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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2125, 19 August 1875, Page 2

" The director of Uhe; Tairua company bold a /meeting last'evening;at which they decided to; proeeed alonW wiih'the erection of a batlery, and Mr'/G; : P.' Hilton, the engineer umler whoso''supebmon''the Bright JSmilo battery was eroded, was instructed to prepare the necessary plans, drawings, and specifications as speedily as possible, It was also resolved to proceed with thp, construction of the 'tramway.from the pine to the battery-site, for which'drawings and ' estimates have been prepared by:Mr.Sim?. f This looks like business. The »'nall 4-stamper : battery which is now being erected for the company will be working in' another 1 fortnight; but although this may be, andno doubt will be extremely useful for testing lodes ot: for .crushing selected stuff, it is so totally inadequate to the requirements of the company, or to crush the stuff available from the immense reefs which have been opened on the claim,, that many question the wisdom of having purchased and erected it at all considering it little elsi tban : a waste of money. Wo do not agree with this, for" although thifc small battery cm, only crush a very limited quantity, it must l)d remembered-that there is now a considerable quantity of rich stuff on hand and more available in the mine and judging from the proceed! of the recent trials at the Thames, we have no doubt there will be sufficient gold returns from the battery to pay expenses until the larger mill,is ; in working order, congratulate the' directors upon the wise-steps yvhicb they have taken in adopting immediate measures for the erection of a suitable battery. . At a meeting of the Hope of Tararu' Lodge,' i.0.G.T., the, following' officers were elected and installed by Lodge-Deputy, Brolher'Jenkins: —W.'OJi.' Brottte NichollB; W.V.T.,'Brother Faull; W.F.S., BrotherTyacke; VV.T.,ißiother Harris } W.C.y brother' Kelsall j W.M., Brother Climo; W.1.G., Brother Heswell; W.0.G., Brother Hyman; W.R.H.S., Brother ■Catran; AY.Jj.H.S,, Brother Davies; Sister ; StcckdaleV' j Brother Jenkins was also elected Secretary.

Mrßallance, tho member for Bangitikci, nppiarsto have made a hit in tho Asfombly in hia maiden speech. Even Mr Donald Hoiil congratulated him upon his ability. Mr Balance is the proprietor of the Wan'ganui llcrold, aud is a staunch Abolitionist.

' The speccli of Mr Donald Reid, tho Provincial Treasurer of Otngo, on the Abolition question, appears to havo been weak and puerilo in the extreme, and not at all up to his usual Bpecches in merit, He indulged in ,a great amount of dogged assertion without a single fact to support his statements. Ho even told tho House that tho out-districts would be worse off than at present 1 Does Mr Reid imagine that tho people cannot judge for themselves, now that they have seen tho measures proposed as a substitute for provincialism. It is useless to try and throw dirt in the eyes of tho people by foolish assertions such as thoso. His epoch was very justly summed up. by Sir Craeroft Wilson.

It will be seen from our advertising columns that the Theatre Eoyal is to bo re opened on Saturday evening by Mr H. N. Thornton and his company, the chief attraction of which is the talented La Petite Amy. This young lady (daughter of Mr Thornton) has beeu spoken of as a prodigy by the Southern Press, anil from what we can gather the encomiums were not ill-deserved. The Olpflo Times says of a performance at tho Princess Theatre, that "Little Amy, as a singer and dancer, was tho most attractive, and seems to love her profession," and in the character of Princo Arthur (in which blio will appear at the Thames on Saturday night) the same journal says.: "Sho acted well throughout, showing an' intelligent conception of her part, which 'she invested with appropriate touches of nature, and moved tho sympathies of the audience," This littlo lady may, in fact, pride herself upon Laving achieved quite a triumph. As this will probably bo tho only opportunity sightseers will hive of witnessing tie remarkable performances of Miss Amy, the majority will take the opportunity,'of attending her exquisite representations. The programmo > includes a scene'from King John," in which tho company will appear, and the wonderful mesmeric feat of tho Sleeping Beauty, the Phosnix Handkerchief, the Magic Fountain, the Fairy Lemon, and a host of illusions, tricks, &c. Tho bill of faro should command a good house, which the . peculiar talents of tho artist-actor (Mr Thorntim) deserve.i •- ' : . :j' '•

Mr Robert Qrahsm was yesterday evening the beater o£ a memorial addressed to tlio House of Representatives, and which it is intended shall be presented by the member for Bodnoy, Mr John Sheehan, asking for an extension of the telegraph: from Mahurangi to Waiwera. The petition was very numerously signed. We trust <o hear that the special circumstances which the memorialists havo detailed will induce the, Hon. tho Commissioner of Telegraph to give effect to the wishes of the settlers aud the numerous visitors which are daily arriving at the Hot Springs from all parts of the eoloDy.—Herald., ,