The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JULY 14, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4840, 14 July 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JULY 14, 1884.

Tbe following encouraging telegram from the manager of tbe New Prince Imperial was posted al tbe Corner a few minutes after four o'clock 1 this afternoon: —"351bs specimens, leading Btope, No, 6 level;' gold still left showing.—Gr. S. Cxa"pk."

Ths libt of resident Justices is not a long one, only nine being on it, but the honor and g4oiy of attaching J.P. to their namea should make those who are so privileged more attentive to their dutiej. This morning two cases had to be adjou.ned until to-morrow owing to only one of tho " great unpaid" turning up.

A HEBtlfTft of the Thames Cricket Club was held at Mr McLiver's last Saturday even* ing. Present: Messrs Ailken (Chairman), Smith,"Hindman, Clavk, Lou«h, Pearce, and Egginton. The balance sluefe for last year showed the Club to be in dobfc to the extent of 8» 6i. Considering that the Club were £3 Is 2d in. debt when they commenced the present year, the faot o"f their leaving only a very small amount on the wrong side of the ledger chows a satisfactory state of effair?.

Thb only business set dowa for hearing in the Resident Magistrates Oaurfc to-day was the result of cross actions laid by Mrs McKee and G. J. Kobingon, of Shortlsnd, for abusive and threatening langucge and assault respectively. Owing to only one Justice (T. L. Murray, Eeq) attending—tbe cases requiring two- to hear them—they WBre adjourned until to-morrow.

Tesdees for driving 100 feet 'n the North Stir Extended, Te Fttjp%Gnlly,aro invited np to 5 oVock t o-morjrow,, not Thuriday, aa stated by our contemporary.

The funeral cf Thomas Quaelly, accidentally killed on triday, took plac^ yeßter li y, the following of iriends and acquaiotancei being very large. Deceased was buri d according io the rites of the Roman Catholic Courch.

Mb P. Fh hips, pitman at the Big Pomp, met with a painful accident this morning. 'While in the act of guiding the cpstan rope over the pulley at the poppet heads (he being about to change the pump buckets), the rope surged, jambing the first and second fingers of the lijiht hand, and tearing oil the nails. lie at once rep ired to Mr Hall's chemist's shop, Owen street, whore the injury was attended to.

T.H3 o'ecfo_ A rpll for Tauranga Electorate Cjntp'ti* 1,63*6 names, showing an increase of 391 for ICB4 over the numbers for 1881.

Whims the buckofs tt the Big Pump wire being chsnged this afternoon, the one which was being Hflod out ne rly jambed, owing to the incructation on Ibe upper part of lh« working barrel, Vnd tee trQinendous eti'ain wbicb was then put on/tho rope by tho capstan enginn cracked two of the poppot-leg3 Ibe BceideDt;wi!l not affect pumping operations, though something will havo to be- dose at onre in order that winding may bo safely carried on.

Tub Moanatairi Extended pumping gear was- nil in position by this afternoon, and steam will ba got up in the morning, and a tiial start made about noon.

Thb football match, Batchelors v. Benedicts of the Miners' Club, played on the WaicKaratra Flat on Saturday afternoon, attracted a large crowd of epeolatora. The game wu warmly.contested throughout, bub tbe single men bai tbe advantage,two touch-downs.eecu'--edby G. White and O'Sullivan respectively, being scored bj them to r il by their oppononts. Si goals wore scored, though tbe lust kick, by J. Inglis, was on excellent one, the ball passing only a couple of inches under the bar, and fairly in the centre.

,Mb SpbiQht is announced to addre»H the Thamej olectors in tho Academy of Music at 8 o'clock to-night; seats will bo reserved for ladies. Addresses will also ba given elsewhere as per advertisement.

Thh many friends of Rlra Pnokoy will learn with rpgrot that that estimable ]»dy suffered a paralytic stroke on Satutdsy evening, ani now lies dangerously ill at her residence, Sandes street. vAs the pationt is seventy years of ago, terious fears are entei tamed as to her recovery. • That Hpbbatsd op Miite is three times the man he wns beiore ho began using " Wol b' Health Benewer." Druggists. Moses, Moss, & Co,, Sydney, General AgeuU,

The Borough authorities should at; once attend to fcho shocking Btato of the Tararu road bq'ween the Mosnatairi battery and the magezino.wharf.i There i 4 a quantity of broken metal in the..vicinity, and it should be at once spread on the roadway. Meetings of Election Committees are called as under:—Mr Brodie's friends and eupporterß, 7 p.m. this opening, ia rooms opposite Sfc. Gcorga's School, Rolleston street; Mr Speight's Committee, 7 p.m. this evening, in rooms opposite tho C urb house; Mt 1 Frascr's Committee, 7-30 p.m. sharp, in rooma, Brown Btrcot; Mr CjdmWs Committee, in Mr G. Harcourt's office, Brown Blreet, at 7 p.m. to-morrow evening.

On the ground, between two chimneya of the old Shamrock Hotel, Auckland, just pulled down, wa3 found a largo quantity of human hair, which evidently had adorned the head of a female, and also a quantity of bones tied up in an old rag. The rag was rotten, so that tho things had probably been there for Beveral years. The bones are believed by some to be those of a human being. The bones and hair have been placed in the hands of the police for 'further investigation.

The anniversary of the Battle of the Boy -c ■vrtis celebrated by the Orangemen of Auckland on Saturday. Crowds of people wearing the " Coloi'B " assembled, and bright flags and banners waved in the breeze and enlivened the proceedings. About twenty lodg°s werj represented. There were upwards of 2CO brethren in the line of march, while a number of private carriages followed. In the evening a soirca at St. James" | Hall was largely attended. . ' *"' v This doesn't want any editorial varnish: — "The Timßm Herald tells a etory, the accuracy of which ia Vouched for by a person upon whose statementi our contemporary places full reliance. The nairative in brief is that on a windy day a respected and wellknown resident of Timaru, when walking down the street, suddenly felt a sharp sensation in his lejft eye- as if something had been blown into it. Me made many endeavours to remove the object, and got several persons to examine his eye, but to no effect. The next morning the eye' was very, painful and swollen, and he decided to visit a doctor. 'The doctor was not at home. He then in the presence of several pereons took a pair of scissors, and putting one of tho loops over his eye deliberately shot it out on his cheek wiped it round and round with a white handkerchief, shoved tbe orb back again, and next morning the rya was as right as ever." , •

WoBSiNG-MBNi—Before you begin your hoary sprJDg work after a winter of relaxation your Bystem needs cleansing and atrengtheninp to prevent an attack of bilious or spring fever or eickiiess that will unfit you for a season's work. 'You will save time, sickness and expense if you will uao one bottle of Hop "Bitters in your family tbis month. Don't wait., Eead J

; ;■•-" EoueH on Eats."—Clears out rate, mice, roaches, flies, an is, bed-bilga, beetles, insects, skunks, jaok-rabbits, gophers. Druggists, Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents..