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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2180, 23 October 1875, Page 2

It will be seen from our obituary column that a child died yesterday at tho Thames from sun-stroke, The rays of the: sun were very hot in the morning, and a little hoy, son of Mr Ardern, of Rblleston-street, was'stricken down and died soon afterwards. .

i The New Zealand, Herdd—wr. ready to make a point against the Government—has discovered that a trick Jias been played upon the municipalities and Highway Boards at the elosßof tlio session, -through- the keeping back of the promised subsidies, and our contemporary is surprised that it has not " excited much comment in the House,".- The' Herald will probably wake up to the fact.that it has for. gotten one or two matters in connection with this Errant. ■ The provincial services.are to be continued, and it is probable that tho grant of one third of-the amount of the subsidies is only for the four months in next year, after which the House is expected to be in session again. The Government have not yet got possession of the provincial revenue, as the Abolition Bill does not come, into force until after another session of the Assembly.' Our -'members'are quite as much alive to the wants of the loeal bodies as the . HerdM can be, and evidently know more.regarding the financial schemes of the Government.

; A meeting of creditors of .the Bright Smile (J.M.C. was held at the Pacific Hotelyesterday, but there was no business transacted.

The continuation of the crickot match which was commenced last Saturday takes place to-day, when the Twenty-two will take the field to the batting of the Eleven. . The Twenty-two have been disposen of for 108 runs, and we rather think the Eloven ; will have some difficulty in putting, as many together. Tho wickets will be pitched at 2 o'clock sharp. We are informed that Mr Spencer has mado arrangements to have bouquets of flowers prepared by lady friends to be sold for the benefit of the hospital.' He hasywe believe, been led to this step by observing the love, for flowers; displayed by the ladies and gentlemen who were in the gardens last Saturday, aud he hopes to turn ibis delightful taste'to useful account. It is just as well that the flowers'should be paid for as to haye them taken without payment, and Mr Spencer is too generous. to interfere with the taste of those visiting the gardens,

In reminding our readers of the fact that a concert is to'be held in the Academy of Musio; on Monday night, in aid of the funds of the Thames Hospital, we may add that there is an absolute necessity for increased "funds, if the Hospital is to be carried on in its hitherto efficient state, The success which attended the recent concert, In which the Misses Dow, Mr Bcid, Miss Hunter, and other amateurs, who have also given their services on this occasion, is sufficient proof that the entertainment will of itself be a treat, so that the patrons of the entertainment will havo the opportunity of enjoying two luxuries, that of listening to a good, entertainment, and contributing to tho support of. the "most excellent-institution the Thames ,can boast of.

It will be recollected that at the last maetirig of the Hospital Committee" a' proposition was submitted that the Friendly Societies of the Thames should be requested to'take part in a j iut demonstration during the: erisui.rig holidays in order to raise funds in'aid of tho Hospital, Buch demonstrations have met with marked success in ;BallaraVMelbourne; and other cities and.towns in Australia, and.we have" no reason to doubt the success of such an enterprise if entered into as spiritedly as we anticipate. In response to the invitation of the Hospital Secretary,; the various societies have, we understand, appointed committees to ar> range preliminaries. ; These committees are invited to meet at Mr Honiss's office on Monday evening. ••,-.."

The charge sheet at the Police Court yesterday, was again blank. v - • ■■■';■; ,". :v

.Tie wbmsn,'' Margaret Walls, to' -whose health we had occasion to allude in yesterday's issue, was rather belter last evening... DrFox has been in attendance..on-her; ■; There is no perceptible improvement in her mentaf condition;. i . ; ' i .^u.U..'.:h-...'v~ ::^l'Vv; :''^-:

It seems strange that so much time should be lost before arranging for the starting of the Bright long before this the companies, interested would have initiated a movement by'Weeting together to consult on'the best atepß to be. taken.; It was generally expected that the City of London Company, having appointed'oneof their direca;de!egate,\w<mld,ibave taken some, steps towards Convening the various companies together, but so far as'we"are aware nothing las yet.beeu,dpne.;( In the meantime the. water is risirg, and' .not", only 'flooding',the workings of the" mines' M filling up the country which had previouslyfllen drained at »uch heavy cost,■

A'correspondent writes as follows in refer-, ence to the reported, missing man. .from Tairua: — "Sir, 4 —l'"think, if 1 .remember light, that one signing himself "Tairua Settler" wrote to theinewspapera asking the Government to put a wire rope across those bad p'aces, so that men cou'd get over with safety. There are plenty of pieces of old wire rope which would.,do : for.that, and* are useless for any: thing e'fe. , I think they ought to see now, by the last supposed.loss of* life, that the thing ought tto be done before any more accidents happen.: This case is' not' the 7 only one,— Ahother Tairua Sutler."- •.,.•■

The widow and sons of.the late Robert Eoycroft express their indebtedness,for the courtesy recently displayed, by the Volunteers of this district, for the military honours afforded in according the old Waterloo veteran a military funeral:—Punga Flat, 22nd October, 1875, The widowand family of the late Robert Roycroft, of H.M.V 42nd. Highlanders, return their sincere ■ thanks to Major. Cooper, the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the various Thames Volunteer Corps for their kindness in attending his funeral on the 20th, —VYiljiam Boycroft, James Boycroft, ... ,

We were pleased, everybody was pleased, to witness the crowded house at the Theatre Joyal' last evening. Themanager of the theatre solicited the,patronage. of a number of our fellow-towns-folk, and the call was responded to in the most decided manner, the front seats being fall and! the other parts of the house were crammed to repletion,,, is regards the performance everybody was, or should have been, intensely plea Fed —even delighted. Wiss Carry George nuuV indeed be highly complimented on her magniGcent impersonation of Margaret Elmore. There are so many different phases of love; the love of the husband, the love of the father, and the true natural • affection of the child to its parent. Let a son or a daughter only be fairly .cultured by his or her parents, and nothing can effectually obliterate the feeling existing between them.; Margaret's sacrifice is one of pure love. She hates,; abhors Paul Lafont; yet to" shield her father's fair name from the prying eye 3 of the world, she absolutely consents to wed this man, knowing at : the same time'that'she is to bind herself to torture and misery through life; but what of that, her whole being is .wrapped-up'in-her father,. and. he mustbemade •■ safe at; any sacrifice. .To minutely criticise. Miss Carry George's impersonation of the heroine with our limited space would be simply impossible, and we will therefore content ourselves by saying it is one.of. the finest impersonations we have- ever witnessed. Every possible point'was made, and we regret that we have, not another oppor- . tunity of seeing this great performance of Miss. George's. Which phase of the difficult character, which she played so admirably as a whole, to admire most we find it difficult.to discover, In the early part of the play her artless playfulness; could hardly have .been. said to be assumed, but the subsequent intensity .of feeling'- displayed, was- the .true proof of the sterling artiste. There was no false ring in her voice, no meretricious Btrainjng for effect, and she was equally natural in her vehemence and in her emotional scenes. Perhaps on the Whole her talests show, brightest in the scene in which Lafont bargained for her hand as.the price of her father's life, In this scene there were such rapid absorbing changes produced that it at least tested her talents -sto 'the; greatest, extent, The gay light-hearted Herminie •de Vermont was played by Miss Emma Sogers, and high as ia the opinion we have of this little lady's performing, she simply- surprised us. We very much doubt if : the part could.have been better filled. MrR-.W. Lawrence improves upon acquaintance. ' His M atthew Elmore last evening was a well-studied and even performance, and at times rose'above anything we have seen here.' Of Eugene.de Lormei by Mr 9. W. Collier, we have 1 only to observe that it was a finished performance from beginning to end. Paul Lafont found an admirable impersonation in Mr Charles Searle j indeed, in bur opinion, he completely grasped the author's meaning— the soft, sleek villain was pourtrayed to the life. Mr Sain Poole always obtains: his fair share of praise, and_ last night, as Jean Ruse, he was as * successful as ever. Mr Kingston is evidently young, at his business, but \he '•'• seems intelligent, • and spoke the lines set down to him fairly aa the -Friar. The other characters, with one exception, were fairly filled,. Mr Burton's St. Lo'dicLnot please; ■> his. light comedy had a ponderosity about it not calculated to win the sympathy of any woman. Themanager wishes us to thank the gentlemen-who so kindly extended their patronage,last evening. His Worship the Mayor, was present,,and the officers and members of the Naval Brigade mustered in strong force,. This evening is ■ the last performance we shall have'from this company for some time, at least;aa they appear in Auckland on Monday evening. , The "Colleen Bawn" is the attraction—Miss Carry George as _the Colleeß, and Miss Lizzie Morgan- as' Anne Chute, in which character she sings as Irish melody. By the way, her singing last night of "We parted by the river 'side," was loudly applauded, and the audience were not satisfied until she had sung "Whippoor Will" and. '' Silver Threads." Every ■■. person visiting the: theatre to-night will he presented with a copy of the last-mentioned song. We anticipate a brilliant house. : :'. ' ..,-;

People do not always take sufficient pains to "state their address accurate'y in cases where their interests are concerned. The necessity of so doing was well exemplified in the Supreme Court yesterday (says a recent Dunedin exchange). A contractor named McKenzie (formerly of the Thames] was sued by the Colonial Bank for £288, the amount of a dishonoured bill.of exchange, also interest thereon-at;the rate of 8 per cent. The defendant was; endorser.of the bill, arid in writing his nam«lon the back of it gave his address as Duncan; bntashe is contractor for the Deborah ]3ay tunnel, the notice of dishonour did not rijncri • him; and the first intimation ho received of the fact was his being served with a writ. He defended the action,' but judgment;was yesterday given against Mm for the amount claimed,' -."■ .'■ .■/;••■ .--, .', ■'■', '.'■ ■''■'■■•' ■'•■' j Great excitement is described as hatong been caused in Ross by the news regarding.the intention of the Government to, commence the Mikonui Water-race; A torchlight'procession, V bonfire, and a'-general display of congratfllation was contemplated.

A series of' letters are being published in the Wanangti: Their "author is "Mr John White," and the subject, the Maoii'before the arrival of the European. These letters are'unusually interesting, but, as all rights are reserved,,the author to some.extent deprives the public of that information which he professes to give. •

When "our native land"-:was proposed at the O'Connellcentenarydinnerat Danedin, a wag suggested that one' present, bom at sea, should return (thanks, The wag was an Irishman. Itis a curious fact that there are in New Zealand 939 poreons having no native land, -having been'born at sea.'-Dunediri Advertisers'"-*'-:'"'' 1 -'-' : ~"-"~-' l -~^---:":i ; - ■--.-

The newspaper, companies are apparently in a very sickly condition ■ throughout the colony, A contemporary says:—" At a' : recent meeting of the Indnguha Times Company :a resolution to wind up wluntarily was adopted, and vhe company is therefore in liquidation.!'-,. '(

"The flew Zealand* Times asks how it is that so-called Art Unions on horse-racing events are preVented-by the law in Otago, and hot in Wostland and other parts of the Colony.

In recording.the.;death of a veteran settler,'' Mr Josiah Tccker, the Wellington Pott says:— The complaint which terminated so fatally was corigestioh.'of the lung?, latterly sadly prevalent and destructive in this Colony.

f he, following item of Christchurch ; news appears in "the Otago Tiinesi-kmk oi the name of William Edward' Stamford has'made the following extraordinary announcement, One. of-hiscredifoK—he thinks unjustlyforced, him some, months ago to obtain the protection; of '".'the Supreme Court under' the Bankruptcy Act, an'd he duly obtained order of discharge thereunder; ' Having how had time to earn a sufficient sum, by daily labour, to pay off all hisjust debts, ho requests all.his.creditors—except the one in question—to •' forward their accounts to him at once. He promises to pay them in full, notwithstanding the abovementioned order of discharge.

The average uneducated female witness, remarks a contributor to the Bmce Herald, is generally a source of amusement to those who attend the Courts of Justice, Asa rule she is literally bursting with evidence—or.what she believes to be evidence—and is sure to get into difficulties between her umbrella, veil, gloves, and the Court.Bible. I heard, a good story about something that happened in a neighbouring province not long ago. A very selfpossessed young woman—a recent arrival from the Emerald Isle—stepped briskly into the box, and with a familiar nod to the Bench, commenced to tell her story loudly aud rapidly. The : attendant policeman endeavoured to atop the torrent of words, and said.to the witness, "You haven't-kissed.the Bible." "Kiss me grandmother," contemptuously replied the damsel, " I'm spaking to the judge."

A Victorian correspondent writes as follows from Clunes:—"The striking of a;reef by the Magdala Company, Stawel), at a depth of neirly 1,700 feet, has given great encouragement to mining investors in this district,. The fact is held to be confirmatory of opinions long expressed relative to the ultimate success of deep sinking, which is being carried on by ■several of our principal mines. The New North Clunes and Clunes Companies have ..for some considerable time past carried on the exploration of their lower levels, and continued sinking their shafts, and will doubtless be rewarded before long by the increased value of their mines and the element of greater permanency attained. The' New North Clunes mine takes precedence next to the Stawell mines in the depth to which their shaft has been sunk, and there is but little doubt that quartz of equal or greater richness to that already found in the higher levels will be found] in the deeper ones. Judging from the labours of the Magdala Company the hopes of shareholders in-the Clunes Consols Company ought, again to revive,, for conclusive proof-:is afforded, that large and solid reefs exist at a depth considerably below the present levels in their mine. Dependent as Clunes is for its future advancement upon the permanency of its quartz reefs, satisfaction is generally expressed at the demonstration of the fact that they are not restricted, as we once supposed, to the comparatively shallow depths within which quartz mining was formerly alone supposed to be remunerative. The indications obtainable in the deep sinkings in the Clunes and New North Chines are of a nature eminently satisfactory, and calculated.to produce substantial and permanent results."

Under the heading "The Largest Reef in New Zealand," the Arrow Observer publishes the following, from its Macetown correspondent:—" Messrs Barclay 'Brothers and Baven have added another to the list of auriferous reefs which have recently been.discovered at Macetown. It is situated on the left-hand side of the Twelve-Mile Creek, and crossing the range in the direction of the Shotover, lying about N.N,W. The average width throughout has been estimated to be about twelve feet, and it has been traced by the prospectors along the whole of the 1,200 feet of double claim applied for, and it has also been proved to a depth of at least one hundred feet from the surface, ' by : a landslip at ✓ one end. Gold has -been ,found . at . that depth in the solid stone. Gold has been found in all the layers of stone, throughout the cjaim, Practical miners of reefing experience state that this is the largest quartz reef yet discovered in New Zealand, and should the gold be found sufficient to pay, .the facilities for working it are really good, as the stone can be cast from the top of the range into the creek below, and thereby will be saved both cartage : and the need, of. cutting a road, The prospectors and others who have seen the specimen stone .believe that it will pay an ounce all through, It is a pity machinery is not <m the ground, as it could be at once thoroughly tested, Messrs Barclay Bros, and Haven .pegged off a prospectors'claim on Monday. It is likely to cause considerable stir amongst the mining community, and cause these ranges to be properly prospected,"