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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2349, 21 June 1876, Page 2

We have to call attention to the alteration in J the time-table of the ' Durham. She will leave the Thames at 3 p.m. to-day. She was advertised to return to Auckland yesterday, but as the 'Enterprise'was ako to proceed to Auckland it was deemed advisable to A detain the ' Durham' to take up to-day's trip., Had this, not been done there would have been no steamer ■ leaviDg the Thames, for Auckland to-day. - "Mrßullenreceived a telegram last evening from Mr ■ Peter; Hunter, telegraphist at: the Miranda station, to the effect that.. some;nativesat Mokomoko, four mifesfrom the Miranda, had discovered the body of a European, which had ken washed up.by the tide. -The deceased wore a black coat and white macintosh, and had on elastic side boots.-There is very little doubt but that the body thus thrown up by the tide is that of eithe'r Mark Williams or John Polkinghorne, who were drowned with Mr John Gribble on their, ■'unfortunate expedition to CororoanM. Arrangements have been made by, Mr Bullen to have the body brought over to the Thames to-day, and we presume an inquest will bo held on the remains?;:.!.' '■' •

We have now at our office a copy of the London Daily New of May 1 containing one of the most extraordinary advertising schemes'ever adopled. It is an advertisement in 64 different languages! and fills the whole page of the paper,, in which it appears under the beading ,'.' A souvenir of the opening of the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition." The' English translation of this ; extraordinary. advertisement is as. follows:—"A B. Fleming and Co., Printing Ink Mauufacturers, Leith and Qranton,_ Scotlaud.. This firm have.given special'attention to the adaptation of theiriuks for foreign countries, and having the largest printing ink factory in tho world are prepared to execute orders promptly." : Amongst other languages in which this appears is the Maori, which, by the way, is p'aced immediately after- tho Choctaw. Mr Wilkinson, native intcrpretor, informs us that the translation into Maori is entirely correct. In other cases, in which we have been enabled to procure reliable translations,'we have found them to be equally correct, so that we may safely calculate that this enterprising firm of printers' ink manufacturers havo spared no pains in the matter of procuring correct trans lations of their advertisement, Tho; paper containing the advertisement may be seen at this office by those desiring to inspect it. ' We are glad to notice that Dr. M. H. Payne is sufficiently convalescent to resume his practice at the Thames. ' .

• There were no cases for hearing at the Police Court yesterday. , The steamer which arrived in the Manukau yesterday from the South was not the hearer of the Suez English mail. It is exp:cted to arrive on Saturday next.

'We beg to remind those present at the Thames Va'ley railway petition meeting, held in the Council Chambers on Monday, that the second meeting convened by the Mayor, on the same subject, will be held in the Theatre Boyal j&j at half-past 7 o'clock this evening, The hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptians formed the subject of a most interesting lecture delivered by the Bight Worshipful Master of the Lodge Sir Walter Scott of Freemasons at the regular monthly meeting of the lodge held 1 c last evening. At its close a vote of. thanks was tendered to the R.W.M. for his excellent lecture.

. The s.s.' 'Wellington,' Captain Carey, arrived in the Manukau on Monday from the South. Passengors: Mes.rsßaker, Engell, Jeffs, Berjhoff, , Shera, Solomon, Williams, Buckland, Marlin, Conley, 'Carey (2), Dickey, Master Weston, and 10 in the steerage. ..... ; , : The half-yearly general meeting of the Queen of the May, G.M.C. was held yesterday,. Mr Mclntyre in the chair. The minutes of last meeting having been read and confirmed, the directors' report and balance-sheet and mine manager's report were read and adopted, and' a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.'""''Want of space prevents us giving the reports in full. ; A recent issue of the Sydney Morning Eerdd jcontains a notice of the annual reunion of St. Mary's College, Lyndhurst. -". At the Albert

Ground in the afternoon the annual cricket '|match of the students and ex-students '.took place, and resulted in favour of the latter,' who scored 112, as against the students 94, The dinner in the evening was attended by about 70 past and present students;'<lrame« diately after the'dinner and the toasts had been : disposed of a cricket hat was presented'to Mr Curtis, f a student from New who,, made the highest score.o?s>he students' side id! the match, and another to Mr Fitzpatrick, who,, made the highest on that of .the ex-students,' The Mr Curtis referred to i3-Mr W- F.Curtis, son;of Mr Charles Curtis, of the Pacific Hotel, Grahamstown. ■•.'•. j .>• ■■. ■:<

We have to acknowledge the receipt' frOiii'Mr Jefferson, bookseller, of the Miistrated Sydney News of May 27, containing an excellent lithographed engraving, entitled" Ont on the Plains —The List Match." which is very neatly got up, The number is in covers' stitched by machinery* We have also received the Sydney Tovia.and Country of June 3rd. . ■: : )

Mr Alexander de Courcy Fotterton has been ; appointed : Deputy Eegiatrar of Eirtbs) Deaths, 1 and Marriages for the district of Shortland. Thes.s. 'Hero,' CaptainT. 'Logan/ arrived in Auckland early yesterday from Melbourne via Sydney. Passengers: Mrs Pannahar and three children, Mr and Mrs Devereux, fami'y (3) and; nurse, Mr and Mrs R, Bennert, Mrs.J. G,. Raphael and servant, Mr J. Holland and. cliiWj: ■ Me?sr3C. Wheatleigh, J. Kelly, W.D.Me?rs, : T, G- Kelly, Colonel J. Bresyer, and'3o m the' steerage. '.> . .. .. '"' ' '..!' The half-yearly meeting of the Loyal Waikato Lodge, No. 5,444, Independent Order of. Oddfellows, wa3.held last evening at the, lodge room, Shortland..' There was a large attend' ance of the 'members,' who evinced -a'Jgreat interest in the proceedings, the most important being the'election of officers for the next six monthß. There were several candidates for the various offices,: the result of the contests teing:-N.G., W. H. Potts; V.G/, John Peat; elective secretary, Thos, Gentles; auditors, Bros Vowles, Hume, and Hart. Bro Curtis Moore, the retiring N.G., M was elected trustee in place of Bro W- H. Hazard, who'ias recently removed to Auckland. A vote of thanks to the' retiringiJofficerß terminated the proceedings, , • ; '. t '. ,\ .... : .' i Mr B. L. Bueholz, Consul for Germany," died at his residence, dlenburn, of epilepsy on Monday. The deceased gentleman, who was much respected, though ailing for a long time, had latterly appeared stronger, and no,one thought bis end was near. He was a native of Coburg Go;ha, and. came to Auckland'aborit 14 years ago, bringing with him his 'appointment \ as Consul. He had been for a long time partner inifche firm of Messrs Krull and Co., of Wel':ng« ton and Auckland.— Orost, "• '■':'■'.■ meeting of delegates representing the various friendly societies wns held at-the Masonic Hotel, Coromandel, on Friday,to consider the proposed new Friendly Societies Bill, when the following resolution was adopted \r? { "That' this committee are of opinion that the management of friendly societies would thereby be gratly interfered with, as well as the'r influence lessened, and that too much power is left with the Government to place unnecessary expense and trouble upon them; The committee therefore tnrt the bill will not be hurried through Parliament without giving the societies further opportunity of offering their'opinion, And that a copy of the above resolution be sent to the Government, and also to each of the members' for the Thames district." A meeting of friends and supporters ol the petition now in course of signature, praying the General Assembly to prohibit the opening of hotels on Sundays was held at the end of. last week, at' Bishop Cowie's' residence, Bishop's Court, Parnell. The meeting was wholly composed of clergymen of the Church of England, of whom .there were sixteen present A friendly discussion followed, and an unanimous resolu«

tion was agreed ,to that the several ministers present'would endeavour to do all in their power to prohibit Sunday selling of intoxicating liquors:'. From one of the gentlemen interested in the movement we learn that at many of : the city churches on/Sunday the 'different pastors drew the attention of their congregations to the importance of the subject, and,requested their co-operation arid assistance in signing copies of the petition which had been left for signature. The result has been satisfactory, and there cannot be less than, six or seven; hundred names appended,'shewing that the meeting ; convened at the Bishop's residence, and alluded to_by the various heads of churches, brought with it immediate' practical results. .Copies of the memorial have also been forwarded to all known .ministers in the, North Island, to each Good Templar' Lodge in the same';— SerM. A Parliamentary paper shews that when "in Melbourne, Sir Julius Yogel proposed a modification of the present mailan-angements,; by which Fiji would be missed. Healso telegraphed,' " There is, another; plan which possibly might prove'acceptable tons,' but'! would 'not do more than suggest'it. I allude to a plan by which we would have a branch boat to and from Fiji and Port Chalmers.' You would have the : mainiboat both ways, and should pay from five to ten thousand poundsmore than at present. We should have merely a mail service, and should not pay more.than fifteen thousand,pounds. The contractors should reduce the cost to about sixty-five thousand pounds., I only suggest this; Ido not know if it would be acceptable to my, Government." The Sydney Government replied, "We are content with the contract as it is. I '— Herdd.

'' 'A con-espondentlof the Auckland Star, signing himself.: I 'asks;— "Can you enlighten me a little more reapectiag theastounding statement lately published respecting Sir- D. McLean's intentions to ; repurchase'and return to,.the natives (rebels) all the right bank of the Waipa i I have a friend who wishes to settle there, but as he'hasadearwifeand.two cliildi-en, lie; naturally hesitates,, at the idea'of a lot.of bloodthirsty rebels, mixed ,'up ; murderers ''galore, being brought from their w isolation in the back : country and located in the hca't of the European settlements where nothing would be easier for them to get up some fine night and quietly massacre the whole "bilin"' of the Europeans, and after enjoying themselves ad lib. amone; the burning homesteads, quietly decamp to the fastnesses of the Uriwera country again with all their plunder,'where they would be safe enough, even if Sir Qonald dare to do anything .towards punishing them. How long shall this wretched incubus of a native difficulty weigh on bur'country settlements ? It is nursed * and fostered, lest the noble army of native officials should, by getting the sack, become a . noble army of martyrs.

The usual weekly meeting of the Weyan Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, held in the Shortland Church last evening, was more than usually interesting. Mr John Bui 1 , the officer in charge of tho Telegraph Department at the Thames, attended and delivered a very instructive lecture on "Telegraphy," illustrated by one'of the most modern appliances. Messages were exchanged from the place of lecture h presence of the audience, and the subject was rendered most Interesting. Tho chair was occupied by the Rev B, S. Bunn, and the attendance was very good. A hearty vote of thankß was accorded to Mr Bull at the close,

The result of the meeting of the Union Beach Company, as reported in our Auckland telegrams, must prove very satisfactory to the shareholders, particularly the statements contuned in the reports and balance-sheet, although the subsequent proceedings might not havo been entirely pleasing to the chairman or the present manager and his friends. An abortive attempt was made to oust the Coromandel directors from their seats. Recently matters do not appear to have been going very smoothly between the Coromande' members of the board of directors and the mine manager. The latter gentleman is one in whom Captain DaHy thoroughly believes. In fact there has been an impression prevalent • that they were too friendly, and that this attempt to ou<t the Coromandel directors was for the purpose of securing an overwhelming power to Captain Daldy, and a consequent security of office to the mine manager. A report of the proceedings will be found in our telegraphic news. The barque' Natal Queen' sailed from Auckland for Newcastle on Sunday afternoon, Passengers '.rrMr and Mrs Broughton, Miss Smith, Captain Eatzey, Messrs Dickney, Brown, Johnson, Smith, Davies, Assain, and Marcus.

The soireo in connection with the anniverssry of the Juvenile Court of Foresters will take place this evening at the Academy of Music. Avery interesting programme has been arranged.