The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4537, 20 July 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1883.

Messrs E. F. TizABD and L. Ehrenfried, Esqs., J.s?., occupied tbe Bench in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. The civil oaees heard were B. Hales v J. B'yan, judgment sutnmons,£Blss 6d. Defendant was ordered to pay 10s per week and costs, or go tow»l for one month —Renniek v Parsons— Ofoim,'jE4 5s ld,and Read v Fuhrhop,fil9 9s 2d were undefended,' and judgment was given in •each' case,for .the nmonnt claimed. Mr Miller appenred for the plaintiff in all the cases.

. r TnK Dpran, .Combination, Troupe :gave another very successful performance^ast night. The attendance was not as good as the attractions offered merited." A new farce, " Slocum's Dog," was produced, and elicited continued merriment from the audience. The chief prizeß fell to Mrs Everett, of Shortland, six cant-bottomed chairs; Mrs Newdick.'an oil painting; and Mr Berryman, alarge oleograph. The singing bVo-tak'-s place to-night, and several entries hay» b*en made for it. The prizo for the (Ui'oeßsful compeli 1 or is an oil painting valued at five guineas. Among the chief prizes to be distributed this evening will be a breakant *et of 54 pieces, atea and coffee service, wax flowers, and thirty «>fcher prizes.

; The tender .of H Williams and party has been accepted by the directors of the Queen of England Co., for driving the No. 3 level seawards. ■

Ysstbrday-Mr : George-■ jßryant who hat been engaged carrying tbe mails between Thames and Paeroa, met with an accident on tbe road. Near Pnriri he was thrown from bis horse and tbe animal fell on him. He is severely bruised, but no bones are broken

•The schooner Endeavor, Captain Haiton, arrived here' from Auckland, in ballast, on Sunday last, and proceeded at once to Bag. null's mill, where Bhe iB now loading, and will sail in a day or two with 60,000 feet of sawn 'kabikate». >■ *' ' ' "• '^

In the-Police- Court this mfornine, Messrs John- sPearce 1 and : Hugb/".'ML.Cormick wereeach .fiaftd. one. shilling for allowing i their respective ehi.Jinies to,i'f»kfl ifir,e.. , i A TOOrBAMi match; bet wean "-teams picked from the Sho tland and North Shore club* is to be plrtved here in -ab'nir o fortnight. The following team hws b»e-i audited <o rcreeent Short laud, aud tl><-y wil! «lso pl,»y ; n i.llrco ert> team on" the Whi'V-Kar. k. fh' 10-rn'<rr w afternoon : —Mc^'B Ir«?in <o>ipt.), Cleave, Dufsv, Fitzpatrick, Hindman, Hqlmes.Lyneh, Jfann, MbCoilum, Morgan, Saunders, Thompson (2), Tupara, and Wallace ; emergency, Wirope. Play .will be ; commenced to morrow'at 230 p.m. sharp. - % m ;o:hb, miners of; Notawo'. Eidiug, Qr»ymouth, at a public meeting, Raised resolution* iin favor of abo'ishins; fhe gold duty, and I Vr'ducing <iiinere' rights fees to 10a. A large icoinmittre vi^a nppoiutetl to get gi^uatufes tOi the pbtifciun graving for the Gold Duty; 'Ab./liVtoti Act. We would suggest that aoiuej suoh steps be taken by the Thames miners. There it a widespread feeling that the law

compelling every m«»n employpfi about a mine ,to,,t»ke out' a miner's,right is not what was dHb^nally infpnded by the fr<imers of the Act, Jtnd'if arftnuitroußly«B)gned petition were for"W«ie<i."to Parliament, praying that the^ ,JDiner"» rights fees be only for the • number of 'Men's ground held, it would raise the question, as to the legality of the present niethod, and, perhaps be the means of getting the matter placed on a fair basis. Thb Fre^mnson'a Hall, Owen Jitreet', will b,e., the. scene, of jjCestiyity , A,. concert and ball are to-take pl»ce Jhere undnr the aucpicei of the fratormJy, and the mt»n»sjfc» jnent will be in jhe.hafK{s/ t of Mr T. wh-Bepush success s on similar occasion) cannot be forgotten. , Thb following tetegrra "n* wera potted at th Corner to-day :—" Winze on No. 1 reef boled through to No. 4 leTel.— Q. S. CZABK, New Prince Imperial."— '] Manager reports 201b3 specimens cronsreef, No. 5 level, Deep Level Crops.-!— Jambs Stodabt, Secretary Deep Level Cross." . ■ Owing .to 'the heavy gale blowing last night, and. to-day Jfi'om the north-west, the schooner Ruby and the - ketch Wild Duck, outward bound for Auckland, with railway sleepers, had to come clo-e inshore and anchor for safety. The s.s. Kotuku, bound' for, Auckland from Matamata also found tha .weather too bbisterotUnto,proceed, and>is riow . lying o^F.;Ourtis' .Wharf, waiting for tlieLwiiul to'abate. - , t/ , -■■ , ''•■'■;

Jaheb Chbistt, wm brought before the Bench this morning charged with Innaoy. The unfortunate man,whoi» Yerj old, "appeared to be very weak, and his present oondition will more than probably be removed by a little medical attention and comfort. After being examined .by Dr's.Callan'fcfld Payne the Bench committed him to the Auckland Asylum where he will doabtleie receive that nourish* menfc and care necewary to, restore him', to health.

A cobbkspondbnt of tbe Pall Mai! Bndget asserts that Queensland is, perhaps, rhe worst Government under the English fUg. Perhaps that accounts for some opposition to the New Guinea annexation.

A BC's IB aid Forbes, lik-* Archbishop Whateley, has one failing, that of ouinisoMnc*. Bjsji| allusively rebuked hy a correspondent of'"lhi Brisbane Courier, who reminds him of an anecdote told of Alexander the Macedonian, who one day, in the studio of Apelles, the painter, asked a aeries of such ridiculous questions that Apelles requested him to deii«t, as the boys mixing tne colours were laughing at bim." Then it dawned upon the oonquorori of Isaus and Acbela that, however much he knew of the art of war, his knowledge of painting was about equal to thai of a;li»tle child;, <" ■ Thb Mayor of l">utiedin (sayß a Southern paper) is a gentleman and » carpenter, every, inch of him. The.Hon. Mr f Olivfr, of Durie^ :dra, Js a member, of the "Upper House—and wears frills—rathei 1. When the Mayor and Mr Oliver were showing the new Governor round the town, His Excellency took advantage of a quiet iete a^tete with the Mayor to ask him t— •" Mr"Thomp'»on, how long have you. known the Hon. Mr Oliver ?" " About 20 years." " What was Mr O's position when you first knew him?" " Well, the first time I saw the Hon. Mr Oliver, he wore a black apron, and I wnre a white ono. Ho was behind a counter, weighing sixpence worth of nails, which I was buying to repair a client's pigMye with." More power to both of them, if they let those frills alone.

We have been requested to correct an error in the published list of subscriptions to the Rowan Rel< if Fund. The name appears A. Dean, Auckland, £1 Is.' It should be «A" Dunn." '." ' • - ' ' Thb New Zealand Electric Light. Company have obtained from the Harbour Board an extension of time for the electric light for the Port of Lyttelton. The result of the trial already made gives the cost of such light per hour as slightly less, than four pence. Thb Auckland Freezing Company pay Fisher and Co.'s 'shareholders Z5 per cent, advance on their paid up capital, with in' crest at 7 per oeni. on the paid up capital, payable on Ist July v 1884. - t . , ; , A' HANDBOSi bequest of over '£300,000 has been made to. the Melbourne charities by the late Mr John Linay, formerly a clerk in tbe .[Victoria Insurance Company's office. The Australasian says—" The nationality of Bis Excellency Sir William Jervois attracting great attention in'- New Zealand. Our correspondent doubts His Excellency being an Irishman,, and states that the name is pure Norman-French, and that His Excellency's ancestors were probably Jersey people. JETe concludes aa follows :—" Possibly most likely, he was * dropped ' in Ireland, hut a babe born in a manger, would not, 'necessarily, therefore be a horse. Great officers ordinurily are great travellers'; and Sir Gh'orge Grey, a pure Englishman, was born in Lisbon, yet he is not a Portugese."

A. WBSL-ATTHNfiBD meeting of auctioneers was held in Wellington on Wednesday for thn purpose of considering: thefAuctioneers Act Amendment Bill recently introduced into the Home of BepresentatxTes. The provisions of the measure were discussed at 'length, and a number of amendments were ; suggested: the opinion of the meeting being that the bill in its present form was inimical to the interests of auctioneers. It was decided to have -the amendments printed in a circular form and forwarded to each member 'b( Parliament,—The Dunedin City 'Council, at a special held 'last" night to consider the Bill, suggested that the rise should be £50 instead of £10, also that a £10 fee should be required from /persons acting as share, property, or money brokers or appraisers. [