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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2998, 24 September 1878, Page 2

The llev. S. J. Neill will lecture at tin* Templar Hall this evening on "Health and Disease." Mr Braxsey will officiate as Chairman.

A jreheabsal for the coming performance of the Royal Combination Troupe took place last erenng at the Academy of Music. There were 16 or 17 lads present, and the relienrsal promises a very amusing evening's entertainment on Thursday.

W:a learn that if the proposed National Rifle Association is formed and heartily supported by the volunteers of, the colony the Government will give a grant of two thousand pouDds. # At a meeting of the Union" Cricket. Clnb held last evening, amongst other business eleven new members were elected, and a committee was appointed to make arrangements for carrying on weekly practices. The particulars given by us.- yesterday concerning the fatal accident, though brief, were correct. The victim of the accident was a Welshmar, aged 35 years, and unmarried. The body of the deceased, when examined at the Royal Hotel by the police, showed that the chest was crushed in, the head cut, and the ancle broken. Death must have been instantaneous, as the face had a perfectly placid • appearance. An inquest - was deemed unnecessary. Mrs Hume. Parawai, proposes to hold a stall for the sale of fancy, goods, &c, at or about Christinas time, in connection with the Friendly Societies Annual Demonstration for the benefit of the Hospital, and through our columns requests donations in money >r goods. We learn that Mrs Hume has already received several articles and many promises,' and if the public respond liberally the present effort may be made a medium for realising a substantial sum for the Hospital.

Majob Mubbay inspected the two cadet companies i:.st evening in the Scottish drill shed, G-rahamstown. There was a fine muster of the Scottish Cadets, under Captain Mennie, and a fair one of the Naval Cadets under Captain Bennett. Both companies were first inspected individually in column, then wheeled into line when they were put through the manual exercise by Captain Bennett. . On close order being formed the line was advanced, column formed on No. 1, line reformed by No. 2 deploying to the left. Column was next formed on No. 2, line reformed by deployment to the right. After some other movements the whole we:."3 broken into column to the right. No. 1, or Scottish Cadets, were then countermarched, when Major Murray addressed both corps, and said he should be able to report favorably on their drill as individual companies, the 'battalion movements though simple they had not done quite so well, but this was owing ' o not being able to get a hall large enough to drill together. He gave the lads some good advice as io steadieness in the ranks, and at all times paying strict attention to the vorda of command. Major Murray, at the request of Captain Mennie, presented Cadet T. Aitken with a silver medal, given by Mr Kobinson as ptize for aggregate shooting. In making the presentation he not only congratulated the lad on his good shooting, but also on being an excellent attender md well up in bis drill.

In the good old times when Ireland had' a Parliament of, her own, one honorable gentlemen said pleasantly, m course of debate,' of another honorable gentleman: "The house of tbe honorable member are, and have ever been, political and personal hirel'-ags, from the whitelivered hound that is trembling on the flare to tie painted hag that is grinning in the gallery." After the duel some one asked the speaker how he came to know that the sister of' his adversary, the "hag" of the peroration, was to be present in the House. " Sure, I walked down with him, and he tould me," answered tbe orator. —American Paper.

Notwithstanding the disadvantages of climate under which they labor, the Southern Cricketers are before the Northern. The Dunedin Morning Herald of a recent date says: Over ICO cricketers were playing scratch matches on the Oval on Saturday afternoon. With such a display of interest in the game at the commencement of the season, our colts, as well as the representatives teams, should distinguish themselves before the season terminates. In practice, special attantion should be paid to fielding as well as to batting. The Dunedin Club should set an example worth regularly following in the matter. There can be no doubt that cricket in Of ago is increasing in popularity every seasoi. The visit of the Australian team (3 England ought to have a beneficial effect, indirectly, upon our local cricketers, who should practice according to recognised rules, so that when they are called upon to meet a team from outside the Colony, they may be able to meet it on something like equal terms.

This is how employment is obtained on the wharf at Wellington:—A man went to a City Councillor, and got him to write a letter to the wharfinger, saying that ne would " do him .a favor ° if he would give the bearer something to dp. Of course it was the duty of the wharfinger to "do favors " to members of the City Council, who were his masters. The result was that Win. Jones, who bad no friend in the Council, was " sacked" to make room for Jack Robinson, who had.

The Auckland St?r's Wellington special wires the following:—The PremL-r, Treasurer, Colonial Secretary, and a number of leading Government supporters, met to consider tho future policy curing" the session. Aftpr some discussion, it was arranged that the Government should withdraw the following measures at a convenient juncture, when such opens: —Friendly Societies, Local Judicature Repeals, Executive Councils, Licensing and Bribery Bills. Other bills of secondary importance may or may not be proceeded with, according to circumstances. They resolved to press forward the following measures :—Electoral, Companies Duty, Beer -Tax, Customs Tariff, Land Tax, Public Revenues, Railways, Native Lands, Special Power* and Contract, Juries, Sheep, Disqualification Number Two. The Beer Bill is said to be safe. The Companies Duty Bill is very doubtful. If it passes at all ft is j certain to be .severely mauled, and the revenue from it will' not exceed £5000. Many members say it will be useless, and i not worth fighting about. .

At S. George's Church on Sundayevening Mrs W. H. Keed sang the solo, "O, Rest in the Lord," the choir rendering, a fine chorus. This was, we understand, Mrs Reed's farewell of the choir in which she has rendered such valuable services. Mr -Reed has been for some years a member of the choir, and Mrs Keed has also been a member since her residence here. To-morrow,, we understand, they leave for Auckland, Mr Keed having purchased a business in Auckland. In the choir of 8. George's and at all our popular entertainments Mr and Mrs Reed vsill be missed, the. former having for years past been always to the fore when his services as a vocalist or musician were required.

Yestebday, in consequence of the repairs to the Waiotahi Creek School, the children assembled at the Gresham Hall, Owen street, where the school duties will go on until their own school-room is ready for them.

Ik the report of proceedings at the last meeting of the Bc^rd of Education we find the following :—Executive Committee^—The report of the Executive Committee was brought up and read. Libraries : The Committee have approved the following lists of books:—Aratapu, part; Onehunga, second list;. Thames Mechanics' Institute, part. Mercer: The Committee have authorised the district schoolmaster to carry out the improvements to the teacher's house, at a cost not exceeding £25. Parawai: The Committee .hare HUthorised the following expenditure :— £2 3s 6d to -District School Committee, for advertising. Tararu : A sum of £.1.2 i§s M for filling-in school ground. Waiotahi: £1 5s for repairs to porch of Thames school; £i a week for rental of schoolroom during the enlargement of the "Waiotahi Creek school. One month's salary was allowed to Mr Kirby, ex-probationer. Book Account: The Committee have authorised" the Treasurer to apply to teachers for payment of their arrears of book account, and to inform them that salary will be detained until arrears shall have been paid. Vocal Music: The committee recommend the appointment of Mr Grigg, for six month's, as teacher of vocal music at the Thames schools, at a salary at the rate of £150 per annum. Grafton Road : The committee recommend the conveyance of the old site to Mr C. J. Stone, for £210 as agreed.—The Committee recommend the approval of rules for Teachers' Library.

The Auckland Star publishes the following items from its London special under date of the 20th:—Bismarck is in a critical Condition, suffering from erysipelas.—The rumour is confirmed that Russia has submitted to Turkey a treaty, of friendship and perpetual alliance, to be entered into upon the payment of tbe stipulated war indemnity.—Owing to the resistance offered to the Bosnian occupation, Austria has proposed a convention with Turkey. The Pcrte refuses positively. • , '

.We learn that the Auckland Board of Education have adopted the Tonic Sol Fa method of instruction in vocal music in the public schools, and have made arrangements with Mr John Grigg for the engagement of his services as itinerant teacher of singing in the Thames Schools for a period of six months, commencing on the first'proximo.

When the congress of nations assembled Beaconsfield winked at Bismarck to come outside, and then he took him across the street to a saloon, called for two beers, and said : " All I want you to do is to rule Gortschakoff out of order every time. Gortsch is weak and feeble, and if we stick together we can worry him out. You do that, and I'll hold Schouvaloff and the rest of 'em level."; " Where does Germany get even on: this ?■" observed Bismarck, as he told the barkeeper to fill 'em up again. " That'll: be all right," said Beaconsfield, and then he winked knowingly, and Bismarck went one eye on Beaconsfield, and said he would choke Gortschakoff' off. Alter this they went into the congress, chewing a pretzel apiece,' as though nothing had happened.-—■Pittsburg Leader.

, The.be is probably no city in ail Europe, or indeed in Asia or America, which contains so many and so influential Jews as "Vienna. They are said to number not far from 200,000, and they hold many of the most prominent and important places in the community. Jn commerce they are very powerful, the trade of the capital being largely in their hands. Many of the leading firms are Jewish, and the banking business is almost entirely. controlled by Jew?. The press is ,for the most part written, managed and directed by Jews ; many of the musicians (Vienna is nothing if not musical) are Jews; the restaurants and inns are kept by Jews; the richest men are Jews and the prettiest women are Jewesses.—Ex.

The S.F. Post sajs':—A single woollen mill in the city of Lawrenqe "produces every week 1,000,000 yards of dyed or printed cloths. It pays $160,000 a week as wages. . It employs 5300 persons, paying them at an average rate of 90 cents a day to women and girls, and $1 40 cects a day to men. It consumes 500 tons of starch, and expends $400,000 for printing and dyeing materials every year. The wool it requires calls for the fleeces of 10,000 head of sheep. It secures food, clothing, and usually respectable savings to 5300 persons and their dependents— not less than 10,000 souls altogether. This, with the freights paid for transportation of its materials and products, shows what one mill contrbutes to the wealth, power and. prosperity of the country. The woollen industry of the whole country amounts to more than $200,000,000 a year. There are nearly a thousand" woollen mills in Ohio and other Western States.

G. A. Saia. in a recent Illustrated London News Echo, writes : " Until two. or three evenings since, I had never heard of the treatment of bronchial complaints by the external application of the mpst precious of metals. I was talking to an American gentleman on the old subject of bronchitis and spasmodic asthma, when he said,' Why" don't you try a gold necklet ? I hare worn one, my wife has worn one, my children have worn one for nfonths together. I have recommended the remedy to hundreds of my friends, and in no case have I found it fail as a cure for bronchitis, laryngitis and. quinsy sore throat.' He went on to.say that the necklet should be worn so as just to be concealed, in the case of menfolk, by the shirt collar. It should not be so tight as to inconvenience the wearer ; but it should be made to press flat on the throat."

Most Truly Limned.—A beautifa wcman has been described as the paradise of the eye and the pu gatory of the purse.