The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrezi. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1871, 2 January 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrezi. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1875.

The (rain w,hich fell so continuously yesterday swelled tho Kauaorrnga Creek, and a small number of logs/were brought down to the booms. ,The weather was-certoicly un- ''■> usual for the season'of the year, but the premonitory symptoms'were' apparenti ' the day before, and numerous'weather telegrams prevailed. On New Year's Eve, 1869, a very' heavy rainfall' took' place, with unsettled weather for a v day or two"; but the rc'jn was unaccompanied by wind. Yesterday was equally as wet, and considerable damage has r ,feeen done to the gardens. Wo know .of two w peach" frees J having been blown down, snd many others were denuded, of t breaches ' heavily^ laden wifo'fruit. The appearance of the streets of the: towu on New Year's Eve presented a strik'ng cori- ■ trast to Christmas-Eve. .There. were few people about—the shopkeepers did very lUtle business, .and many of them closed their establishments beforo_thje^jisual .hour,, The reason of thisia'nofc vciy clear, b~ecau?e, as a holiday, Mew Year's Pay is as clostely observed as Christmas Day.. Thursday waa not a veiy fine pight, and, besides, people may have 1 completed their preparations for. the holiday ' before. Tho fact remains, however^ that New Year's Eve was about 'tb,e dullest wo have .'seen "on the Thames;, and the 'welcome' accorded to the New Year,. was ebnfined to .tho popping of a few guns a;nd the exhibition by our local Scientist of tho magnesium light, „'or some other light, jußt to show the new .comer his way about'in a strange placa.' -; Very, general disappointment prevailed yesterday at the nasty weather, which also .prevailed —in fact the nasty weather and the disappointment were alike, general. The grand public fetes which had been prepared for, did 1 not' come off; numbers of family parties were considerably disarranged; picnic ' arrangements • .were disturbed; and anticipations of a jolly day were frustrated. The weather was " beastly "—that's the only term ' the. ladies can hit upon to describe yesterday. .Tho' stock of pastry and cold jointssandwiches getting stale and dry and. other .comestibles —which? would have beeneateh -'" haS yesterday been fine—remain as,rem'nders of a disagreeable, unfortunato New Year!s Day. \^i The entertainmont provided during the week at the Academy of Music was iconcluded on Thursday evening, and the programme for the la9fc night differed slightly from previous evenings. The panorama had boon shipped to Auckland, and to compennate.for the loss Mr H. Baker gave a pleasant hour with Thomas Moore, giving a sketch of his life, specimens of hie poetry, and flinging eorne of the choicest of his famous " Irish ' melodies." Mr W. F. Baker and the other members of the company contributed thoir respective efforts to tho programme, and ah ■ intellectual treat was given. The attendance whs not so good as it had been during the ' previous nights, when, on one or two occasions, money had to be refused at the doors. , In a leading article on " gubernatorial farewells," the Australasian has "the foTowing :— "Mr Dut Cane .made a graceful allusioia to the successor of 'much administrative ability and colonial experience' that is to .take his place. We are glad that he has done Mr Weld this justice, because it appears tbat.soiae acxietfes have'been felt in certain' quarters re&pectng that gentleman's advent. It appears that ifc is considered in Tf smania to be an important portion of the Governor's duty to preside'at parochial teas, and to superintend tho dlstri- ! bution of Protestant buns. Mr Weld is a Roman Catholic, and, accordingly,-there has - jbeenrouch .searching ef hearlsconcerriing the Souchong and the muffins. We do not'know tiow this alarming difficulty can" be - settled, and we must add that we do not greatly care. It is somewhat too late in the day to, object to a gentleman who has served with'distinction ' —first as a Constitutional Minister, and next i its the Governor of a neighbouring Colony— for no other reason than that he belongs to an old English Catholic family. He is not even a Ultramontane. But even if he'were, the private religious belief of any public man js not to. be set up as an objection to his capacity. Whatever views XK 1* Weld

may hold regarding the Pope, we are quite sure that he will ecrro Queen Victoria in Tasmania as faithfully md well as lib .has a ]ready done in Wc3t Au3tr.ilia and in New Zealand.'.'

Some*of the young Australians practise securely 1 enough upon the simplicity of, then* parents ' and guardianp. In a case which lately crrae wider" my ;no(icb, a Bi.'uggl»)g man wifh a J'mited incomo had a son ia England studying medicine. The latter recently completed his studies, and dining the summer of 1873 acted as assistant to a prfc' - titioner'iu England, wi'h tbo expectation, rs he wrote to his father, that the salary he was to receive would maintain him during tho coming winter at college. To the .father's di 3' may, however, tho usual *f 'ial ■ draft was presented for payment, with this ' wonderful explanation from tho drawer. Ho had received his sahry in goldj whick h« placed in the pocket of his vest. Immediately afterwards he was summoned ta a midw?*eiy o. se ot a distance. Ho sprang on h;s horse, i galloped to the, scene of action,-nnd when he ' arrived d-'acoveVecTthat aU tlio sovereigns had been jerked from bis pocket! And, his venerable parent * oils the story with an evident credrlity which it is almost cruel to disturb. An accident happened to a cart in Grahamstown to-day -by which r» cask, of bee? was spilt upon the roadway. The op"t weV proceeding dow>i Pollen street laden v."th bs _'els of beer. Tho bung of the hinder *ba .-el hav'ng come out, the beer followed in an amber Btream, "tho d4ver be'Hg perfectly rnconscious that thee was riything the mat^r.' 'His at f3ntion was*attracted *oh; 9 profuse wast) of good beer. He then proceeded to tilt tho c-"sk on its side in order to Btop the alcoholic How. Ihis was a wise proceeding, and had hojaccomp^'sliod the feat satisfaofcoi Uy would have been qi'ito pleasant to reflect upon aftei^vards, but the barrel was 1 7ted too much, snd fell from the end of the carton lathe t-ouicl, jrhicb-nmashodtbe'enii out end washed tho Btreet Tslth. an body of b.eer. •. / - „•',-"•'''" *

Gewts' clothes cleaned, dyed and pressed. Gents' light suits cleaned,, ss. N.B.—lh future all goods and orders will only be received at the-' Thames Dyeing. Establishment, Rolleston street, Shortland.