The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1882.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4264, 31 August 1882, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1882.

Mbsbbs Bradley and Go. are now running two coaches daily between the Thames and Paeroa, one leaving the Pacific Hotel at 8 o'clock in the morning, returning the same day, the other starting from Paeroa at 6.30 aim. likewise returning that day. Air Bradley took a vehicle along the road yesterday, and found it generally in fair order, although in one or two places it. is in a very bad state. The surface has dried so quickly that the ruts are very deep, and require filling in, especially between here and Kirikiri. At Hikutaia two men are at work laying fascines. The road there is anything but good, but the best is being made of a bad job. The road then is fairly good to McPeake's contract, which apparently is open for traffic, as the fence has been removed. But the bush is anything but what it should be; there are several holes that sadly need attention. But the terror of terrors is that piece of swamp land known as Kenny's swamp. There are three or four .chains thai are impassable. If no one else will do it Messrs Bradley intend to repair that portion themselves, and seek for compensation afterwards, for it is an indispensable work. From there to Paeroa, the road is in capital order. The settlers along the road were delighted to see their visitor, and expressed great pleasure at the prospeot of being able to obtain goods, parcels, and newspapers regularly. On the other side of Paeroa, the County is making an improvement in the road, and as soon as it is completed, probably next week, a coach will run to Te Aroha

Kohi/Kb's magnificent display of waxworks, which has made a very successful tour of the colony, and met with marked appreciation in .Auckland, opens at the Academy of Music on Saturday next. The Exhibition includes life size figures of most of tbe celebrities of modern times, all of which have been moat highly spoken of -by the press wherever shewn. One of the most interesting at the present time is that of Barlow, the capturer of the murderer Winia'a. The exhibition will be enlivened by a grand promenade concert and be open daily for a short season. Mr C. Weightman is tbe advance agent and will have oh s»le portraits of Winiala (of which he holds the copyright) photographed by Mr McGarfigle in December, 1875.

The achoonar Josephine left Foxton for Sydney .on May 16, with a full cargo of timber, in charge of Captain Pullman, and has not since been heard of. It is feared she may hare been lost during cue of the recent heavy gales. Mrs Pullman, wife of the master, resides in Auckland. The Josephine is a fore and-aft schooner, of 66 tons register, built in Auckland in 1875, and well known at the Thames. She is owned by Messrs Wjlde and Freeman, of Palmereton North,: who purchased her from Mr Malcolm Niccol, of Auckland, very recently.

THE American Novelty Company will open a branch of their establishment at the Thames on Saturday next, wi h a full display of astounding Yankee notions for the supply of domestic wants. Amongst other things there is a safety lantern that burns 24 hours without attention j a hydropult for washing windows, and which serves as a fire extinguisher ; a demon bat that flies ever; where and devour* all kinds of fli«s ; a new pencil

for marking linen and silk ; a v»riv>d supply of conjuring tricks; and a talent for designing and executing monograms for notepaper and envelopes. Mr Kerr, the manager of the company, now here making the necessary arrangements, und from the advertisement it will be seen be has secured suitable premises in Brown street.

A man named Bartly Rehell spent five days in the bush recently without food undnr tho following circumstances :—Rehell is employed by Mr Corbett falling kauri in the Waitekauri bush, and went to his work as usual on Saturday, the 12th inst. He first scarfed a number of trees, and then felied a large one ink) them to bring the lot down together, but to did not have the desired effect. Shortly after, while walking in the direction of aro'her tree, with the intention of falling it —suddenly, and without the least warning—one of the scarfed trees came down on top of him, striking him partly on the right side and back. He was stunned fora time. On recovering he found that the tree, although on top of him, did not jamb him so closely but that he could drag himself from under it. This with some difficulty he did, but on attempting to stand his legs were quite powerless He managed to crawl to the shelter of a neighboring tree, and there he lay from the lime of the accident (2 p.m. Saturday, the 12th) until found by Mr Corbett, jun., and Mr Gordon on the Thursday following, at 9 a.m. It was at first thought be was seriously injured, as he vomited a large quantity of blood for three of .four daysafter, but he has been recovering ever finee, and is now able to walk about without any assistance. He still complains of pains in bis right side, but this, no doubt, is as much tbe effect of exposure as the reiult of the knock he received. For a man of his nge, 55 years, he bears up wonderfully, considering tbe exposure he has been through. He Jsaid yesterday he hoped to be at work again in a week or two.

SpeakinO before the Melbourne Presbytery the Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, said that he was convinced the Australian Continent had a great future before it, and was destined to have a population of perhaps one hundred millions. The federated union of these colonies would certainly be a near event. He trusted that a free Church and a free State would be contemporaneous.

The annual meeting of the Wellington Racing Club was held yesterday evening. The balance-sheet presented shows the receipts for the year to have been £179010s 3d. The expenditure was £1845 Kfs, and the bank overdraft is £68 0s 2d, including £12 14a of last year. In the report the stewards regretted that the spring and summer meetings bad not been such a financial success as in the previous year ; this, to some extent, being accounted for by the operation of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, which prevented Bweeps and ordinary race games being held on tbe course.

Mb Dice, in moving the second reading of the law Practitioners Bill in the House explained that the Bill differed from the one which passed that Chamber a few weeks ago, inasmuch as it required an examination in general knowledge, as well as in law. Hitherto it was only barristers who had passed in England who had been admitted to practice in this Colony without undergoing an examination. Now, anyone admitted to practice in any of Her Majesty's dominions would be entitled to the same privilege. Articles of indenture would also be dispensed with. The motion was carried, and the Bill was read a second time.

The plaint in the action in the Warden's Courtto-day between theTairua Gem Company and the Wheel of Fortune Company was exlibifed by Mr J. ,B. Bussell as a wonderful document. It seemed as if four or five sheets of foolscap had been attached Jengthway, and the plaint certainly we? a most formidable looking instrument of the law.

We would call attention to the time-table of the new steamer Waitoa, intended for the Te Aroha trade, which now appears in our advertising columns. This steamer had her trial trip in Auckland harbor a day or two ago, when the satisfactory speed of 10 miles an hour was got out of her. She is built specially for the river trade, and as she is both owned and run by Thames men, we should anticipate a fair share of the river trade for her. Mr R. Onyon is the agent here—a man whose qualifications for the office are so well known that it is unnecessary for us to say a word in his favor.