The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4708, 8 February 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1884.

OCR Auckland correspondent telegraphed this afternoon as follows:—" The Board of

Education this. afternoon granted a scholarship to young Pa:r, and decided that his father be infoim.d that he can make a state* ment at the next weekly meeting if he so deßircs." Mr Par/ left by the steamer this afternoon fo interview the Board.

As will be seen by a telegram in- another column from our TeAroha correspondent, the Warden is cany ing out bio declared policy of making claimholders work their ground, or else let someone else h«ve the opportunity of taking it up. No less than twenty claims have ajreadyjjeen forfeited for non-working.

iss.WeViogton weithev prophet sent the following-warning at half past twelve to-daf : —" Watch barometer; bad weather approaching between north and east and south east; glass falling again soon and heavy rainfall after 10 hours, and tides low during the next 36 hours.—R. A. Edwin."

' Thb manager of the Caledonian Low Level' GvM.Qo. has lost no time in the re,erectioa of the machinery in connection with the rock-di ill and air compreeso". The steam engine is in position and roofed in, and the • men were td-day engaged fixing the air pipes in tbe Big Pump ebaft. This will be completed to-morrow, and as only one or two connections of pipes have to be made on~the surface, everything wili be ready by Monday next loi lay the pipes in the level. Tenders for driving will be called ns soon as tbe 649 ft level is dry.

Thk rifle match, Bangers V.Naval.Artillery, will be fired to-morrow -morning, and the victorious team will be entertained, by their opponents at a dinner in the Naval drill ball in the evening. The match is expected to be a very close one, especially if the wcatbor proves favorable to-good shooting. The following are the teams chosen at meetings of the cjaipanies held " last night:—Rifle Rang* ers —A. Thomcj, A Newdick, C. MoLean, Gh Clark, J. Tbomap, J. Inglis, W. Luca», W« Hawk, W. Ciimo, T. Penk, A. She.lock, J"' J. Kclnnes, Gh Downie, W. Reardon, J. Gilpin', E. Gibbs, E. Simpson, Paterson, J. Cloytt, A, Mayo j emergencies-'C. Gentry,

Rjcrofr, Ardern, Vine. Kaval "Artillery—Gr. Gill, Floyd, Dave, Brownlow, Cameron, Johns, WeiK GilijJ. Brownies, H.Brewslee, Kellar, John»tone, Delahunfy, Cartwright, Lukey, Prcece, Lough, Whito, darken, and Ccnroy 5 emergencies, Bichardaon, end Kirby.

A ecbatch cricket match will be played between the members of the Thames Cricket Club to-morrow afternoon on the Waic-Kar&ka Flat. v"

Sending frozen sheep home to' England does not appear to pay Sj m all instances. The Wan^anui Chronicle, in the course of an s article, shows that in ihe ca,so of a consignment of 244 sheep, of an average weight of 7Olbs each, sent from there lately, the total charges by the time the sheep were placed on the Home market were £271 19a, while, the receipts were not,more than £450 9s, being An average price received by the former of 143 7d per she^p, which is loss than what can be got for a sheep in Wanganui at present, even if it were only bought for boiling down purposes.

Db- Txnnenx has been appointed visiting surgeon under the Contagious Diseases Act for the City of Auckand. '

The trustees of the Dunedin Sayings Bank have agreed to pay out of the accrued profi 8 the cum of £1500 to the trustees of the Benevolent Institution. This is the third paymentof the kind, so that with the Government subsidy the Benevolent Institution has secured a sum of £11,200.

- At the launch of the three«masted schooner Waireka, 150 tons, at Mechanics Bay Auckland yesterday when half way down the ways she lurched to starboard, the ways fell under her and she remained hard a^d fast on the b.nk.

TWO men caught red-hand:d fishing for trout in L^ke Wakatipu on Wednesday had their boats and nets seize J, and are further liable to a penalty of £100.

; An amusing cricket match took place in Auckland yesterday between two eighteenE — Publicans v. Brewers, Wine Merchants, a'?.d M rated Water Manufacturers, the former winning easily. The match was got up for the benefit of the local Orphan Homes. Liquors were provided gratis, there be'ng contribution boxes on the ground to receive the donations of the public towards the charities named. It is expected that a handsome sum will be secured.

A hobbibHß case of suicide occurred at Fpxton on Wednesday, whea Hemy Buckendabl, about tej time, blew his bead off. He took.a gun, went into his room, locked the door, and calling o~t " Good-bye " to his wife, discharged the, weapon. He-had nob been drinking, but wan despondent on account of ill health. He had no belief whatever iv regard to a future state, and was not in poor c'rcumstinr^. He arrived in the colony eight ye .is a o, and leaves a wife aud a boy aged 14. He had previously threatened to destroy himself. . r

\ The award of £1000 offered by the Tauranga Prospecting Aseosiation, has already liEdeome effect. The Bay of: Plenty Times shys that Mr George M. Clean —i miner— has pome orer from Te Avoha to learn particulars of the award for a payable goldfild. He ■tatca that a payable reef has be- n found within the boundaries determined as the limit wilhia which*the award will apply.

A srcMBEE of townsfolk were egregiously "sold " thiß afternoon. About one o'clock it was reported that a school of whales were disportin gthemselves in theharboi-opposite Gtrahametowus abouto mile from shore, and notwithstanding the fact that the rumor (contrary to the usual course) decreased as it was circulated into a schoblic^porppUt»i and then into a shoaltof (chnapper, a large number of persons ef both sexes and all ages gathered on the reclamation and v streets, pointing seaward, while others betook themselves to the wharves all in the hope of caiching sight of the denizens of the dtep. All eyes were eagerly directed to a poiot between the two wharves, where; in quick sucoeasioDJ appearancß3 like that causi d by whales "blowing" could be ob erred following one another. So cerUn were some that these were caused; by rial sea monsters, that, a boat set ont from Curtis' Wharf, and a Brown stivet tradesman laid a irzgev of two new hats that they, were whales. rlheje pleasant fancies of good luck (o someone (for of course it wes a foregone conclusion that the^animals would run lhemsol7C3 aground somewhere in our harbor) were, however, quickly dispelled when a glas was brought into requisition, then b ing scon plainly, as bud already been guessed by the shrewd ones, that the " whales" were only"the groun swell breaking on the sandbank, the wind scat! jring the ?pray, making the .appearance of fish "blowing." ' .

Dttbikg the beaiiag of a case brought by the Inspector of Nuisincis to-day against a fish curor, for allowing decayed fish 13 remain on ..his premise* to tho annoyance of his neighbors, the defendant state! that he had hung up some sharks in the sun to dry for the Maoris, but he aaid it could not occur a^c"n» as he would not fake any more contra>"3 for supplying the "King Natives" with that delicacy. ■ • ■

Thb fol 1 owing is a de-ciiption of the osp> bilifc'f s of a Queensland Magistrate as given by a ( jntemporaiy :—He can sifc a buckjumper, bre ib a colt, bowl an over " dead on " and with no end of pace, knock together a rattling score in slashing style, throw a boomerang as wsll as any blackfellow, sing a good song, playing h's own accompaniment on the piano, throw off a sot of verses, sketch a pvosprot, (ate a tur"n with the glove; administer real justice from the Bench, cad pay a game of billiards—all with equal excellence.

At the Edu"atio?ipl Institute mooting held in Chrietchurch yesterday afternoon *-he following resolutions were 1 passed, viz., " That this Ins ituto suggest! that every i .acher shall be allowed to withhold from examination any child who has not attended 30 hslf days, and aleo 10 per cout of tboae who have made the required number of attendance ; " " That it is desirable that regulations with respect to the presentation in Standards should be identical in the different Provincial Districts;" " That it is desirable that examiners connected with our public school system ehodd be gentlemen who have no direct interest ia tbo ■passing of candidates." The last was carrifd by a majority of only one.

A Raitiesnakb'B'Eith. —The quick venom cf tbe rattlesnake has-not killed so many people as (ho more insidious but deadly poisons found in the air of foul rooms. Tbe covation of tbe blood by the lungs b cornea impossible sometimes, and tiio failing health, growing weakness, and loss of appetite are the iutrbingers of approaching death. For such cases Hop Bitten are the potent and all-powerful remedy to drive all fivers out of the system, purifying the blood, and giving a new and happy lease of life. Notice,