, one is thrown back on the mysterious statement a» it stands. •

I LadtJehvois gave a garden party at Gbverninent House, Auckland, on Saturday afternoon, commencing at 4 o'clock, Numerous invitations were issued, and provision was made for the accommodation and entertainment of a large company. In fact, it was the most fashionable gathering of the season. There were two lawn tennis courts marked out, and benches placed about the grounds so as to command a view of the gamfs. The showery weather, however, interfered with the programme, and most of the guests therefore adjourned to Government House, where dancing was engaged in with great zest. On Saturday night Messrs Cunningham > and Kent, mechanical engineer*, Christchuroh, i successfully exhibited the electric light, all details of the machinery of which ! aye been J manufactured by them. Thr inquest, on the Dane, named Henrick : Longfoot, who shot hinself in Dunedin,' on Wednesday, was held on Saturday. The wife, after giving dofcails of the occurrence, said she h d been having some word 9 with her hus- ■;, band about a young woman whom ho kept; •company with and. corresponded with, andj she supposed he was troubled in his mind ia consequence. She blamed the woman for the: trouble, for he was. a very qui«t mm The night deceased shot himselr witness nccused'i him of •writing to this wom>»n, a--d told him it' he did not stop corresponding with her she; (witness) would leave him. He promised not to write to her ft'iy more. The jury returned: a verdict to the effect that deceased committed ■ suicide while in a state of temporary in-; -sanity. The New Zealand Times advocates the' prosecution of the agents of the Silv&tion Army for blasphomy. Chantry wro c this ;; he would ba noth ng if not original. I' he could only stow away a few straight-backed; seats, and' bag of theology, he could easily.; fancy himself it cathedral. ; Majob Kemp is i» a Ho of (he Bulks, and will not attend the Putiki meeting owing to? an ancient /cud with Mete Kingi's people. > It is stated that a bank in Inverca gill has charged a , football club tliere Is on an overdraft of 6J. The dub has moved i. ■- account. The ship Warwick, a fine iron vessel of iOOO tons, commanded by Captain Fawokner, with about 70 passengers, all in excellent health, arrived in Auckland, from London, on Saturday afternoon, after a passage of 118 days from the Lizard. One death occurred' during the voyage —that of G-eorge Mitchell, aged 21, unmarried, wko die T of consumption,

_At the Auckland Police Court a notorious .thief, named John O'Shea, who was recently liberated from Mount Eden gaol, was charged on Saturday, morning with having in his possession several waterproof cloaks, &0., for which he was unwilling to account. The prisoner was remanded, anH since/the reman HI Mrs: Anderson, residing in Grey street, hni claimed the property. The things were hanging in the hall, and the prisoner must have stealthily walked through the garden and intolhe house by the b»ck door. The family were up in the next room, but did not hear the footsteps of the prisoner

The Anglican Synod continued its sittings at Napier on Saturday. The rules of the Board of Theological Studies were relaxed so far as to permit candidates in grade four to pass the grade in two examinations in successive years Dean Jacobs noened the bill on the Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage question, contending that, by the law of the Bible the Canons of the Church and the example of the Primitive Church, these marriages were sinful His speech wbb interrupted by the afternoon adjournment.—At night the Synod passed the bill malting all licensed clergy electors of clerical repr aentajives to the Synod. The same bill also, provides for' election of representatives two months before the meeting of the Synod, instead of about six month*, as hitherto. The Synod also passed a resolution, providing for distribution, for »ignnture, of'the peti ion for aid for denominational schools and Bible reading in State schools. Two clauses deal with the latter; the first proposes to open schools to ministers of all denominations to give lessons to children of there respecrive denominations ; the second propesrs to giire local coniffiitteefl pbwe to order specified portions of Scripture to be read in school during school hours. The rest of the evening was spent in discussing the Bishop of Waiapu's Bill for settling differences between pastor and people.

The clparing pale of Drapery, Millinery, and Clothing at SonOFIEID and Mooßß'gis now going on. As all the goods are new and seasonable, it is without doubt one of the best opportunities ever offered on the Thames for securing fashionable goods at much below the ucual rates—[Advt. The much talked -«,f transit of Venus is a mere trifle in comparison with the transformation that bas just taken place at Chabxbs McLitbk's. Call in and ccc the grand display ot Christmas Cards, Toys, and General Fancy Goods.—[Advt.