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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5082, 29 April 1885, Page 2

A meeting of the Thames Football Olub was held last evening, when ifc was decided that the subscription be fixed, as in previous years, at 2b 6d for the season. The election of office-bearers was deferred to' a future meeting with the exception of the selection of Mr P. McGregor as secretary. It was resolved that the secretary communicate with the Te Aroha Football Olub as to tho next com* petition for the possaasion of Mr EhrenfriedV cup taking place on the Queen's Birthday Anniversary. ■ Those present thought thafc morning practice was most desirable in view of foreign matches promised, and it was resolved that on Thursday morning those should be inaugurated. It. was also decided that the Olubtriembera ehould, if practicable, take part in the all-comera match to take place on Saturday next on the Waio-Karaka Flat.- Tho appointment of officers was deferred to an adjourned meeting to be held on Wednesday, tho 6th May. i A TEW days ago we called attention to the I non-appearance of the sohooner Seabird, | which left Sydney on the Ist instant. The vessel haß arrived in Auckland after a 26 days' passage, and baa been anchored in the powder ground. Tee long passage' caused some anxiety to several persons who were watching for her arrival. . ' The s.B. Zealandia will be anchored in the stream on her arrival in Auckland, to prevent her crew being tampered with by the Seamen's Union. The Lumpers' Union have decided to sußt»in any action taken by the Seamen's Union. , . • i Attqttste Mtjxieb has been committed for the cigar robbery and burglary at the Auckland Tobacco Company's Factory. The strike at the Westport Coal Company's mine still continues. The new hands who were put on have discontinued work. The miners are receiving assistance from NewcHßtlfl (£25 per month), also from Shag Point, Otago. The Brunnerton and Koranui Company are now advertising for other men. The Mosgiel WoollerrfFaotory, Otago, have concludod a contract with a Southern firm to light the factory with the electric light. The installation will comprise 300 Swan inoandes* cent lights. s Ths Hon. W. J. M. Larnacb, Minister of Mines, addresses . his c&nstituents on Thursday next. The prisoner McOlure, who was convicted in Cbristchurch of malingerig a short, time ago, w»o yesterduy proved guilty of insubordination and using- threatening language to the. warders at Addington gaol. He was sentenced to 30 days in ironß. As he left the dock he said they would have to bury him before tho thirty days were over. A CIAIM of £1000 damages^for slander, was heard yesterday >in the Supreme Court sittings at. Invercargill. The parties had a quarrel in a railway carriage, arising out of defendant addressing the plaintiff familirtrly as " Ijouifl," which he rosontad, defendant being unknown to him. The altorcation, it wbs alleged, culminated in an inuendo that' Roger's £one of the parties) pre« miaes, recently burnt, were over insured, and that the fire had been a good thing for him. The evidence of "one of tho witneaaes was to the effect-that the best tiutf, nould have been done p'ifch tho disputants would have beon to givotbeoi both in charge, their language was , so offensive to each other. The hearing of the casa created much amueament in a orowdfd Court, plainuii' becoming much dxcitod under croaa-examination. The jury returned in five uiinuv.ea with a verdict for the defend at, with costs on the higher eoale. A Welxingtok telegram states that Captain Kidley, of the steamer Coptic, wajtaken Huddeoly ill yesterday, and removed to tha hospital. The nature of his illneaß has not been ascertained.

Mb 0 (us. Hortham, a malster in the employ of Mr J. Manning of the Burton brewery Cbristchurch,.dropped dovrn dead yesterday, it ia supposed from heart disease.

A consignment of cheese, the manufacture of Mcßflre Gould Broß, Waitoa, will be offered at auction by Messrs B*nk§ and 00. at their sale yards, Purawai, to«morrow. We are informed that the quality is all that can bo wished, bo doubtless it will meet a ready sale.

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' Government'lhh bought the Boribby Hooks of sheep off Mi* Dillon in the Pakawai aud Waivar»pa (Wellington) districts, and they have all been killer!. The object is to eradicate tho scab.in those districts. ' Mil J. 0. BuckiiAKD, member of the House of Hepresentatives for Waikouaiti, baa been in communication with the "Minister of Public Works regarding the grain -rate, and has received ah askance that the Cabinet, have to make the reductions uniform throughout the colony, to oomo into forno as soon aa instructions can be issued. The Premier (Mr Stout) will be nominated as a candidate for a seat in the Otago University Senate otl the 4fch May. 1' The Key. W. H. West has retired in -Mr Stout's favor, avid the only other candidate is Professor Hutton. j The proverbial peace existont in our midet had another exemplification of its life shown to-day, when'• tho sublime goddess had no cause to exercise that worn out balauce of her'a. "Nary" a drunk even appeared before the Bench this morning, and the graafc ■ unpaid had another holiday. ■ A eemaekasie-case waa heard in Ohrisfcv church yesterday—viz., Delamsin v. Lanford, claim £20, damage to ahos'senumed Drummev. G. F. Day, pilot for tho Waimakiriri Harbour Board, stated that, in tho end of January ef this year, plaintiff put the horoß in hi 3 son's paddock to graze. This witness had alook-out on the tjp of his house, and in his capacity of pilot kept a look out for vessels. Occasionally he turned hisgazo inland, and directed his telescope co as to observe the movements of defendant. Through his telescope he saw defendant; drivo Drummer a number of times from one paddock to another, and on one of those occasions ho broke away and cut tunnel f badly on a barbed wire feuco. The Sesident Magistrate believed this strangely-found evidence, which the defoudant rather feebly triod to controvert, and gave judgment for plain■tiff.- , ■■ , ■ •■■- . ' A. DAY or two ago we published a brief telegram stating that a ship's carpentsr named Greon bad stabbed an apprentice of one of the vessels lying in the Lyttelton Harbour. Tho following furtbor particulars are to hand : " About a quarter-past eleven on Saturday, John Green, carpenter of tbe barque Colleen, was speaking to the cdok of the Inverca.vgill on Gladstone Pier. Green. aeked the other man what ship he belonged to, and on the cook replying ' the Invercargill,' he began to abuse the owners of the ship. Leslie, an apprentice on the Invercatgill, then came up, and a quarrel with Green,ensued on the subject. This led to « fight, and Leslie getting tho batter of the first named, Green produced a pocket-knifeand stabbed Leslie with it three or four timos, one of the cuts, it is feared, penetrating one of bis lungs. Dr. McDonald, who was called in, can give-no opinion yet as to the probable result of tho case, as the patient is in a very precarious condition. Green waß arrested b.y the police and brought before tho E.M. Court. He v/as remanded till Wednesday next." , -:

The greatest enthusiasm of a very enthusiastic meeting, held in the Tuam Btreet Hall, Ohristchurcb, the other evening, weu occasioned by Mr B. T. Booth's references to the probability of a war with' Russia. Addressing the young men of Christcnurch, ho told them not .to fear that the Hussians would trouble New Zealand, for if they laid but the weight of their little finger upon the people of New Zealand, they would soon hear from ub over in America. When G-eneral Garfield was killed by the hand of the assassin, the sympathy exhibited towards America by England did much to oetnenb the two nations together in one bond of unity. Mr Booth's remarks drew forth loud, ringing cheers, and in response to his request, the audience joined in Ringing " G-od Save the Queen." On concluding his 'address, three hearry cheers were given to him for tho sentiments he had expressed. , , ■

The good people of Auckland have had their heads screwed on tolerably tight. la one point they have had moro enterprise than all the rest of the colony, und that is, ttis successful establishment of joint stock companies. They had a ton years start of us in the South, and many talented men were attracted to the shores of Hauraki. " In 1860 when wo were bnly twelve years' old, they projected the Bank of New Zealand and the JS«w Zealand Insurance Company, and both these institutions have become firmly established in the colony. The batik does as much business as all the lest in the colony pufc together. Four years later came the Now Zaalasd Loan and Mercantile Agency Com* pany, which has spread Ions; and power-ul arms o\%v every provincial district, even embracing in its far-reachiDg grasp the Australian colonies. Since then tho trading companies have heen legion; From the teeming brains of an Auckland citizm has come forth the idea of a gigantic co-operative company, to include the whole colony. Mr W. L. Ree3 has taken up this matter, and we hope to be favoured with more light on ib by-and-bye. Another company has been formed, or is forming, "The Mutual Intercolonial and Mercantile Association," with the intention of squashing all the lawyers. It is to deal with social, political, commercial, and legal matters, and undertakes the recovery of rents and debts; drawing out of deeds of assignment and powers of attorney; exeoution of bills of sale,, mortgages, . and liens; tho serving of legal processes; the Searching of wills and all other registered documents, including patents; the'proving of debts; auditing and balanc ng of books; prosecution of absconding or fraudulent bankrupts; tho business of a private inquiry office; tho supervision of estates; and generally nearly everything that cau affect the welfare of the colonist. They might complete the circle by adding a matrimonial branob.—Dunediu Evening Herald. ' , '*. ,

A coEEESPONDEiirT of tho Bombay CJaaetfco, who is said to. tiara special opportunities of ascertaining what is believed by,natives in Afghanistan, writes:—" Merchants from Afghanistan, both Hindoos and Maboannodaua, agree in saying thafcjexfcsnsive military proparations contioua on tlic date.naibb plea of apprehensions of Russian uggrossioD. Bnfc the popular conviction inclineß to the beliof th't this is a mere ruse, and that the Ameer hi!B neither t.lia will nor tb'e power to stem tho tide of the Russian advanoe, which will overwhelm everything which comes- before* it j also that reoent; E)«9sian suecDsses and conquosts 1 ■■haro i. aferoDgly impressed the people of Afghanistan with the dread .of her irresistible mililarj power and resources';-and the wisdom of seeking her alliance and friendship.' Tho common boza'ar-talk■ gleefully alludes to tho prospect of the Afghans again enriching themselves with the rich plunder of India, as their forefathero vied to do during tho decliue und fall of tho Mogul Empire, and before the rising power of the.-Sikhs checked their periodical raids. The boundary couiuiisaion, and ics circuitous and stealthy route >s is ridiculed; and great doubfcß are j oppressed in regard to its ultimata safe return i to India." '

Mb LABcrercBEEE says in Truth :—When I consider how very few things thore are ia this world really worth knowing, and mot of fcheie can be picked up in conversation; that reading, writing, and arithmetic are all that a^inan wants to start with in life and that the largest fortunes have been reached bj men settingout with no other equipment, I can'fc beieve that it is necessary, to catch a child from bis mother's arms at live (the legal age), and keep him in school all the day long till he is thirteen, and thereby ruin his health and destroy his happiness, at the expense< of;, be ratepayers in order to give him a fair ehuuge 9t waius bi» lirinjj, ..•',...

An °*amusing incidont ia narrated to u« (West Oo»Bt Tmes) in connection with the | departure of Mr W. M. Harcourfc, of Ara« hura and Humphrey's Gully, for England. During hia residence ia tbe distrioi; he had collectad a. large , parcol of coarse gold, principally nuggefce, weighing several ounces. Oh his leaving he paid duty on: tho parcel at the customs. Some zealous patriots, however, wbo thought he was trying to evade the,duty, and who would not allow their deep love for Mr Harcourt interfero with their stern sstise of. justice, tolegraphci t> the police at Lyttelton to arrest the supposed smujglor. Report hath it that a detective was in' waiting for this, evader of the law,'. Had. si mine laid for trapping the unwary and bringing .him to justice Denjuome^if.—lnnocent triumphant j detective sold ; inforraanl; abashed."

Wilkbs, the Shortltmcl jeweller, is selling hia ohoio) und large stock of jewellery at varluced priouß. Now Roods, Canute and beautiful in. design... Must be cold. Call early. .W; v.tea G-lansoa,, Bixpenca ; Watch Keys, Threeponoo.-r-[ADVT.] ' ■