Events of the Month.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4628, 3 November 1883, Page 4

Events of the Month.

— The Government steamer Hinemoa has conveyed a number of the Armed Constabulary to Kawhia to maintain order, and shew Tawhiao's followers that the law must be kept. l — An interesting chess match between Wellington and Canterbury has just been concluded in favor of Wellington. — A case of natives obstructing a survey party in the Wanganui district resulted in the Maori chief at the head of the party being fined a sum (including costs) of £55.

r. — That old humbug Tawhiao, the Native King, was very deferential to the Native Minister, when the latter shewed bow determined he was to put down with a firm hand any obstructions or outrage on the part of the Maoris. — A New Zealand youth, named Scott, ,20, years of age, has completed a 24 hours' walking match with a professional pedestrian named Edwards, defeating the older walker by nearly seven miles., The winner walked 111 miles.

— A local Educational Association, being a branch of the New Zealand Educational lustitute, has been formed here.' — A branch of the Irish National League has been established at the Thames. — A successful sale of the new township of Waiorongomai, a gold field adjoining the recently opened field at Te Aroha, has been held.

, > *i— The Redmond mission, on behalf of

the Irish National League, has been a great success in New Zealand. It is anticipated that over £2000 will be the result of the efforts of the party in the colony. f. —At the sale of the property left by the late S. Costley to Auckland Institutions the sum realised was £34,495.

— A hot-headed solicitor in Dunedin, named Deniston, has just sued the Otago Daily Times for libel, and has been nonsuited on the ({round that the matter

complained of was fair comment. — An intolerant Baptist parson, named Cato, in a speech delivered at a Sunday ' School festival, objected to the inclusion of Roman Catholics in the list of Christians in the world. — Some agitation has been made in the direction, and a feeling seems to be growing, that our charitable aid matters are somewhat loosely managed, and a resident surgeon should be appointed to the local hospital, instead of a visiting officer, as now is the system. — The Salvation Army are about to build barracks in Auckland.

—• The body of one of the principal

clerks in the head office of the Customs . Department, named Williams, who has been missing for over a week, was found- , in the Wellington harbor. — The Wellington City Council is reducing the salaries of its officers. t-A- young woman named Fowler, daughter of a schoolmaster in the Provincial district, who.was born blind, has had her sight restored by Dr Richardson, . of Auckland. — The reckless extravagance of the , colony in the expenditure on the Civil Service, is causing some attention in the colony. - —The restrictive clauses of the

Licensing Act are being carried out in all their severity throughout the colony. — Our Police Couri is rarely used. Only., at long intervals are our Halls of Justice opened. We are a law-abiding community. r-The Otunui goldfield, adjacent to the Thames, is .turning out satisfactorily. — The Harbor Board owns a steam . dredge, bat they are not quite satisfied as to what they will do with it.

„ ~ Mrs Dr Potts, anAmericandoctoress, has been lecturing throughout the colony with only qualified success. The tenor of her deliverances was looked upon as ;' rather tinged with those things unnecessary to lecture about— a la " The Fruits ; of Philosophy," of Bradlaugh and Besant notoriety.' U£; — The telephone is being brought into - active service throughout the district. In • small places which do not warrant the expenditure attached to the support of a telegraph office, the telephone is a great boon; ■' ■ cV —. -The surviving victim of the Parawai fire, reported in our last summary, has been discharged from the local Hospital. — Our local manufacturers have just '" i finished a locomotive for the Waiorongomai tramway. It is of 16 horse power, and intended to work on a grade of 1 in 30." -~ The Blue Ribbon Army is thriving. There are about 350 members of it here. ' — Baron Hiibner, the Austrian diplomatist, is making a tour through the colony. — Mr James Ashcroft, late editor of

the Otago Daily Times, has just been presented with a small testimony, in the 'shape of one hundred guineas, of his .public services as a pressman. '. „_ The New Zealand Rifle Association Mistaking steps, to make the annual prize firing meeting, which takes place in Auckland shortly,' a.great -success. The racecourse has been secured as the scene of operations. , . . - -. - " — A bazaar held in Wellington in aid - of the Catholic Convent resulted in a -return of £870. ' — Some disappointment has been expressed at the unsatisfactory reports received from Home re the Canterbury diamonds. They appear to be very unreliable.

— The game of chess, with living pieces, has become fashionable as an entertainment in the cities of the colony. — A fortnightly mail service will be established with England via Sydney, through a recent arrangement made be tween the New South Wales Government and the Orient S.N. Co.

— Scott, who defeated Edwards, the pedestrian, in Dunedin, was beaten by the latter in a 48 hours' walk in Christehurch. The distances walked were— Edwards, 192£ miles; Scott, 191f miles.

— The genuineness of the result of a trial crushing from a Wellington claim, which took place here, has been impugned. It is asserted that the gold said to be the result of the crnshing did not come from the mine alleged. — There have been several well insured fires in Auckland during the month. .'— The battery at Waiorongomai, Te Aroha, commenced crushing on the Ist November.

— A branch of .the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is about to be formed at the Thames.

— 26,0000zs of gold were taken away from Hokitika .in one shipment last month.

— At the meeting held in Wellington to hear Mr J. E. Eedmond, a leading "Upper House " member occupied the chair, and a member of the "Lower House " eulogistically proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer; the subject was " Home Rule."

— The Bank of New Zealand has just declared a dividend equal to 15 per cent. per annum. — The new Volunteer regulations are not working well, and have injured the stability and strength in numbers of the force.

— Sydney Taiwhanga, the unsophisticated native, who had such a " good time" in London while advocating the much-abused Maori's cause, has just escaped liability under a promissory note he was sued for, owing to a technicality. — From a return recently issued it is learnt that the agricultural return of New Zealand in every product is very much higher per acre- than any other colony, except in the; matter of hay in. which it ranks closely after New South Wales and Queensland. — The race " sweep" swindle has received a check, owing to the recent

absconding of promoters in Melbourne. — A Volunteer was shot recently, while marking at rifle practice, at Te Awamutu,

' — A.child has been smothered in bed, in Dunedin, by its mother overlying it, while the latter was intoxicated. A verdict of " Manslaughter " was returned against the parent. — Two men were killed in Wellington by a fall of earth in a railway tunnel. The foreman, who admitted his careless* ness in not taking precautions to prevent it, has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter. - — Luther's fourth centennary is to be celebrated in Dunedin. — Aiarge whale was washed ashore at' the Northern Wairoa recently. Its lower jaw and the whole of its teeth were gone, and many harpoon' wounds on the body testified to its numerous escapes from the whaler.