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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1887, 10 August 1874, Page 3

A word in season appears to be appreciated by the Borough Council and its officers. On Saturday men were set to work to scrape the mud off Albert-street, and it is intended, we believe, to lay on a coat of metal as soon as possible. To those who desire to be present at the . great native meeting at Whakatiwai an opportunity will be afforded to-morrow morning. The steamer' Enterprise' will make an excursion trip to the place, leaying the Tararu wharf at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. The principal object of the excursion is to allow visitors to observe the first meeting of the different tribes on the beach. Messrs dudgeon and Co. report a good attendance at their sale at the Qrahamstowm Hotel on Friday, and also at their rooms on Saturday, furniture, &c, realising good prices. The 2,375 forfeited shares infthe Young Queen raogeJ from 3d to 7d; and 59 shares in the Euby Gold Mining Company 3s each. The 'Rosebud,' which arrived iu Auckland from Warrnambool, brought 2,700 bags of potatoes. The barquentiue' Prince Alfred,' of Thames, left Auckland on Saturday for Lyttelton with 88.000 feet of timber, 62.000 shingles, &c. She returns with produce, Ac, for the Thames and Auckland. ' Some of the Australian papers are endeavouring to get up another rush to the so-called Palmer Diggings; but the experience already obtained of that tropical country by many New Zealaud miners will not readily be forgotten by the miners at the Thames and Coromandel. —Gross, The Municipal Reserves Act, 1874, introduced by the Hod. Mr Reynolds, validates and authorises the making of reserves for Municipalities, as follows:—(1) For sites for any purpose for the use or benefit of any municipal corporation, road, or highway board. (2) For endowments of the same. (3) Generally for municipal purposes for any municipal corporation, city, or town. The Act also provides that where reserves have been set apart in any township prior to a munic'palHy being incorporated, such reservation to be valid. The Rev. Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, assisted at St. George's Church yesterday morning and evening. There were large congregations on both occasions, and in the evening . especially the church was crowded. In the morning his Lordship preached on the Inspiration of the Holy Bible. In the evening a Confirmation Service was held, and twenty-five young people availed themselves of its privilege. The ladies were tastefully drossed in white, and the scene was very impressive His Lordship taking his text from the parable of the Vineyard, preached on confirmation, explaining its meaning and object. The Rev. V. Lnsh, and Mr H. C.'Lawlor (lay reader), assisted at both services. A large meeting of the natives resident in this district and those who are at present herefrom Coromandel and Menaia took place on the Parawai flat on Saturday. There was a large gathering, The object of the meeting was to discn«s the native gathering which is to be held at Whakatewai this week and its objects, and to decide on the line of conduct which they should pursue when arrived there Numerous speeches were made, but no resolutions were arrived at. The natives seemed to think that • the ostensible object of the great meeting waß only a blind, and several speakers plainly intimated their opinions that it was got up by.the Government for the purpose of enabling their agents to do a good stroke of business in their capacity as land puachasers. The meeting was adjourned until to-day, when it will be resumed, and the questions at issue further discussed before the natives go to Whakatiwai, The Auckland cricketers held a meeting on Friday, and appointed a team to compete in inter-colonial and interprovincial matches during the'coming season. The meeting was called by Mr W. F. Buckland, who had received an intimation to the effect that a Melbourne eleven would vißit New Zealand and play twenty-two of each province as they travelled through. It wi'l be well for the cricketers of the Thames to organise a team in order that they may not be behind the other places of New Zealand in the contest. If the matter is tali en in hand by Mr Robinson, captain of the champion team, and he is supported by the other lovers of the game at the Thames, we need not be far behind the other provinces of New Zealand in our reception of the Victorian crack team. One of those terrible accidents which often happen through carelessness to those whose duty it is to attend to machinery, occurred at about ten o'clock on Friday morning at the Union Sash and Door Company's factory, Mechanics' Bay, to a young man named John Brown. There can be no doubt that the accident occurred in consequence of his leaning over the "cutter heads" to supply the opposite lubricator with oil, and, in doing so, fell upon the planing irons. His left arm was dragged down to the planing bed, and the bone fractured in many places The muscles of the forearm were torn up. The agony suffered by the poor man must have been something intense} for the planing knives could only have scooped the flesh and bone away by little and little with each revolution of the engine, At the time of the accident it happened providentially that Mr Weir was passing in his carriage, and he at once gave up the use of it, and Brown was taken to the hospital. On arriving there it was found that he wa3 almost in a state of collapse from loss of blood and the shock to the nervous system. The loss of blood was in a great measure prevented by'the immedkte application of a ligature on the upper part of the arm. But although this wa3 done the injured man nearly bled to death in transitu. When the sufferer arrived at the hospital he was at once attended to by Dr. Philson, who removed the remnants of the forearm simply with a pair of scissors, and then performed the operation of amputation of the humerous The arm was taken off close by the shoulder-joint, and from inquiries made yesterday afternoon, we learn that the patient is likely to do well.— Herald. There were green peaches on exhibition before one of our markets recently, and there was a melancholy interest in listening to the observations of people as they passed the stand "Our Charley went to a better world with three of them/' said one lady in a broken voice. " They made me anorphan," observed a rugged young man, wiping his eyes. " We'll meet above, dear Danny," and the young couple who said it hurried tearfully by. "My old man *gg pegged out on them things,'' gasped a venerable rS lady from the suburbs. And thus the mourn- :. ' ful procession glided on.— Danbury News.