The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY/JUNE 22, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5126, 22 June 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY/JUNE 22, 1885.

The adjourned meeting of the Hastings Licensing Committee was hold to-day to consider the Dimness postponed from the last meeting j this consisted of two applications made respectively by F. C. Steveni, for accommodation license at Kauaeranga, and by R. M. Hawkes, for a hotel license at Tapu. The commissioners present were :—Misers E. T. Wildman, (Chairman), A. Butler, W. DReid, and E. McDonnell. sho Inspector of Police reported that in the case of Stevena' application the repairs rrquired had been effected, and consequently the objection^ offered had been withdrawn. The Bench therefore granted the required license* Regarding the application made by R. M. Hawkes for the Tapu House, the police reported tbe stipulation that the hotel should be put in order had not been complied withSeveral portions were sadly in need of lining and papering, and on the first vi it paid an absence of cleanliness was apparent. No. stabling was provided for travellers, and the furnishing needed some attention ; in fact the general appearance of the* house was unsatisfactory. Mr Hawkes stated that he was pulling down hie old stable with the intention of rebuilding a spacious one, he objected to the statement made by the police regarding the dirt. The place required repairing, through the depredation of rats, with which the place abounded, but the cleanliness of the house wus carefully attended to.—The Bench said a majority of its number was in favor of the license being again granted, but only on the condition the house was put in repair before the next quarterly meeting to the satisfaction of the Police Inspector.—The Pojict) applied for costs, us the inspection would be caused by the applicant, but the Bench made no order.

Mb Cotjbtnby, in whose employ Margaret O'Brien, who died abPonsonby under mysterious circumstances was, has offered a.rewardof £109 to .anyone who will clear up the mystery of her poisoning.

"We bavj been requested to contradict thestatement made in this morning issue of our contemporary tint Mr Bay!don will deliver a piper on " Mining in Wales; and what I saw at the Capo," at the meeting of the Mutual A?f6nis!lion to-night. We understand that itjsMr Bayldon'a intention shortly to read a paper on this subject, but. other arrangements have been made for this evening's meeting. We hope that a good muster of the members of this mo t valuable institution will attend this

evening,

UuaiHG ike sitting of the Licensing Bench this morning, an application, on behalf of F. Mason, for an extension of license till 11 o'clock for the Bay View Hotel, Beach Road, was made and granted.

THE policft authorities at Wellington havo visited the photographic establishments there, and proceedings »ill be instituted against the proprietors of . three shops for employing female labor beyond the hours allowed by law.

The Customs duties collected at Welling* ton last week amounted to £11,898; this is the largest amount ever collected therefor one week. The total amount received on Friday alone was £6000.

At the change of life nothing equals American Oo.'s Hop Bitters to allay all trouble* iocideDt thereto, See

It is understood that, the directors of (ho Ivanhoo mine (Ifariingabake), contemplate sending 100 tons of quartz to Sydney for smelting, in accordance with Mr La MonteYrecom* mendati~ri. ' ;'■

Tub champion yield of the harvest is claimed by the Bruce Herald for Mr J. O. Cranston, of Fernyhaugh Farm, Glenledi, Otago, who has just threshed out the produce of a paddock of oats, which yielded at tho rate of 108 bushels per Acre.

At 2.30 yesterday morning three man, W. Mohr, A. F. Douglas, and P. Douglas, stuck Up a foreigner named Qeo. Trugsin on the Madras street railway footbridge, Ohristcburch, violently ersauHing him, and taking a parcel containing a suit of clothes. Sergt. Carly arrested two of them soon after, asd afte?wards got the third mm, and recovered tho property at Douglas 1 houee.

About eight o'clock on Saturday night a store at Leeston.Christchurch, was burnt down It wae used partly by tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company for storing twine and seeds, and by Mr Spring, as a wine and spirit store. Nothing of the Company's stock was saved, but all tho wines and spirits were got out. Both buildings and the Company's stock were uninsured ; the former was worth about £150, and the latter £300. The cause of the fire is not jet ascertained.

A TifiHrfßiiAN who had been soiling flounders at Wanganui under nin9 inches in length was fined £2.

John Ttjbnbum,/ carpenter, who was injured by a plank falling from the second storey of the New Zealand Insurance Company's Victoria Arcado, Auckland, now in course of erection, still remains ia an unconscious condition at th • hospital, and a fatal termination is expected, as his skull was fractured. Turnbull is about 40 years of age, and has a wife and family.

The Hineraoa left Wellington for Onehungu on Saturday evening, having on board Major CautJey and Mnjor Bodhacu. She wil return irv mediately with General Scratchloy, who i< a paggerger to Auckland by the mail steamer.

It i» rumored ibat Mr Felix McGuire, J.P., will contest the Tauranga election aguinst Mr Kelly. Mr Tanucr, of Napier, a friend of the lute Mr J. Sbeeban, is also mentioned as a likely candidate.

Thb gradually growing rusty hinges of the Court Bouse door would hare been allowed to remain unused to-day but for a brief sitting of the Hastings Licensing Bonch. Ihere wbb do Police Court; no drunks; no pilferers; no transgressors under any phase of the law in fact.