The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4952, 22 November 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1884.

A meeting of the Committee of t!ie Athletic Demonstration, to be held on the let December, was held last evening, when further arrangements were made for the meeting. It was decided to run t lie 150 yards handicap in one heat instead o f two as was proposed. It was decided to call for tenders for the gates, and ask for offers for the publican's booth . matters to be settled on Tuesday evening next. Several other preliminaries were arranged, and it was mentioned that tickets for ihe concert were finding a ready tale. The appointments of judge and starter were respectively conferred on Messrs S. Styak and J. Christie.

Services at tbe Wesleyan churches tomorrow will be conducted by Messrs Gardiner (of Melbourne), Th.mas, and Joughrin, as announced in another column.

An interesting uatural feature discovered by Mr Rochfort in his exploration for a route for the North Island trunk line, is thus described: "At 130 miles up the Pipipieta Biver occurs the Matakerapura fall, probably not previously seen by any Europeans _and by very few natives. It is an object of great interest. The whole river, some 90ft wide, shoote over a precipice 60ft deep, springing clear from its bed in an open transparent arch through which ferns and growth beneath can be seen as through a window. On one side there is a sort of cave hallowed in the rock, which is coloured red and yellow with iron oxide. The banks of the river above and below are lined with ferns, which hang over the river cliff and add to the beauty of the Ecene. Below the fall the river falls rapidly, and swirls and eddies in heavy rapids for about 100 chains, while above it for a long distance the water is still, deep, and lake-like."

Thb Waikalo Times s^ys that tbe deer which some years ago were let loose on the Mangakawa Ringe are now thriving, and can very frequently be eeeu roving about in 'arge fcerdi,

At the Pollen street Lecture Hall to-mor-row the services will be conducted by Mr Goo. Aldridge, of Auckland, well-known as a fluent speaker. The lecture in the evening will be on " The True Creed of the Apostles."

We would cull the attention of heads of families to the auction sale of the large stock of groceries and oilmen's stores belonging to Mr John Newßon, ©f Bolleston street, which takes place on Monday next. The gootls have all been removed to the Academy of Music in order to meet the convenience of buyers and to facilitate business.

At Brighton, Victoria, the other day, Professor Payne tried to shoot an apple from the back of a man's hand, but seriously wounded the man instead.

TiMOiar Howaed, bailiff, who died intestate in Auckland Hospital on the 19th inst., has left property amounting to more than £I,COO.

Herb is the sliding scale of speculation :— £1, " thief!" £50,000, " defaulter!" £ICO.OOO, '« shortage !" £500,C00, " Australian Tourist!" £1,000,0C0, " brilliant financier!" There are lots of thieves in New Zsaland, but only one brilliant financier.—Auckland Star.

The Spring Show of the Auckland Gardeners' Horticultural Society was held yesterday. There was a splendid floral display, and double the number of exhibitors of last year.

Two additional informations have been laid against Waring Tajlor, of Wellington, for misdemeanour in connection with his bankruptcy, and it is understood that twelve others are pending.

A Hokitiea. telegram says that Mr R. C. Raid's new illustrated volume on the history, scenery, and industries of the West Coast has jußt been published. .

In Auckland yesterday, William Wenlock was rommitted for trial on a charge of embezzling property belonging to the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

A BODY was found yesterday afternoon floating near the bathing-place in Lyttelton harbor. It apparently had been in the water about ten days, the eyes and nose being wanting. It is that of a man below medium height, wi h long dark bair on the head, but none 0" the face, and was dressed in a tweed suit and Balmoral boots. The body has not been identified. Jtjst as the Resident Magistrate's Court was about to be adjourued this morning, a man named Thompson complained that a

daughter of hie, aged 14 jears, who went

away from here as a nurse girl with a family going to Auckland, bad left that family and entered the employment of another. She desired to return to tbe Thames, her father stated, and her employer prevented her. Tbe KM. recommended the parent to go to Auckland and bring his daughter back, and the man said he thought be would.

The following telegram was received to-day from Wellington :—" Tairua Native Licensing District abolished from Dec. Ist; Order-in-Council in next Gazette ; inform committee and Assessors. —0. J. A. Haseiden, Assistant TJnder-Secretary Justice."

The new code of regulations for the preventing of collisions at sea, made by the Queen in Council on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and Board of Trade, appears in the Gazette with an intimation from the Minister in charge of the Marine Department that they are in force in New Zealand in regard to all British ships and boats, and are to be substituted for regulations gazetted on the 15th of April, 1880.

The Dunedin Harbor Board yesterday re

sol red to press forward the breakwater which is designed to concenbrato the current, and so deepen the bar with the utmost despatch, either bj an increase of hands or by working double shifts. The big dredge commenced to work yesterday, but in the afternoon one of the iron pins gave way, which unrove the whole of the buckets. The buckets can he recovered, but it is expected that considerable difficulty will be experienced in doing so. iHtheß.'vi. Court this morning W Grain wa summoned by UU wife for neglecting to comply w th an order made by the Court requiring him to contribute to her support. After hearing the evidence of both parties, Mr Ken rick said that as it had been shewn that the complainant was in a position to support herself and had money in the Savings Bank, and her husband pleaded that hi was unable to pay the amount ordered and offered a home to his wife if she would return to it, he could not see any reason to make an order in the case at present. The steamship Triumph will ba ready to proceed to sea about a week hence, and unless a purchaser appears in the meantime, it is pretty certain that a trade will be found for her by her owner, Mr G. Fraaer. Nothing definite has yet been resolved upon except that she is not to be idle much longer, and she will prob ibly see steady work very shortly either in intercolonial or foreign cargo trade. Since the Triumph wbb floated off the rocks at Tiritiri, several i hou'ands of rounds have been spent on her, and it is to be hoped the enterprise shown by Mr Fraaer therein is about to be suitably rewarded.—Exchange.

The management of children is a very responsible duty, ' and at times an arduous one, yet it frequently proves irksome to parents; this generally results in the cases so often chronicled of children getting beyoad their parents' control. Two examples of this were heard by the Resi- 1 dent Magistrate this morning, when boys aged about 14 years were complained of by* their parents for being beyond control. In one instance the you'h was sent to the Industrial School, and in the other a postponement of a week was made to enable enquiries ia'o the case to be made.

Loed GrAKMOvjyB, agai >sfc whom Miss Fortescue, the lolanthe fairj, has just obtained a verdict of £IO,CJO damages for breach of promise, had to rep y for the Indies at a banquet at Meerut. in India, lately. In the course of his speech his lordship stated that " it was a subject which filled him with remorse." " There are sciences as well as many art 3of getting rich. Poisoning people of large estates was one employed largely in the middle ages; adulteration of food of people of small estates is one employed largely now."—Buskin. What people dare not do in their own city, they perpetrate in Auckland. Adulterated pepper is now continually sent by a Southern firm as fit for your consumption. Any one can e-Bily detect the fraud by comparing the same with ours ; which is prapared and sold by us genuine only. Brown, Barrett, and Co. also guarantee that their genuine Mocha and Ceylon coffees can be relied upon ; and that their various brands, Excelsior, Standard, Lion, Anchor, and Crown, consist of pure coffee, mixed with pure chicory in such proportions as we have found from experience to be generally appreciated.—Brown, Barrett, and Co., Elliottstreet, Auckland. "Rough on Coens."—Ask for Wells' " Rough on Corns." Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions.— Kempthorne, Prosser and Co,, Agents, Auckland.

Pabents, do not use vile drugs or nostrums in your families, but use pure Hop Bitters. See and .read.

Two styles of consolation—A man's "Just what I expected." A woman's "I told you bow it would be."