The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4587, 17 September 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1883.

OwQJG to the pressure of mail news and otheri^Bß^«n our columns, our leader and other interesting matter is unavoidably held over. We desire to call attention to the lecture of Mr J. A. Fond this evening in the Academy of Music, upon " The formation of our gold bearing lodes," which should prove both interesting and instructive not only to miners, but to all;tbose|interested in the progrees of the Thames. The lecture will be delivered under the auspices of the Mutual Improvement Association. Mb Daniel, M.H.B. for Wallace, who has been on the Thames on a visit to an old friend of his, Mr John Cartwright, left per Rotomthana on Saturday. The variou ß sights of the place were kindly pointed oat to him by Mr A. Aitken and other gentlemen, and Mr Daniel left with very favorable impressions of the town and district. He promised to assist our members in any way in the House when votes were required. The adjourned' inquests on the fire which , occurred at Parawai on the 25th August were ; concluded to-day. One inquest was held as to the cause cf the burr ing of the building, j and another as to the death of the child lost in the conflagration. Mrssrs W. Danes and O. Winder were examined and gave evidence similar to that altealy published by us, and in addition to that the depositions'of Mra Woods, who now lies in the Hospital suffering from the result of her burns, were read. Mrs Woods' statement goes to shew that shortly after eleven o'clock on the morning of the occurrence her.husband put a kerosene tin containing tar, on the kitchen fire, while she i ! was engaged in "washing up." He then \ went outside to clean a tank, which be intended to use the tar in coating. The baby was in the cradle in a corner between the fireplace and the door. Mrs Woods heard the tar take fire, and immediately afterwards it boiled over on the floor; she ran to the door to call her husband, and to get a wet sack to throw over the flumes, whi«h in the meantime had seized the cocoa-nu> matting. When she returned the place was full of flame and smoke; she tried to get at the. child in the cradle but could not,-* and fell on the floor; her husband then rushed in pushed her out, and tried unsuccessfully to get the child. Thus it would appear that previous statements to the effect th-.t the baby was seized by one or both of the parents were incorrect. The verdict regarding the death of the infant was that it was accidentally burnt to death ; and concerning the fixe that it will caused by accident,

One of the Jargeßt funerals which has f&kin place in the district for some years woe that of Mr John Hennelly, which left hie late residence yesterday, attended by over 300 people. The deceased, who arrived in the colony about 1863, and at, the Thames ■>*< the •lprning of the field, was well and deservedly respected. He had been suffering from h'-a-t diseease, whioh caused his death, for some six months. He was a quiet, unostentatious man, a warm friend, an affectionate husband, bhS a good father. The popular Te Aroha Postmaster, Mr B. Boyne, is about to be removed to Mercer. A Norwegian, named Galorieson, who deserted from the chip Oxford, on board which 1 he was employed as a aailmaker, was found on the beach at Ohariu on Saturday, by two station hands, in v very exhausted condition. Galorieaon asserts that he had not tasted food for sixteen days, and that during that period he bad not seen a living soul. His feet present the appearance of having been frost- j bitten. He was sent into Wellington, and subsequently to the hospital, where he received treatment. Caft. Thomas, of the cutter Start, has died suddenly oh board his own vessel in Auckland. Thb football mat oh, Nelson v. Wanganui, was played on Saturday, and resulted unsatisfactorily. In the first spell Ooakely, of Wanganui, had hiß leg broken above the ankle, and the Wanganui captain was stunned, but afterwards was able to go on after a short rest. In the second spell a dispute arose as to whether Powell, of Wanganui, who touched down behind Nelson goal, was off-side, and neither umpires giving in, the Wanganui men walked off* the field, and the Nelson captain claimed the victory. ' ■ Mb Jacoesen, who returned to Chtistchurch on Saturday from Alford Forest, states that sinking has been commenced, and some stones found rather larger than those seat Home to Mr Kelaey. Thb lawn tennis match between Auckland and Dunedin representatives came off on Saturday at Dunedin, tnd was won by Auckland. The Dunedin representatives, Dr Batchelor and Mr McNeill, were, nervous, especially at the first, but the Auckland gentlemen— Messrs Dargaville and A. McDonald, M.H.R.'s —showed no symptoms of this disorder. A return match is announced for Wednesday. The Ngunguru Eangatira, cotter of Auokland, for years past trading there, has been wrecked at the Great Barrier. The crew were saved.