The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4878, 22 August 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1884.

Oapt. Edwis telegraphed at 1.25 p,m. today:—"Watch barometer ; bad weather approaching, same as wired yesterday. Weather much colder, and further rise glass."

A SOHOOIBOT, named Win. Corin, sustained a fracture of bia left arm yesterday by a fall. He went to the Hospital, where the bone was get, and he then returned to his home.

Wokjimen are at present engaged dsccanlling the machinery and apparatus connected with tho biscuit making portion of Mennio and Dry's Faotory, Kirkwood street, for removal to Auckland, wbero the firm are about to commence business.

We notice that Messrs Jtonshaw and Clark, owner and occupier respectively of the property on the southern side of the Tollen street bridge over the Karaka creek, are raiting the side of the culvert, co 03 to prevent the water flooding the shop from that direction.

A temininb inebriate was charged before the KM. this morning, and ordered I® pay a fine of five shillings, and costs, or in default to be detained till Iberis'ng of the Court.

Thk football match arranged for last Saturday will be played on the Waio-Koraka Flat to-morrow afternoon. Those picked from the various teams should roll up early, co that sides may be chosen, and the gamo started promptly to time, 2.30 p.m.

We would reminß our readers of the con* cert'and dance in the Shortland Public Hall this evening,' the proceeds of which are to £o 10-reliove the distress of the wife and family of Kobt. Wallace. The object is a good one, and as the prices .of admission are low, and the concert is under the auspices of tUe Prince of Wales Lodge of the Protestant Alliance Society, we anticipate there will bo a large attendance.j The Kifle Bangers muato-.ed sufficiently strong last night for tha inspection to connt. There weie in all 31 present, Capf, Douglas being in command and, cot ing as Inspecting Officer, and Scrgt.-Major Grant exercising the company in a number of mnvceurres. Prizes won in recent competitions were presented to Lieut. Lucas, and Vole. Clark, Downie.Hawk, and Vine.

The Union Bank of Australia has jusfc^ shipped 11630zs of gold to Auckland, and a few days ago the Bank of New South Wales forwarded 600ozj. A BE6IDKHT thus writes to us ", Anent the

faulty arrangement of the 7 large tank afc one end of tbo water roceiti the Wsfotahi Creek. iSvery time one of the batteries 'stops, the water overflows here, and soaking into fcho ground, is gradually un?ettling it, making a serious landslip probable. Already a large creek ever sOftin length has appeared a few feet below the]tank, and the ground is surely, though slowly, slipping away. Something' should be done at once to either.preyetit this;owrflow/or elss;.convey. the water away, ,elEe a'slip which would damage a house just below the tank, and perhaps unsettle the foundations of iherace i'self, may ta>e place." We believe this matter is under the consideration of the authorities. . ,';.;'■.'._.-■.' ;-.?.-■.'

:VBxlhe arrival in Auckland of the Aurora, news is receired that the well-known schooner * Julia Price heid gone ashore at Rarotonga, but got off with little damage., v "; >

■^"■;TOT■p"niD^in.■:poMoß/haTe^^ißoeiTed^int^in■a■! fcionthat forged."notes on the.Union, Bank of Australia'aria again in; circulation.^ i;^ ;V

AKiDqaeßfccommenoed yesterday afternoon in Auckland en the body of the^infant Emily Wil son ,': alleged to have been, murdered by its mother,?Rosin*Emily';Smith, > After taking ii ,ma«sTi>f-eTiden'ce, thei Coroner adjourned the ia»e..-liiiL;^daij.V:;;-i ii ..-; ,;...;■,■■";• :■■.^;:>-- : : -v.t. ".■-.•■:.■■■■"•

The Sandhurst goldfield. Victora, is in a prosperous state. The total rcult of mining operations for the month of July was L(5,960'.Z9 gold ; calls were made to the tuno of £10.942, and dividends amounting to £19,343 were paid.

The schooner Upoln, which arrived at Sydney lately from the South S?a», brings news of a shocking occurrence at the island of Tarrawa, in the Gilbert group, on June 15. During a quarrel a trader named Ekstrum stabbed another trader belonging toiho island, named Taylor, in the abdomen, disembowelling him. The natives of Teja carried Taylor away to a bouse in their tillage in a dying slate. The vioiim was very popular amongst the islanders with whom he lived. Ekstrum was not captured. The Upolu ascertained that nearly all tho natives at Apiang are armed with Snider rifles, and have become quite expert in the uso ef the weapon. Two natives had had a quarrel, one of whom shot the other dead on the spot.

The Dnnodin Harbour Board yesterday resolved :—"That the Boa:d request their Chairman to introduce a Bill into Parliament to consolidate their loans, on the linen of the Bill previously introduced" —Mr Rais, member for Boslyn, is the Chairman.

FaOXS. —Cio-e confinement and careful attention to all factory woik gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appetites, luncuid, 1 miserable feelings, poor blood, inactive liver, kidneys, &0., and all the physicians and medicine in the world cannot help them unless they get out of doors or use Hop Bitters. None need suffer if they will use ifc v freely See

Wbub' "Rough oh Cobns." —Ask for Wells' "Bough on Cornß." Quick relief, complete permanent cure. Cores, war**, bunions. Muses, Mow and Co., Sydney, General Agent*.

A Ml^KiinameVl'Thjaiaaß narrow escape from death a few days 'ago while r^paVitig t.ho Efiterpriae tunnel in the Wealthof atibris leasehold, Hecfton'. The tnnnelrwas tt very old- one, and irir effecting repairs. thevgrouad ran for a long distance' cutting Beard off fr'btn -the entranc». It;took about thirty hours to reach him when be was found about three sets of new timber put in by him having kept up the ground near the face..

A WElTJeaintbe Australasianaaya: "If not better, they at least;. manage these things differently in New Zealand. "Various are the headings of that domestic column wbish ladies invariably examine—before they read the leading article on the tariff. " Buds, Orange Blossom, Cypress," is familiar. Then the/c is " Hatched, Matched, Despatched," which has a- (iuphpnious harmony of its own. I'am riotsuro whether'! Cradle, Bride-bed, Coffin;"; has been tried. It is in another respect, however, that a Now Zealand'journal distinguishes i itself. Following the three family intimations is this notice:— ' . "Announcements of Births, Deaths, and Marriages sent for publication from the country districts require to-be Verified by the si;jnature either of our ajent in the district from which the announcement is sent, - or of the officiating clergyman." ; . „- l Now, when the infantine tyrant establishes itself in the household, what is the function of the officiating clergyman P Officiating doctors and nurses, officious mother-in-Lws, anxious and inquiriogyfrionds, are accompaniments which make things sufficiently lively withont having .an-Officiating minister on .the pre*; mises. .*>'-■.. : ;- ;' y . . "■■-' ' .-.'■■ :■'■:'•.' •'■■' The Ringarooma was; floated at Lyttelton yesterday, and was found watertight. It is 'expected that two months will elapse before she is fit to take up her'runnijjg again. .

The Sydney Bulletin gires the following anecdote of the receut tour of the N.Z. Footballers. While in the Gaiety.thentre, " One of the 'footballers sat UDder the edge of the balcony,j-ighfcoverfijm was a, cad who had probably lost a few shillings in backing Now Seutb Wales against the Maoris. The footballer happened to glance upwards, when the cad'deliberately spat down in his face. The victim said nothing. He quietly wiped his face witbj, his handkerchief, took a good survey of the. balcony, got up and went out as quietly as though nothing had happened. Pre sently he appeared in the balcony, called the cad to one side, and withont further ceremony drove his nose through so that the end of it struck out at the back of his head. Then he returned to his seat in the orchestra chairs, and not above

a dozen persons in tfao house knew that a man bad been knocked out in the first roqnd right over their heads. It was the qnietest and quickest piecejof work of the kind we have seen done since the time we.were boys and tickled the heels of a mule with a straw just to see hini wag his ears."- '-.' . '.' ■; ''■ ■■, " ■ .-:'■■' ■■■'■ : ■.■•■•■•'

Dbtthern Stuff.—How many children arid women are slowly bub surely dying, or rather being killed, by excessive doctoring, or' the-dsHly use of some drug or drunken stuff called medicine, that no one knows what it is made of," who can easily be cured and saved by Hop Bitters, whioh is so pure, simple, arid harmless that the most frail woman, weakest invalid, or eniallest^bhild can trust in it? See