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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2313, 28 March 1876, Page 2

Last night, when it was too latejor passengers to avail themselves, of the -opportunity afforded by the 'Durham' for a passage to Auckland, news' came down that the 'Emerprise' had becn-laid up for repairs, .and would not' leave'for"the Thames until. Wednesday. 10

night. The ' Durham' does not again visit Thames until Wednesday, 1 and is to return to Auoklandon Thursday. We are,.therefore, in this unpleasant position: No boat will leave for Auckland from Monday until Thursday, on which day two steamers go to town; and no boat will come down from Auckland until Wednesday night., This is really too bad, and shows either stupid bungling somewhere, or else that the owners of the steamers cannot properly carry on the trade. 'Indeed, we fail to see how they cau keep up both, %e.Thames

and Coromandel trade with only two steamers

if they wish to give anything like satisfaction to the public. When tbe 'Enterprise' was stopped on her ordinary trip last night /it would not have been a very difficult matter, we should imagine, to have sent down the 'Durham'again. The English mail will also probably arrive to-day, and the Thames portion of the mail cannot be delivered until Thursday next,. From our telegrams it will be seen that in ten months, during which the City of London was at work prior to the swamping of the mine, dividends to the extent of £7,500 were paid and a balance in hand retained of over £3,000, after paying all working expenses. This was accomplished from a return of 13dwts to the ton. There has been a good deal said about the unemployed lately, but there wa's'one claimant for work from the Waiotohi Board recently whoso claims were extraordinary;" He"repre«" sented himself as. being in employment, bat stated that his earnings were insufficient, and that his time was not fully occupied. For some time previous his earnings', s on an avenge, had only been' aboutl6s per. week, and that was not sufficient to support his family. He was questioned by the Board as to what was his usual employment, in reply to which he said he was the sexton.' During the preceding two weeks'there had only been--two.! burials, and these were only children, and'that' of course.was not sufficient, to keep a family. We cannot say whether the employment sought was granted, ~-, , ~,;, ~., /•< l Three-of. the'large oast-iron'supply 0 pipes. which are to be built into the dam in WaioKarakaCreek^were'delivered on' the'ground yesterday from Mr Judd's-fouudry.r.-The contractor, Mr Sims, will, with this.supply, be in a position to plislijorward ;the,;biuldingof"tho dam, and no doubting short .time,;tbe.,work iwill appear in a muoh .more, forwapd thanj j it does at present,' A largel amount of,the preliminary;work, has been done already.," : , '~': 1 i We: are not-aware. hpWithe negotiationsiire? ■';. gardiog the proposed diversion of thenbalauco.n of the £60,000 loan from sinking the Pumping Association shaft towards driving from it atthe ■

present level are progressing. ~The. expertsMessrs Richards, EowVaiid ; : ..otliM's-whb .went to toWtt'for of Urging the

matter on the Government and'on-the direotora

bf the Pumping Association last week, were expected back, by the.steamer ; last night. The fact" of their not having returned .would ieemto negotiations' have '-not yet been completed. ' *:.~:-^ ;: :'- : \ jWe are requested by'Major 1 Coopfer to state that the members of the- Thames Scottish Company—not the ;on Saturday at the Maori rifle.range,' When, the native waa Shot through the uwriat.. ■'■..The.: broken.!-bullet wasixtractedatthe hospital by Dr Fox.. ?. :■;

'■ -At a meeting "of the Thames Miners' v Acci-'-' dent Belief Fund Committee, held tost "night at" the^Governorßdwen^HoteVthere .were : presont !; ' —Messrs H. Coiner(inthe chair), Day, Carnie,;and.Harris,:, The.minutes of,the pre-.-p vibus meeting were confirmed. Au account 1 for £1"135;6d was;passe'd for payment. Therebeibgno application for relief,. the meet". ;ingadjourned^until next Monday.Tveek., ../■. I 'TlieTnames Scottish fired' on. Saturday last for Lieiit}-DeyV medai'; ranges, '200'-'yards, s'tauding, 8-inch btuTs-eye'; 300 yards, any position,,-8-inohbuH!s-eje, 10shot3each. The medal was won by Vol. George Clark, with 66

points. This match-is" to count as an; aggregate .- for Mr W. Murdoch's silver cup, the principal;." scores for whichnQwstand.asffol.lpws:—Vol, Graham, 106; Clarke, 105; W. Wilson, 105; Sergeant Mcleod, J0?.;,, We : ;understand the new uniforms for. ; the v. company aro daily expected. The company and.bandare.botk-up to their full strength,; ',. • practices.on Mondays and Thursdays, are vrell attended;, an.d, the playing is remarkably g00d.,.' They .are in ,;.j .receipt monthly of the' highest, music, and we are quite'surej that;fevr bands in,,?.; :New Zealand can' surpass'them'.. ". !'li'would,,,, perhaps be desirable that more should be.heard:' .of. the Thames Scottish Band., ' The .seasonhay heen allowed to elapse without r drills,*,,,:;? sham, fights, or public p'arides.','There been plenty ; o£ sliooti'ijg, and- a goofl'deal of '' '■ drilling,- but aa public bodies very littlehas been seen of the Volunteer bbihpaniesy and still

less beard of their bands. The music might serve to enliven the place a .little; ■ ; ■ ,;; .-.-,'! ; ' The following is the -state of the Times Goldfjelds Hospital.for the/weekending 25lbv. March,' 1876:-Remained, 20; admitted,,. 3; discharged, 7; remaining 16,; The diseases .are as follows:—Fracture,.,, 2; ( .phthisis, I; eczema,.,l; bronchitis,. %\, pneumoniayl; heart disease, 1;. hepatitis, 2; rheumatism, 1; scabies, lj ulcer of leg, 1 ;'.injury'by explosion, 1; chr'enic emephalitis, lj 'polypus nose, 1. ,Remaihihg7-Malefiy.l3;" feinles, 3. Out-patients, 76. ; ". '.;.,. . .•/'(',".., ..:■ ~,.-;; The Otago Qmrdian : hs the following :— " We have been 'favoured; with a copy of a very much'free-thought publication, entitled Enoch, printed and published at Grahamsiiown, in.the... Auckland province. We.have .consigned it to, ,r,jthe tender mercies of .the/office stove." '^ / ' ) .// v '" i Volunteer Provo,' an','old Auckland' shot, has taken the first prize (£10)' iii ; the firing for- the district; prizes <at i'Dunediri, beat«' K ' ;; ing Captain Walesiand a .number; of others well-known in volunteer oircles. It will ba re'membered'lhat Provo also'took the first . district prize at, Napier, whilo he-was residing; there the year before last. .•■ <y . /• • ■''./ /■.;. . , iThe steamer.-'[Phoebe 1 ' sailed on Saturday r for Southern ports, with the following passen-, ~ gers'i—For Tarahaki: Mr/and.;Mrs'Little,Pi' 1 .,'.-' Cr!e,w, Gulbeft. Tor/Nelson:'Mrs Miller.':," FbrWellington: MesßnrM, 1 'Sheehyl'' . trum, P. Tandy, H, Newport, E. Westwood, J,';"' ..Woolner, J. Hewitt, J. S^Eou'tledge}' 1 - i W. James, J; C6wl;U.' Poulgrain, : W;JHyofoft. For Lyttelton:' Mr and Mrs [Smith, Mr Blox« > m v.;...'. :,/:.:,.:;;:;• ; ( ,,;;. nP Tlie return of the Volunteer representatives' '"" ,to Balolutha was celebrated -The' chairman,-, iu, proposing ,the toatf /of :",lhe\ health of the champion, Mr Willcocksj-andv his companions, Messrs Blackie and'Arider-' son," said the company had met to do honour to'three young men—young in years and young • iui experience. It was tho first time any of

them had left the province for twenty years,, and they had'left their marks where they.had been,-. .. ; ■ , : ... , ..,., , ■:.,.,; ■: ,:,...■

A New Zealand Quzittt, ' published on the ; '- .; 16tb,',' contains, the „•■ following,, noticea:—Prd« n'i •; clama'tion by the Superintendent .of ,-Aticklandvf. re 1 breaches o£ £he ; regulations, for .granting.,' water tights under the Auckland Waste Lands Act; appointment of E; C. ; Bar'stow to be registrar under the Sale of. Poisons Aot.for.the..,., province of Auckland;, of A, J, Allom,"" " Receiver of Gold Kevenne at' Ohinetnuri, to be a depositary of duties atanips.

The first number of the Otago Lfanscd, ■ Victuallers' Gazette t has been issued. Tho object of the joumalis >;,,: to advocate the cause of a largo class in the community, namely, the ...-;> licensed victuallers and those' connected with' !! the trade," asking : V for no peculiar., privilege! l , for nothing common sense does not dictate, or that jus ice, should not concede.": : A : ' similar publication is about to be ..issued in Auckland. : /' ■ -' " ' ■■■:■■:■'■■■:■''-'■'['■' :

The 'Hawea' - Sunday from the South with the following ; pae« ;<? serigers:—Misses :Piper,, Qibba, and Hor'rie";'-".'' MrsOtterson, Mr and Mrs Hancock, Colonel Thiirsby,■ Messrs Prentice,' -■ tally, -''Strange, - Jenkins; Ottereonj- Patterson,'. v Braithwaite, Donne, Moßean, Bitchie, •■Thoinp; • son'i Rockett, Di'gnan, aud four in the steerage. ■,

The Southern papersJaiejmuch. horrified, at. thehash sent.up as arejoort of Sir J. Vogel's speech, at Wariganui, The Otago Daily Times says:—"We shall charitably suppose that the .chainpsgne of WaDganui is, of ,ari. exceptional-[ character, and thaVit had become altol gether too much about this, period .for, the brains of the Press"' Agency representative, Upon no other hypothesis can we account : for ; . the inconceivably foolish uonsense,.whicb,has\ : bean forwarded to us ,,r ; ,";"'!■' .' :: = If a yoiwg man eits up toolatp.iwitli' his;:; .sweet-heart out in the cranberry regions of New Jersey;the old folkacome into.the parloujv.and • with refined sarcasm, invite him,to wajt; a : few minutes longer and breakfast will bo ready,'