The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4604, 6 October 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1883.

Sebvices in connection with the anniversary of^he Grahamstown WesJeyan Sunday School will be held in the Church to-morrow ruorning, afternoon, and evening, and will be conducted by the Eev. W. G. Parsonson. The choir and school children will render some select music, and the collections -will be on behalf of the Sunday School. The usual soiree and public meeting takes place on Tuesday.

At the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow evening Mr E. H. Tajlor will speak on " The King-dom~-reply. to some objections." . At St. James Presbyterian Church the Rev. S. J. Neill will deliver the concluding lecture of his series on " Woman in the Bible." Amosbment seekers will have an oppor* tunity of indulging in a visit to the drama to-night. The Academy cf Music will be opened by a Company from the Opera House, Auckland, who have announced " Arrab-na-Pogue" as their programme. The high enromiums passed on the representation of this play should warrant a large audience attending to witness it to-night. Ykstbbday evening a child named Annie McMillan, an inmate of the Orphanage, fell down while crosseing the yard at the institution, and sustained a trccture of the arm. Dr Payne, attended to the little sufferer this morning. ' Thjs Br.M. sat for a few minutes this morning, for the purpose of enabling a firstr offender to " own up " to a drunk. 5s or iin^riAoHment until the rising of the Court wajiyrTOoiraed. About half-past eleven, o'clock last night the ffrebells rang out, and the cause of alarm was discovered to be small fisherman's hut in Shortland, occupied by a man named Sharp. The hut was uninhabited at the time of the fire ancj..was totally destroyed.

i Tfi£ railway contractors have discontinued takjoe' mullock from the hill opposite the on account of its being too' expensive, end intend to-get the remainder of the filling required from one of the hills near Tptara Point. The small locomotive was yesterday couveyefl to the line on the 'opposite side of the railway bridge across the Kauaeranga,for the purpose of drawing the trucks.

The miners and other residents living in the upper portion of Waiorongomai are agitating for a branch Post-office up the hill, and a local storekeeper haß agreed to carry the mails from the township and act as postmaster gratuitously. W« trust that for the convenience of the people the office will be opened as requested. /

The notice of a concert to be given by Mr Gordon Gooch and Company, from Auckland,assisied by Mrs Kilgour, on the 15th mat., appears in another column. Mr Gobch's well known reputation renders it superfluous on our part to apeak of him, and the public may rest assured that a musical treat of no mean order will'be given the tn.

The trout, which arrived here in the shape of ova about a month ago, are progressing, owing to the diligent attention bestowed on them by the introducers, Messrs Allom, Smith, and Steedman. They are lively enough now to be turned out, but their caretakers are not going to risk failure, and have resolved on keeping them some little time longer. They will probably receive their first feed to-morrow. We learn that several residents in the district have evinced an inclination to construct ponds for the reception of the small fry.

Amhottgh little is heard of the doings of the Sericultural Aesociation, nothing is being neglected by its secretary in view of the coining to maturity of the mulberry trees, planted somo time ago. The trees look wal}, and are progressing admirably in their growth ; by thistime next year it is oxpepted they will be fit for use. Until the trees are ready no active work in the production of wo-uns or eggs can be done. A small number of'worms are now hatching, and the trees are sufficiently developed to feed them, but no greater^number will be kept than can be fed from thlftreeß now growing, as it is deemed inadvisable to rob the trees of their leaves" prematurely. , .

Finding- that no smoke came out of the No. 2 shaft, MnHicks, manager of the, Caledonian, yesterday evening took down the clay; wall built at No. 1 level, thus allowing a 1 powerful draught to play through the workings where the fire wes raging. The No. 1 level.has of course fallen in, but men are now engaged cleaning it out. The Q-oldea Crown men have not been able to go to work yet, but; unless the fire brejkjt.out again the workings should shortly be clear of gas or smoke. The air coming up the No. 2 shaft is very ho!-, but the warmth of the ground is sufficient to account for this.

We have received the first number of The Freethou»hfc R-wiew, anew journal published monthly "at Wanganui, and devoted to the advancement of Freethought and Secularism. The journal is well got up, and will.no doubt receive considerable support. TflE charge against Boswell, for stealing cheques belonging to the Lighter Co., New Plymouth, occupied the Court all yesterday, when the Magistrate dismissed it without comment. Two other charges will be heard on Friday next. . Mb J. E. Redmond, M.P., will deliver a lecture in the Theatre Royal, Auckland, on Monday evening on " Home Rule : It's Real Meaning." The Wellington correspondent of the Herald wires that there was a very long Cabinet meeting on Thursday, all the members in Wellington being preßent,A£ : <ubs£fluently (he Premier had a lengtheoOT-'ifitetTie^ with the Governor. „ ':',-" ' V „ 4.' \!i *•'

The lonic will tabo 5000 ceases of ffoSsen mutton from Wellington, and the Triumph? about 4000. The Dunedin Harbor Board are calling for tenders for 250 yards additional wharfage for the accommodation of the larger class of vessels now going to the Dunedin wharves by the Victoria channel. A deputation waited on the Hon. T. Dick yesterday to urge the extension of the Lums-den-Marora Railway line, Southland, for four or five miles beyond the present terminus. Mr Dick promised to lay the matter b afore the Hon. Mr Johnston. .... . ■ , - j It is intended, if possible, to hold a large Volunteer review at Easter in Wellington. The Colonel in command of the district will wait on the Defence Minister on his return from Kawhia to ascertain what assistance may be expected from Government. It is understood {hat the directors of the South British Insurance Company recommend tlie.declaration of a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. "A Bushman, at Makarau, named MoAlister cut his throat while in delirium tremens. At the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday E. Mullens was charged with setting fire to his house at Tawa Flat, with intent to defraud the Insurance Company. The evidence disclosed so far is circumstantial, and is to the effeot that the accused offered a person resident in the district a sum of money to TOvn the house down. A person riding a horse, answering to the description of the one owned by ec used, was sren passing through the streets on the morning of the fire. Fourteen men were in the house when the fire'was discovered, but escaped by means of the chimney. The accused was further remanded until Tuesday, bail being allowed, himself in £400 and two sureties of £200 each.

Shobtly aftar 11 o'clock on Thursday night, an outrage of a kind of very rare occurrence waß attempted on an elderly gentleman near the junction of Grey and Pitt streets, Auckland. The gentleman in question, aMr Pilkington, accompanied by his wife, was walking to his place of residence in Wellington street, when, on reaching the top of Grey street, a man crossed over from near the residence of Dr Purchaa, and seizing Mr Pilkington attempted to throttle him in garotte fashion. The gentleman assailed managed to strike the fellow to the ground, and before the attack could be renewed the approach of another man frightened the assailant, who quickly made off. The would-be garotter, whose object was doubtless robbery, bed a wide-awake hafe drawn down over bis face, wbich would render his identification difficult. It is stated that several other cases of attempted garoliing have taken place in the city lately, which goes to Bhow that a desperate character or two have lately been added to the population of Auckland.