The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4461, 23 April 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1883.

To-day being St. George's Day the Banks were closed, and the Brokers suspended operations at twelve o'clock.

The business at the Mutual Improvement Association this evening is a paper by Dr Kilgour on the "Confederation of the British Colonies." The Dr. is well versed in the subject which is engaging muoh attention both at home and in the colonies at the present time. .

Theee were two charges of drunkenness heard in the' Police Court this mornings the customary 5s or imprisonment until the rising of the Court being recorded. The Court then rose. The Justices on the Bench were Messrs Bagnall and Kenny.

On Saturday last an old resident on the Thames, named Alexander Jamieson, was brought from Waiorongamai, 'suffering from injuries sustained at the battery on Tuesday last. The stampers were being tested, and Jamieson was about to pick up one of the stamps when he missed taking hold, and as the lever came round again it struck him in the jaw and knocked him off the platform on to the table below. In his fall he suffered a severe contusion of the^back of the head, which rendered him almost insensible. Dr Huxtable is attending to the injured man, who, we regret to learn, is in a somewhat critical state. { .

The contractor for laying the rails from ftrahamstown to Kopu is pushing on with

the work. The line is laid from Shortland tb the Goods, Wharf, and a start was made today to put down a.branch line to connect with the Big Pump mullock tip, from which Mr Robinson intends to take the ballast required. The earth for filling in an embankment between Shortland Wharf and the rail* way bridge' across the jKauaeranga river will be obtained from some more more convenient place. •

Mr R. B. McGbe&ob will sell to-morrow at 11 o'clock a consignment of potatoes and oats, ex Advance, from Oamaru, just arrived here.- The cargo is in splendid condition, the boat haviag made a smart run up from Oamaru, which port she left on the 14th inst. Owning to the soarcity of good potatoes at the Thames, there should be a good demand for. this lot. .

•• The cricket match between the Married and Single members of the Thames Club, on the Waio-Karaka Flat, was commenced on Saturday. The Married team put together 93 runs, Smith and Egginton being top scorers with 29 runs each. The Bachelors only ran up 29 runs between them, Pearce and Mills making 21—the former with 11 and the latter 10. Coaey and Newton for the Single, and Egginton and Smith for the Benedicts, were the most efficient trundlers.

Mi joe Atkinson returned to Wellington from the South yesterday afternoon. Tha Major intends to address his constituents in a few days, and it is probable that subsequently he will visit the North, addressing the various centres on his National Assurance scheme and other matters.

A ton of quarz from the Crown claim,! Karangahake, was crushed at the Alburnia s mill to-day, but it was not finished in time to have the result in this issue. The stone shewed gold pretty freely, and locked well. ;

Laino, the rider of Chandler in the Hurdles, who was thrown at the first hurdle at the Auckland Race Meeting on Saturday, is considerably shaken, but not seriously injured. It is said he will not ride in the Steeplechase owing to the accident.

Thh schooner Advance arrived here yesterday morning from Oamaru direct with a cargo of produce consigned to local orders; Capt.McKenzie reports leaving Oamaru on the 14th with a heavy gale from the south, which carried^away: topsail yard four hours after leaving ; continued strong southerly gale to the East Cape, which he rounded at noon on Wednesday: From there light variable winds and calms to the Mercuries; thence a stiff breeze from eastward to Cape Colville, which he passed at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, reaching here as above;

Ma job Atkinsok,' in Christchurch, on Saturday received a deputation ; asking that fruits imported for jam-making, and yarn suitable for carpet-making, should be imported duty free. In each case-he promised to conI sider the matter. :V; '.'.■;

Ma Eichabd .TtmNBUM, M.H.E., addressed a well-attended meeting of his constituents in Timaru, on Saturday night, and was well received. His remarks principally consisted of a severe attack on the Colonial Treasurer for want of statesmanship in his policy, and for not making the land bear the burden of taxation. At the conclusion of his speech he received a vote of thanks and confidence. . v';-,-V:.r;- ■-. „■ ;, '.;■• ' ,;