The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4804, 2 June 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1884.

At to-night's meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society, the Eev. S. J. Neill will read a paper on "Elocution."

A mttie business was transacted at the Corner to-day, though no sharelist was issued. Cambrias were sold at ls> sd, New Finds (Te Aroha) at Bs, and New Prints Imperials were firm, with buyers atlss 6d, and sellers at 16s.

The b.B. Rotomahana, whioh waa advertised to leave Auckland at 8 o'clookthis morn* ing, and was therefore due at Thames at one o'clock, did not arrive off Goods wharf till 3 p.m., and as no telegram had been received, accounting for her long passage, it was feared she had met with some accident, though this happily was not the case, she having been detained in Auckland Harbor by a dense fog. As she could not come in to the wharf, the p.s. Fatiki took off and brought ashore her passengers.

The petition praying for the doing away of the miners' rights fees qb at present paid, haß been signed by 500 persons engaged in mining or work intimately connected therewith, and will be forwarded to Wellington this week, to be presented to Parliament by our membe^ Mr J. Sheehan. When the Premier was here he promised to enquire fully into the matter, with a view of having 'the grievance rectified, and we hope ho will remember his promise when the matter is brought up in the House.

A TfiLE&BAM published in the Herald Bays that in response to an influentially signed requisition, Sir Julius Vogel has replied that he will contest the Ashburton seat. It is probable that he will address the electors at Ashburton on his way to Wellington.

The regular monthly meeting of the High School Board of Governors was held at the Borough Chambers this morning, A. Brodie being in the chair. The other Governors present, vere.JjphnWilßbn, Jas. McGowah,and L. J, Baonftll.^TouchersJfr»r £06 and; £16 10s, goldfields revenue, were'•'received. The committee appointed at last meeting to draw up a report re the practicability of forming a* School of Mines in connection with the High School brought up a report, which was ordered to lie on the table for the information-of the Boavd. The Visiting Committae reported that they had purchased from the Rev. J. Buller an allotment immediately .adjoining the school pre« inises, and were in treaty with that gentleman for another having a frontage to the Karaka road. Tenders had been invited for fencing the school premises, and were now presented to the meeting. They were a3 follows:— j B. Farrell, £47 ; P.Sinclair, £4112s 6d ; W. Twentymanj £54; W. H. Lucas, £52 143? Reardon and Son, £37 10s; and Coombes and Thompeon, £43 10j. The tender of Messrs Beardon and Son was accepted.

L. J. BagnaMp, Esq., J.P. oscupied the Bench in the Police Court this morning, and fined an alcoholisb five shillings, or imprison* ment till the rising of the Court, for a Saturday spree.

At an inquest on A.mold Garry, who died somewhat suddenly at Kohimarama Industrial School, the evidence of Dr Parohas, and the post-mortem, showed'that death arose from emaciation of the email intestines. There is no reason to suspeot poisoning.

A Dunedin telegram says :—Eobert Reid chief sheward of the Koranui, was found dead in his cabin at six o'clock on Saturday night. A bottle containing about an ounce of laudanum was found underneath him on the sofa. Reid appears to have drank heavily at Lyttelton. The supposed cause of death is heart disease. He had consumed 3oza of laudanum;

Siu Geobge Gbey addresses a public meeting at Gisborne on Wednesday.

A consighkmeht of 500 abeep, sent from Gisborne by Clarke, per Doric, realised 7d per pound in London,—the highest price given for any of her frozen meat.

The manager of the Cambria G.M,Co. invites tenders up to. noon of Wednesday for driving 50ft ou the reef at the No. <S level.

Members of the Thames Choral Society are reminded elsewhere that practice will in future take place on Tuesday ereniuge.

A YOUNG- lady from Melbourne lately proceeded to SanJfrauoiaco with sonic friends- to make the tour of America, England, and the Continent of Europe. On board the Pacific mail boat there was a Sunday morning service, aud her first surprise was,to hear in the liturgy a prayer for the President of the United States, and none for Her Majesty the Queen. Of course the steamer' sailed under the American flig. During the week there was a concert in the saloon, and, rs she is an accomplished pianist, she was set down in the programme for the final number, "The National Anthem. 1*? Without thought she played " God Save the Q.ueen," and her second surprise waa a burst of cheering from the British and Australian passengers, as she struck thp first chords of the./grand old air, instead of "The, Btar=Bpangled Banner." The feeling manifested supplied a hint, #nd the following Sunday the supplications bracketed the Queen with the President.^JEgles. ' -■'-,"■';■. ■' ■■-■:■' .> ■

Thb Paris Gaulois says:-—" London exploßions are plotted in Paris afc a cafe in the Avenue d'Eylau. The dynamite is sent from France, wbjJe the clockwork comes from abroad." , ■ '

The Southland Time a aasrafces fche case of a most singular escape from fire which occurred in a house at Invercargill lately. The mother of the family had occasion to rise to attend # child and left a candle burning on a table; i&tegjjjng by-and-by to extinguish it.. Some time afterward/? one of the children cried that the table cloth was on flee. Ths danger was afc once averted, and it was seen that a mouse or rat had eaten the butt of the candle a$ a bushmnn falls a tree, and the candle fell prone on the tablecloth.

: TjfltH rfjujy Hottsewiee.—Thp carofu^ tidy housewife, when gmng hßr house its spring Cleaning, should bear in mind that tbo dear inmates ace more prgcioys than houses, their systems need cleansing, by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels, end , she should know that there is nothing that \viH do it bo surely as Hop Bitters, tho purest aad best of all w&diuuep, Look tot

The district Court will be opened to morrow afc 2 o'cock instead of ten aa usual. His Honor Jndge Smith will arrive by the Rotomahana. The only civil case set down for hearing isjan action for damages laid by W. H. Taipari, against Robinson, Gordon, and Wilson, for removing gravel from the Karaka Creek. There are several cases in bankruptcy to be dealt with. :

That Husband of Mine is three times the man he" was beiore he began using " Wells' Health Reriewer." Druggists. Moses, Moss, & Co., Bydnoy, General Agents.