The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4788, 14 May 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1884.

Otjb attention has been called by the Clerk of the Liceming Committees at Thames, to the following important point respecting the notices of applicatiots" by licensed publicans to the Licensing Committees for the next annual licensing meeting. These notices must be lodged on or before Saturday next, at 1 p.m., and all persons now holding licenses which were granted last June must simply apply for renewals. But all other persons, that is to say, pertons to whom licenses hare been transferred since Ist July last, mast not apply for a renewal, but must apply for a license in tbe same manner as if they were not licensed persons. This'means that such appli* cations should be accompanied by a certificate signed by at least ten householders, and that, tbe notices mU3t be published on three con* secutive days in a newspaper circulating at Thames. '

A NiKBOW escape from drowning occurred at the corner of Pahau and Pollen streets yesterday, owing to a child about five years of age getting into the water-table which carries the Queen of Beauty water away. The youngster got into the stream, and was carried down to the bars which protect the culvert crossing Pollen s'reot, when it was rescued. It was carried home, suffering only from a " heavy wet." Parents should be more careful in controlling the movements of their children, or a few inquests will result. This is one of many similar cases.

This morning in the Police Court, before Messrs B. F. Tizarl ondT. L, Murray, J.'sP., the destroyer of the windows of the Bank of New Smth Wales was brought up, and when charged with maliciously injuring property, stood statue like, and would not utter a word. The Clerk of the Couri asked him if his name was if. T. Warneford, as appeared on the information, but he would not reply, and when the Bench warned him that should he not reply they would hear the evidence, and if it. justified his committal he would be sent to the Supreme Court and there sjterely punished for his deeds, he did not speak. The police applied for a remand, and it was "granted for seven days, with the provision that the prisoner could, if desirable, be dealt with, and if necessary medical assistance should be called in as to the man's sanity. A charge of assaulting the arresting constable was also laid, and its hearing similarly deferred. '

Mb Job3OK, boilvr inspector, is now m iking his rounds here. He has already ! visited several plants, and the Big Pump will.! be stopped tomorrow afternoon, while Ihe j boileri are tested. Operations at the 640't ' level will therefore be a* a standstill for several day?, as the inspection will occupy two or three days, and a like time will be occupied in reducing the water again.

Two lectures, both of which should prove interesting, are announced fur to-night. At the Congregational Churoh the. Rev, E. Lttisbley will give an account of his recent visit to Europe, and in St. George's School* room the Key. Thomas Farley will Jeoture on " Freethoughfc and Christianity." Admission is fieo in both instances, but a collection will be taken up at the Congregational Church in aid of the liquidation of the parsonage debt.

The Her. S. J. Noll is about to deliver a course of lectures oa " The Religions of the World," and the first of the serif*, on " Salvationism," will be given in the Presbjterian Church to morrow evening.

A teieseam was posted at the Corner this afternoon, announcing a call of Id per share in the Caledonian Low Level Gr.M. Co., payable on June lltb.

Ms GK J< Fi'tfgerald, who fur the past five years ha« edited the Wanganui Chronicle, has bcon offered and has accepted the editorship ot the JT2, Tims*.

At the closo of their auction sale atPurawai to-morrow afternoon Banks and Co. will offer a consignment of Mr Chalton's prime cheese.

A- tei/egeam informs us that the election for the Thorndon (Wellington) seat took place yesterday, and re suited as follow* :—Dr Newman 636, Mr Bunny 379, Mr Dtran 121. There, was great excitement throughout. The new member is certainly far and away the best man of the three candidate?. He is young to politics, fresh in ideas, and although vigorous in n md and body, and determined in character, he has s few Utopian notions which parliamen'ary experience will no doubt considerably modify. The second on the poll is one of the genus professional politician, an old representative with a strong leaning towards the convenience of the time, and .the. third, an old West Coaster, known as " Genial Tom," nerer had a chance, in fact his candidature was looked upon more as a joke than anything else. ...

Two "drunks" were dealt with in the Police Court this morning. One, James McGowan—not of Pollon street"—who had been indulging in something more than three shilling tea, was fined five shillings or in default ordered to undergo 24 hours' imprisonment. The other, George Murphy, was fined a similar amount or to be detained until the rising of the Court.

The Herald's correspondent telegraphs: from Ohinemutu:—" News comes from Taupo that the Government survey of what is known as the King Country had ndvanoed from the westward to somewhere near Tongariro with; out opposition from the natives, but a section of the Tuwharetoa tribe, on learning that the survey had reached and was traversing across their country, despatched a party to turn the surveyors off. What the result has been_ is not yet known." A met ssage from Kihikihi »aya :—"Mr Edgecumbe, the head of the party surveying near Taupo, has arrived, here. He got away in order to communicate with.tho Native Minister. I understand .that the survey is really completed, but all the papers and field books are in the bands of the natives."

Thb following is the programme of the matches mapped pub for the New Zealand representative football team, which /visits Australia shortly:—-Wednesday, 28th May, at Parramatts, v. County of Cumberland; ■Thursday, 29th, in Sydney, v. Combined Suburbs {Saturday, 31afc, in Sydney, v. New South Wales; Thursday, sth June, at Newcastle, t. Northern Districts; Saturday, June 7, in Sydney, t. N.S.W.; Wednesday, June 11, at Batburst, v. Western Districts ; Saturday, June 14, in Sydney, t. N.B.W.

At Dunedin yesterday afternoon the presentation of an illuminated address and a purse of 200 sovfl. was made to Mr W. B. Blair, formerly Chief Engineer of the Middle Island, but now removed to. Wellington, as AssiatanUEngineer-in-Chief. • ,- ; :■•,

H. M. Jackson, the contractor for Auckland dock excavation*, has called a meeting of his creditors. The liabilities unsecured are £800. The Harbor Board will not suffer, owing to progress payments only hating been made.

The' Auckland Harbor Board has decided to obtain a large dredge at a cost of £16,000. This is part of an extensive dredging system at the wharves.

Mb Stetens, M.H.R. for Bangitikei, addressed a large meeting of bis constituents at Marton on Monday night, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. He declared that during the ensuing session he would act as an independent member.

Chas. Bright, the Freethougbt lecturer, gave the first of a series of lectures in the Lome street Hall, Auckland, to a large audience last night.

Sib Julius Vogel, who has been confined to his room since he arrived in Dunedin, with the gout, now feels himself much better, and expects to be able to get about in a daj or tWOt ■:■■■::■ ■'■, : :.';"' ■ '': ' ■ ■-- '

Messes 0. O. Davis, T. B. Hill, and Graham Tawhai, who have been travelling through the " King Country " on a temperance mission, are now at Kawhia, at which place they addressed a meeting of the natives on Thursday. Their object is >to obtain tbe signatures of tbe Maoris to a petition praying Parliament to take such legislative measures aa will prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the "King Country." All tbe chiefs applied to so far have signed the petition—Waikato Times.

Aw exchange says:—"The telegraph returns show the rseult of commercial depression. Auckland, which is prosperous just now, is showing a good improvement in telegraph receipts, while Wellington, where prosperity is but moderate; is nearly- stationary, and both Christchurch and Dunediu exhibit a large falling off, those being the main centres of existing depression."

FbexsYotog Again.—•" My mother was afflicted a long time with neuralgia and a dull, heavy, inactive condition of ihe whole system, headache, nervous prostration, and was almost helpless. No physicians or medicines did her any good. Three months ago s'>e began to use Hop Bitters, with such good effect that she seems and feels young again, although nvrr seventy years old."—A Lady IN R. I. Look up .

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