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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4591, 21 September 1883, Page 2

The measures adopted to smother the fire at No. 1 level of the Caledonian abaft have apparently been successful, as only a very small quantity of smoke is now coming to the surface, what little does come finding its way oat of the ground at the back of the Q-olden Grown battery. The clay walls built by Mr. Hicks are standing firm, and aB he has now' confined the fire, he does not intend to open the No. '2 shaft or break down the clay walls till all danger of the fire still smouldering is over. The mine is now clear of gas and smoke; the contractors at No. 2 level started work this afternoon, and the company's men could also start, were they not nearly all too ill to do so from working in the smoke and, gas during the past few days. The Golden Crown men are still unable to work, owing to the smoke and fames escaping through the old workings, and filling the drives.

A meeting- of the Football Club Committee was held last evening, when the following team was selected to do battle for the Thames in the match to be played against Te Aro'ia to«morrow afternoon in the Parawai Gardens: —Allom, Anderson, Aperahama, Christie, Douglas, Irwin, Prater, Jones, Lowe, Murray, Ogle, Rae, Taylor, Tregonning, and Watene (16). Emergency: Gillies, Viall, Ngara, and McGregor. , The Te Aroha team is a strong one, and visitors to the match will see .a well* contested game. Unfortunately for the local men, two of their best players are absent from the Thames, and therefore will not play. The Te Aroha team will arrive at the Kopu Wharf before noon to-morrow, and will be driven into town. At two o'clock a drag will leave the Bank of New Zealand corner conveying the players to Parawai, and in the evening the Thameß Club entertain the visit* ing team at dinner at Symington's Royal Hotel. , A 3?B"W weeks ago we advocated in our lead* ing columns the acquisition of a centrally situated recreation reserve by the Borough. We are glad to lee that Cr Mennie gave notice in the Borough Council laßt night, to the effect that he will move that the WaioKaraka fiat be obtained and put to such a use.

DtrßiNGt the hearing of a case of cruelty to animals heard in the R.M. Court to-day the Bench said, very truly, that half the horses in New Zealand were ruined in temper and otherwise by unnecessary beating.

A cask of some interestto publicans has been decided in the Wellington Supreme Court in banco. The applicant, W. Light, licensee of the Queen Hotel, -was convicted by Mr Hardcastle, 8.M., under section 155 of the Licensing Act, 1881, for permitting an unlawful game to be played in his licensed public house after the hour of closing. The game played was euchre> and it was contended by counsel for appellant that the section only applied to billiards, bagatelle, and other games of the same genus, and not to games with cards. The Court held up""this riew, pointing out' that the fact of playing a card game for money was met by section 149. The appeal was therefore allowed.

The Christchuroh Young Men's Christian Association having raised £1000 towards the cost of a new building, call for tenders immediately. ,

The Dunedin Chamber of Commerce yesterday resolved to co-operate with the other Chambers of the colonies and the Chambers of Commerce of London in devising means to secure the adoption of an equitable form of bill of lading, and that copies of the resolutions passed be forwarded to Sir F. D. Bell and Mr John Bobs, asking them to cooperate with the representatives of other Chambers for that purpose;

A iiETiBB concerning the supposed Christchurch diamonds has been received by this mail from Mr Eelsey, and will be read at a meeting of the Pioneer and Kohinoor Co.'s shareholders.

Two somewhat serious accidents occurred in Auckland yesterday. A man named Samuel Smith was precipitated to the ground by the fall of a scaffold, and sustained severe injuries, his left arm being fractured in two places.—ln the other case Matthew Mooret boot and shoe manufacturer, got one of his bands crushed in a leather-cutting press.

A chess match, by Jtelegrapb, between Wellington and Christchurch is to take place on Saturday next.

At the Christchurch Land Board yesterday two licerßes to prospect for minerals other than gold.in A!ford. Forest were taken out. /

At the Salvation Army meeting held ,i n Wellington last evening, Mrs Barker h re . sented the local corps with colours. Afc-^ tea meeting which followed there was;' a large attendance. r

A boatman named Henry Dive& fell dead in Wellington yesterday afternoon. He was at the time, attending the funeral of an old Maori man, when he fell and Expired almost immediately. The supposed /cause of death was heart disease. > .

Hiß Excellency the Gorgirnor, accompanied by the Minister of Education, visited the Wellington Normal School-yesterday. After an inspection of the builiAng,- Sir Win. Jervois addressed the students, »a y i n g he was pleased/ at what he had seee. His Excellency said that now the profession of teashing was not considered of an inferior character, as formerly $ he then referred to the fact that the school had that day three years bseb opened by Sir H. Robinson, during' Which, period steady progress had been made, and he hoped that it j would continue to prosper^ '•■

The resignation of Mr j a s. Brown as Visiting Justice of the prison at Dunedin has been accepted.

Thb Kamo Coal Co. hay 0 bought the Union Co.'s steamer Waitaki.

How to Gbt Sick.—Expose yourself day •nd night, ait too much without exercise, work too hard without re^t, doctor all the time, take all the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will want to know

How to Get WEiL-.-Vy-hich ia answered in three words—Take Ht,p Bitters! Bead.