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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2467, 10 November 1876, Page 2

The Otago Convention Las met, and the result ia the adoption of a series of petitions and resolutions. The pelitioLs are to be pre* sented to the Queen, and resolutions are for the future usefulness of the Convention, The Hon. Captain Fraser, member of tho Upper House, Mr Macandrew, and Sir George Grey were appointed to proceed to England and lay the prayer of the petitioners at the foot of the Throne itself. The petitions ask for the re-call of his Excellency the Governor and the proclamation of Otago as a separate colony. The Convention clored with cheers for Her Majesty and a similar honour for Sir George Grey, Mr Fitton, late cook at the hospital,'writes in explanation of some of the charges brought against him which led to his dismissal. He with regard to the dirty saucepan, that he was in the habit of leaving the meat in the pan after making beet tea, ia erder that the di3> penser might have it for his fowls, hut that on the occasion in question he had ncglecfced to take the contents, and then directed the doctor's attention to its filthy state. He adds" Since MrJAieken has found that the present doctor will allow himself to be stuffed like a goose, I have been the subject'of repeated insults and petty annoyances at the hands of MrAieken, and I do think there are but few men that could hsve stood it a week as I have done. I must confess that I have allowed the wardsmen to take their own rations home, but fail to : see the difference between allowing the wardsmen to take home for their own use and Mr Aicken takiDg it home for his fowls. Mr John Brown, states that there had been about two years ago. complaints mads against the cook for incivility and inattention to his work. Surely Mr Brown must have forgotten himself, as the question referred to by him arose at Christmas time. I complained that I was not likely to get things for the Christmas early enough, when Mr Brown said the dinner could be cooked and everything got ready in four hours at the Pacific Hotel—an idea which needs no comment from me.'' Wc can only say that Mr Fitton's defence is a very lame one, and entirely overlooks the principal charge against him, that of insu'tlng a donor of fish to the hospital because he was unwilling to cleau it so frequently. We think the committee were perfectly justified In getting rid of the lazy fellow, To some iaralids fish is as essential as physic and far more serviceable than some doctor's ducactions in restoring to health and vigour, aud if the miserable hireling is too 1-ray to prepare it he deserves to be expelled from such a responsible situation as that of cook in an institution of this kind, Fish, of all diet, is 'the most easy of digestion and suited to the wants of some patients, so long as it is fresh and carefully prepared, and if aa itinerant vendor can be found sufficiently con«' siderate to supply it gratis, it is surely not the' cook's place to use vulgar oaths to the donor, and expel him from the place We have before

U3 the letter written to the Hospital Com-

mittee, giving tho used by Mr Fitton to the itinerant vendor of fish, and it certainly beats all our ideas of Billingsgate itself. If it were not for disgracing our columns we should like to lay it before the public, to show what an ill-used man this late cook of the hospital must be 1

Mr K, C. Jordan, of Tauranga, reports cattle, &c., sold last Wednesday at tho Judea Sale yards as follows:—Fresh store cattle, a mixed lot of steers and cows, at £1 each; yearling to 2|-year old steers, £3 to £6 j cows, some time in milk, £6 to £6 103, Several useful hacks were disposed of at prices varying from £7 10s to £10; inferior do, £3 2s 6d to £3 10a; spring cart, £7 15s; harness, £4 ; harrows, £417s Gd.

Mdlle. Fiauzini, a graceful bycicle rider, will 110 doubt create some sensation during her appearance at the Thames, where she will give a series of performances at the Theatre Royal, commencing to-morrow night, From our Auckland telegrams it will be seen that the performances of this lady were universally admired by the thousands of peop'e present at the Ellerslie Gardens yesterday.

The following are the successful numbers drawn in Mr Perkins' sweepstakes:—B, Yolo; 16,T0m Oat; 17, Wollomai; 24, Politician; 29, Lolia; 31, Pride of the Hills; 49, Nunny Kirk; 62, Robin Hood; 68, Aldinga; 77, Loquacity; 105, Onyx; 106, Glengarry; 107, Timothy; 111,^ Spark; 112, Newminster; 114', Newcastle; 135, Electricity; 142, Impudence; 143, Imperial; 151, Vibration; 162, Melbourne; 167, Meteor; 185, The Aee; 190, Clifton; 191, Terlinga; 204, Neredah; 222, Sapid Bay; 235, Munster; 236, Naughty Boy; 238, Hercules; 241, Artful Joe; 277, Briseis; 279, Scamnag; 285, Athos; 287, Dewdrop, j 295, Haricot; 306, Gloom; 311, Banter; 316, McGregor; 325, Florin; 332, Wangolerc; 351, Nemesis; 358, Big Ruby; 367, Brunswick; 396, Bella; 416, Burgundy; 417, Fisherman; 420, Connaught; 421, Speculation; 422, The Painter; 424, Neotsfield; 432, Richmond; 434, Light of Day; 435, Dilke; 459, Canterbury; 460, Spring Jack; 473, Waxy, 494, Windsor; 501, Evenlight; 504, Disraeli; 507, Vain Hope; 515, Miss Kingston; 531, Stirling; 534, Kismet; 538, Mountaineer : 549, Yalentia; 566, Herschel; 591, Sovereign; 592, Deer; 629, My Idea; 632, Sultan; 642, ElMoro; 644, Superstition j 661, Sybil; 665, Cardinal; 684, Feu d'Artifice; 707, Lord Lytton; 711, Ginger; 715, Southern Cross; 726, Ringwood; 737, Duke; 739, Janitor; 740, Yenus; 745, Napoleon; 751, A.T.; 753, Breako'Day; 759, Gentility; 773, Strop; 779, Irish Ftew; 785, Tom Kirk; 803, The Hook; 806, Gratis; 835, Kingjborough; 843, Mendacious; 851, Emulation ; 852, Torchlight; 909, Chrysolite colt.

' The delicate organisation of some people is truly Wonderful. 11 The Palmerston (Otago) Times says:—'A few days ago a lady, whose nerves appear to be of a very flimsy calibre, and who resides not a hundred miles from (his place, was recounting to some of her lady friends how she somelimes experienced most unpleasant effects, even from the perfume of flowerß. 'Ihare,'said she, 'asort of giddy, unsteady sensation.' 'Ah, yaas,' said a wouldbe exquisite. 'No doubt, it's weally vewy sad; it is indeed. 1 At this moment a handsome girl came into the room with a flower in her bosom. The lady of deliote nerves lifted up her hands in a beseeching manner, and then becune apparently insensible. The newcomer was informed that the odour of the flower sho wo*e had caused the indisposition of their friend, but the astonishment of all, when convinced that the flower was only an artificial one, may be better imagined than described,'

Lawn tennis (says the Wellington has much to acswer for. ..When the divis'on bell rang on Mr Burns' motion , about the appointment of an Inspector o£ Prisons, Mr Rees, and other eminent members of the Opposition, were playing this fascinating game at the back of the building, Sir George Grey ran out and waved to them to, cotnc, They hastened towards him, and lie. waited for them, the result being that they all reached the door just in time to be too late, as it was slammed in their faces in obedience to the imperative order to "lock the doors/The division took place while tlisy remained outside, and the' motion for which they would have voted was lost by a majority of one,

A Swedish Professor has discovered a moss abundant among the Fcindinavian mountains, 1,800 pounds of which, he asserts, will yield nearly 1,200 pounds of sugar.

Everything has been anticipated. Ye?, even a suggestion thrown out by old Boozer the other duy, tbafc it would be prime to get up a drink* iug bee, the last man on the platform able to pronounce his name to get tho prize. Among Germm students this kind of thing has long prevailed, They have beer-drinking bouts 6r bees, in which quart after quart goes down, and at intervals a needle and thread is Lauded round, The last man to thread tho needle is tho viniicr,