The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5034, 2 March 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1885.

It is probable that several ■ more Thnme3 Volunteers, besides Messrs Hawk and Weir, will take part in the Bine Association meeting in Wellington this month.- The Captain of the Kotomahana has promised to take the men to Auckland at a reduced rate, and from there the Government eta amor Hinemoa will convey them to Wellington. It is also not improbable that the Wairoa man will be represented.

The uiual monthly -sitting of the District Court wnl bo held to>morrow morning. The business set down is: In bankruptcy, dealing with applications for. discharge of Louis Kalmnn, William Gre?n, and C. H. A. Tonge; and the public examinations of Alex. Fnthauk, Cha«=. S Pyne, Wm. Carpenter, and Thomas-.Lawless. The causes to be heard are MftHiuKaiirale v. Joseph Clark, a claim of £50 damages fur trespass; and an application for a judgment punimoris insde by John Biuhanun cgcinst. Mokona Hori, the amount J ciog £12 fie. ,Mr Lush is to move for an order settling 'he list of contribu-

tions in the case of the ilobgon G-.M. Co., and

Mr Miller will ask that an order be made con* ; < firming the appoiniment .o f a liquidator in the Old Golden Calf G-.M. • Co.- His Honor Judge Seth Smith ia (-zpected to arrive per

s.s. Botomahana this ev<;nin|

Thb Big Pump w»s brought to a standstill last evening through an accident to the nir-

punip, the spear of which broke in the game place at'which it has given way twice before during the pisfc year. The spear was at once taken out and sent to Price BiW. for repair, and the mansger hopes to be able to resume pumping this evening. The fracture occurred

at a weak plate, the point of the spear. The

stoppage s ig'itly increased the amount of water in the rare, and enabled, tbe Imperial battery to-crush from 12 last' "night till this afternoon. . The man Atkinson, who was concerned in the Macßae troubles at Mangare, was coin- - - milted to the Whau Lunatic Asylum on Saturday. The Secretary of the Exhibition losal coibmiltco received a telegram to-day from Mr - Oallis, Secretary of the Wellington committee, stating that, in r*>ply io Mr Dean's telegram enquiring if the Wellington committee would

supply water power for macl-inery, the subject'

had beßn referred to a special committee, which will meet on Friday next in the Empire City. Mr Jallis also desired to be informed as to the price charged, for water for motire power purposes Od the Thames. ' Thj? oriel-et match Holland's^ Auckland)

T. Thames, played on Saturday at Purawdi, resulted in a victory for the visitors by 86 runs. Tbe first innings closed ior 66 and 41 runa respectively, and wo give below the full scores in the second innings:—Holland's : J. B. Moll, b'Cl.rk, 0; G. Mills, c Buchan, 12 ; E. O'Hare, o Pearce, 2 ; W. Baird, c Allon, 26; Thomas (capt.), st. Smith, 57 ; Henn, c Ciark^ 0; Murphy, c Clark, 9 ; Burfoot, n

Buchan, 8 j E. Mell, c Allen, 2 j E. Waring,

o Buchaa, 3; W. Mell, not out, 8; extras, 3; total, 130. —Thames: Egginton, b Thomas, 17; Airey, c Thomas, 6 ; Buchan, b Thomas,

7; Clark, c Mills, 9 ; Smith, c Murphy, 15; Lough, c Mills, 1; Aitken, ;b Thomo°, 8; Pearce, c Mills, 0; Harrison, nob out, 3; Newman, b Thomas, 0; Allen, cJ. B. Mell, 2; extras, 1; total, 69. Grand totals — Hollaud's, 19S ; Thames, 110.

Mb Allom has placed in tho Kirikiri stream 60 trout, cix months old, and they have bjen put under tapu by the natives for five years. It is Mr Allom's intention to piaco n number of. the young fish in the KonmU stream very shortly. A 3IEBHNO of shareholders in the Hew Whan GhM. Co. was to have been held on Saturday afternoon, but lapsed for want of a quorum. Tho company it to bo wound up shortly. In the Police Court fcbis morning a ten shillings fins, oV in default 48 hours'imprisonment, wus recorded,against an inebriate byL. J. Bagtißll, E-q., J.P., who occupied tb« Bench, L.<--

Wb would aj>ain remind our readers of Lhe moonlight excursion this evening in the p.s. Te ftroha. The weather promises to bo mosh enjoyable, and we expect to see the., trip 'liberally patronised. The proceeds are to be "in ; aid of the Congregational church and choir. It wilt' . also be noticed' that, in order to get -back in time for the excursion to-morrow evening, the Rotomahana will leave here at 7 a.m. to-morrow morning, and Auckland at 2in the afternoon. .

Some difficulty was experienced yesterday afternoon by the visitors from Wairoa in getting ashore. ■ They armed in the i.e. Planet at about one o'clook, when the tide was low, and ran in at Taroru as the most suitable place to disembark. Determined to treat their visitors well, the Bangers had a boat in readi/ nesß to convey them into Bhallow water, from whence the journey to dry land web to be made in a cart. Unfortunately, "the best laid pluno of mice and men gang aft agley," and so it was in this instance. The cart was backed into water, the boat came alongside, and the pas* sengers got into the vehicle, but when a etart. wbb made shorewards, the wheels sank into the yielding shingle, becoming hopelessly bogged, and the cart had to be loft where it was. The men waded through the mud and wator; the ladies being of course carried by them, and in this primitive manner all got safely ashore.

The appeal of the Spanish vice-Consul at Christchurch, on behalf of the sufferers by the earthquake in Andalusia, has mef; with a liberal response.; It is proposed to hold a fete to raise funds.

An inquiry will be held into the recent fire at the Lyceum Building id Hobson street, Auckland, as the circumbtances connected wit h the outbreak: wero # of a suspicious character. The inquiry i*s expected to bo a lengthy one. Detective T.vFohey;is employed in working up the evidence.

A Weihnqton telegram of yeßt:rday says : —The natire owners of the land on both sides of the Central Bailway line froai To Awamutu to Marton have cow given their consent to the construction of the Northern Main Trunk Railway, and-appear very enthusiastic about the matter. Tenders are invited for the first section at each end, the northern section being 15 miles, and the soubbern 12.J, miles. ; : '■'■.'■"'

. Joseph Banks, manager of the Auckland Frozen Meat Co., has had an interview with Dr Hector, relative to fish preserving projecte. Dr Hecior recommends that attention bo given principally to kawhd and schnapper.

A DUKBDIN paper writes we are pleased to notice that our contemporary the JEveuihg Herald has fallen into the hands of Mr Thomas Bracken, or. as the imprint puts it, " Thomas Bracken and Company." Since Mr Bracken vacated the c-iitorial chair the paper ha 3 been so wretchedly conducted, editorially that we have wondered it did not lose" the patronage of tha public to euch an extent as to render it necessary,for the proprietors to stop publication. Thero is, however, no such danger now; a marvellous improvement is already apparent, and there is no doubt that in Mr Bracken's hands the Herald will .speedily/take its rank aoiong^ the .leacJing journals of the Colony. V .

Thb Novelty Company appeared at the Academy of-Music on Saturday Bight to a moderate audience. They open again tfeia ~ evening. „. .-;. ■ , ; Haif-A'DOZSK young men left Cimstcbureh on Saturday 6y the Huuroto, to endeavor to join the Sydnoy contingent for the Soudan.

•■-•;OlT|l conterinporary appears to have got hold of a"mare'B neet" in its issue of this morn: ing, in the shape of another largo bush fire — this time at Blair's Hikutaia, though in reality the particulars wero given ia regard to the fire in the Union Cos. bush, referred to in our issue of Friday and Saturday. Mr Alexander, who gave our contemporary the particulars referred to, says he spoke of them in regard to the Union.fire, and that no fire is burning in Blair's, bush. :

The session of the Congregational Union of New . Zealand, just held iv Auckland, was wound up by a harbor excursion given to tho members of the Union. -

The Dunedin Evening Star says :—" A fact •which speaks for itself is thafe there are at the present moment between 300 and 430; vacant dwelling-houses - in Dunedin and suburbs. Such a large "number of vacancies have not been known for a good i.nany yeara." '

THE Hon. J. T. Pearock.'Proßidsnt of the Canterbury Acelima'isalion Sooiety, who has been a raember of that body for 25 years, and therefore ought to knsw something about it, gives tho following account of the infcioduc' lion of sparrows: —:Years ago, he eaye, the Society used to offer bonuses to the captains of vessels for the importation of live birds. Ohc captain brought out some sparrows and offered thorn to the Society, but they were r»jpcted. Thereupon the captain, eomewhst annoyed, tossed the birds, which were five in number, into the air, and from these five birds, Mr Peacock declares, came all the sparrows now in the country.

WILKES, the Shortland jeweller, is'selling his choice and large stock of jewellery at roducod prices. New goodß, chaste and beautiful in desisn. Must be sold. Call early. Watch Glasses, Sixpence ; Watch Keys, Threepence.—[Adtt.]

MAiiVELtOtrs Babqains in Mi livery' and Drapery, and a largo lot of Clothing nt cuethird its value is now Selling at J. MasSHHi's, Albert etreet.—Tho Pollen rtroet Branch iatuken over by Mr (J. Boon (lato Manager).

A NEW lot of'ladies' and children's 'Booi-o and Shoes received this day, at M. Whitshead's, Pollen street, Short land,, and Owen street, .Grahamstown.—[Advt.]

Skinnt Mest.—Wells' " Health Renewer " restores health and vigor, cures Dyapipsia, li»poteDee>, Debility. At druggial.s.—Kenipthorne, Prosaer and Co., Agents, Auckland.

Nothing purifies and enriches tho blood and destroys all poisons in the Byatom like Hop Bitters. Bead -