The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1947, 1 April 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1875.

Owikg to the length of our report of the Nomination proceedings, w« are precluded from offering any comment thereon, and several notices of local matters are alao unavoidably excluded.

The Nelson 'Colonist is responsible for the following:—" We hear that a man exists in this province wbo hns drunk two gallons of beer every day for 26 years. Hating a quiet sort of regard for this gentleman we have gone into figure?, and find that he has stowed away £146 worth of beer a year, or during the 26 years £3,796."

A ioveb of good whisky was asfced by a Jadyin the district a few day § age to join the iGkod Templars, when he gave the following philanthropic reason for not joining the society : —" Weel, my quid woman, there is a Dumber of cbields in Lawrence wha pay the Grovernmewt £20 a yesr for the richfc to sell whisky, and I am- bound gie* them my custom, else they might na' be able to pay their license fees."

Some strange things are occasionally found in the miners' sluice-boxes when they wash up, but coined gold is not often f< und. The Tuapeia Tim<B says that -Mr John Bulfln discovered a Bmall gold coin in ono of his boxes some ehort time sir cp, which on examination provrd to be a dollar piece bearing the date A J>. 1853. It sppears a party of Chinamen from California had worked the adjacent ground, and ifc is supposed the gold coin had been dropped by one of them.

The following suggestive s»ory is from the Tuapeia Times :—"Gen'ge Murray, one of leTen shepherds wlo brought over a large itock of fhffp from the Waitaki to Tuapeka 11 few daya ago, called last week at Mr Harrop's.ebop in Peel street, complaining of a most acule pam in one of his ears. On being closely fxaminrd by Mr Hairop, and the ear speculum and forceps carefully applied, there was first one wing and then another of some insect or other exrrac:ed. Meanwhile the poor man appeared to be sclTering most excruciating agony from the operation. Another attempt was made, and still another, when firita leg and then the body of a grasshopper were extracted. This creature, which wai over »n inch in length", had been in Mr Murrny'i ear for three days and three nights, imd, as mieht he imagined, cauied him a great deal of pain and anxiety. How it got into his ear he cannot even guess, unless it was when he was aeleep."

We nr; in receipt, of Kew ZcaUud Gazetto No. "j8 It contains a proclamation altoring the boundaries of the Ohinemuri Licenßin,' District".

A MRETINO of: Justices of the PeaC- will tako pace ot the District Com-t IL v c, Grahamstown, to morrow, ot 12 o'clock, for the purpose of revising the Jury list for the Thames district. Any person having objections to make must be in attendance.

A sriTiNO of the Warden's Court was held to-day, before W. Frnp.rr, Fsq., but only one ease came beforo it.. There will be another sitting held in a weck'u tirae.Jwhen some cases to hare been heard to-day will be disposed of.

In the Resident Ma; iatraff's Coiut vestrrday, ono gen lcman was dealr, with in the usual manner ftr-having indulged too freely in the cup that c l e?ra.

As appears by our advcitifciog columns a call of two shillings has bren made in the Exehango Crohteuining Company, and al--t^oueh it Fcrms a hea*y call, yet -we feel fafieGed that frcm the great inter.ft talc r» by the directors in carrying out the "worts of the mine, end the arrnngemen'* they havo made for the fuUirfl working, and the success likely to attend such a venture, the shareholders will not flinch in supporting the worki g of such a valunble property, embracing so many of the well known -rorfs of the richest part of the field, such as the City of London, Crown Princess, Queen of Eeau'y, and o'fo r known lodes wiich the company are now driving for. •

The TTangnuui Ohroi iclo h-s fullen foul of M»jor Edwnrds, the local magistrate and that journal proceeds to lecture him thus-.—Out of consideration for the feelinrs of the fami'y and friends of Major Edwards we hare hitherto coniin' d ourselves to general remarks as to his utter ucfitnegs for hi* poeiiion, hoping that nothir g more would bo .necessary. In future we shall report in full bis judicial utterance?, and our comments thereon will be sufficiently explicit. Meantime we give him this word of caution. One of the most telling proofs of hia unfitness for his office has hitherto been found in his never kr owing his own mind ;ani in his anxious inquiry of anybody and everybody what their opinion is in even the most trivial cases.

A W£DDiy&, attended with rather remarkable circumstances, occurred at Queenstown in the early part; of the -week before lnst. A young lady,, well; known in the district, got up rery early one morning with the ostensible purpose of gathering mushrooms, but (adds the Dunstan Times) instead of doing bo she found her way to the Kegiatrar's office, where, together with a certain well known young gentMnan, in preset,ce of a female friend, they entered into the bonds of matrimony. On board the Antrim steamer, at 6.30 o'clock the next morning, they were surprised by the father of the young lady, wh^se consent to their union they had forgotten to obtain, and at the bursting out of whose pent-up wrath a scene ensued. Paterfamilias threatened the life of the partner of Jier choice, and proceeded to put hia resolve into practice, when the bride fainted, and peace; was only restored by the production of the registrar's certificate of marriage, whence followed mulual and satisfactory explanations, and a paternal forgiyeness, and the happy couple left in the steamer on their wedding: tour to Southland.