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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2200, 16 November 1875, Page 2

There is likely to, 1)8 food for the lawyors over the Tairua affair.'l'Mr Becche has:determined to have tbe case " investigated" in a Court of law, and we hear that one large shareholder'and'director is about to bring an action against two. other shareholders for conspiring together to sell him shares siii au improper lmnuer. • .- . Under the present arrangement for subsidising last'year's highway rates,; the. Waiotahi Hoard Till receive the magnificent sum of £13 out. of money voted by the Assembly for local bodies. The same district' contributed nearly one-third of the gold duty which waa collected las- year. The-Waiotahi district have a genuine grievance this time, and we recommend them not to lose sight of it.' ' ' ,'; It seems that Mr O'Neill is very sanguine of king again returned for. the Thames. Perhaps he has received more encouraging telegrams than he expected from those leading . members of his constituents with whom'he'receritlycommunicated... The following telegram appears in an Auckland contemporary':--"Mr Charles O'Neill, M.H.R., is here still. ■>. He is very active in connection with the formation of a Street Tramway Company for Wellington.' He appears to be very sanguine that he will he returned again for the Thames. ' A good niany of the politicians here also think that his'chance of re-election is[vefy good." :".:"> Notwithstanding other "draws," there was a really excellent attendance at,the Theatre Koyal last night, on_ the' occasion of a benefit performance by the Cricketers'. Amateur Dramatic Club, in aid df the funds of the i Mechanics' fastitutc': The popularity;of this . excellent institution was well evidenced by the large attendance, and the manner in which the committee of that institution performed-the ' roles allotted to them as i keepers, *c, was highly creditajole^The. piece selected for the evening's entertainment was George Colman'a ever-popular' 1 comedy, "The Heir at Law." The mkbersiof the r . Club were uMer disadvantage'in ; playing a i piece which has already been' rondered to tho . best possible advantage at tho • Thames, and we , must certainly accord credit to the gentleman who undertook to please in the role of Dr • Panglojs,-which Mr Hoskini has*mado his i speciality. The part was. intrusted to Mr I Burgess, and he gave an intelligent rendering ' of it. If his business was sometimes at fault, ' it was only discoverable by drawing compari--3 sons; but Mr .Burgess was letter-perfect in ■ .his part, and had apparently bestowed a good deal of consideration on his business, and, acquitted g Mmself vtry satisfactorily,'notwithsMding'tho difficulties which surrounded hinjl'"*. We refer 9 at this length to the part of Drfanglossbei. cause it has been made tho leading character of

the play, although .this was certahtly'never tho intention of the author, notuithstandingjtlao care lie has taken to elaborate the old pedant. Without doubt the most successful performance last night was that/of Lord Duberly, by Mr W. W. R6binson. His conception of the part •was accurate, his , make-up effective,'and realistic, and' his rendering entirelyMCcessful! Ij; was a part in -which Mr Koblnsott-ftppeared ' to better advantage -than any in whiob we have pre«oUßly")'eeen;him on the'stage. •' The Dick Dowlas of Mr Paul was wanting in energy, and the Zekial Homespun of Mr; Bell was. not up to his usual performances, . He was evidently out of his element, Mr Ponovan;.achieved a success in the part of Kenrick; and the spun of Miss Mason was a spirited', representation, although'it was riot faultless. As ; Caro■line Dormer Miss White made a mark,'' Her personnel on the stage .was Effective,''and'' her rendering intelligent, and the Club are certainly indebted to Miss White's services for a portion lof their success last night. The performance, as a whole, afforded satisfaction. We.'must not omit-to mention.that the Thames Scottish band played..selections on • the balcony prior,tq v tbo performance. The proceeds of the entertainment will, we. believe, addi; considerable amount to the funds of the Institute. :After an absence of three years, Mr-Prank Weston will appear at tHe Academy of Music to-nitjht. ....". We, are infprmed Mat the Mayor is about to take steps to. convene a meeting of the claimholders of the Waio-Karaka district to consider their position in 'regard to the drainage ques«. tion.' We also" learn that the proj&'fofthui

convening the meeting is looked upon by tli'ose interested. SVMaywhas/wo believe, little personal interest in any of those mines, hut in the interest of <he Thames ! genc« tally he no doubt feels it his duty tbadppt measures to end the present un« satisfactory state .off i affairs in this part of our goldfield. . : .. , •••'■:,: t'.-'J • There is no doubt the .Thames has it, right to ajk that a member of .the legislate Council should be nominated from amongst its leading people. It is a large district, and asyetno person lias been chosen from it to fillVseat'irt the-Legislative Council,: Tie'Bubject, although never brought before Parliament, was nover. thelesstalked of'in the lobbies, arid, we be. lieve, mentioned to Ministers during the late session. Sir George ; Grey, we learn fronvthe Ta'AHES Advertiser; 'has been communicated with, and has..subsequently..-.written;;to»the General Government on the'.subject;';iThe Advertiser mentions the fact tfiat -Westland province has two members in the Council,'while •the.Thamea has none.. But this is scarcely the proper.way to put it. Wcstland is'acom« plete province; .tbe, Thames & part of the province of Auckland, which has seven arid '$ne; Maori councillor; aid it' I 'is, M [always easy to select •men'j'tftrjofdin'g to However,' we should4s-very-glad-to-see• an- able resident in the Thameßjiistrict.elevatedtotbeltpper House, - -fu-1873, Auokland had eight European members, and as no .step has been taken to fill the '• mi then' held by'Mr Farmer, the opportunity offers for the Ministry convplN menting tbe people by creating'one of their number a 'Lord.' The question they must ask is, " Whom.' shall we :'elevate 1 ''— Gross, '. ' •

The following is the" stale' of the Thames Qoldfields Hospital for the week ending 13th November:—Remained, 16} admitted, 2; discharged,; '3 ;; died 0 S ; remaining, H5. The diseases are as follows: —Fracturej- ,1; wounds and injuries, 1 j phthisis, 1; eczema, 1; ulcer of legs, I'j pneumonia, 1 j debility', 1; rheumatic fever, 2-; catatactj.l; j urethral disease,lrretention, 1; contusion's, 1; gastritis, 1. Remaining—Males, 13; femaleft.-2-j' tbtalf.lbV Out-patients,' 77. We regret to hear that serious.doubts arc entertained for the safety of the' Three Brothers', which lefthereMjtlie Gth'October for Mercury Bay, and was heardof on the following day near Waiapu. ■. Up to yesterday she had, not reached tier destination, '. a telegraphic,message from jToiatea having been received to/that effect." She was owned by wajUjuJurcdju ,lhe New Zealand Insurance and reinsured fortffiOO of'that amount in! the Vietoria. The master, /Ca'plain mate, we men/mlh families in Sydney*. There, were'also three or four sailors on board. It is to be hoped that no lives have been IbsV but grave apprehensions are entertained as to. the safety of vessel, cap. tain, crew, &c.-7W'«'« Bay Himld,,-'. i

Ameelingiof-,gentlemeajiintelrested in■ tlie • forthcoming Interprovinclal Match-was • held yesterday, at the Exchange! Hotel. The business; ftas; preliminaryand Jlcb'nsisfed "of instructing the 'secretary,; Mr to j write to seyeral/gentleijien ;rejque>fcirig their supii I port, and with a-view to selecting; a team to represent the province. The conditions of thej , matcharethat it shall bo shot/onie day during "Christmas week,'- 21 yards f dary; to shoot from ; 3 traps,'s yards apart; noj spring traps alloyed; charge of shot limited to' l|oz ,tTh'e iirs't prize is a'silver cii'pV'valued atl £75, and. the r .second prize;, also >a silver cup,; Talued at £45. ■It was' : sngVestecl that,'in the! evehtf.of Auckland being fortunate: enough tol win the cupshould be shot for by thej gentlemen who subscribe tb' the funds, and ifct iis'fidt'uh.lik'ely'that'the tuggestionrinayjbe acte'd; on,—Cross, '..-.. i

The following. incident is/related by the! ■■TimarM-Berm on'the occasion of the'' opening' . .pJ.thejTimaru- andjTemuto .railway:— & s, the! • passengers were, alighting by the train, a surly-' looking/youngman was heard to remark :— \ ■ t "Ihere> one queer thing about these -New.Zea-' land towns;_ always six children to, every two grown .'up people." Sir George Grey ! turned round and said," My dear fellow, thetime will be only too glad; to realise that there are.ten children for, at all'! '' events; one couple of grow'u-up people; ■ \Vhy,'! (itheD,-should .you complain :of mP- Siril ... Georges remark, which was uttered by no means! "sollo vke, caused much laughter! '"■ , ; , v AHhough..her.Majestf now formally wields the, sceptre of ..the Fiji Islands/ Jfche. ex : king ex-. ereisVs his authority in a quite unofficial fashion.: He was>'down at "Dan lately! and ; by-way-of compensating for the. loss of population by measles, he issued an edict that all the marriage-j able young men 1 and girls 1 should bo married: ; forthwith.. * Within a few. days there .were a hundredjand thirty marriages, Oakobau reasons like Benedict—'' The world' must be peopled." ; '•—AwtraMsidn, L;r '■< • . ;'-'- : -"■' A Wesierh'(flmencan) paper tells this story'of; 8 distressed agriculturist:—" A farmer dropped in on Wednesday last to pay his rent, putting on a long face to correspond with the times, On entering the house, : he told the landlord that, :.:times/beingso bad, he couldno,t raise tne money at all, and dashed a bundle of greenbacks' , onthe-table, ' There,', said he—'that is all I can : pay.' ;'The, money was, taken up and; counted by the landlord, who said, 'Why, this istwice as much'as you owe! Dang me, gi?e it'Rie" again!' cried sie farmer. I'm blamed if I.ain't took it out of the wrong pocket!'" . A Manchester firm which takes all its employees' for a day's trip to the seaside during the summer,decided to "visit Blackpool.- It is the general custom of the workers to have a dip in the before beginning the usual amusements. '' fen', nionVhowdirty ye are!" said one hale Lan-. ■ caibirelad tohisfellow-bather. ''Missedthe •:trip.last:y.ear," wsb the laconic rejoinder.