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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4810, 9 June 1884, Page 2

Air acccidenfc caso was brought into the Hospital on Saturday night from Kaußeranga bush. It was that of ■ a man named Wta. 1 Davison, who cut hiß foot with an axe while chopping a knot off a Ekid. The cut is a nasty one, the bone bfing penetrated. Some few fragments of the fractured bone we're removed by Dr "Payne on his arrival. Thb County Council invite tenders up f;D noon of Monduy next for re-!orming and metalling road near Hikutaia bridge, forming and shingling portion of Hiuutaia to Whungamata track, forming and metalling road from Qhinerouri wharf to Paeroa, and cutting and forming track between Te Avoba road and Waitoki saddle. An over ardent foMower of bnechanalian ways " toed the mark " in the Magisterial hall of record this morning, and had five shillings and coats extracted from him for swallowing too much of the enemy that steals away men's biahis,

THiS Hauraki (na(ive) Football Club scoivd a victory in the game played at Parawai on*' Saturday afternoon with, a team from tho Thames Club, thou h it ia bat ."air to state ..the. fifteen from the lsUer were, not by any meanß tho best that could bs placsd in the field. The natives Hecurtd two tries (from touch-downs by Murmy) but no goals, their score was four points; while for the Thames, McGregor obtained a touch-down, counting two points. —The match played on the Waio-Karaka Flat befcweon the Moonlighters and Comets proved a well-contested one, and resulted in a victory for tho .former by niiae points to seven. The ground held by the Queen of England G.M. Co. has been forfeited by the Mining Inspector for »on-working. This leaves th« ground (about which so much fuss was made when it was being floated) open for occupation, and matterß'would be simplified in the event of the ground being taken up afresh, and a &trong company floated to work it. The Hospital authorities gratefu'ly acknowledge" the receipt from Miss Ginn of £1 Is, the surplus balance from the Leap Year Bsll given'in St. la-eorge'a Schoolroom on Thursday night last.

At a meeting 1 of miners, hold at Mr C. Mcliver's on Saturday night, tho proposal fo form a Minnie' Football Club was warmly, taken up. J. Thomcs was elected Capluin, Gh White secretary and treasurer, and 0. McLsaD, J. FJoyd, GL Smith, and GK Clark the other members of the Committee. 'The Rugby Dnion rules were adopted, the subscription fixed, and it was decided that tho : Club's colors should be blue guernseyd and stockings and while knickerbockers. Aboui; forty have already joined, and as the size and j strength of our miners are well-known, we have no doubfe (hat with practice a very 1 powerful team will be formed, and gome os- | citing contests should take place between the newly-formed club and the Thames and r Te Aroha footballers. ' *' ■'*'. The p a. Patilci wi'l not make her uaualtrip to Te Aroha t>moiTow. Oxm local photographers, MeesrsFoy Bros., have 'ately takei a large number of excellent •views in Auckland, Te Aroha, Wa'orongoroai, and elsewhere in tha district, and among those just submitted to the;, public"geze jb arapitrl fne of tha surface works of the New Friuce Imperial mine, with about 99 of tho men standing around, mo3t of them beiag in mining cloilies., , F" - CovPIiATNT3 have reached us of the practice of dragging timber'down the Waiotahi road, which some of the residents of the locality are on. This causes con9:derable damage, *iby making ruts and filling up the drains, and after rain the voad will be in a very b.;d condition Bgain. The County Counoll should take slepj to see that the practice is pat a stop to before the road is materially injured.,, Thb contractors for the erection of 4he Moanatairi Extended winding and plumping machinery have just about got, it in position, and Mr Heighway received instructions . from the directors to-day to proceed Vwi'li the placing of the pumps in tlie'shaft and all other nccejnary : works preparatory, to starting pumping. Ho expects that, everything wifl be in readiness for a stari; in a month. ■:. > ■

A meetihg of the Orphanage Committee was held this afternoon afc which there/were' present —His Wo';;s|)ip the Major (presiding), Mesdames Frasor, Payne, Kilgour, JJvana, Keill, Murray, a^d Kirkpafriclr, and Messrs MrQ-owan, Speight, and Lawlor. The usual formal busines was feono through, and tin meeting adjourned. In Saturday's issue we were only able to give the result of the application by J. B. Banks, to the Hastings Licensing .Committee, for a lirenso fora house he proposed building at Hikufaia. The main pointsoin 'be evidence adduced were as follows.: 1-'J; E. Banks deposed that he was prepared to spend £15C) on the house, which was very much neided, and in favor: «of the licensing /of which he had obtained 250 signature:) from those in the district. Men were continually applying for accommodation at his store after being refused at Corbett'a Pioneer Hotel. James Corbelt, licensee of the Pioneer, deposed that he had only twice been pressed foe room during the past three yearß,and had never turned any but drunk persons away. Mr Whitaker (in support of a peti ion signed by 58 persons objecting to the license), and Mr Miller (on behalf of the applicant) addressed the Committee, who decided that a eecond hotel was not needed.

Extbaobbinaux geographical mistakes* are frequently enough made io England, but still it might be expected tbat the secretary of a learned socisty such as "the Victoria Institute and Philosophical ;3ociety"of Great Britain" would know 'better than to forward a cammuniention, as he did lately, to '\F»ji, Polynesia, New Zsaland." " ■ 1 Okb of the American newspapers has adopted the new method of reckoning time— the "2d o'clock " system. The idea is carried out i i every department of the paper. It issues three daily editions, viz., the 14 o'clock, the 15 o'clock, and 17 o'clock editions. A SHGHiT mishap occurred to ihe ketch Reliance on her last trip froaa Wbaugirei Io this. port. On Friday evening last, while sailing againsb a heavy sea, though the wind was but light, she pitched a great deal, and the fore-topraast broke short off at the fa?tening.—The little ss. Memsahib, while lying at Goods wharf, was squeezed rather tightly against the piles by the Kototnahana, but forluriately.no damage was done beyond starting the piece of iro;i protecting the bow.

A Dttnedin tekgram s"ys: —A deadlock has o'aurred between tho Sohonl Committee and Minister of _Lan/la as to tho disposal of the Education reserve? at Waikaia- The Commissioners resolved to, sell them, one third fw cash, and two-thivds on deferred payments. The Minister ;,f-Lands suggested they should reconsider their decision; and dispo-e of the lands under (.ho perpetual leasing system, their absolute sale being, in his opinion, oppoHedto the spirit, in which the reserves were zuade. Toe C^mniissi'mers have resolved to adhere t'j their former decision, and have written to the Minister pointing out that the legistlature gave them freedom of action, within cei-bain limit 3, but this. freedom -is an illusion and monkery if ■ an imperious Minister o{ Lands ia ent tied to o^nt>ure them and frus* trato their efforts to secure the industrial orcipation of waste lands. They hope Mr Eollocton will forego his priviite opinion, and give effect to the recommendations of the local administration. A LAD employed at the Q-overnment Printing OtGce, Wellington, miraculously escaped from a serious accident on Friday. In attempting to reduce tho speed of a printing machine, by catchiug hold of the belt, he was carried up to the c?il'.ng by tho lea!her bird, fclis dangerous position whs observed by one of the men about the room, mid he wp.s released before he had sustained any considerable injury, Mb TcEHBUir, architect, has received definite instructions from the commiltee of St. John't) Presbyterian Church, Wellington, to ■prepare plans for a new church and school rooms on the old site. The new church will be considerably larger than thu former one, and will have galleries rour-3 three eid,eß| with a.n oigaa loft behind the pulpit.

SevjJßAli piocea of stone, showing gold freely, werß taken to Wangaaui from the river on Friday by the natives.

Th s morning (aays a Taranaki exchange of last week)) while waiting for the opening of the Police Court, an interesting discussion took place between several legal gentlemen on the interesting topio ot "kissing" The question aros? out of a case of assault that was to be tried in Court, and we have to'sUte that all the legal op'nions given were decidedly in favor of considerable latitude being Bhown to a person who wsa so far overcome by the charms-oft. a pretty girl, as to allow i himself to kiss her against hfr will, and ' thereby committ an assault, in'the eyes'of the law. Indeed, the actual experiences detailed by tho legal gentlein'en'Htaemselves showed that, they had oommitled this species of assault not,unfrequently*..and. hence no doubt the fellow fcoling for'the accused, who was to be brought before the Court. i The Tulr Housewife.—The careful, tidy housewife, when giving her house its spring cleaning, should bear in mind that the dear inmates are moro precious than houses, their systems need cleansing, by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowols, and she should know that there is nothing that : wi'l do it so surely as Hop Bitters, tho purest I and beat of all medicines. Look for ,lifAT Husbamj oe 1 MtNE is three times the •man he was barpre he began using "-Wells' 'Health Renewer." Druggists. Moses, Moss, & Co., Sydney, General Agents. ;