The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY JDLT 21, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4845, 21 July 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY JDLT 21, 1884.

The carpenters were engaged to-day preparing the various polling booths for the election to-morrow. We would impress upon /voters the importance of polling as early as practical so that as little inconvenience as possible may be caused by the rush which is sure to take place towards evening. I As is usual on such an occasion, a number of election meetings will be held to-night. Colonel Eraser will address tbe electors at the Naval Hallj Brown street, at eight o'clock. Mr Speight will hold a meeting iv the Academy of Music at the same hour, and it will be noted that "seat* are reserved for ladies." Mr Brodie, the local candidate for Coromandel, will deliver his views in St. George's Schoolroom; and meetings of the committees of all the candidates arc advertised to J>e held. . ! A tei/RGBam: has reached ue to the effect' tlia^ Mr Brodie addressed a large meeting at Coromandel on • Saturday night, 'and met with a good reception. Mr Cad man addressed the Mercury Bay electors, and received a vote •qf confidence.;:^ '■■"•:.. ;:'<\l^, ~>V:-:.. .'•■ '.' ■" OwiKO to severe pressure on our correspondence columns, several let (ere, principally on account.;;• of .their length, on electoral matters, are unavoidably crowded out.; ; > MiesK. Combbooky the newly'appointed lady teacher at tbe High School, arrived by Eotomahana from Auckland on Saturday, and entered upon her'duties to-day. , / f Mb Hbighwat, engineer of ; the Moan a. tairi Extended Gr.M. Co., on Saturday after. Jioon took over the winding and pumping maohineryvi;':fr6ni: 4be-> contractors,' Messrs Hilton and McDermott. The direotors have decided , (in accordance with Mr Bayldon's "report) to sink the shaft 56ft. deeper, and Mr Heigh way has received instructions to forward •'the work/':':':;i:-.^";;: ■": './'■ ' .:V\ ■ ' ..' We have often called attention to the dis graceful state of tbe road to the Shortland cemetery, bat nothing has yet been done to improve it, and it has af last become so bad that while Mr Baker was conveying a deceased Hospital patient to his " long home" 'on Saturday 'afternoon the hearse capsized, Mr Baker was thrown from bis seat, and covered with naud, the-coffin struck violently against the top of the bearce, displacing it, and it was with.■''■"'considerable difficulty that the orses and vehicle were extricated from the quagmit'e. The hole in question is one of many to be met with on the road, and is situated between the water-race, and the next bend.; It cannot be avoided; as the banks oil either side are steep, and it is a wonder that the hearse bas not previously overturned at this point. It is B.disgrace to, the; community that the road should have been allowed to became 10 bad, and we hope no time will be lost by the a^hpritierih temporarily, at any ratj, improving the worst portions. The funeral ion Saturday was not followed by any mourners, arid >ba|fr persons residing -near (tp whom thanks are returned in another column,) Mr Baker would have been in a serious fit. : : t3^TBiFM*Q- mishap oconrred at the Queen of VBeauty- mine; yesterday, which kept the pump* slopped till th.:s afternoon. • A small piece of wood got jambed in one of the small cog wheels connected with the turbine, and in turning the water off to change backets the tooth broke.;; The damage was repaired to-day and pumping:resumed. .•••':■'•.;.'. i-'->-'''-r; ■'.;' ■[ :--;"-.A' ipx named Chag. Bottomore met with a painful accident on Saturday afternoon. He was driving a cart alcirijg Tararu road to bia employer's (Mr when a lad passing in another cart playfully made > cut at him with a Bottomore tried to avoid the lasb'i and in go doing fell across the side of the" cart, his= left leg being jambad by the wheel, and the fleth torn beforo the bor«e could be stopped. He was taken to the Hospital, and ;j^aj»"yVwaV.prc^^ -■■ A ■•-..-.:•, Mb FBNBICX announces elsewhere that the official declaration of tomorrow's polliDg will be made at noon on Tharaday. An «pproxisfnate;de^a^ion^iir.be=;giy(ra pos*;, ;iriWd"afte^^;p^ll;,oe^^ f -S ■ cures'. •aHS^hndying;i^^rii^

The football match Hauraki v. Thames played on the Waio-Karaka Flat on Saturday afternoon, resulted in a win for Thames by four points, the natives securing one trj and the Thames three (by Taylor, Rae and McGregor,) no goals resulting from any of thorn. This match is the second of tho series of three, and both sides are now equal. To MOBBOW night Mr A. Balfe and Mies G. Duke open a season at tho Academy of Music. They advertise their show as under the patronage of Te Kooti. i - The Duoedin Herald contains a some* what amusing skit in the shape of a supposed interview between us reporter and the Premier. In it Major Atkinson is reported : " When Vogel and I are in the House together there are two Richmonds in the field. Yogel's strong point is finance, and it is also my strong point. Vogel cannot brook a rival, and the same remark applies to me. Grey is up in the clouds while Vogel is down with me, pad- j dling in the financial puddle. I can see through Vogel, and Vogel can see through me." ■■• :v. ■ •:-'.-~ ::' ' ■ , ■' *. A Good Account.—"To sum it up, bjjx long years of bed-ridden sickness and suffering, costing £40 per year, total £240, all of which was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters taken by my wife, who has done her own housework for a year since without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it for their, benefit."—John Wbeks, Butler. Find. ' "Rough on Bats." —Clears out rats, mice, roaches,- flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, gophers. Moses, Mobs & Co., Sydney, General'Agehts.