The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4808, 6 June 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1884.

No lers than three football matches are planned for to-morrow afternoon. At the Parawai Gardens the first of three matches between the Thames Club, and Hauraki (native) Club will tske place. The Thames team will be picked f-om—Patterson Rae A., Bee H., Towe, Allom, Allen, Beckmann, Christie, Eindman, Douglos, O'Sulliran, Veale, Burns, Newman (2), Johnson, Taylor, Cahill, Coney, and Muir, while the native team will include some namet well known in football circle?, such as Murray, Watena, Anderson, Ngaro, Aperabama, and others. The game should be well contested.—On the pround near Grey street, a team from the Shortland Club will play All-comers ; and on the Waio-Karaka Flat the Moonlighters will engage in a friendly tussle with the Comets.

The brigantine Lapwing was towed down the river last night, was cleared at the cus« to*ms to-day, and Bailed for Townsville, Queensland, this afternoon, with a cargo as per list in our shipping column. We understand this is the last trip Capt. Watts will make in the Lapwing, it having been f arranged that he is to come back in a much larger vessel, probably a barque of about 500 tons burden, to ship timber for Mr Blair. .

We hare been farored with a copy of the Pictorial World, publishfd in London, in which appears a capital likeness .of Mr R. Laishley, wbo has, accordii g to the letter* press notice of this somewhat obscure young man, being doing England aud the Continent for the benefit of Education in New Zealand particularly, and bee also attempted in the most good natured manner possible to encourage Emigration to our land. We cannot; but think that Mr Laishley had a band in the compilation of the to«become-famous record written in the columns before ue as it minu ely traces the most remote and.unconsequenlial offices he has beld up to the point of glory he seems to hare reached, when be was able to announce that be had been accredited to the AgentGeneral, so os to procure information which must of course be of incalculable benefit to the colony. The portrait is a good one, and is now hung up our sanctum to be used for inspirational purposes when various faculties— principally educational —fail us. We rejoice in the elevation of a colonist to any position en* tailing possession of title;, and must congratulate Mr L&isbley on having added to his name initials F.R.S.L., F.S.S., FB.ES., F.B.GS., and a variety of others. We must coufesa our ignorance as to tho exact value of the affixes the worthy man is entitled to, but would suggest that he should secure three more letters, be being thoroughly worthy of them, — they are the initials of Associate of Scientific Societj.

A meeting of those desirous of forming a Miners Football Club will be held at 0. McLiver's to-morrow night.

The wiifc for Ashbuiton seat was issued yesterday afternoon, and is returnable by the 15th. July.

G. TtrHflßUlrlv of Dunerlin, (trading for many years as W. and G. Turnbull and Co ), has filed a petition to be adjudged a bankrupt.

On Tuesday two shocks of earthquake were experienced afc Wellington; one at three in the morning, and another ah noon.

Majob Gbebn baling reinstated Me E. B. Wa'ker in possession on the Pukekura and Puaboe properties, Waiknto, tha natives are now actively obstructing Walker'a men. They hare cut down a small bridge which gives access to the block, and done other damage.

Thbee was a very enjoyable gathering in St. G-eorge'a Schoolroom last night on the occasion of a Leap Year Ball given by a number of ladies in the town. The ball was given by the ladies to the gentlemen, and in tho first, part, cf Iho programme they exercised their leap year privilego of selecting their partner? -Everything passed off most, happily and the affair, wliiuh wound np about, two o'clock;'this morning, was a most decided success.

The native child Hapai, , enerally known a* Tookry, who bus proved such a nuisance throughout the town for the last two or three yeare, was brought up in the Police Court this afternoon, charged with being a lunatic not under proper control. Drs Callan and KiJgour had examined it, and pronounced it not/, compos mentis, and a decree was issued that it should ba sent to the Whau Lunatic Asylum, Auckland.

The Maoris in Taranaki are very curious about, Tawbino'e trip to England. Te Wbiti and Tobu are of opiuiou tbafc the Queen will aot ccc him personally.

Ths TiDT_HoTrBEWiPB._The careful, tidy housewife, when giving her house its spring cleaning, should bear in mind that the dear inmates are more psseious than'houses, their systems need cleansing, by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bo well, and sh& should know that there is nothing that wiU do it &p purely as Hop Bitters, the purest $ud bprfrf ill smUilSiiaii, J#ek ft?

By our telegrams it will be Been that in the list of newly.enrolled Justices of the Peace the name of Mr-. Alex. Aitken, of Tbames, appears.

A NUMBBE of cigarmakers have arrived from Sydney for the N.Z. Tobacco Manufacturing Co.

A telephone station lias been opened at Wade in the Waitemata countrj.

Another change is about to 'aka place in the local telegraph office. Mr Beale, is about to be removed to Auckland, and will be replaced bj Mr Gentle, of that office. Mr Beale'a departure will be severely felt in our musical circles, and we must congratulate the people in the district he is going to on the acquisition of so useful a member of-musical society.

The writer of "Notes and Fads," in Labour, says :—" lam indebted to the Hon. Wi Parnta for some facts about the killing of ohildren at Hundley's woolsheds, of which bo much has been said and written by Mr Busden and others. Tiro boys were killed, who were between seven and ten years of age, and another died of his wounds. Their names he has promised to Bend me at an early date. Some few years since there was a very clever Maori lad with Dr Buller, called Pox, who left his legal calling for the sake of a dusky charmer-fat Parihaka. Tim lad, Wi Parata told me last week, when he was on board the Te Anau going to Wellington, was one of the survivors of the ' killing.' Fox is now living, I am told, at Hawera, and when this para- • graph which I am now writing is shewn to him, he will, without doubt, say what he knows, or has heard on the subject. Thanks to Wi Parata the allegations are now brought to a lest other than the word of Te TTra. There was another fabrication Mr Rusden was held to be guilty of, and that wrs the alleged burning of people in a whare at Rangiaohia. When I was at Wbefciwbatiboe a few znoaths since, I made it my special business to enquire into the character of the allegation. I then found not only was the story true, but I was told who were the persons destroyed, and given their names, which are before me in my note book as I write. The enquiry was made in a whare where most of the Kingite chiefs wore assembled—Te Wheoro, To Ngakau, and Te Tuhi being among the number. Te Wheoro wired to Waikato for the information last session, but obtained no reply, ao when the people were gathered together, I had the matter out. They added that two women who ran out from the burning wbare were shot as they ran.

A West Coast exchange of a recent date says:—A couple of days ago a case of considerable interest to miners was heard before Frank Bird, Eeq. Mr Binns, Inspector of of Mines, brought separate charges v gainst Mr Alexander, manager of the Coal Pit Heath mine, and Mr Elliott, underviewer of the same mine, for certain infringements of The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874 Mr Jones appeared on. behalf of the Crown, and stated the grounds on which the charge was brought. It appeared that in December last the Inspector found signs of gas in the dip workings, and told the" manager they ought to be worked with lamps. A few weeks after that he wrote complaining of the ventilation, and said the dip workings were giving off considerable gas, and stated that unless there was an absence of gas when he next visited the mine he should require the boards and headings to be worked with safety lames. A few days before an explosion of gas occurred, he was in* formed that the stopings were improved and the air better. On the 11th February an explosion took place, though no damage was done. On that day the underviewer examined the mine and found a small amount of gas in the place where the prosecutor had pointed out, but this hud been " boffled " out contrary to special rule 35. He also omitted to mark the date as required by special rule 30, for the report in his book on that day was to the effect that the mine was free from gas. On the afternoon shift Alexander met Johns and his mate, but did not warn them about gas or proviie them with a safety lamp. After Johns went in he found a small body of gas and got a little singed. It was stated that as this was the first offence against the provisions of the Act in the Coal Pit Heath, there was no desire to press the charge, merely requiring that judgement should be given so as to exercise a benefical effect on all mine managers by showing them that offences against the Aot would not be tolerated. The Magistrate accordingly fined defendant in each ens» £2 and ordered them to pay costs of Court and counsel.

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