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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1899, 21 November 1874, Page 2

The Monthly Summary of the Advertiser will be published oii Monday. The mail steamer leaves Auckland on Welnesday, and as there are two steamers from the Thames on Tuesday, one in the morning and another in the afternoon,. the mails closing that day will reach Auckland in sufficient time for transmission per 'Mikado.' An English and i merican mail will be made up at the postoffice to-day iu order to guard against the possibility of detention of the mails by alteration of steamer's time-table, a dilemma which occurred two successive mails. The goldfield has not bfen honoured this week as it expected. His Honor the Superintendent *nd Mr Georgo Staines were to have visited the Thames, but neither of these magnates have come. His Honor telegraphed last Saturday to the Miyor that ho would have to be down this week, and would bs happy then to see the Mayor and Councillors, but apparently the visit to Sir George Urey has been quite enough for one week, and he baa determined to postpone our business till next we ek,

or some week after next, Our concerns, we humbly believe, being practical and tangible, ate of more importance than croning with. Sir George over a silly constitution, which has no more chance of being adopted in New Zealand than it has in themosn, As for Mr Staines, we cannot surmise why he has not come, unless it was that he thought a Thames audience would be too aristocratic for the "People's Champion." The Qoromandel News has the following telegram from its Auckland correspondent:— "George Staines, induced by William Rowe and Mcllhone to address a public meeting at the Thames on Saturday next. Should not like to be in bis boots." This is an interesting but enigmatical telegram. In the first place, we learn who were the "gentlemen of influence" who prevailed upnn George the Tribune to consent to enlighten and electrify the lethargic and sleepy people of the Thames. We cannot' understand, however, the latter part of the telegram, and we hope that it has not had any effect in depriving us of the advantage of hearing Mr Staines,

But for our" Pigeon Express " we should to-day have been altogether without news from Ohinemuri, for the steamers did not leave till yesterday afternoon, and will not come down till to-day. In charge of Mr Surningham was sent up in the 'Buona Ventura' a black carrier pigeon, bred and trained by Mr Capel, of Mackay.street, and which is certainly one of the best carrier pigeons in the country. The letter of our correspondent is dated at half-past 5 o'clock, and the bird reached home at 20 minutes past 6. Allowing for the delay in writing the message and in the start, probably not more than 30 minutes wasconsumedintheflight, which would be at the rate of not much lesß than a mile in a minute. The letter was written on botn sides of a thin slip of paper, specially sent up by us for the purpose, and tied carefully round, the leg of the bird. It if, we believe, the longest message carried by pigeon in this colony, and Bpeibs well for the breeding and training of the bird. ,

It may not be generally known that Mr Severn has made arrangi ments to observe the transit of Venus here, and from the trouble he has taken in making several of the necessary instruments we have little doubt that his observations will be found of considerable service. Photographs of the sun daring the transit will be taken, and to do this Mr Bull, of the telegraph department, and several other gentlemen have kindly agreed to give assistance. The Government have agreed to transmit mes« sages free between Air Severn and Lieutenant,, Palmer, who is in charge of the station in' Canterbuiy ; and in order that Lieutenant Palmer may know the initant of the contact here, a wire will be laid from the telegraph office at Grahamstown to Mr Severn's telescope at the Hape Creek road,

The education rate at the Thames is being collected very satisfactorily, and the collectors have no cause for complaint. It is expected that the amount will greatly exceed the total of i last year's rate collected in this district, owing ', * to the increased facility given for obtaining the.. capitation rate this year. Last year the schools had only just been got into working order, and , heads of tamilies did not feel-inclined to pay the rate where little or no value' had'been received for it. Those persons who having hitherto failed to pay the rate' are credited with last years amount before the current one. We perceive by our Coromandel telegram that the rate ia being freely contributed there.

The ship 'Waitangi' arrived in Auckland yesterday from London, 92 days out from land to land. She brings a large general cargo and 400 Government immigrants. Amongst her cargo is the machinery for the new steamer on ' the stocks at Mr Stone's yard to the order of Captain Burningham, for the Ohinemuri river' : trade. The ' Waitangi' also brings 3 bales, 2 ■'■ cases, Jas. Marshall, and 1 cise, Geo. McCaul. —The ship 'Assaye,' 1,281 tons, Captain" Mcßitchie, left London for Auckland on the 2nd of September. She brings the following passengers:—Mr S. J. Underwood, Mr and Mrs Tradgley.

4. cricket match will be played at Tararu this afternoon between married and single elevens. Wickets will be pitched at 2 o'clock. The teams will be selected from the f dlowingplayers:— Married—Messrs Linkkam,' Steadman, Bull, Bell, Raulings, Slater, Fryer, Jackson, Wright, Vaughan, Woodward, Bellers, 8, Young, R A, Cook. Single—Messrs Robinson, Dignan,'Gorrie, Severn, Crawford Hewitt, Paul, Crump, Whicford, Robertshaw, Donovan, Lodge, Girrick, Higginson, Watkins, Chew, and Curtis. •

The appea's against the assessments pnt by. the Borough Couucil on the property of the Tookey, Golden Crown, Caledonian, Impend Crown, and Pumping Association, were to have been heard at the Resident Magistrate's' Court yesterday, bat were further adjourned for a week. We understand that it is likely that the matter will be settled without appea ing to the Court.

Tbes'eamers'Lalla Roqkh'and.'Laßuona . Ventura' return from Ohinemuri to-day and on Monday's issue we shall, publish'the full notes of our special correspondent at the native meeting. / .:■...'.: : ';';

The Thames Rifle Rangers and No, 2 H.R.V. paraded last night in the Volunteer Hall. There was a very good muster of toth companies. Sergeant-major Grant put the men through company drill in the hall, and then marched them outside for bittalion drill, which they performed very steadily. On dismissal, the Thames itifle Rangers fell in, when the prizes won at the late match firing of the company were presented to Lieutenant Carnie, Volunteer Pentoo, Volunteer McKee, Corporal Shepherd, lieutenant Young, Volunteer, Cartright, and Volunteer Mumford. Several new members were proposed, and joined thecjnipany. The men paraded in their new uniforms, which are exceedingly suitable, and. a credit to M r Turner, the tailor. The next prize firing of the company takes place on Saturday, the 28th. instant.

" 4 nti Emigration" writes: —"To the Rditor: Sir,—l cannot understand the policy of the Government in flooding the colony with' men, and finding work for a time only for the J men they bring here, and making no provision 'whatever for those already in the colony; the plan adopted not only here but in Austra'ia seems to be to get labour as cheap as possible without regard to promi'es or wants; the emigration scheme, as carried out, in my opinion is only a legalised system of slavery, and the promoters of ths scheme would make first-class slaveowners if they could get slaves, for no provision is made whatever for the wants of the labourers already here as there should be, for I maintdn if men are brought here at the expense of the colony, and with the idea there is plenty of work, that work should always be able to be got at stated places from the Government at a price, and that men should not be left to chance to get it, to roam about looking for it, I go further, and say, if the Government establish a labour agency, they should find the food for the immigrants at a fixed price, the same as they do the work, When I consider the present policy of thepowrs that be, the policy of the Government when the troops left viz., the self-reliant policy, I cannot but feel a great change has come over the spirit of their dream, for I wilt defy auy labouring man. to be self-reliant under their system, ai there can be no doubt that the emigration system tends to lower a labouring man instead of raising him." ■

The London Medical Record says it is stated that in making a mustard plaster, no water whatever should be used, but the mustard mixed with the white of an egg. The result will be & plaster which will "draw" perfectly, but will not produce a blister even upon a skin of an infant, no matter how long it is allotted to remain upon the part.

A Kansas city man was recently dangerously injured, by the bursting of a beer bottle. The liquor crusaders celebrated the event witfe. appropriate ceremonies.

Mr Ci.O. Davis, vritiri? to the new Auck'and evenine paper on the "ration" system, s'ys: —" As far as lam able to judge of the matter, these dodges for obtaining the lands of tho natives by stealth rest with the agents exclusively, and every thoughtful mind certaiuly will endorse your sentiments, namely, that it is neither a very honest nor a very politic system to pursue. I desire to be fully understood in relation to a practice so mirh at variant with the feelings of all ripht-minded men, because I consider it is high time that so obnoxious a practice should be frowned down Dming my lengthened experience in native matters I have invariably found that the natives generally are capable of appreciating straightforward business arrangements, and mach prefer that course of action; consequent y there cannot be the remotest necessity for dealing otherwise than openly and honourably with them in respecj to land transactions, and it seems to mo that this 'ration' system simply Sprays incompetency on the part of the agent, l|iis calculated surely to bring discredit upou ililtoveniment,"

ipm Albion Shipping Company, Glasgow, launched a new iron clipper ship on the 17th of August from the yard of Messrs Robert Duncan and Go. She is named the ' Auckland,' and is intended to form one of Messrs P. Henderson and Co.'s Hue of packet ships tradiug between London and Otago, Her dimensions are as follow: -LeDgtb, 231 feet; breadili, 36 feet; depth of hold, 21 feet; register, 1,250 tons. the sailed from uUsgow for Dunedia on the 25!h August. —On (he 15th of August Messrs Robert lirudin and Co. launched from their ship-building yard, Port Glasgow, ao iron clipper ship called the 'Nelson,'for Messrs P. Henderson and Co.'s line of New Zealand immigrani. ships, of the following dimensions:—Length, 230 feet; breadth, 36 feet; depth, 21 feet; 1,250 tons register. This U the fifth ship of about the same tonnage built for the same owners for the New Zealand passenger trade.

The Auckland Evening Star say3:—"lt is pleasant to see that there is some one at the Thames chivalrous enough to put the machinery of the law in force for the protection of Mr Fox's pels—the bai maids The object of his solicitude in the first place is the lovely Hebe that dispenses threepences at the Pacific, and Host Curtis is the horrid monster. We should like to know it the fair object of these attentions feels any gratitude to her intending preserver, and extending our views futher we wonder if the' barmaids in the mass feel inclined to bless the father of the liquor law reform in New Zsaland for his efforts for the amelioration .of their sad condition. A good many questions present themselves in relation to this shortening of a barmaid's hours. To her owners, her chief value is uuder the gaslight During the day, people are too busy to go fooling with ringlets, and a man only drinks wh'n he is thirsty. But it is at night, when the day's carts are over, and time is of no account, that the sweet influences of these priestesses of Bacchus steal over a fellow, and he feels funny, and goes loafing about the counter, and sipping B &S., for appearance sake, so thifc he may squeeze the pretty little finger-tips as they place the change in his hand, and whisper little confidentialismi so that he may feel the soft little ringlets rustling against his whisker. Then it is that a man fee's tender interest in the little bejewelled circlets that enclose the tiny little fingers, and the locket pendent from the neck embosomed in the gauzy muslin and flowers that rise and fall responsive to the gentle suspirations that fan his cheek and make his thirsty. These are the hours when Bonifaces reaps the reward of haviug pretty barmaids, and anything that limits these hours is just so . much pecuniary loss. But then let us look on the other side. We entirely sympathise with the motives which prompts the shortening of barmaids' hours at night, but when it is alleged tint this is in the interests of propriety, there we entirely differ. We would not for anything insinuate anything in the world, but if barmaids are for their own good let free at fight or nine or ten, or even eleven o'clock at night, fellows are sure to go fooling about, and ask them if they " ever lake a walk in the evening." No, no, if barmaids are obliged to shut off gas at early hours, then the fellows that are fooling after barmaids should be shut up in their rfoms and not let Sfl loafing about the streets and lanes. The whole affair constitutes a difficult social problem which completely flabergasts us, bnt we are quite sure that letting out these fascinating sirens of the beer-pump for an hour or two after having been making conquests all the evening, will not conduce to the ends contemplated by the well-meaning but—in this line—the wholly unsophisticated Mr Pox Ko, no; when the barmaids leave the bar, if they are not put in a glass case for protection, and stood up on the counter to be looked at, drive them to their rooms and lock them up. That's the way to do it, and we commend our ideas to the moral reformers at the I hames."

The Otago daily Times says:—"Anyone who was present in the Uourfc during the late sly-grog cases will have noticed that the body of the Court was filled wiih a number of ruffians, men who would, under a different state of things, he food for the stocks and the whipping-post, and that they were loud in the expression of their feelings, and that they were almost unchecked. If counsel, in the legitimate discharge of their duty, made use of expressions throwing discredit upon the immediate agents of detection, signs of applause were freely indulged in. We have before now had occasion to notice that the dignity of the Court is not sufficiently upheld by the immediate suppression of this intolerable nuisance. The Bounds of approval or displeasure are always bad in a Court of Justice; but they are never so absolutely disgraceful as when tbey betoken the fact that a bastard public opinion, a ruffian love of unpunished crime, has taken the form of a hatred to the lawful guardians of law and order. If, by any want of decision of character, the presiding Magistrate hesitates to inflict the severest penalty the law permits upon such offenders, he cuts at the very root of all authority, and brings himself, and the law he administers, into contempt. We are slow to suppose that tl e want of prompt decisive action arises from anything worse than a dislike to Btrong measures. We cannot suppose that the endurance of disorder betokens anything like a consideration for the opinions of the roughs. If this were so, we could not find words of sufficient fjig£.ity in which to characterise such dallyingTrfith decency. The counsel, whoso duty it is to defend their client?, are of course justified in saying what they choose, but it will be an evil day for social order in Otago when the lenity of the authorities permits an unbridled licence of comment on the part of the onlookers."

During the winter months it is impossible to ,-. find preserved fruits of any kind in Auckland except those imported from Tasmania and other colonies. This is all the more surprising when we consider the enormous quautity of peaches and strawberries allowed to rot every season in this province. The preservation of peaches, as adopted in America, is very simple, and should at once be introduced here. The • plan is simply to clean them, put them into the preserving-pan whole, allow them to boil about five minutes in tbe liquor, or long enough to set; then put them into any kind of widemouthed bottle with the hot liquor, cork the bottle air-tight, and seal it. In this way you have all through the winter the best possible substitute for the fresh peach. The peach should regain whole in order to retain as much, of the natural flavour as possible. Pears preserved in this way should be peeled and placed in clear cold water .until ready to go into the pan. In order to keep either peaches or pears whole wide-mouthed bottles should be made for the purpose. There is a glass manufactory here which could readily turn out any quantity of these bottles. The Americans preserve in this way thousands of tons every year, and many large houses in the trado have realised large fortunes by it, This industry may be started here to advantage by any enterprising person. —Eeh.

The I'rivy Council is to be asked to decide the rights to mine u der a Btreet at Sandhurst by the Extendel Hustlers Company and Moore's Hustlers Company Application for leave was granted by Mr Justice Molesworth, who fixed the security at £300.