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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5141, 9 July 1885, Page 2

By a reference to our telegraphic columns it will be seen that there is a possibility of ihe Stout-Vogel Ministry resigning. At halfpast seven o'clock this erening it is expected, that they will make a statement of their intentions. The following telegram was received from Capt. Edwin to*day :—•!Between north and east and south-east glass fall, aud heavy rain." Mb. James Mackay has written to Mr W. S. Greenville, Chairman of the Block 27 Committee, that he v*ill come to the Thames to give evidence at the enquiry to be beld into the matter, whenever aubpesaaed by the Government. '

The following is a statement of money orders and Savings Bank transactions of the postal district of Thames, for the quatter ending 30th June, 1885 :—Money Orders : Issued, 1437; commission, £62 7s 6d ; amount of issues, £3972 14s 7d ; number paid, 881; amount of payments, £2653 4s 5d ; Savings Bankb: number of new accounts, 126; number of deposits, 854; amount of deposits, £7398 6d 9d j number of aoo.unts closed, 111; number of withdrawals, 504; amount of withdrawals, £6557 4a 2d.

Two accidents were received in the Hospital yesterday afternoon and this morning respectively ; the first was that of W. J. Stanley, who was tree pruning at Tapu, when the knife he was using slipped and entered bis wrist, inflicting a very nasty wound. The second was that of a boy about twelve years old, named William Smith, eon of Mr John Smith, a warder in the Hospital, who, while getting wood from the bush, nllowed a log to fall on his right hand severely crushing it. Both patients were promptly attended to, and are progressing satisfactorily.

It is rumoured that the Auckland syndicate, who recently purchased from Mr LaMonte the rights connected with the furnace, will probably form the concern into a company consisting of 60,000 shares, of which 40,000 paid up to 20s will be retained by the present holders, and the remaining 20,000 offered to the public. Should the syndicate decide upon euoh a course, it is probable the shares would be rapidly taken up.

The patients at present in the Hospital are rapidly approaohing complete convalescence. Mr P. Wells, who, it will be remembered, met with a horse apcident was discharged to-day, and Mr John Cartwright, who has had a three months' detention in the justjtutiou, hopes to poon be able to leoTo it,

A meeting of Mr Kelly's supporters was called last evening in Paeroa, and at fho conclusion of it there were seven voleo in support of the meeting expressing its confidence in the candidate, while 18 supported a vote of (hanks only.

. There was no revenue raised by the aid of the Police Court this morning; the portals of Juftitia'g abode remoiaed unopened.

Thb Inspector of Nuisances should direct his attention to the locale of the late fire ia Pollen Street. The stench arising from the decaying debris la very bad, and, steps should be at once taken to clear the promises of the offensive matter.

Thb regular meeting of tlie Hoßpital Comraitteo was held at the County Chambers yesterday afternoon, there being present—Messrs Greenville (Yice'-President, in the choir), Bruce, Clark, McGowan, Renshaw, Mulligan Steadman, Burton, Townsend, Ehrenfriecb West, Hall, Dr Kilgour, and Eevs. F G. Evans, S. J. Neill, and P. O'Reilly.—The report of the House Committee stated that a laundry had been fitted up at the back of the Old Men's Home; that as Government had consented to the expenditure of the £165 at; the credit of the Committee upon furniture for the new ward, the necessary tenders had been called ; an operating table was being made by Mr Twentyman at an expense of £3 10s, and one of Lesler's patent sprayproducers had been ordered from Melbourne at a cost of £10 10s (towards which Dr Payne had promised £2 2s) ; accounts to the amount of £161 8s 3d were recommended for payment. The report was adopted.—Tb.B House Surgeon's report showed that, on the 31at May there were 20 patients in the Hospital; 18 had since been admitted and 11 discharged, there being 27 remaicing on the 30th nlfc. ; 77 out-door patients had been treated during the month. —The Colonial Secretary wrote stating that if the Committee applied to Capt. Davoney, paymaster of Imperial pensions, the pension of Martin Purcell, amounting to about £3 per quarter, would bo made payable to them. It was stated that Purcell had been an inmate of the Hospital for several years, and after some discussion it was decided to apply for the pension, and deduct two-thirds of the amount for the maintenance of the patient, the remainder to be paid to } him.—Tenders for supplying bedding material were receired from Messrs F. Dann, J. Browne, and C. D. Hinokley, and were left to the House Committee to deal with.—Messrs Burton, Clark, Bead, and Steadman were appointed House Committee for the month, and the meeting rose.

A tejvegbam received from Christohurch yesterday says :—The heavy rains during the last few days has caused rather severe floods at Kaiapoi, Eangiora, and North Canterbury generally. The Waimakariri river has been in heavy fresh, and this morning the country around Kaiapoi presented a lamentable appearanco, the lowland in the township being submerged.' Last night the railway train from Rangiora to Oxford could not get through, but at noon to-day the water had subsided sufficiently to allow the train to pass. The south approaches to the traffic bridge over Ashley rivet were washed away, and eevcral dwelling-houses at Rangiora were surrounded with water. The district of south Christchurch, especially at Methoen, was also flooded, and traffic was suspended on the Methoen railway. No very serious damage has been done.

'BidHAiii* Buchanan was arrested in Auckland yesterday for breaking and entering into the railway station at Otshuhu, and stealing therefrom £4>.

The Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company have received application for more than tbe 1500 shares required to be subscribed for in the colony in order to raise the additional capital of £200,000 required for the completion of the line.

A MBEMN& of barmaids employed in Wellington is to be held on Friday to protest against the proposed repressive measures now before Parliament.

An Australian writer says :—I gather from my home papers that at the opening of the Grosvenor Gallery, there were more sights than the pictures.- The great apostle of masculine dress reform, Oscar Wilde, was present, accompanied by his wife. Ho, as usual, presented the appearance of a nineteenth century Guy Faux, but what shall be said of the partner of his joys and his eccentricities ? She wore "a fawn-grey woollen gown, the short waist bound by a wide ealmon-pink sasb, tied behind by a loose knot; the hat, an adaptation of the Tarn o' Shanter shape and the medueral German student cap, was made of the same material as the drees, and trimmed with the same shade of pink as the sash; a large Vandyke lace collar, a necklace of quaintcoloured beads, and a cluster of double daffodils completed the costume."

At a meeting of the County Council delegates, held in Wellington yesterday, the following resolution was carried:—" That the proposals now before 4be House as to Local Government are not to calculated to develop a permanent system of effective Local Government in the colony; that this conference is of opinion that Local Government should remain in stalu quo during the present year, and that funds should be pro* vidod to meet the demands of Counties and Boad Boards under the Roads and Bridges Act; and that in the meantime a Boyal Commission should be issued to enquire into the question with a new to facilitate legislation." The conference, adjourned until today.

A considebable fall in the gum market is expected to take placo soon, prospects being very poor. It is estimated that there are at present fully 3000 tone of gum afloat for London and New York.

A letter from a debtor to his creditors a few days ago read in c urt, (says the Napie Telegraph) caused considerable mirth to the few spectators present, because of its bouncing tone. It was in reply to a dan for a butcher's bill, and the de"- tor had rep Fed in warm terms ' In the face of the fact you have been cheat* ing me in weight to the extent of half a pound every time I was served, I had come to the conc'usion that to pay the full amount would be an act of injustice to myself and to you." He therefore came to tbe conclusion to pay two-thirds of tbe amount, and if that was not accepted it could be taken to court, and lie had nothing to fear as the house was rented to his wife, and the rest had been made over to his son. The gaol would have no terrors for him, though there was hard labor attached to it, but ho knew their was not.

Plymouth papers received by the Rimutab a report the arrival of the N.Z. Shipping Co.'a B.s. Euapehu with William Sheehan, the alleged perpetrator of the Castle townRoche murders. The Western Morning News says :—" Sheehan is about 40 yeara of age, email in stature, uneducated, and apparenty a type of a large portion of the poorer clbbs of agriculturalists in the south of Ireland. Notwithstanding the very serious charge brought against him and the weight of evidence by which it is supported, he appears to entertain the most complacent faith of bis being acquitted. He says Government has brought him back from New Zealand, and will have to be at the expense of sending him out again. He has been taken on to London by the constables."

John Reany, of Dunedin, has accepted Michael Mahers challenge to wrestle for- £50 aside and the championship of Auckland. " PUFF," in the Wellington Eroning Prsaa writes:—Powerful influence of the Evening. Prfes on the G-overnmant! Recently reoom-^ mended them to bake another bitch df J.P.s so as to take in all who were left out before ! Government adopted our recommendation ! Gazette full of new J.P.'a and a queer lot too! John Ballance, J.P.! Good taste certainly for a Minister to make himself a Justice of the Peace! Oh, but some people need these little di tinctions you know ! Gives 'em an air of respectability they'd otherwise laok ! But it is a distinction to be a J.P, ? Well, no—rather the other way about! Soon be a distinction not to be a J.P.!