The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4589, 19 September 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1883.

Asr information baa bean lodged by the police against the tip-driver on the railway contract for cruelty to an animal. This is owing to the brutal treatment of a horse ' employed in the work, and referred to in our correspondence columns recently. The case will be heard on Friday next. x A ebcest Gazette notice contains the gratifying fact that sportsmen will be enabled to purchase their powder without paying the absurd one shilling license' fee hitherto charged, and that dealers under the Act who now pay an annual fee of £5 in seaport towns, and £2 inland, are only to be relieved of the cash to the extent of £1 each. Cast. Hume, Inspector of Prisons in New Zealand, is now at the Thames. It ia to be hoped that his visit will be productive of something being done to supply a decent lock-up, if nothing more, for the placa. It is not long since a woman with & child in her arms had to " put in " seven days in the apology for a place of confinement supplied us, and during that time some of the severest weather we have experienced, prevailed. Perhaps the Governmental neglect of the place generally will be slightly atoned for in ; the small matter of having comfortable quarters provided for a very small number of the population. • THE successful result of the chess tournament in Auckland, has agitated the minds of ,a few of our townsmen, and a game with '.living pieces is spoken of as a probability ; here. A SPECIAL meeting of the Harbor Board was • held yesterday afternoon, and after a lengthy disCMMi'on as to the hew by-law relating to ch"OTgs'«,on timber shipped, no resolution was arrived at. The matter stands over until the ÜBUi»l meeting. The following telegram was posted at the Gorier this afternoon:-—" 1 owt specimens, Bth stope, JJp. 2 section west, No. 5 level.— G. 8. CiABE.Hew France Imperial. Capt. Edwin 1 telegraphed fco«day that there were indications of a frost to-nigttt, »n4 t.ha fc the tides would be very low. The latter portion has been verified, tide to«day receding much further than usual. An elderly maa^amed Alexander, a banker, committed suicide ia Oh^ie^ohuroh yesterday by swallowing spirits of salts. Ec died at 4 p^m. Hew i& Got Si^OK.—Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, dastor all the time,, take all the vile nostrums advertised, andtbeja you will want to know How to Q-bx Weii.—Which is answered in three words—Take Hop Bitten I fi Read.

Tjib underground fire in the Caledonian L«id slopes was burning more fiercely this morniig than yesterday, and the smoke was coining up the Caledonian No. 2 shaft in a dense column, Mr Hicks, on visiting No. 1 level this morning, found that; a portion of the drive had fallen in, and seeing that there was a chance of smother* iog the fire, he *et a party of men to work to cover up the No. 2 a^id other up-cast] shafts from which smoke was issuing, and to atop, as far as possible, all draught from reaching the fire^ A clay dam is being built in the crosscut at No. 1 level, -So. 2 shaft baing uncovered temporarily in order to allow the work to proceed. This dam will not only stop the draught to the fire, but will send the down-cast air through the Manukau winze into the Waiotahi, and that mine should be able to resume work shortly. The Deep Level Cross men have stopped all the drives connecting with the Big Pumpshaft, and work will be resumed in the 640 ft. south crosscut this evening. At a meeting of the Amateur Athlefcrs Club last night, it was decided to close the meetings till next season. There was only a email attendance. The question of holding | sports has not yet been decided. * The immigrants who arrived by the. ship Doric are spoken favorably of as healthy and respectable. There have been no complaints by the immigrants as to their treatment on board. The single women are of a good Btamp, and over half of them were engaged yesterday at wages of 8s to 10s a week, cooks 15s. Others are holding out for situations as parlor or housemaids, but the demand is only for general servants. Warned by the discreditable scenes in connection with the Westmeath girls the immigration authorities have taken special care as to the supervision of the single women. A married police constable has been posted day and night at the Immigration Depot till the girls have got places, Mr March, Immigration Officer fromChristchurch visited the quarantine station yesterday in the Customs launch, which also took down provisions for the immigrants at Motuihi. He reports that all the cases of measles are improving. Mrs Cully was confined of a son on the island, and is progressing favourably. It is expected the detention of the people there will not be long. Al the meeting of the Auckland Hospital Committee, it was reported that the medical comforts bill this month would only be half that in the preceding month, and a third of what it used to be. A reporter of the Dunedin Evening Star was assaulted last night, it is understood, in connection with a paragraph recently inserted in that paper about a horse-whipping ease. Law proceedings will probably eventuate. The Doric issued New Zealand frozen meat, purchased in London, to passengers throughout the voyage, and has some still on board in excellent condition. Her cargo is being discharged d&y and night, the electric light being used at night. i, .V The Auckland Harbour Board has decided to prepare plans and specifications for the ! extension of the railway wharf fur the accommodation of ocean-going steamers, and requested the tariff committee to reconsider the Btorage rates in the wharf shed. They also refused to pay the Bank of New Zealand's claim of £362 for brokerage on loan. Messes Wm.. Bedmond, M.P., and J. W; Walshe, left Auckland per Taiaroa en route to the West Coast, where they will deliver their first lecture on the Land League as. conducted in Ireland. Action is at last to be taken by the Auckland footballers in reference to the disputed result of the Wellington match. A meeting of the Association ia so be held to consider the subject, and decide upon the steps to be taken. It is intended, if possible, to force the Wellington Rugby Union to refer the dispute to the Otago and Canterbury Union for settlement. CONSTABLE COEBTJEIir, who held the position of Clerk of the Court at Tapanui, Otago, was fined some time ago at Wellington for neglect* ing to furnish his monthly returns. He went into gaol on Saturday to serve out the alternative of one month.