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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2141, 7 September 1875, Page 2

I Wo regrot to loarnlhat Mr.Mason/ of Mary, street, wasstricken with paralysis on Sunday, just after service in tho Baptist Church. Ho had concluded tho morning service 'And juat reached heme, whon ho discovered that lid had lost tho use.of hia right hind,' arid soon aftor*' wards the paralysis cxtondod to tho whole of the right sido, Nothing serious is at present anticipated, but Mr Mason will bo missed.from. liia accustomed rounds, wo fear, for Bomo Umo to come, . : '

We aro informed that great preparations aro being mado for the Bucefss of tho nnnivcrsary of tho Lodgo Sir Walter Fcott, wkjch takes place on Monday next. A choir is practising for the occasion, and tho proceedings are likely to bo very interesting. .Those who rcoolleet tho success which attended the last re-union of. this Bort will look forward with feelings of ; pleasure to tho forthcoming'gathering, Wo aro informed that tho tickets aro being taken up rapidly, and thoro is overy probability of & largo, attendance. We nro rcqucslcd to stnto that, as no tickets will bo sold at tho, doers, and no person can bo admitted witkoul.a tickol, it will be necessary to secure ono.fro'm Bomo member rf tho committee boforckand. At a meeting of tho Loyal Charles Bruce Lodge, held last evening, tho following resolution was carried unanimously:-"That it having comb to the knowledge of this lodgo that certain persons havO represented thorn* Belycs aB delegates from tho various friendly societies at tho Thames,- and that theso persons have taken upon'themselves lo disapprove of the action taken by Mr BagnabV of the Waikato Lodge, iti communicating with a member of the House of Representatives, .without' coa* .suiting them, this lodge* desires .to state that not having appointed delegates no person-had any.right to presume to represent us, and that' Mr Bagnall is entitled to our best thanks for tho steps taken ly him in bringing the dofocls ,in the Friendly Societies' Act under tho notieo of tho Government.'" •' ■ ''■'■". ..' •" : The.sale of mock jewellery' at Mr" Leydon'a auction mart, alluded to ju our last, is to oorao before tho Rcsidcut Magistrate this morning; The auctioneer staled, it appears, - that tho wntchguard was sold on' account of a person who was " hard up" and wanted to reallso on tho article.;; Tho police have mado inquiry into tho circumstances ■'; attend" ing the sale of Ibis pieco ■ of, Brummngom > ware, and have had tho seller, a person named, Hart, arrested. The caso will, thoreforo, be, inquired into at the Police Court this morning;' A meeting of the Cemetery Committeo was held at tho. Borough Council Chambers lust evening.' There wero present—rHia 'Worship the Mayor, Messrs Rcnshaw, Miller, Butt, and Bagnall. The minutes of last meeting wero confirmed; Two plans of tho Shortland Ccmc« tcry wero submitted by Mr McFarland, engineer, and wero discussed. Mr Miller slated

that Mr MacDonnell was tho person appointed to represent, the Tarawa! Board on this committeej but during Mr MaoDonnell's indisposition tho Board requested him to undertake tho duties. Some diecuasiou aroso regarding tho advisability of utilising.Wilson's paddock as a cemetery, and also with regard to tho advisa* bi'ity of laying off pnllis,'&o,, in the old conic lery, It was fi ually agreed that tho committeo should visit tho ground before deciding ou anything.

The Borough' Solicitor, Mr Tyler, has jiton an opinion that gold mining coinpanios cannot voto at the forthcoming election for Councillor/r, but that females can register their votes. Tho quarterly licensing mccliog. for tho Thames and Uauraki districts will be hold to-day at noon at tho Court-houso Shortlnud. The Bank of New Zealand has purchased tho property adjoining jts promises in Custom Houso Square, Dunedin, and at prcsenfin tho occupation of tho New Zealand Mercantile Loan Agency Company, for tho Bum of £8,000, .Tho National Insurance Company was the seller, Tho following is the stato of tho Thames Qoldfields Hospital for tho weekending 4th September:—Kcmained, 20; admitted, 6 { dis. charged, 5; died. 0} romaiftiog, 20, Tho diseases are as follows: —Porcr, 1; fnctu'o, 2; wounds and injuries, 2"j heart disease, 1: femoral sinus, 1; phthisis, 1; hernia, 1; eczema, 1; hepatitis, 1; urinary fistula, 1} periostitis, 1; diabetis, lj abscess, 1; injury by explosion, 1; myaligia, 1; ulcer of legs, 1; cerebral disease, 2 j spinal IrratioDJ 1. Remaining—Males, 10; females,; i ; total, 20 t ' Out-patients, 68, ~

■ On Saturday last, MraShqehan, the wife .of Mr i John Shechauj residing ,at Tai Tapv, Canterbury, went with Jicr baby, a fortnight old, in her arms to get water from a well, and accidentally fell in. t There was about' 4ft* of water in tho well, and bcfore.'Mrs Shcehan could get Gut} her child was drowned,;,

On Friday evening 'the'contract was signo by Mr Dickson for the'erection of tho now building for.tho Auckland Institute, to bo devoted to museum and• library purposes, Tho contract is for a sum 0f,£3,877, and rs to bo completed within seven months, counting from the signing of the contract, . Jt is anticipated that work will bo begun to-day, This being the commencement ot tine weather, the good weather of spring, summer, and autumn is in store for the contractor; and it may reasonably be expected that the buildinjr will have been completed before the rains of (autumn or early winter will have set in.—Cms, |{ ■ '

News has been received in Auckland to tho effect that Eugene O-'Beilly, one of the Qrcen Harp men;, had shot himself accidentally while travelling in California. ,

We talo the following from an Auckland contemporary :—"Mr Murray has given nolico of motion that tho rt-dutribution of rcprctenlation should bo on the principle that any district having less than 2,000 European inhabitants should be merged in sotno other

district, unless of an area of 1,000 equaro mile*, and having a population of 1,500 Europeans, Mr Murray also moved that the Public Works and Immigration Committco take the 'Cospatrick' disaster into consideration, with a new to recommending a measure to prevent the recurrence of a liko disaster,"

The House Committee- passed n resolution excluding Mr Wakefiold, M.n,B. for Cbritt-

church Hast, from Bellamy V,, Iho imoking' room, library, and offices, on account if Hi habitual drunkenness rind dirty habits,

Befnrag to the jumping of the Union Beach nine at Coromandel, a correspondent of the M telegraphs :-.« The Union Beach foreshew has ken jumped by McOregor (late of Afaaaia Kate), /aapar (a fisherman), and Bromloy Steele (correspondent of; the Vt<m and £coo). 1M company's interests are not likely to suffer, but on account of outside shareholders, wh» do ( not know these people, it'is hoped they will not be misled by such an insane proceeding as that taken by the above-named individuals. ,There is every confluence in the mine, and there are'no sellers of Bcrip here.''

The Herald of Saturday says A child of Mr W. Grace,, of the Kyber Pass Boad, died jeatcrday morning from the effects'of drinking poisonous goat's milk.; The' milk ■in question was obtained'from';a goat .which had just kidded, and the whole of the family, who had partaken of the same, were rendered ill. Medical assistance was sent, for,.but arrived too late to be of any avail in saving the child's life, The case appears to be a'remarkable one, as there can be no question' of the ".purenesa" of the milk. .The remainder of the family have recovered .frcih the'effects of the deleterious flnid," On Monday the sarao paper says:—" Wo are glad to learn that'the remainder ofMrWm, Grace's family, who. were poisoned by partaking of s,ome goat' beaslings, have recovered. The child 'that unfortunately, died from the effects of .the, same has been buried, a certificate of'death resultinc; from improper food having beeiS given .by the medical man Who i attended." 1

Tho following is a list of the passengers by the 'Taupo' from the,South':—Mrs Chadfield and family, .Mrsßaignet, Mrs Harris, Messrs" Morton, Thomp;on, Levy, O'flallo'rau, Garrett, Bloxaome, Baignet, and seven in the steerage, The following left .in the' City of Melboarne', for San Francisco:-iMr and JMra Jas. Black-', lock arid foiir.childr'en/Mr and Mrs Carruthors;' Mr A. Etevenson'(mail agent). Steerage; Messrs M. Gt. Fcolt, D. Cree, E. K. England, MraM, Burns and four; children',' Mr and Mrs Gilford and three children, J

Sir Julius .Vogel (says the Otago Dally Timcij bus 'written to a friend in Dunedin to »ay that «he. and his .family will leavo London for New Zealand so as to reach the colony some time during' November. 'He expects to make the voyage between San Francu'co and Auckland in the steamer belonging to the Pacific Mail Company, which will inaugurate the new contract. ..-•;•

We M very sorry to hoar of the very serious illness of Mr 0, B, Stone. This gentleman left in the 'Amu'for Fiji last week, but immediately after sailing complained of being ill, and the. Tcssel having .6 run to the Bay of Islands through stress of weather, Mr Stono was landed there, and arrived in Auckland on Saturday per *lona,' Mr.Stone' is Buffering . from asovero attack of congestion of the lungs; but we hope soon to hear of his recovery,—lltrM, We have much pleasure in publishing the following letter, received by Mr Lemon by the 'Frisco mail. > It confers well-earned honour on our very eflScient telegraph superintendent:— "HamiUonCollege,' Clinton/Oneida, U.8.A., July 1,1875. .Dear Sir, —I have the pleasure of announcing to you that the Board of Trustees of .Hamilton College have this day conferred upon you' the honourable degree of doctor of philosophy, They have dono this in recognition of your scientific 'att?inments, which have been notified to them as well descrying this testimony. Will you allow me also to add that they have done, this all the more cordially from their knowledge of your efficient aid and kindness to the director of our astronomical observatory, Dr Ch. H. F. Peters, during his regent visit to New 'Zealand as ♦chief of tho American party,'.to observe the transit oi Venus.—l have, &0., Sahim G. Broww, President of Hamilton College."-#m<M Referring to the Board of Works, scheme, Herald correspondent, telegraph's :—•'The general opinion is that. Mr Atkinson's, statement last .night was a thorough change of front,.and. entirely alters tho whole aspect of their proposal*, and is the best card yet played for the' Opposition, Messrs Stout and Koid withdrew from Mr, Macandrew's'bills"and amendments, -which, led to the Government doißg aa they have, The Cabinet had a long sitting over the matter yesterday, and at one time an Internal rupture was imminent,' Tha step taken is regarded as a proof of weakness, and is exceedingly distasteful to a large number of the Government supporters. . The ultraCentralists s*y the Board of Works will be Provincial, and, except to the Otago members, the proposal to localise the control of educational endowments is exceedingly objectionable. The new departure will undoubtedly split up the Goverrse*nt party, and render _ tho passage ■ of the Abolition Bill this session less likely thin ever."— On the other hand the Cms correspondent says: — "Tho new proposition of the Government, of which you had notice last night, is favourably recoived, and it is fully believed that good will result from the proposed extension of their scheme. It is, I believe, fully intended by .the Government that where provinces which, having inadequate or, unavailable educational reserves, are unable to make up the requisite sum : for education, the money will be found by the colony, which cannot afford to allow any district to suffer from lack of education while others enjoy large educational incomes."

Tho ship • Waitangi' arrived in London on the' 27th Juno from Canterbury, where she piocceded from Auckland to load. The Eev. Mr Grace and family, from this district, were passengers hj the' Waitangi.'

Hhtßulkr flews cod tains the following paragraph relating to tho Halcyon S M.O.:—"TVe learn that after the recent crushing for this company a parcel of blanketings, a few ounces in weight, was tent to Mr John Masters, an as&ayer at.Granamstowri, to be tested, The result of the assay was. telegraphed yeaterday, and is of an utremely startling character, viz., that the ralue of the sample was at (be rate of over £700 per ton. Had the whole of the blanketings from th» last crushing been preserved, wo are informed that there would havo been some lOowt of them. Another sample of the same stuff weighing 13dwts was tried at the Bank of Niw Zealand this morning, giving on the first retorting the astonishing result of Bdwts of solid metal. -After this had been treated in such rough manner as tho appliances which the bank has here rendered possible, the final residuum was found to be sgrs of gold. In other words one 62nd part of the whole was gold, and that after the gold was supposed to be extracted from it."

Mr Bowen's speech on the Abolition question is described as the spjech which Major Atkinson should have.made ; when introducing the Bill, and which, if it had been, made, 'would have taken much of tho sting out of the .Opposition. It was, without exception, the best speech that has yet been made in the debate—clear in language, connected in thought, delivered with spirit, and containing much excellent retort.

Tho Cbristchurch correspondent of a contemporary writes :—I understand that a mysterious veil exists not many yards from one of the town belts of Christchurcb, containing bona fide Vfarm water, that it is stated to possess certain valuable mineral properties, and that a company is in course of formation to erect a sanatorium npon the spot,"

.The Wellington 'Tribune says:—" On'y four months I No wonder Mr Bußny (Provincial Secretary) is mooning about the lobbi-s, and button-holing everyone he can, lay hold of for a scrap of .comfort. Hie only billet he ever had, and the only one he ever will have, to cease in so <: short a space of time. He may well be dejected, angry, and in despair. No more dodgery, no more bluster, no moro arrogance to the poor and sycophancy to the rich; no more Accounts No. - 1 and .2. Oh! my Province! Mine no more."

A lady f{sajs too, Wide My New) New South. Wale?, registered her .twentieth chlflat Mr HiH'u office a few day's ago, her husband and herself having, altogether, eighteen living. The Widt Bay Nan's, call's the attention of the Colonial Secretary to this mosfc valuable pair of coloni'ts, and suggests that a reasonable grant from the funds devoted , to immigration would not only be a just reward for their past perseTerance, but encourage them to continue in their beneficent career,- ■ ■ •