The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4483, 18 May 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1883.

OwiNGt to a sufficient number of councillors having failed to attend the meeting of the Council which should h«vn been held last night, it was adjourned for a week ! Strange to say those present were the " fathers" who lived farther away from the scene of action than the absent ones.

Thbbe was another large audience at the Maccabo performance last ereaing, when a very enlivening progr mine wasgooe through. The two best items on the programme were the wandering troubadour, with hie husky voice bit " hupper note," and bis chronic cough • and Mist Mary May, the giddy young thing, who has just mi>se3 her beau. The extremely Batumi acting in this character was as won* derfol as it wa* amusing. Mr Maccabe's ventriloquial powers again astonished his audience. In tbis portion of his entertainment he certainly excels any of his predecessors in finish and deluding his hearers. The melodrama from his own pen, in which three characters and several minions take part was very diverting. The villain's straggle with hi* female victim, both characters being played by Mr Macoabe, and appearing ou the stage at the same time, w^s so realistic that a spaniel—the admission for which remains unpaid—belonging to a well-known citizen, rushed upon tho stage and bark-d at the scoundrel who was making away with the helpless girl.

A betprn rant h will be played to-morrow between the Thames >nd Shortland Football Clubs at Parawai. The following teams have been selected.—Thames : Steward (captain), Christy, Baume, Hall, Tregonning, A.llom, Lowe, Frater, Murray, Myers, Douglas, Aperahama, Watene, Nahe, and Rae.— Shortlind : Irwin (captain), Thompion, May, Tnpara, Taipara, Dick, Cleave, Sullivan, Morgan, Filzpatrick, Dufty, Pick, Lynch, and Holmes.

Thk accounts against orer one huudred ratepayers have beeu placed in the hands of the Resident Magistrate's Court officials, for the purpose of recovering v paid Borough rates.

A MBBTIN& of shareholders of the Thames River Steam Navigation Co., was held at two o'clock this afternoon, to discuss the terms of the arrangement to be made with Messrs Frater and Tinne regarding the amalgamation of the two steam services. The meeting was proceeding when our report closed.

Thh ship Waipa has arrived at Tijttelton froiu Loudoo with 2H immigrants.

Four of Mr Jacobsen's Canterbury dia monds hare been pronoanced genuine by two experts from South Africa.

Giobgb H. Shepebson, has been arrested in Auckland for bigamy

Some amusement was caused in the Police Court this morninr during the examination by Sergeant-Major Kiely of the defendant in the case of a breach of the licensing lairs. The Falstaff-like witness swore in reply to a question as to whether he was as sober at the time the alleged offence was committed, as he was then, he answered, '* Yes, and perhaps

more bo."

In giving his decision in a case of a bre ich of the Licensing laws, this morning, the Resident Magistrate spoke very strongly in reference to the offence of supplying an intox:« cated person with liquor. He very properly characterised as robbery, such conduct as receiving money for drink from an inebriated man. He pointed out that it was not absolutely necessary that the man should be undeniably and reelingly drunk, it was a breach of the law to make a man so, or to incite him to it.

NEWS has been received in Auckland stating that Mr Redmond will not reach there for two months.

THOMAS DOBSON, a labourer, has b^en accidentally drowned at Hu a Bay.

A very serious accident occurred on Wednesday morning at Biverhead, under' the following circumstances, to a man named John Gibbons, who is manager on Dr Lee's farm at Biverhead. Gibbons bad been to Auckland, and was returning to Biverbead by the steamer Lily on Wednesday morning. While the steamer was making fast at the wharf, he was standing on it with Mr Lamb and taking one of the warps, he was assisting in fastening it to a pile when his foot got in a bight of the rope; he steamer moved slightly abead at the same moment, causing the rope to tighten till it tore his foot clean off at the ankle. The steamer was at once put about for Auckland, in order to bring the man to the hospital, the stump of the leg being bandaged as well as the means at hand would enable it to be done, a friend accompanied him. Immediately on her arrival Sergeant Martin procured a cab, and had him taken, under care of Constable Stanley, to the hospital, where his injuries were at once attended to. Mr Gibbons is a married man, and has a family.

Mb J. M. Dahgaviile met his City constituents last night at St. Jarr.es' Hall. There was a fair attendance, and be was well received. He condemned Major .Atkinson's scheme of compulsory insurance, Mr Bolleston's management of Crown lands, and Mr Bryce's management of native lands. 'J be two latter Ministers, he said, were stop-gaps to the progress of the settlement of the lands of tbe colony. He praised Mr Bryce's administration of native affairs, and thought his removal from the post of Native Minister would he a misfortune; and that question should be removed from the region of party politici. As to the Education Act, he would oppose all tinkering with it. A vote of thanks and confidence was passed.

The Cbristchurch Resident Magistrate yesterday fined a man a half penny for assault, saying that under the circumstances he almost would have done the same himself.

The Christchurch Education Board, as a IS ormal School Committee, granted the use of clhbs rooms for religious teaching from 11.30 to 12, and 3,30 to 4. One member stated that at Kangiora religious instruction was given for the last halfhour in the morning by teachers who volunteered, the children not being dismissed till the religious instruction was finished.

The Mataura has filled up with her cargo of frozen mutton.

The first annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held in Christchurch last night in the Provincial Council Chambers. The meeting was crowded. The receipts for the ten months were reported at £110, and the expenditure at £104. Prizes to children for an essay on the duty of kindness to animals were distributed. There were 34 competitors, classified under 10 years, 12 years, 14, and 16. The young people's branch numbers nearly 900 members.

The newly-arrived steamer Westmeath is in charge of Captain Storehouse, who visits Auckland for the first time. Two deaths occurred on the passage—Charles Bubb, of rheumatic fever, and Thomas Menay, of consumption. Both were single men, and were taken ill soon after leaving Home. The immigrants appear a desirable class of people for the colony. They speak in favourable terms of the captain and officers, and so far as we can learn no complaints of any nature have been made. The Westmeath has not by any means a prepossessing appearance. It is easily seen she has just finished a loug voyage, and a coat of paint is badly needed to make her present a decent appearance. She is not a fast boat by any means, but little fault can be found with her passenger accommodation; she has also great cargo carrying capacity. The immigrants by the Bangitikei seem to be of an excels lent class, and (if anything) of a better description than those of the Westmeath.

The value of a prohibition order was strikingly shown at fie Lyttelton Police Court the other day. A witness stated that since the issue of the order, prisoner, who was up for drunkenness, had hardly ever been sober.

New Guinea, jusfcannexed by Queensland, is the largest island (excepting Australia) on the globe. It is about 1200 miles in length, and its greatest width is over 300 miles. The population of New Guinea, with the immediately adjacent islands, is supposed to be about 800,000.

Up to the Ist instant and since the 31st of March, 1857, that is to say in exactly 26 years, 10,144,936 ounces of gold have been exported from New Zealand, the value being no less than £39,749,040, or very nearly 40 millions (sterling.

A contempoeaey remarks that if Captain Hume pushes his alterations in oar prison regulations .much further we fear our gaols will have to go short of occu pants. His latest regulation is the unkindest cut of all, and if the prayers of the wicked should chance to be answered, there are bad times in store for the gal lant Captain. Here is the regulation to which we refer :—" No smoking shall be allowed to prisoners received after the date of this proclamation, and do tobacco introduced for the purpose, except on the written recommendation of the sugeoo." This is enough to make some of our regular gaol birds turn over a new leaf, and try how they can get along with honesty acid tobacco.

At the Christchurc'i Hospital a rabbit's cornea was transferred to a man's eye to improve the sight.

" Money answereth all things," according to the wise maa; and one of the objects which it answers exceedingly well is to give a man posthumous fame. So long as the late Mr Costleykept his money, he was the most obscure of citizens; but immediately he let it loose to exercise all its power, he sprang into popularity — his name being in erery one's mouth and in every newspaper in the colony. All sorts of stories are afloat regarding the deceased gentleman. The Kangitikei Advocate says he was always rather eccentric In former years, when Auckland consisted of a few scattered houses, Mr Costley cultivated a primitive little market garden in what is now the heart of Auckland city. In the middle of this garden plot—an object of mystery and wonder to all the little children of the period—stood an odd looking sort of hut built of birch sapling poles, closely tied on either side of a ridgepole, and held in place at the lower end by a neatly-laid bank of turfs. The middle of the mansion was about high enough to enable the dweller, who was but short in stature; to standjupright, and on each side was a sort of locker, formed in the same manner as the hut, and covered with a plank. One of these comprised the old gentleman's table, dresser, safe, &c, while theJ other held his blankets, and was his bedstead by night and seat by day. Here this ecoentric person, who was always reputed to be very wealthy, lived for many years, in fact until he was built in by the encroaching town. And here he sold, to those who chose to go to bim, modest pennyworths of turnips, cabbage, &c, and stowed away all his accumulation of findings in the way of empty sardine tins, iron hoops, and kindred treasure. —Star.

The much talked of transit of Venus is a mere trifle in comparison with the transror» mation that bos just taken place at Chablbs McLiver's. Call in and see tbe grand display of Christmas Curds, Toy*, and General Fancy Good?.—[A»VT.