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Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5822, 27 September 1887, Page 2

The following telegram was posted at the Corner to day from the manager of the Saxon : —" .Olbs piokad stone from tfie rise from No. 4 level;" The long pending football match between the Auckland arid Thames Navals will m all probability take place in Mr Flett'a paddeck at Parawai next Saturday afternoon, a communication flawing been reoeived from tho Auoklauders stating that they will be sble to play their Thames comrades on that day. It will be of fome interest to Thames readers to notice that among the nam?s of late members who have been consigned to oblivion, those of Messrs Buekland and Rolleston oohspicuously figure—-both gentlemen who wera bittsrly opposed to the mining industry, and the latter especially one -who invariably traduced the mining constituencies even when he was Minister of Miner. Wh would direct attention to the advertisement of Mr George Crocker, the well known bootmaker of Brown street, which appears in another column. The price of his large stock of boots and shoes has been greatly reduced, in order to effect a speedy clearance. It will be seen that the box plan for reserved saats for the Greenwood Family Concerts can be seen at Mr Keven's, where tickets can also be obtained. TH.fi sale of the cottage and furnitnre of Mrs Connon, Bicbmond street, which was to have taken place to-day, has been pastponed until 11 o'clock to-morrow. Mb Sheba has solved the difficulty of religious education in our public schools. His s heme in its simplicity betrays the genius that is born, not made. Here it is :—He said he would support putting up in all the schools the ten commandments. He would also have them hung up as a salutary lesson in the room where the Board of Education held their deliberations. One of the most amusing and novel methods of deciding a choice of representatives at an election is told by the Taranaki Herald. A gentleman of a religious .turn of mind ia New Plymouth, conceived the idea of following the scriptural method in the choice of one of the Apostles* as recorded iv Aots I, 24,, and carried it out. Telling his wife to write the cames of the three candidates on separate pieces of paper and put them in a hat, he carried out the instructions given, and then drew out one of the papers. The choice is said to have fallen on Mr Samuel, and the elector in question was a strong supporter of that gentleman at the election, which has resulted in his return. •