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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2314, 29 March 1876, Page 2

The s.s. 'Durham'made a round trip fmn Auckland to Coromandel and the Thames jesterday in order to prevent the disappointmeits which would have been experienced had ilio English and American mails, which arrived in Auckland yesterday morning, not been delivered at the Thames in reasonable time. Tie steaner was only to have made the trip betrnen Atckland and Coromandel yesterday, but the 'Enterpiise' having broken down tlfe proprietors ■' decided on having the round trip nade. The ' Durham,'»with the mails and a la'ge number o£. passengers for the Thames, left Inckland at 11 o'clock yesterday. t She had a rough, unpleasant passage to Coromandel, which she reached at 4 o'clock. She left mmediately for the "Thames, where Bhe "irrived at - ' 8' o'clock. After landing tie Thames passengers and the mails, aid taking on board about thirty people who vere awaiting her arrival, she steamed for Audtland, The weather was threatening and the wind strong when the Bteamer left Curtis's 7barf, but it calmed down considerably soon after, so that those who prepared -themselves for an unpleasant passage would have ben agreeably • disappointed. Amongst those wh) arrived here by the ' Durham' last night, wire about 20 immigrants by the 'Brodrick Castle.' We wonder what lunatic recommendei them to seek employment in a place where thro ia already a plethora o£ that commodity! " ,' s , We have to remind the friendiof the Rev J,

Crump, Wesleyan minister, ; . tha a soiree to that gentleman will take place this 1 afternoon at the Wesleyan ChurhiAVilloughby-; street, Shortland., The Kev, J. Crump has now been stationed, on the' Thaines.Circuit for the. full term allowed by the rules)f the Wesleyan ministry,' three years.'' Duriig his residence 'i here lie has; in a; kindly, ) inobtrusive, and Christian manner proved himelf/not only to be a consistent minister, of the Gospel, but has on many occasions exhibits a true catholic spirit which' has to : a great 1 Extent helped to strengthen, the brotherly spiit which prevails amongst the'various' sects oi the Protestant-', church on the Thames. In addition tothis he has been j in'' oher'respects a useful citizen, and a kind friad to many, and numbers of our readers'-wil regret thAt the exigencies, or rather the rulei of the ministry of which he is a member, reader .his removal from amongst us necessary, • I7e are quite certain that there will be a la'ge attendance at, :;.; the soiree to-night; Addressis will bedeliveredj.vi by- several ministers; and friends. =; The. rev.-';' gentleman will leave.the Thanes finally,for his v new,circuit in Christchurcl on the following,,, day, and he will be succeeded on tti£'-Thames' " circuit by the' Rev B, S, Binn, late of Coromandel.' ■

,; The j Waiotahij culvert, shich has already,;.., proved such a benefit to the district, has ten extended'from both'ends jy Mr Rawdon, tho Foreman of Works of the Bjrough Council, on the east end' to.the upper cirner of the Queen of Beauty battery, where an approach has been . laid from the solid rock bottom. On the west ~ end it has been extended into tho bed of the > old creek, and. beyond that there is 37 feet of sheeted piles laid to conJuct the water aad maintain it in ; its proper (bannel total length of the culvert | (thj whole of which is' open except the portion pausing under Owen* street) is 460 feet, and the 'cost is only £220. The work has been carefully panned and well , ; executed,, and .reflects; credit ; ciii Mr Kawdon, V who not only, planned' and recommended the ■work, but prepared the eitimates arid Had the work carried out under his, immediate super* vifiion. .V" ■

Owing to the interruption of the; regular sittings-of the Resident Magistrate's Court, ;! caused by the observance of St. Patrick's Day " as a holiday, business has'accumulated. 1 .There' are no fewer than 70 cases set'down for hearing on Friday next.

The first meeting to resnscitate the Wesloyan Band of Hope was held in the Qrakamatown Wesleyan School-room last'evOning. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather there was not a very large attendance. The "opening speech was given by the .President, Mr W. Hicks. recitations, dialogues, and songs, were also given by Messrs, J, Nodder; 0 S. and 6t Meachem, Misses B.'Keven, E.- Kowe, A, Richards, and E, dribble. . Mrs G. Sawder kindly, presided at the .harmonium. '. It is in-, tended to hold these meetings fortnightly.

.. At an emergency meeting of the Lodge Sir Walter Scott, held last/evening,- the Bev J, Hill, - R.W.M.) delivered < a lecture on the - second degree of Freemasonry. Notwithstand?.,,ing the inclemency of the weather, there was a ' good attendance of the brethren, 'The rev • gentleman's lecture was amply , illustrated by symbols and diagrams, and .the subject was dealt with in an interesting arid exhaustive " manner. A't its conclusion" a 'unanimous and cordial vote of thanks was, given to Bro Hill for hiR admirable lecture, and it was suggested that he be, requested to re-deliver It on a f ntura occasion to the brethren of the Scotch and Irish Constitutions of the Thames,'.

, We learn that the Waiotahi school was, closed yesterday for a fortnight, inconsequence' of the appearance of scarlet fever in , the dia* ; trict, and owini* to the recommendation,of thed medical officer to the iooal.Board of Health, Lethbridge." Some- symyathy has been ex> ~ pressed for Mr Skeen and the other teachers, on account of the sudden breaking; up of the school,' ] nst' when • their labours were - bearing good fruit, and when a really excellent echool had been got together. Dr Payne, we believe,, strongly urges that all'the schools in the dis* ■ trict should be closed for a few weeks, as they were .really the main cause of the spread of whooping cough' and' measles, epidemics which caused a fearful mortality at tho Thames' last year. | .The. oyster season will commence on Saturday . next, on which day no doubt the market will be supplied with- this bivalve after a proMbi* tion of four months —The shooting season for ducks—not pheasants—also, opens on Satur«,-. day.'' 'j. . ' | The Herald says:-"Some very fine builds ings are in course of erection next, to the pank. u if New Zealand,, Auckland. , A few monks ago the site was several ncketty wooden structures.'] These have been removed, andgood stone foundations having,been laid,,. down, the work of building is being pushed or--by the contractors, Messrs James and Bhodes. There are jo be two" buildings in the block, and both are of respectable dimensions. One is being built for the Mercantile loan' Company, ■ and the other for Messrs Banks and Co. _ The , Mercantile Loan Company's main building will be 50 feet by 40' feet;' and three , stories i. high, ike stories are respectively 16 fectj 12 feet . 6 inches; and 11 : feet in height. In addition to the main building,,there ia .to.be a store 112 feet by 33 feet, and two stories 14 feet and 12 feet high." Messrs;.Banksrand..fVa ; ,main building will be,j}o- ; feet,.by, 27 feet, ?■ stories high, the same: as the Loan, Company.? . building. To this tliere will bo a store ropm.® v .j by 25 feet. 'The front view'.of tho biiildinCi will present a really,handsome appearance,,and * be an, additional to .the main' tha« toughfare of the.city, ;

•The' fine Bavquentiae 'Bstclle,' 195-tors, Captain Miller, arrived' at the Thames, -dff.il Taravnrlasfc evening-from Duuedin. Port Chalmers on tbo 22nd, and. arrived as abovo after a smart, run,of six days. Tlie ! Eatelle' has brought' ii .'cbiisigii'mcut of.oats on tbo ship's accouiit,'and : a3 soon as.' this is discharged she will proceed up the river and load a cargo of baulk timberWe have to thank Captain Miller for Duuedin papers of the 22ad,,from which we giyeextractsf elsewhere, j-r!. - . ;i ;•> ; '•

• ! Eliza ; Robinson 1 looking Carlton, N.S.W., suddenly lost her'siiht,-'find<-' wandered about for five days and nights without knowing where she was, "'ShVwas found ina helpless condition, : and ftabsequently regained her sight. , :: '

The Dunedin Star, in a leader, says comments on the speech of Sir Julius Vogel is scarcely necessary, .for nothing tbat can be said in its ! favour can render it clearer, and it will be difficult to say auything against the well-defined principles which he has advocated. ■ During the week too local firms have chartered tonnage for the conveyance of upwards of 3,000 bales of corasacks, direct from Calcutta to this market, for next season's supply (says the Mtelion- Times). As this class of gooda.is acknowledged to be superior in quality to Dundee manufacture, and can be imported at less T&t, this will prove a great boon to the farmer, as the cost of'sacks really comes out of the grain-producer's pocket, now that sacks are given in in Australia,

The TP escort Times and Meejton Herald use the word " calogram" instead of the etymological atrocity, "cablegram," to distinguish the telegrams transmitted by nibmarine telegraph. In answer to inquiries why the word "calogram' is used in preference to "cablegram/ the first-mentioned journal replies tbat it is used experimentally to test whether constant repetition of a new word will lead to its general adoption. -The deviation is from the Greek kalon, a rops», gramma, a letter. The new word was suggested some time since in an Australian journal as of purer than " cablegram," which is a clumsy combination of an English woid with a Greek word.

The Wairarapa Standard concludes a review of the existing political and .financial condition of New Zealand affairs, by advising its readers " to pay their delts while they are in a position to' do bo ; to avoid getting into debt in future; aiid to make hay while the sun shines.'' Is this intended as a hint to delinquent subscribers to that paper ' ,

• We notice that the Dunedin and Chriatckrcli papers, of Friday morning last, only published a portion of the telegraphic summary of Sir Julius Vegel'a speech, delivered the previous evening at Wanganui. Our Southern contemporaries states that the remainder of the summary was received too late for insertion. For ourselvea we may say that we found no difficnlty in presenting our readers last Friday mornbg with a full summary, although the last words were not telegraphed to us much sooner than they were to Dunedin and Christchurch; and we had to publish in time for the early post to the country. _ Considering the wonderful perfection to which the mechanical appliances in connection with newspaper! are supposed to have been brought in the two big cities of the South Island, it does seem strange that their papers could not have accomplished, what was by us taken as but a part of . our ordinary work, and published without any fuss... There is another matter in. connection with this affair which deserves notice. Our contemporaries, in what they did publish, gave a most horrible jumb'e of words instead ;of a portion of a connected summary; and l-liey accounted for this by saying that the telegram they received was a complete muddle. Now it ss happens that we of course received a telegram' exactly similar to that sent, to/them, and yet we.published what we now find to have been a very fair and perfectly connected resume of the main points in Sir Julius's speech.' Of conm, as in all telegrams of length'sent in a hurry, written for' transmission currente calamo, and • telegraphed during .the sleepy hours of night; there were errors ;in. that; sent from Wanganui on Friday morning last; but these errors were not of an appalling character. -The .fact is that most telegrams sent to newspapers merely require interlining to make them' complete; that is," the unimportant .words: are omitted, and have to'be,-filled, in by'some one before the telegram goes to the printer. But the telegram from Wanganui was not of this class. It was a series of veiy clear notes of the speech, and in order to tnrn it to, account all that va3 wanted was for 1 some journalist, with'ordinary intelligence and a little industry, to turn to and write out aautamaryfor the printers from the notes before him; 'This is what was done in the case of the New Zealand Times, and this is what caused our summary to read very much better, and to be more comprehensible, than those published:in Christchurch and Dunedin. It is evident that in both those places some journalists, who would not take the trouble to be industrious, blamed other people for the results of their own laziness, < ■ ■

Cajjtain Hutton has visited the reported fabulously rich district of Otepopo, where it was said gold, silver, diamonds, &c,, &c., existed in k quantity suitable to requirements, The report of Captain Hutton is as follows:—''l have visited the locality. No coal is known to exist 'on the property. I was only shown a band of dark-coloured clay with a few streaks of coal in it;T recommended Mr Fenwick riot to spend any money on it. The silver ore is 'arsenical iron pyrites.' It appears that Professor Black > had previously reported the same to Mr Fenwick. The 'antimony ore ' was also iron pyrites, ■When it ocourred in large quantities it was caljed antimony, when, in small quantities it wmalied silver.—F, W. Humoh, Provincial geologist. March, 1876.''