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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4863, 11 August 1884, Page 2

Capt v Etjwxn telegraphed this afternoon : —' Watch barometer j bad weather approaching. Heavy gale soon between north* east and north and west. Glass further Tallin?,- with heavy rtin and unusually high tides." • ' Thb manager of the Qjeon of Beauty G.M. Co. invites tenders up to to-morrow afternooD, for driving 100 ft. ort'lhe Y-ngua'rd foii&tWo' 9 Urd,

A QUiuxiTr of specimens, obtained on. Friday and Saturday last from the second stppe southward over the Rocky Point low

."Jefel, wert'on view in Mr" Frater's •window, Street, to-day. They: are of good_ ;;;;. :■'■■.-yv'/.\ .■■■:- ■ jX'/:.^OyJ:/>:■■:]. ,£ sJJ;^Messr3 L. J. Bas»nall and NvKeriny^iPe.Pf,: in the Police Court this morning, and; with two cages of inebriety.; -Alexander' i. Phillips and Wm; Ivey were each fioed 20"s aa<i coats, or in default 48 hours' imprisonment. We would agai'i remind bur readers of the Grahamstown Mre; Brigade-'odncert; fonter tainment,,and"dance to-morrow, eveninj. A capital programme Las been provided, and a very pjeusanfc evening should be spent by thoee tieiting the Academy. . : Ths final football mulch for the Senior Cup war plajed on Saturday between the Wellington AtbleLicß-and GreytowH, and; resulted in a victory for the former by one goal arid tliree trie'B lo one goal. .'.;... y . ■ ■ An elopement of a Salvation Army Captain and a " Hallclujuh Lass " baa caused a g/eat sensation among the foliowiers of the Army in Dunedin. Thp pair left by the s.s. Wairarapa for Melbourne, and the police were communi' cated with in order that they inightbe stopped at the Bluff. 7 X. -

.The five prisoners concerned-in the fracas in the Shakespeare Hotel, Auckland, were brought up at the Police tJourt on Saturday morning, when the brothers Bocbe were sen* tenced to one month's imprisonment each for assaulting the police, the charge of assault on Ljnch being adjourntd. Hanlan and McCarthy were released on bail. Lynch is doing as well as can be expected. The usual meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society will be held this evening when a discussion will take-.place.on a paper pub* lished. in . tho Fortnightly Review on " England's Foreign Policy." The following are the names of the pupil teachers in the Thames district who passed the recent eiaminat ion :—(First year) Eleanor Airey, Kauaeriuiga Girls'; Francis Mtirphy, Puriri; (fecond year) J. S. Burn?, WaioKaraka; Rosa M, L. JTaveifield, WaioKarako ; Francis E. Lowe, Kauaerangaßoys; Joseph R. Wbilaker, Waiotahi Creek. • The football match on Saturday between teams seclected from the Thames, Miners, Shortland, ard Hsuraki Clubs" dr.w an attendance of between 3CO and 400 people on the Waio-Karaka Flat. The respective sides were captained by Messrs Irwin and Murray, and it was resolved to play the gamo in two spells of forty misutes each. Tbe play was very vigorous, but there was no display of football worthy of the name. Whether a want of knowledge of the game; was the cause or not it is hard to cay. Several members indulged in very selfish play, endeavoring to make "runs " under extremely di.TcuJt circumstances and completely ignoring that very valuable adjunct to the game, " passing back." .Not a few of the contestants seemed somewhat frightened of the ball, and very gingerly " let out" at the spot which the sphere had just .left. Tbe best fifteen of the teams will be picked for a match against v team of twepty all-comers next 3aiurday, when we hope to see a better display of the many points of the noble game than was exhibited on Saturday. Un less: Eonie attention is paid" to the rules and the practice of them, tbe local "kickists" can hardly expect to Buccbefully cope with the visiting teams they "are expected to meet dur. ing the season.

The .billiard exhibition advertised to be given by Mr Weiss, the Australian champion, took place on Saturday night in the commodious room of the Pacific Hotel. The exhibitionist was opf.oeed by Mr Sawyer, but prored his eup:rioriiy. fn on- uhmistakeab'e manner, as when game (500) was called, the opponent of the champion had only scored a fourth of the game. Mr Weisa left Thumps this morning en route for Australia. :'; : - At - the last in.eeting v of the Education Board, a letter was received from Mr O'Donoghue, Head-master of the WaioKartka School, drawing attention to what he termed the following strange coincidence which took pl&ce at the Board's last meeting, viz., (1) placing aj satisfactory school (the Waio-Karaka) upon lha " unsatisfactory" lißfc. (2) The reading of bis letter of application for the Nelson street School. (3) The presenting then by - the; Inspector of the " unsatisfact ry " list, after ho'ding it back from the meetings of the 12th, 19ih, and 26th of last month. In his school, 68*1 per cent, passed in the six standards out of the number fully examined, or 354 per cent, of the number on roll. A postscript to the letter stated that the writer desired it to be read at the meeting of the Bth inst., and that it should not be tampered with by enyonc without the consent or authority of-the' Board. Upon the motion of Mr Clark, it wan agreed to return the letlor to Mr O'Donoglmo, with an intimation thai it could not bo received until couched in propor form. A DnNKDiN telegram of yesterday s »ys :-— Just after the Northern express train had passed tho Bluesskin cliffs da Friday '.night,where the lino almost brer-hangs the ocean, one ,of tho carriage left the rails. Fortunately the care-taker who is station^ point noticfd what bad happened, and, running after the'train, got the guard to stop it It was found that the wheels of the carriage were about a yard from the 'ails on thiPinner side of the liao, but it was lifted into its'pro-, per poutnn wii,h but little delay or trouble, j A ViCTORrAN paper says, .-''..-Now Zealand has had many able men presiding over her counoi|s r .but without a doubt Sir Julius Vogel stands at the head of the I list, for acuteness of intellect, amountinp; ! aimost lo ftenius, for indomifcablo courage ! and strong will, for generous breadtli of view, for ability in administration, and for untiring zeal in the discharge of his official duties."'.

A salvation navy is one of the lates* idei'.s of General Booth. At a very enthusiastic meefinp held in Exetrr Hall during the mnmh of May, at which 500 saved drunkards were present, th 9 general said that it had been decided to form a navy, and that a yacht had been bought by way of commencement. It had been considered, though, that a sailing ship would be too slow, and he asked for a steamer. Perhaps it might be worked so that England would give the General one of her many men«ofwar.

" Ftbange as it may appear," says the London Engineer, "England is badly off because she has too much capital. We use the word in its fullest sense, and do not restrict its application to money alone. We are rich not only in money, but in raw- material, tools, lmacbines,"factories, plant and labour. This last is very cheap, abundant, and on the whole, good. But it is difficult to earn a living either by. labour or by investment of capital. Hundred of millions are comparatively unproductive; and those who possess them anxiously seek for;, any. opening which gives a prospect that more than 2| or three per cent cm be had for money. The result is bad trade." Now would be the time to float our intended fresh loans !

That Husband of Mine is three times the man ho w»s betore he began using " Wei 8* Health Eenewer." Druggists. Moees, Hop?, & Co., Sydney, General Agents. . *