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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2411, 5 September 1876, Page 2

Tito telegraph lines Were injured by (lie high wind yesterday morning l , 'arid communication was suspended during a portion of the, day at Castle Point, hut was restored towards evening. The Parliamentary telegram elsewhere was not received until a very late tour in consequence of the arrears ot work which had to bo cleared off before it could he commenced. • " We understand that the new iront steamer on the stocks at Messrs Frascr and Tunes yard, Mechanics' Bay, Auckland, andinteaded for the Thames trade, is being rapidly^ro-

ceeded with Her framework has been com pleted, and the sides are progressing. She is to be ready for launching towards the end of next month, and a high rate of speed is conndcn'ly expected lby the builders Messrs Holmes Bros purpose, ■.commencing the construction of-aii'tle'Bteimer, -on a-remarkably light draught, for the Ohinemuri river trade. She is only-to draw 21 inches, and is expected to attain a speed of oor 10 knots an hour. Her length will be 88 feet,- brojdth 15 feet, and depth of hold 4J feet.

' At tbe Pb'ice Court yesterday, Phillip. Brady pleaded guilty to a charge of having beon drunk; and. incapable, :He had only arrived from tho bush a. few hours before he was arrested, He was fined 10s' and-costs, or 24 hours' imprisonment. Captain Goldsmith and Mr Puckey were'the presiding Justices.

Yesterday was tbc day appointed for tbe nomination of candidates for the Borough 'Council, rendered vacant by the retirement through effluxion of "time of Messrs Davie3, Ehrenfried, and : Benshaw. It was distinctly understood that Mr Davies would not stand for reelection, and it was doubtful whether Mr Ehreufricd would' offer himself. Mr John Bead had.been,asked to stand, but did not ileciile oh doing so until yesterday, It was doubtful whether there would bo any contest at all,' and for some time Mr Kead's name stood i aloneon.lheCouncilißoard,. Towards4o'clock, however, there was quite an influx of candidates, ;and;there are nowfour new aspirants for municipal honors, in addition to two of the retiring; councillors, The names of the. candidates are Messrs James Bensliaw, Louis Ehrenfried, John -Head,-Robert N. : Smith, "William J. Speight, and William Plant. . ,-.; • ;;! 'A littie girfabout eight years of age, daughter ;Waiotahi, narrowly escaped 'Very' serious injuries yesterday in falling dowu an abandoned shaft The child had been at the Waiotabi: school, and at midday, during "recreation hour; shej with some companions, was amusing, herself running in a circle round the shaft, which wo may add vis-..open,' and-is situated/close to Ihe cart-road, where it passes under the trestle work of the creek tramway near the Golden Ago Hotel.. The. child . missing her fobtingVslipped downa'n -embankment; and fell in'o the shaft which is some 20 feet in depth;::;,- The alarm)' having (been. given '■ by the children, Mrs.Skeen, teacher of the Bchool, procured- assistance, and' an elder Bister ...of. the.little.girl, was lowered down the shaft, .by. means of a rope.. This being secured tpi.the child -she. was brought to the Burftic,'and the other girl was raised by tbe same means; 'Upon examination it was found that the little girl, although much frightened, .had. not- ; sustained!any severe injuries. She wascntontke forehead, arc! her knee was slightly injured.. It is only right that precautions should betaken' to have these unused shafts'closed up in order to prevent accidents*. There is a regulation requiring that tbisßhonld be done, or that the mouth should be-properly secured, ! bn't in the present instance it has not been complied with, and we'think the Mining Inspector is again at-fault in not t o.hisiduties with'greater vigilance.

! '' f lie repetition oi Saturday night's.programme at the Academy of Music lasb night brought another':; large and. < enthusiastic audience to; gether, The"Yankee Teamster,''. as dslineatedby.MrHiill, produced roars,of.laughter,. pd : ,''the. burlesque of "Jurline,!' which,con-. eluded I the; entertainment., and' iriyluch the, Leopold Troupe, were introduced, ip, an, appro-.' priate; ballet, was received: with the greatest expression's of pleasure. '. Tha eame programme ]fill he'repeated:to-night..'.'.'.;.'. . '....,.■: ; ..,.

;; :Thc : meeting of shareholders of tie Rcpuhli-. c'ah' ; claim, Waitekauri,' for the.' purpose .of forming a company, which was to have, been held "at Mr Wildman's'office, was adjourned until Thursday in consequence of the absence of some"of: the principal shareholders in Auckland."-" ,:: ' : ." ; '''.". ■';.., J .;..'..'

~,The,following is the state.of the. Thames Goldfields! Hospital for-the weekending 2nd Sept, 1876 :-Rernained, 1G; admitted, 3; discharged, : 2;, died, 0; remaining, 17. Tho diseases are a 3. follows:—Fracture, 1; -li.epatitis^l;..rheumatism,;6; chronic encephalitis, 1; -..dislocation, 1; cataract, 1; abscess, ,1; bronchitis, 1; caries of. bone, 1; ; dislocation of spine,-1, alcoholism, 1. Remaining —Males, 15; fema!eV2. Out-patients,. 60, ,-.

~ The Auckland.' Star' .furnishes .the followidg'.respe;ctiug the late Geo, Gordon[Mackay,.. who/[committed suicide at' the Thames last v>ek':—!'Deceased was born in' 1837, in Suthcrlahdshire, "and was for some"' years manager, of the London [Chartered Bank, at Bal!arat,':TictOriai where; he earned a good name.'' '"Mr Mackay[first'c'ame[ out to "Victoria as ah assistant for the .Union Bank of Australia' in 1852, at a time 'wHen everything was in a state' ! of,'cha6s, and men,' with thousands of pounds salaries' .we're washing about for.gold. Mr.Mackay's genial.t'emperand 'bori'homme' soon procured for him an advance.of posit'on as. teller, .'in the Melbourne office of [-'the. New London., Chartered Bank of Australia, whence he [was again [promoted to the managership, of 'their' [chiefbranch, Ballarat. Mr Mackay occupied' this'position.'with profit to the bank."and-'credit ;to : himself for a period of. nearly,twelve, or' thirteen years, and was at one time reported to bea " millionaire," worth at least £30,"000 0r.£40,000, Sudden depreciation in the value, of mining, securities caused his retirement from the bank, but it was well known that'.his'heritage from his father was ample for his 'literal support during his life. He was labouring; under dehisionaiy ideas for the last six months, and no' doubt these have been the cause of his lamentable and tragic end,' Mr;;Mackay «iWPif : nepliev/; to Mr Mathiesbn, manager.of the'.Bank'Of Yictoria/inMelbourne, and to Joseph Sutherland,. late director of the same bank, and has-a : brother in business in Melbourne."

The>wide prevalence of gross 'immorality in '.Frisco is graphically described ■■■ by a corres- i pondent of the Dunedin 'Star, 1 who writes :— "Then there are known to be 10,000 of the dangerously, criminal class; and .these and their women combined have developed that class of young Californians called 'hoodlums,' which corresponds with'the colonial term f larrikins,' Which is worst, the Melbourne larrikin or the San Francisco hoodlum, it would be difficult to say, but.bothare the product, 'in large measure, of the immoral taint o£,the Mongolians. Tho Press and people of this'city are becoming alive to[the.magnitude of the' evil, which has sapped the very foundations of virtue in those families in which Chinamen have been employed.": Hie quarter of the city inhabited by the Celestials is not squalid, from an architectural point of view; but : it is dirty, wretched, immoral beyond conception, the seat of disease and crime. Outrages are common, murders frequent. -Every rascality that cau be imagined is practised here, in the heart of a great city, between the centres of commerco. and the.homes of our merchants.. ( But while Mongolian uncleanness.and lust, and free-love exponents, are to be gently handled, 'that relic 1 o£ barbarism, polygamy, is to be prohibited [and extirpated from the territories.' Well, polygamy may ;be bad, but the settled | communities of the United States do. not present • any very inviting sub j stitute for it. Regarded from a moral | standpoint, and judging by social effects, I am inc'ined -to think that polygamy, as practisedin Utah territory, is altogether a more moral ■and,,desirable state of .things than that which [has grown up' and protected under the shadow of. our marriage law. I need' not particularise; but when'vice,.'clad in satin and velvet, rides in chariots, elbows you in the streets, appeals to. you from windows and balconies, sits by you .it the public dining table, confronts you at;every turn,and corner by day and night, it is just : possible that thero maybeworso slates of society than that depicted in an old Book, where seven women lay hold of one man and, declaring that they will bo no encumbrance, beseech him that he would let. them be calltd by his name. This I take to be Utah polygamy; but no such scruples influence female society in tb : s quarter. "The relic of barbaiism'is decidedly clear and more wholesome, morally' and : socially, than, the outcome of what is here away styled'' tho holy estate of matrimony,'"

A burglar arrested in; Dunedin for a series of robberies appears to have carried on the housebreakirg business iu the most approved fashion The 'Times' saysi-Edmond Butler, al<as Hdward Charles Donnolly, alias Medway, was charged at the Police Court with burglariously entering the residence of Bishop Meran on Suudav night, the 30th ult. Prisoner, when placed iu the dock, was stylishly dressed aud wore white kid glove?. There are two other informat ; ons against accused, one of burglariously entering the bouse oE Mr 1. b. Graham, and stealing therefrom jewel ery to the value oE £80, and the other cf breaking into the house of Mrs, (J. K. ■ Turton, and carrying away a gold wakk and guard. Prisoner's appearance would throw the most suspecting off their guard, and ho might easily be mistaken for a pious preacher. Considering the cautious manner in which he has plotted and carried out his hold schemes, it is surprising that he afterwards committed tho act almost certain to discover liiin, and which ultimately led to his arrest, viz., pawning part of the stolen property. Immediately this came to the knowledge of the police, they had a g"od groundwork to go upon,.and on Tuesday evening prisoner'was observed in tho Queen's Theatre, tho pawnbroker sent for, identified him, and he was, of course, taken into custody. It has been discovered that he rented two rooms from respectablo people in North Duucdin, to whom he gave his name as Medway, representing himself to bo a musician and teacher. He professed to be very religious, and was intrcduced to a leadiug member of the Catholic denomination, with whom he went to Sunday-school. la his portmanteau were i found a housebreaker's jimmy, two wigs, one : black and the other; brown; .which would-' cover ■his forehead, and two loaded pistols, capped. ' He always remained inside during the day, and : when leaving his lodgings about six o'clock on' : Sunday night list he stated he was going to I dine with a gentleman. The wigs and pistols ; are ; believed to have been.takonfrom-theQueen's . Theatre, as'some were stolen from there a short - time ago, The whole of tbe stolen jewellery has been recovered. A statement of accounts between tho Province of Auckland and the Colonial Govern- : ment to June', 1 1876, is published in a Provincial

' Gazette.' The credit side exhibits as balance on the Itt June, from last account, £5,586 Oe 9d; capitation and special allowances to 30th June, £5,002 19s 2d—total, £10,648 19s lid. The debtor side shows interest and sinking fund on the 30th June, £3,457 5s 9d; interest on advances, £230 6s 9d—total, £3,687 13a sd. Great Eeusation has been created at th e Giants' Causeway (says'an Irish exchange) and the districts around by the discovery of what is supposed to be the remains of a giant. The figure discovered measures thirteen feet long by six feet round the waist. There are six toes on the right foot, which is much larger than the other, while the other parts, resemble a fullyformed human skeleton. So great has been the throng of sight-seers that admission has been charged to tho public. Many say jestinglythat the remains must be those, of the giant from whom the Causeway takes its name.

One of the most shocking accidents which we have ever been called upon to record occurred at the.mill of Todd, Haven and Co., in America-. * ; Afc' eleven o'clock David Pascal Spafford, orie'of the oldest and most respected residents of the East Division, stepped into the mill on business and sat down, without thinking of the danger, on the table oE one of the butting or cut-off saws. It is, proper, to state that owing- to' the necessity of economising space in the mill mentioned, the saw under or in the tablo upoa which Mr Spafford seated himself is worked by an improved lever which raise's half the'saw instantaneously about the surface of the table, throws it into gear, and works it at the rate of 3,000 revolutions a minute. In a few moments he had seated himself his foot accidentally came in contact with ■ the lever, raising the' saw, it is presumed, until it touched his person, and, springing forward io escape from the sudden :and fearful danger, he rested the entire weight of one foot on the lever, throwing the swift revolving saw upward and cut-itiiighims'elf-throughthe back, S3 that on'e'of ■his legs and hips were almost severed from the •body. Of course no surgery could prove : effectiye-in such a case, and. death came to the | unfortunate man's relief in a very few mo■ments after the accident occurred. The mangled body was conveyed to his home as speedily ;as practicable, and the grief of his sorrowing ; household was as intense as it was sudden in iits appearance.

[ •:. " Bunyip," in the '.Cromwell Argus,' asks: j—" Has it struck any of your readers that the ■much-abused and neglected mining industry, is [at present about the only, reproductive one upcountry, in this juncture has to bear the brunt, and is really now about the only stay of the iup-country "districts ? Government expenditure iis a dead letter, and where does the requisite ;.power for" keeping the machinery moving come from, .if' not - from ■'• the earnings iof the gold miners? Will our rulers persist in piling on the agony until the .fabled last straw,-as in the ease of the camel, is realised, There must bo more r. ormanency in the [industry than it is generally credited with to ' enable it to ; bear, its present .burthen without •breaking down. Would it be too much to ask goldfitlds members to noto the excess of actual receipts, oyer; the estimated revenue ifr'om the goldfields for tho past year) viz, >69,696, and in the proposed expenditure to insist that we get our due share [ofthespoili 'There 1 are plenty of outlets for [reproductive outlay of public money even in our own district,, and taking into consideration its ■large contribution' to the revenue'! think the [constituency should join in demanding that [justice be done to us in this matter.