The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4794, 21 May 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1884.

Thb Big Pump started again at 9.45 this morning, and is now working at about seven Btrokes per minute. The engineer anticipates that the water should be nearly out by Sunday night or Monday morning.

Thb Premier and parly left for Auckland in the Rotomahana early this morning, and proceeJed to Wellington this afternoon in, the Hinemoa. A very few days should therefore elapse before-answers are received re several of the matters concerning which he was deputatibnised yesterday.

Tbttj to Captain Edwin's warning we were last night favored with a heavy downpour of rain, and though Beveral water'tabks overflowed,/ jto the inconvenience of pedestrians, fortunately very little damage was done. The contractors for the clearing of the Karaka and Hape Greeks do not suffer, the fresh not having been heavy enough to wash down more debris. The Kuranui . Hill culvert, which has only just been cleared by the Borough Council at a cost of £15, is half-full again,:! f 'BEd will coat several pounds to put right. - This is the third or fourth time this culvert has had to bo cleared out, and at present there is every likelihood of the same expense being attendant upon every Hood fur a long time to come, as there are thousands of tons of mullock in tho creek waiting to be weshed down. Under tho3d circumstances it would be far cheaper for the Council to put up oM overhead flume at onco, as though the expense may be heavier at first, it would be a saving in the long run.

As will ba B<?ea in an advertisement in another column the drapers of the Thames have decided to keep their respective shops open till 10 o'clock on-Friday night, and close them all day Saturday, being the Queen's birthday.

The County Council in another column invite tenders up to i oon of Saturday, the 31st itist., for widening, re-formation-, and metalling portion of Kauaeranga Valley road; and ■ cutting, clearing, and forming portions of the Wuitekauri road between Kat-kati road and battery.

The soiree in connection with the Court Pride of the North, A.0.F., to b3 held in St. G-eorge'a Schoolroom on the evening of Friday next, promises to be a great success. Several members of the order from Auckland are expected to be present, and a caj ital programme is in course of preparation for the evening's entertainment.

The following tenders were opened by the County Council at noon to-day for cutting and forming portion of Thamea-Tauranga road (known ,&b the Owharoa deviation) between Maokaytown and old Tauran»a crossings :—Coiner and Corbett, £2187; J. Punch, £2075; A. Butler, £1119. Another tender was received by telegram from H. Butler for £2170, but was too late, not being received till 1.15 p.m. The tender of A. Butler, '^feeing the lowest, was accepted. Tenders were also received as -follows for shiDgling and painting the County offices :— P. Sinclair, £34 17s 6d; Reardon, £30 7s; Jas. Me Andrew, £30; Coombes and Thompson, £29 10a; W. Twentyman, £26. The tender of Mr Twentyman was accepted. .

The natives who assembled at Parihaka for the usual monthly mooting hare dispersed to their vaiious homes.

The inclement weather last night no doubt prevented the advocates and patron.", of the Blue Ribbon Army attending the meeting advertised ia as l;rge numbers as would otherwise have been the case; and it was the*efore decided to adjourn the meeting for a fortnight.

In addition to the football match arranged between the Thames and Te Aroha Olubj for Saturday next,, the Queen's Birthday, the Shortland Club has arranged to try conclusions with a team from the Hobson Club (Auckland). The match will take pkee on the Waio-Karaka .Flat, play to commence at 2 o'clock sharp. The following are the teams : —Hobson — Maddigao (captain), Parker, Warbrick, Bailey, Roche, Seeatu, Filkington, Holmes, Schofield, Armstrong, Murphy (2), Petley, Elliott, Barton j emergencies—Hollvs (3), Smith, Holder, and Kirby.—Shostland —Irwin (captain), Mtlnchlan O'Erjen, M«nn, Harwood, Lsith, D.re, Wilson, Lynch, Clears, Thompson, McCollum, Wirope, W. Thompson, Tu'paraj emergencies'—Holmes, Dufty,,.Conr6y,-E. Adl&m- For Shortland 'W. Farqubar wi'l act as unj'piro aod-^r J. Thomaj us referee,

A cman sheets wai presents at the Police Court" this morning.

SOME moa bones in an excellent state of preservation were recently found (says the Hawke's Bay Horald) in the vicinity of Lake Taupo by a native named Werewere. One of thorn ii a leg bous that oare formed part of a large bird. Tbe3» relics of former times are now the property of Mr Oxford, who has left them at our office.

John Mir is, a farmer at Greendalo, Canterbury, agr i 35, cut his throat.with a coaree koifp. At the inquest yesterday, a verdict of temporary insanity was returned. Deceased had sunstroke some years ago.

Incendiary fires in the South have been numerous lately. Two or three in InvercargilP were reported last week, another one took place at Ohristchurch on Monday, and on the same evening &• very suspicious fire occurred st Patea, while a Wellington telegram of yesterday's date says :—A fire occurred lnst night, which was extinguished in its-incipient stage. From inquires madj since it is believod to a case of incendiarism,, and the Wellington Fire Underwriters' Association offer £ICO for information aa to the perpetrators.

Wickbd ron CtpEYGTMiK.—"I believe it to be all wrong and oven wicked for clergymen or other public men to be led into giving testimonials- to quack doctors or vile stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article ia made up of common valuable remedies known to all, and that all physicians uee and trust in daily, we should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters for the good they have done me and my frianda, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. ' I will not be without - them."—Rev.-——, Washington, D. C. Read