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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1804, 4 May 1874, Page 2

- The mail steamer '.Cyphrenea' arrived, on Saturday afternpon,.with Knglish and American mails and passengere, and left, again for the South yesterday afternoon, The' Thames portion of the mail will he.brqught by the' Golden Crown' to-day.'' '''" ; ■ -->;■ . '.5 Another 'shipment Kof flax -from Mr Hogg's Puriri flax-mill was made on the Ist instant, when 90 Kales, 1 or i.2'toris : of'dressed flax was sent'tS Auckland.^er ,J cutter 'Undine 1 .;'!. This shi^m'ehir'wa^thfe 'result of'Httle-'moFe'than a i' mouth'B work, and Mr Hogg' expects to be ablo to make another shipment in'the'coarse "of the .1 next month.") A; ui■■.'■•'■■■ ■■ \ -i- i >..■■ '; v!l '•■■ The Stephenson-Collier Company gave' their last performance'at'the'Academy of Mu'sid on Saturdayliiightj. a splendid house, the 1 gallery.and!pit jbeiog crammed to overflowing - and the front seatswcll filled. . The piece peri, .formedwas " Under, the Gaslight,' ( ' but it had : 'evidently not been'socarefully rehearsed asthe, ." plays hitherto' produced ; by-the'compaßy,<. "- We are requested'to state that Mr itfabe'riy , assumes charge :of School this- . , morning, thus relieving*'tlie''dUtridt from the;' 1 state of uncertainty it ( - ! has baea id for the'- list ■ five weeks as to its future teacher. 'X:.'--,- ' ' ■ The" Thames mernbera 'of !e tho f Provincial Council will be in their places on business being resumed to-morr,q'w.,.,, ;'A, match, hastbeon arranged between Mr Owen McJee'8 J ch'g Golden Crown and Mr Quinlivan's bl m Fair Helen,'with 9st up. The stakes are £50 a-si(Je; distance,' 1J miles. The match" will take'place on the' Jillerslie "race* course this,afternoonat2,o'clook.' ~;,.■) (,•;• "We 1 - understand that Messrs DeLias-and Collier have: entered.into an arrangement with Mrand MrsJßites, and a theatrical .company now in" Sydney, for a series of ; performances at ' Auckland and Ihe.ThamesJ' '.Tho company are 'shortly expected'in Auck'kndi"' A call of £25 per share has been made in the South British.Minih'g; Association. The s.s.' Star of the South,' Captain Farquj ;har, arriyedjoff iTararujon Friday night from ; Napier (I with: a, cargo .of fat stock. .Captain •,Farquhar ; reports haying; left <.Napier' on \ffed-.Mneaday/.at^.e.aO.jp.mouPd-eyperiehcedilight i jeaßterly:winds,the,,whole.:of-.the.passage,..arriv-ing, at. 10,.p.m,, pa Fn^y.yi.CargbijTi.fiOfead . cattle,l/151, sheep,- 2, hprps,, Banks,. ( and Co. Passengers i^Salp'on"!' ll Mrs,',Prattj'^steerage: , Mr Powell'.'"".. L "'' \ !'","', ".'.'" ' it.v.j!!.(.vJ V-lll'i'i""' <::■■■<:■<. li!i;ln!A v. ~-. .Kijfhe following.telegrarn : was. received: by j Jihe Very liev. 1 with reference to the death of The late lamented , Father n Narri3: —,|' Bxceediagly sorry. Sympa« thise with you all very-much,—?.Moran.!- , 'i\'i -Two .'left, jAucklahd early in ; ,the.morning!of theJls'tof •jliy'-to./ghp&t over . H somegr6unditt!-the.!neighbflurhood;;of.;Orakei, ( .returned.the sam'e esening.with 20 ( 'briceV4 !i "'"Under L the heading 1 '' r GaptSiifi' ; Eraser and l -' Legal the follbmhg letter 1: is "plib- |! lished in the l Auctlan l d ,^eit%iSite'r:— ";To ' the Editor.—Sir, I trust'that/having"tak'eh' i up * "thei'caustfof shareholdew iii opposition't'o : the wholesale robbery.carried'.on at the Thanes 1 mines, you will not draw back and accept the 1 extraordinary offer, made by. Oaptiin Eraser and ■ his'friencU as reported i'n tfie' TnameVtelegrams. of the Cross this' morning. Oin you explain on -what:principle of-'jurisprudence theTh»tae3 .Magistrate proceeds when,* after placing his.iiiss in.the. handset Oourt by. bringing ,a crimipai.charge against .the /the Star,-: convenes,,a ..meeting J; pf,,his. .friends, , with tho newly-fledged •.chairiflan,; and tells he leave's the case entirely in their hands, either to go on or with*.draw. \j These/ wiseacres,- ; Captain Eraser's approval, then resolve to withdraw the case for* £50 and an' apology. In other words—a matter - which Captain Eraser a few days ago doemed so. heinous'as": to;justify him in askingfthe Supreme Court tp ■ send two persons for trial as .criminals jury : ;of their countrymen, thicks £s.iandan : apologyiwould make.satisfactory; amends ..for... A. much less gross contempt of Court ia'coiinectim withjthe 'Tichbo'rne case,.resulted in Mr Whalley, M. : P., being fined aniim'prisbnedi, Under'what' Act, I would' ask; J has 1 "Councillor Brown and his frien'ds beetf substituted by .Oaptain-'Fraser for his Honor the Chief Justice, to whom he''had previously appealed for'redress*!—Yours, &c, Inqoirbr."—[Our correspondent-and. others interested.will find our reply in another column. We leave Captain Kraser and his" "friends." to explain their own action.—Up. B.S.] Setutri of the value arid quantity of gold exported from the'port oiAuc'dand during the quarter ended'3lst' March; 1 1874:—•January 3, s.s. ' Wentworth,' "for Melbourne, 4,4!90zi 19dwts 12grs, value ;X18,575. Janury 17, s,s. 'Herb,'for Melbourne, 49o'zi 19dwts 6grs, yaluo { ,i£2lo.' i;January lftJsis;KSero,(for Melbourne,';:,l|37lozsj | v l3dwts 2grs, value £4,000. '.Jebriiary 9/s.s. ''Yictoria,' for Mel7dwts M Value : £17;3'50. February 19, s!a.'-' : Herbi ; for Sydney, 1,0400zs 14iwts 12grs, value-£2,750. March 14, s.s. i'.Rangatira;' for Sydney, , 4,so'46z3 , ldwt" 20jrs, value £18,700.i •• Totalnexported,! 15;5650zs :16dwts'5grs, value £61,585. Duty colleatod on same, £1,108 5s 6d. An-inquhy before' the' OoVohir, Dr. Philson, wasihell on'Thursdayi'atthe Royal Hotel; Onehunga,. to'ascertain-the cauw of death '6f a child.'.namedrMabel Taylorj 16 <mbnthis'bid. From the evidence it appeared that the ohild h\& got access'to "some' matches, and two oc three were found 1 'with'; thV'headVsaokeoff.'. Dr." Pureh'as 1 was' Wti' for', 0 'who" immediately-v deemediit to be; a' oase'.'of -'poisoning by phosphorus. He considered it too late to administer an antidote :{tlicmatclio3 having been siioked on Friday, and it was before he . wis'Bent for), but proscribed allemtiug raaii-. . cines. '• The child vomited very ! much'and was-;' convu'sed.; ;From ; a postmortem, examination, he was sitiafied, death was cased by.poisoning by phosphorus}' 1 Thb child's mother'said, sho ■ was quite,unaware of the danger of 1 'sijclSng ;" lucifer mttche3. ""'The jury returned a verdigt I ia ac(jordi»n;Q9mtU'*ha'evitew.-(?ro5».

A correspondent- to a London journal calls th"e attention of "those concerned" to the Admiralty Circular of. January 14, 1874, headed' Additional Time for 'Service at Luoknow in 1857, and adds that the men who served in the Natal Brigade in-New Zealand believe that they.saw.as good service as any men living,'and so he wishes to invite_a. comparison of their .claims with those: most justly rewarded in the .circularabove.cited,. ~■ . ; : ,.../.■ \ •;

•'-linewgoldfled 'of extraordinary 'richness is reported to ha?e been'discovered in South 'America. l ' The information received respecting litas'cDntained'in a'privaV-letter received by."a .gentleman in'.Greymouth''from'his: brother in Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, ion the 'north-eastern 1 boundary of tkeempire of Brazil, followingis an extract from-this .letter, a portioniof-which- appears in ; the Orey River Argus:—" There is great'excitement about 'gold" discoveries ■in :: French■ '.'Guiana,-;:South :America;'' the seaport' ia Cayennes .Fabulous •accounts' have J been'receivedj and it is stated that three men in 27, days made 150,000 •dollars;•'■ The ; diggings miles up the country''''amongst ; the «• mountains, and .the ; climate istemperate, but, it is very hot on the 'coast," „''" sj-; : f -!■;:■ •■■:!.'■ ■ ..; .......

The census returns) 'show' the population of this province to be'6B,soo'souls, exclusive of aboriginals!.' In 1871 the returns Bhowed the population to 331, >so that the increase is 6,265.' '\^

' A rule nwinaving been obtained for a writ _ juo mmnto, directed, to, Joseph Crispe, Esq., "of the fllauku, requiring him'to Show cause'by ' *<what'aufchbrity'.' he sat as a member of the Provincial Councillor : the electoral district of • by arrangement' it was agreed at a sitting"of th'e'Supreme Court in banco on Friday.,last that"the case should stand over until after his Honor's return frim Wellington.