The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4757, 5 April 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1884.

Divine service -will be conducted as usual in the Oddfellowa' Hall to-morrow. In the Presbyterian Church the Key. S. J. Neill will lecture in the erening on " The Creation of worship: the true forgiveness and the true sacrifice."

Thb fishermen's dingy race and the ladies' pulling race, in connection with the late re* gatta, were pulled off at Shortland at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the course for both events being from Shortland wharf to a point ab;>nt 300 yard* up the Kauaeranga River and baok. The diDgy race, prize £2, was well contested, W. Rolton being the winner. For the ladies' race two Misses McKee entered, the younger one (who bad the lightest boat) winning.

A slight mishap occurred to the s.s. Waitoa yesterday, while she was on her way from Te Aroha here. While sear the Ugatibako settlement one of her screws struck a snag, and was so broken as to be useless. The remainder ef the trip had to be made with one propeller, which greatly lengthened the trip, and made navigation difficult, al? the power b«pg on t&e one ijde,

The Venerable Archdeacon Dudley nrrived from Auckland by the Rotomahuna this afternooD, and will induot the Eev. Evans to the incumbency of St. George's Church at the evening service to-morrow.

Pbaob reigned supreme within Justice's halls to-day; the R.M. had not even a drunk to adjudicate upon.

The big dredge in the Port Chalmers harbour has lifted 7,000 tons from the bar dv ing the pasb week, which is nearly double what she lifted during the whole of the proceeding five months.

At a meeting of the Dunedin Medical Association last night, a resolution was passed that the evidence in the case of mamlanghter at Kaitangata against Dr. Parry did not justify the conviction, and that a petition be sent to Government for a commutation of the sentence.

The Native Land Court, at Paeroa, has sat all the week, re a 28 acre block, with house, on the left bank of the Ohinemuri river, opposite Paeroa, and the ownership is not yet decided. The contestants are £ma te Aoura and Mere Kuru.

About 40 gentlemen met lash night, in Dunedin, at the Hon. Mr Reynold's invitation, to discuss his proposal to form an Otago Constitutional Association. A Committee was appointed to report in a fortnight as to how to frame an association.

Mb Isaac Wilson has resigned his seat for Kaiapoi. A requisition is being prepared to the Hon. E. Richardson, aeking him to contest the seat.

Mbs F. J. Wabdeed, Auckland, sends us the following for publication :—" A notice ha appeared in the Thames Advertiser re the Ward ell fund, reflecting on Mr Lionel Phillips. Had tbe subscriber to the fund,taken the same amount of interest that the abovenamed gentleman and his wife did, ttere is no doubt I should not have been placed in the position lam at present. With reference to the subscription list, I am satisfied that the balance-sheet forwarded is true and correct. It grieves me that now Mr Lionel Phillips himself is in trouble, there should be any further grievances thrown upon him. Again thanking those gentlemen who so liberally subscribed for myself and family in my great trouble." '

At a meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce yesterday, resolutions were passed urging the Government to ask Parliament for authority to assist a company to introduce and carry on sericulture and other subtropical-in-dustries.

Mb Richard Hobbs, M.H.R., was re-elected Chairman of the Auckland Education Board, Mr Moat having declined to Btand.

Tee steamer Coromandel, after passing Brown's Island about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, while on her way from Auckland to Coromandel, foaled the scow Nora, bound from Cabbage Bay. The steamer had a hole stove in each side of her bow, and Captain Scott, considering it injudicious to attempt to cross the Hauraki Gulf in this condition, returned to Auckland. Considerable alarm waß caused on board by the occurrence. The Nora, which also sustained some damage, is owned by Messrs Cadman, Darrah, and others. She continued her passage to port without assistance. In consequence of this accident the Coromandel's passengers came on to the Thames by the Anne Milbank, and proceeded to their destination by her this afternoon. She will, however, return here in time this evening to leave for Auckland at the advertised time.

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