The Evening Star. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1888.

Evening Star, Issue 7480, 26 March 1888, Page 2

The Evening Star. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1888.

Oamaru will have only three exhibitors at the Melbourne Exhibition. It will take L 25.000 to put in repair the roads in Buller County damaged by the recent floods. The Oamaru people have subscribed over LIOO for Mr Grant, who had his arm taken off by a shark while bathing. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning a renewal of a pawnbroker's license was granted to R. M. Marks. At Wilcannia(Ncw South Wales) a young woman named Bridges, aged eighteen years, poisoned herself by a dose of cyanide of potassium. Her mind had been unhinged by the recent loss of her lover. A Press Agency telegram states that the Government expect to call Parliament together not later than tho end of April. Ministers are now engaged in framing the Estimates, and will complete their task to-day.

Robert Hislop, a blacksmith, residing at the North-east Valley, left his home on Friday evening last, and has not since been heard of. A rumor was current yesterday that he had out his throat in the Kelvin Grove bush, but there was no foundation for the story. It is not supposed that any harm has befallen him.

A novel expedient was recently adopted in a suburb of Nydney by a mining surveyor, who did not want the surveyors to comeon to the undefined boundaries of a mining property. To this end he set up a target on his land and started rifle practice. The strongest inducements would not then take the surveyors near the land, but it is more than likely the case will come before the courts.

Harvest thanksgiving services wore held at the Trinity Wcsleyan Church yesterday, jthfi congregation being large at each service. Tun preachers wcro the Revs. Kelly and Laws. Tite church was beautifully decorated with fruit and flowers and other aymbols of the harvest. The fruit and flowers were this morning sent to the hospital, The musical portion of the services were well carried out, the anthems being particularly well rendered, while the solo 'Consider the lilies' was snug with taste and feeling by Miss Christie, For some time past the rival newspapers iallasterton have been "going for" each other in true Eatonswill fashion. The ' Daily' hadm/ asserted that it adopted a fine tone and lofty otyle until the advent of the Radical' Star,' whan it decided to meet skmg with slang, the editor of the latter retorts by accusing his editorial brother of plagiarism and other serious offences, and polishes him off in this style :-" We have dragged him round the four quartcra of the day > we have helped to teach him his business ; we have made him improve his plant though we could &ot make him improve his manners or change his disposition ; but we have certainly never lowered hi 3 tone, because he never had any."

The Musselburgh Hotel, on the Anderson Bay road, was burned down about five o'clock yesterday afternoon. An effort was made to get the hose connected witii the main at the corner of the Bay View road, but the pipe burst, so the Cavcrsham brigade had to send for a hose which would connect with Oxford street. The building was completely destroyed. The fire originated ija a roow W the upper storey of tho hotel used as * nursery, and Mr White, th<i landlord, js unable to account for its origin. The b.ujjdjug, which belonged to Mr George Esther, was insured in the Standard Office for 15Q0; the amount having been reduced recently, as Mr Esther deemed the premium too high. The furniture (mostly saved) was insured in the tew Zealand Office for Ll5O. An interestics passage in the report of Consul Griffin at Sydney upon the rich silver mines of the Barrier Ranges, New Sosjth Wales, relates to the JJroten Hill PrcDricfciry Company's claim to its mine, pwflwdfc *¥> valued at L' 23,000,000. The c>mi my** f 's gw ,e of eilc \ re f ° r ont ; fourteenth of the ipittfi we* played, and although a full share d»d no* represent the stake the then value of that share fended on the result of the game-depended, indeed, on one man holding more trumps than kb opponent. The scene occurred at Mount Gipps homestead one night about three yX ago, when Mr the manager, an! Mr Cox, an employ*! on the station, played euchre to decide whether ihe latter should give the former LU>O or LHO to v ?£ fourteenth sliare in the Broken Hill mines, which were just then being prospected. Mr Cox won, and has slnee had reason to bfess the genius of the man who, to ph?ase Hia royal master, the mad king of France, invented a pack of cards. Monte Carlo has been tho scene of many a huge gambling transaction, but it is doubtful if ever the result of a single game euuallod the present value (nearly L 200.000) ot the stake played for in the Mount Gipps homestead."

Mr William Low requests us to state that ho w«3 born in 1810. '' Operf tfae Bakers and Millors' Picnic Oommtttee ta&£t na to - morrow OTe ? in * . Maceabe makes a to.urof the colony, under thf management or »t A®**, opening In Auckland in May,