The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4897, 19 September 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1884.

At the request of numerous friends Mr J. H. Smith has resolved to contest the vacant seat in the Borough Council, for the Thames Central Ward.

The fact mentioned in last night's issue, that the natives denied having given a lease over the Hi'futaia block to the Union Sash and Door Company, is more important than at first appeared to be the case. Should it be proven that the eompanj's lease over the section re" ferred to is valueless, the Warden mutt dea* with the timber as that on ordinary goldfields land, and the company, immediately this i 8 done, becomes liable for 25s for every tree cut, this being County revenue. It ia whispered .that a number of other leases in the County are on almost the same footing as theHikutsia one, and there is no 'doubt that the Council will sot enquiries moving at once, in order to ascertain the true position of affairs. If the lenses are invalid, the holders are liable for large sums on account of timber cut.

A Weihngtjn telegram states that the consideration of Mr Spencer's bill, regarding his claim for compensation in connection with riparian rights, has been postponed for a we'k. A number of Northern members are likely to support it.

The coal and firewood business carried on for many yeara by Mr M. Casey bas been disposed of to Messrs Dickey and Verran, who intend to carry it on in conjnnction with their carting trade, while Mr Casey leaves here for Auckland.

We mentioned a few days ago that it was in contemplation by the Cricket and Football Clubs to hold a demonstration some time during November. The matter hai since been further ventilated, and, as will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere, a meeting will be held at McLiver's to-morrow evening to arrange.the matter. The proposition at present is to hold the dem jnetration on the 30th of November, St. Andrew's day, the sports to consist, among other things, of running, jumping, throwing the cricket ball, kicking the football, and a costume football match, the whole to wind up with a co icert in the evening, and the surplus receipts to be given to some charitable institution. We hope to see a good attendance to-morrow to consider the matter. The sweepstake footrace being got up is not likely to be run on the same day as the demonstration, as those entered wish to take part in the sports, and could not do so did their race eventuate oh that day.

Two football matches have been arranged for to-morrow afteriaoon, and should the present splendid weather continue, exciting contests should take pluce. At Tararu the teams engaged will be—Tararuj Steadman (3), Dennerly, Clin-.0, Meredith (2), Ellis, Wolff, Carran, Tierney, Rea, Murray, Hall, Lang, Hill, Fricker, Scanlan, Collioun, and J. Wilson. Moonlighters: Buchan, Beckmau, Mangan, McGregor, Bucklai^d, Baine, Paul, Allen, Cook, Reid, Douglaa, Lucas, Hastings, Waite, Rowe, Twentyman, Nolan, Maxwell, Conroy, and Williams. On the Waio-Karaka Flat, the following from the Hauraki and Shortland Clubß will play Thames and Miners: —Hauraki: Murray, Watene, Roto, Aperahama, Anderson, Tamaki, Ngara, Waakaj Shortland : Lynch, Tupara, McLachlan, Dufty, Henderson, Cleave, Otter; etnergencea j Erwin, McCallum, Farquhar. The Thames and Miners will be represented by— Minera: Preece,logle», MoNeill, J. Thomaß, R. Herival, J. Allen, Kirby, White ; emergency, A. Thomas. Thames: Hindman, Lowe, TregonniDg,Pttterson (2),Rae, H., O'Sullivan and Taylor, with W. Newman and Veale as emergencies.

Mb .Aitkin, County Engineer, has just forwarded to Wellington plans of two available sites for the Kurangahake bridge ia order th^t Government may decide which one is to uafld.

Thk schooner which passed up the river o.i Sunday laßt proved to be the Buby, from Auckland in ballast. She sailed for Auckland to-day "with a cargo of timber shipped by Bagnall Bros.

Fbom Paaroa we learn that the lad Sheehy, who was in t.he Waitekauri bush from Friday to Tuesday last without food, ia progressing favorably, though still confined to bed. He was so exhausted when he reached Paeroa, that on being put into a bath at; the Police station he at once fell asleep. The boy'a own account to his father is that he was never loßt at all, but that he was determined to follow hia cow until he got her out of tho bush, and that he had just succeeded in doing so when the search party met bim.

A BOY named Frederick Rasbleigh, aged 14, and whose mother is a widow, fell into Auckland Harbour, near the dock, on Wednesday afternoon, and was drowned before assistance could reach him. An inqueßt was held yesterday afternoon, when a verdict of " Found Drowned " was returned.

The European Mail of August 1 (of which issue the proprietors have sent us a copy) contains, as a supplement, capital lithograph portraits of the representatives of England's Colonial and Indian Empire, ac folllows : — Earl Kimberley, Secret iry of State for India ; Earl Derby, E.G., Secretary of State for the Colonies; Charles Tapper, K.C.M.G., C.8., High Commissioner for Canada; AsentQetierals Sir Saul Samuel, K.C.M.G., (New South Waleß) ; R. Murray Smith, C.M.G-., (Victoria); Sir Arthur Blyth, K.C.M.G., (South Australia); J. F. * Garrick, Q.C, (Queensland) j there is no portrait of Sir F. D. Bell, the New Zealand AgentGeneral, because that gentleman repeatedly refused to give the proprietors one of his photographs; Captain Chas. Mills, CM.G. (Cape Colony) ; and Sir W. C. Sargeunt, K.0.M.G.; Capt. M. F. Ommanney, R.E, 0.M.G.; and Mr E. Blake, Crown Agents for the colonies. The expression is admirably pourtrayed, and the arrangement of the figures is also good, Earls Derby aDd Kimberley forming the centres of the two groups, but the absence of Sir F. D. Bell's portrait somewhat mars the completeness of the Australasian group.

The Wellington City Council propose to borrow £75,000 for the To Aro relaxation, and a meeting of citizens will be held Bhortly to consider the proposals.

A BOY, 13 years of age, named Louis Levy, of Newton, Auckland, was arrested yeßterday at Mangere for horse steaUog.

A Meibouenb correspondent of the Launch ston Telegraph says:—rA man named Beddingfield, who was recently expelled from the Salvation Army for running away from New Zealand with a 'Hallelujah lass, 1 has turned his rascality to good account. He still dubs himielf ' Captain,' though the ' Army ' refines to be led by him at present. On Saturday he invited an audience at 61 each to come and hear the account of 'how he fell away from God ' —that is how he tempted a silly girl to leave her home and family, of how he left his own wife and children starving, and how he played the hypoc-ite and vil^an. It is hardly creditable that the wife, whom he left destitute, could so far degrade her womanhcod as to appear on the platform and countenance the wretched business, but she did ; and what is more, a great many people paid 6d a head to hear the creature expatiate upon bis prtfligacy.

Last night's meeting of the Parliamentary Union was well attended, and a large amount of business was put through. Leave waß given to introduce a bill to prevent Fraudulent Legislation, a Workmen's Wages Bill, and a bill to amend the Bankruptcy Act. Two bills were read a Becond time, and the second reading of three others postponed till next sitting. An animated debate took place on the Westport Harbor Board Bill (T. Wood), and the members showed that they have profitably paid attention to the instruction of the Speaker, in the matter of recognising rules and the formalities of debate. A Dttnedin telegram reports that Wm. Houhblow, while on the ranges bejond Flagstaff Hill on the 16th inst., found the dead body of a man in a very inaccessible spot. It appeared as if the deceased, being fatigued, had laid down and perished from exhaustion or cold. Deceased is described as being about 30 years of age. The body was decomposed, and apparently had been lying there for some three or four months. It has been identified as that of McMeekan, junr. The father is now in jail for cattle stealing, and in May last was known to be biding from the police, and it is believed the eon went out on the ranges to Eearch for his father, and perished there.

A HUMAN leg, with a boot on the foot, has been found on the bench at Mokibinui, 20 miles north of Westport. The foot has been identified as that of Peter Eg an, who has been missing for some weeks. This discovery confirms the supposition that Bgan was drowned at sea.

Wishing to encourage the boys of the New Plymouth High School to read and study the news of each day, the masters have established a reading room in connection with the library and museum.

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