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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4480, 15 May 1883, Page 2

Thb green glass in the lamp at the end of Curtis' Wharf was to-day removed, and white glass substituted. This will make a great difference, and though the light used will be the.same it will be much more clearly visible 1 The alteration has not been made before it was wanted, for it was very difficult to dis» tinguish the old light from those on shore.

Thb Herald states that Mr Fred. MacOabe gave bis farewell performance in New Zealand in Christchurch on the Bth inst. We announce in another columa his appearance afc the Thames on to-morrow and Thursday nights.

The following team has been selected to do battle on behalf of Auckland against the local sphere propellers:—Messrs J. Lecky, W. McConnell, W. Cole, W. Ridings, E. alt, T. Whiteside, D. Damon, F. Lawrie, GK Danksi F. Dewar, L; Pilkington, T. Ryan, 8. Williams, F. Kietley, and Or. Hill. Emergencies: F, Fulman, and R. Hard wick. The Hat is a strong one, but as there are Bonie good men in the Thames Football Club, the match, it is generally anticipated, will be a close one.

We learn by the Auckland Herald the important news that a Clerk of the House of Parliament has been " ghootiDg over the Kaipara District," and has made some good bags. We wonder how the Kaipara people will stand this ? How the Clerk flew? and hope he has not taken to bagmaki' g during the recess owing to the ten per cent or any other reduction of his very comfortable salary.

Mb F. Maccabe appears at the Academy of Music to-morrow and Thursday evening in bis entertainment " Begone dull care." The eneoniums of the New Zealand Proes have been lavishly bestowed on the'talented actor, and this fact, added to the Home reputat jon he carries, as an old favorite* should ensure every success for the short season he will be amongst us.

Thb returns from Reefton announcing the return of Mr E. Shaw for the Inangahua aeat in the House of Representatives, will be received with pleasure by all who know the successful man, and who are desirous of the welfare of the district. The new member is a man of culture, ability, and honesty, and likely to have considerable influence iv the House. Taking into account the two men who contested the election, it appears strange that such a political turncoat of the blatherskite order as Mr Wakeficld is, should have found so large a following in the electorate; but he has again been following up his old game, looking steadily after Number One.

. A caEEfci'tri. character named JobnO'Sbea, who was charged with robbing a cbalice from St. Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland, and with stealing a coat, was presented to the Bench on Saturday. The police stated that the accused had on a previous occasion " lifted " the contents of a " paor box," and was a bad lot* The delinquent, when charged with the theft, remarked that " he didn't care a ——; he would go to —." The cheerful creature in the meantime wont to Mount Eden for six months.

A vbby peculiar case of what seems like a " hidden hand," is reported from Invercargill. Some months ago one W. China was found dead near the Waiau, with a gunshot wound in the head. After burial suspicion fell upon one John Wyllie, owing to his strange behaviour, but nothing eventuated. Now it has just been reported to the police that this man Wyllie, has boen found dead near the same spot, also with a gunshot wound in the head

It was freely stated about town to-day that Mr Chas." Wilson, the well-known manager, had been appointed to the mine management of the Queen of Beauty mine. Mr Wilson had charge of that mine in its ralmy days, and we hops he will be as success'ul now in finding the precious metal as he was then.

When Mr Swartzbacb, the oculist, was on the Thames some months ago, he took a cataract out of the left eye of Mr T. Hicks, the manager of the Caledonian mine. The eye healed up, and the eight was almost restored, but lately it has given him a great deal of pain, the pupil being irregular in shape, and apparently having burst at the lower edge. Mr Hicks left by the Rotomahana to-day in order to consult Dr Swurtz* bach. '

The Eofomal>ana made her trial trip with the new sorew to-day, and did the distance from Auckland to the Thames in '4hrs 20min8, or ten minutes leas than the usual time. This is equal to an inorease of half a knot; per hour iv speed The new Borew is, like the old one, four-bladed, but the curve and shape of the blades are different. It was expected that this screw would " ibring up " the engines, but on the contrary they worked quicker;

Two drunks were dealt with at the Police Court to-day. Instead of . the usual " imprisonment until tha rising of the Court," the offenders were fined 5s and coats or 24 hours imprisonment. A little wood-sawing was done to bring the delinquents to an idea of the folly of their ways.

Phopessob Sample, the American Horse Trainer, is about to pay the Thumes a visit. The accounts published by the Auckland papers of his talents as a tamer really outRarey Rarey. Colts which were unmanageable, and apparently untameable, have been rendered perfectly docile in the course of a few minute* under his hand, and not a particle of cruelty is introduced into his system of treatment. Mr Sample gives his first lecture in the Academy of Made on Saturday night next.

We stated yesterday that samples of liquor had been obtained from the licensed houses in the Hastings district, and forwarded by the police to Auckland for analysis. A telegram from Auckland says-—The police have taken samples o'liqnor from publichouses at Hastings, Kauwaeranga, Puriri, Neavesville, Wbangamafca, Hikntaia, and Eerikeri, which have been handed over the Provincial Analyst to test for adulteration, as the bushmen and guendiggers oomplain of the stuff sold to them.

The supposed Chriatchurch diamonds forwarded to Auckland were given to Mr Dansford, lapidary, for the purpose of testing their hardness on the lead lap, but they rubbed awny like glass, and did not bear the test.

A SKTTiiBH named Hodge, at Mongonui, was committed for trial for rape on a Bervant girl at Settler's Hotel. He was admitted to bail in £200.

It is stated in Auckland that Bishop Luck, in concert with other Catholic Bishops throughout the colony, intends to prepare and invite the Catholic laity to sign a petition to the Assembly re the amendment of the Edu* cation Act in the direction either of payment by results, with Government inspection ; or a denominational subsidy in the proportion of Ibe Catholics to the whole popu at ion.

The Auckland police are instituting a series of prosecutions for adulteration of drink against publicans.

If A meeting was held to-day of the parties interested in amalgamating the Thames River Steam Navigation Company and the service-now being carried on by Messrs Fraser and Tinne, between the Thames and Auckland. Satisfactory terms were agreed to, and it is proposed tr float a company of 25,000 shares of £1 each at'once. The management will be in Auckland.

A boy of five years broke his arm yesterday by falling from an horizontal bar at the Borough School, Lyttelton.

The Blue Ribbon movement was successfully inaugurated in Christchurch last night. The meeting in the Oddfellows' Hall was attended by 700 persons, 115 of whom signed the pledge.

Owing to the severe illness of Judge Ward he has obtained two months' leave of absence, which he will spend in the North Island. During his absence his circuit will be filled by Acting-District Judge Harvey,.

At the Christchurch R.M. Court yesterday, Thomas Allen, 21 years of age, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for vagrancy. He had been well off a year or two since. When arrested he was so filthy that he had to be "• scrubbed " with a long handled broom, and his clothes burnt. He was ruined by gambling and drinking.

The British Queen on arriving at Wellington reported that on the 25th April in 4040 S. and 6442 E. she spoke the barque Eurypes, 60 passengers, Natal to Adelaide short of provisions, and bordering on starvation. She put provisions on board, and then came on.

The Otago Daily Times in a recent leader having stated that the funds of the Salvation Army belonged to General Booth, and were settled on his private family, Captain Pollard, the officer commanding in New Zealand, has written to deny that this is the case. The funds are held under trust deed enrolled in Chancery, and are not available for the General's personal or family use. Mrs Booth's support is provided for from an entirely independent source.

A Reefton paper, referring to a fancy dress ball there, says :—" The female leg divine was very conspicuous, the affair in this latter respect proving a great success."

A new enterprise is about being tested at the Bombay settlement, uear Drury, by a gentleman living in that locality, who is daily expecting a shipment of ostriches to arrive by the Weetmeath from the Cape, We (" Waikato Times ") understand six birda were put on board the vessel, and if these arrive safely it will form a very fair nucleus of an ostrich farm, an indus* try proved both at the Cape and in Australia to be of a very profitable nature.