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Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 3190, 11 December 1878, Page 2

No business of any kind was transacted at the Police Court yesterday. ' We understand that owing to increasing business, Mr George McUaul has resolved to enlarge his premises in Brown street, by carrying them back to Davy-street, and to drive all the machinery by water, which will enable goods to be turned out cheaper and more expeditiously than by manual labour, Dr Rowbottom announces through our advertising columns that he has taken up his resi-. dence here, having procured a cottage in a central position in Pollen-street, nearly opposite the Junction Hotel. Dr Rowbottom has left with us his testimonials, which are of tho highest order. He holds diplomas from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Apothecaries'' Hall, London, and he is also a member of the Medical Board, Victoria. The testimonials extend over a number of years, and show that in England and the colonies the doctor has had a large experience. Be cannot fail to receive a fair share of patronage, although we can lay claim to being the healthiest commanity in New Zealand, according to all the monthly returns published for years past. A special business meeting of the No. 1 Scot* tish is called for this evening at 7.30. The New Zealand Regiment of Artillery has been formed into an administrative battalion, [under batteries A to (J, commencing with; Auckland and ending with the Cook County batteries. The appointment of W. Eraser, Esq., as I Visiting Justice for the Thames prisonis notified in a Gazette of the sth last. The appointment of D. M. Luckie, Esq., as Visiting Justice Auckland gaol is cancelled by acceptance of resignation, ' Mr J. C. Gavin has been appointed Secretary' to the Treasury, Receiver-General and Paymaster.General, vice 0; F- Balkin resigned, Government evidently mean to make the road to Waiwera (Hot Springs) from the North Shore, as certain lands arc reserved along tho route by Qmltc notification for that purpose, A OastUc dated the sth inst. notifies that Hori More'? claim to Te Hape South No. 1 in this district will be re-heard before a Court to be held within six months from date. Mr E. W. Puckey is appointed a trustee under "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," on behalf of Tamaiwhina, during his minority, to guard his claim to 8,470 acres, known as Waiharkeke East; Hamiora Mangakahia, trustee for Riria Mangakahia and Hamiora Whakakoro, over 1442 acres at Cape Oolville; and H. D. Johnson, for H. D. P. Johnson," over SO acres at Ohinemuri; Hori Keri, trustee for Etuhi Katiroa and Pakira Parengarenga, over 1432 acres, known as Whangorau, 86 acres and 6033 acres at Matamata. At a meeting of grocers' assistants in favour of early closing, held in Auckland, the report showed that Bixty-nine masters had signed in favour of Saturday half-holiday from two o'clook. A case has lately come under our' notice which deserves to be made public. It is in reference to that of an old Thames resident named Henry Alexander, who left hero about two years ago, and settled in Panmure, Whilst following his occupation of shoeing smith, ho met with an accident. A horse kicking him on the hand, mortification set in, aud after a few • days' painful illness he died from the effects of the accident. At the time of his death he was a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge, No. 20, Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia. When tho society was firsf®arted on the .Thames, during the year 1873, Me late Mr Alexander was a very active and energetic member, but since his removal to Panmure the calls of his family have been so many and varied that he was unable to attend to the interests of the Society, and at the time of his decease he was unfinancial, which, according to the rules of the Society, deprived his widow from receiving the sum of £25 funeral donation, which she would have otherwise been entitled to, The widow appealed to the officers and brethren to render her some assistance, which his been responded to by the members contributing the hsndsome sum of £20 7s 3d. The secretary communicated with the manager of the Moanataiari mine, where the late Mr Alexander had been long employed as a blacksmith, and he kindly took the matter up, and was the means of collecting the sum oE£6lss among the employees, This amount with previous monies collected, making a total of £27 2s 3d, has been duly forwarded and acknowledged by Mrs Sophia Alexander. We are informed this is the second instance since the formation of the Society in which members have died whose wjdows and families were not entitled to receive any funeral donation, through no fault of their own, in which the members have willingly come to tho assistance of tho distressed, and relieved them as far as their means wonld allow, thereby proving that they are not mere brothers by name, but brothers in deed when the time of need calls forth their sympathies.

A Thames burgess appears to have desired ( to make use of our Auckland evening contemporaraty to disseminate something •which, was actually too strong for that organ. In a notice to correspondents we find the following" A Thames Burgess: So strong a personal attack should not be made anonymously, 1 A Gasclte of the sth instant contains the rules and regulations for the issue of stamps under "The Stamp Fee Act, 1878," in rcspect ofB.M. Courts throughout the colony, which come Into operation on the Ist proximo* These stamps are to be known as "Law Court" stamps, and may be either adhesive or impressed, and are to be obtainable from any licensed dealers or depositaries. The committee of the Road Wesleyan Sunday-school have inaugurated a novelty in the shape of an al fresco tea meeting, without speechifying, and the experiment tried yesterday, at the Tanru Hardens, may be made highly attractive and profitable. The \Vealeyans have something like halk'dozen annual soirees every year—tbey are proverbial for soirees and collections—and the credit of striking out in a new line to supplement these numerous gatherings is due to the heads of the little Church-School on the Tararu Road, which has recently been moved and ..enlarged; and it was to raise funds towards liquidating the debt incurred by such removal that the garden party was held. It was a special effort, and it is satisfactory to find it was a complete success. The arrangements for the comfort of visitors were not, perhaps, so complete as might _be desired, but this was due to want of experience, more than want of effort. The day was specially suitable for a gala .occasion, and Mr Bennett's skill and attention to the grounds, aided by nature's unexampled beauty, served to render the place an elysium indeed. There were about 250 of all ages assembled, and after strolling through the gardens and enjoying the fragrant air, tea was served on the green sward in admired disorder, After tea the united choirs of Shorthand and Grahamstown discoursed sweet, music, and a number of anthems were well rendered, Messrs Bell and Gribble presiding alternately at the harmonium: The effect was very novel and enjoyable. Various games were indulged in by those present who l were so disposed, and the moonlight entertainment passed off most satisfactorily, We believe the proceeds will be nearly sufficient to wipe off the remaining debt on the removal of the school-house. The Rev. R. S. Bunn, the respected circuit minister, was present, taking an active part in the proceedings. A meeting of the Parawai School Committee was held last evening, at the school-house, Parawai. Present: Messrs Spencer (chairman), Allbm, Hansen, Vernon, West, HudBon, and Stooey. The object of the meeting was to consider a letter received from the Board ot Education recommending the amalgamation, of the School Committees on the Thames. ' It was resolved to send a copy of a resolution passed to the Board of Education, viz.;—" That, in the opinion of this committee, it is not desirable that the Parawai school district should be amalgamated with any Other district." . '' 'A' very narrow escape from a fatal accident occurred at the' Corner on Saturday. It appears that one of the new company of Scottish warriors desired to show off his skill as a marksman to a friend fresh from the Auckland Stock Exchange, but before leaving the Corner was explaining the use and (unconsciously) the abuse of his weapon. Another broker, known as a one-and-a-quarter man, was unconsciously sitting with his back to the pair, and was so wrapped up in his. own reflections on the departed glory of the Corner, which is so soon to know him no more for ever, that he was entirely ignorant of the danger to which he was exposed, and the narrow escape he had of precipitate departure for another world without an opportunity of saying farewell to his respected clients. Whilst the warrior was exhibiting his weapon it went off at half-cock, and the bullet—for it was actually loaded—lodged in the joist of a partition in-, a' direct line with the cranium of the aforesaid one and a-quarter man, who was ,thus rudely from his reverie^ A respectable looking man named Noakcs, • arrested by Detective Farrell some days a?go in" Wellington on a charge of indecent exposure, was acquitted, and he now intends to proceed with a civil action against Detective Farrell. The New Zealand?? says Mr Wood, member for Mataura, is to be called to the Upper House, and that Sir William Fitzherbert will be offerd the Speakership of the Upper Chamber. The Wellington Police Court was occupied all yesterday over the case of McElwain, who is charged with having wilfully set fire to one of his houses. Prisoner was committed for trial, The R.M. as, 1 Australia' arrived in Auckland yesterday morning from Sydney.- She discharged her pilot off Sydney Heads at 3.60 p,m. on December sth. She was 4 days 8 hours 56 minutes on the passage. Passengers for Auckland: Mr and Mrs Buckland, Mr and Mrs R, M. Kerr, child, servant, Mr and Mrs. Gf. Carmichael; Messrs H. D. Maddock, A. S. Webster, B, B. Sheridan, R. A. Sheridan, J. Fraser, Mr and Mrs M. E. Robinson, MissC, Liddle, Mrs Still, Miss Black, Mr Geo. Loder, - Mr Wm. loder, Mrs E. Isaacs, Dr, A, Taylor, Dr. H. P. Sands, Mr J. Slater, Miss F. Slater, Mr and Mrs H. P. Barber, and Bin the steerage. She left Auckland again for San Francisco yesterday afternoon. The ' Rotomahana' will shortly be laid up for repairs and overhauling. She will resume her trips a little before the holiday season; The s.s< 'Rotorua'arrived in Auckland on Monday night from the South. Passengers—For Auckland: MrsWrigg, Mrs and Miss Buller, Mesdames Edelmann," flamley, Walhalla, Martin Todd, Waymouth; Sir Robert Douglas, MiH.R.; Messrs Moore, Buckland, Major Mair, Messrs Maxwell, J. "W. and 6. A. Mailock, J; B. Way, Millett, Hamley, Hepburn, Edelmann, Bigg, Walhalla, Montague, Surbrite, McDonald, Sheffield, Street, Young, Master Buller, and 10 steerage. For San Francisco: Messrs Haslett, Mowbray, Captain Merryman, and 7 steerage. For Sydney: Misses Moss and Smith; Mesdames Haywood, Kylands; Messrs Peri, Harris, Mint, Farrar, sen.,. Farrar, jun,, Eobinson, Pirie, Rumsey, Graves, Sommers, Stanton, Lewis, Rutherford, Langdown, Haywood, and Davis, ;Thes.s. 'Wellington'arrived in the Manu. kau on Monday from New Plymouth and the South. Passengers—Mesdames Kempthorne, Glasgow. Hesketh, and child, Webster, McCarthy, Misses Kempthorne and Tre wheeler; Messrs Hesketh, Glasgow, McCarthy, Irewheeler, Fraser, Harker, Raphael, Parker, Belcher, Harris, Tweedie, Niccol, Thompson, McLure, Lome, Rankin, and six in the steerage. \The Rev, Father Henneberry, at theconclud#g service in Auckland on Monday night, told his audience that they should now do something towards providing Bchoolaecommodation. Bishop Moran sent high encouragement; but how were they to obtain a solution to the vital question ? Be saw no other means to provide suitable Bchool accommodation and a first-class corps of teachers than by a subscription. He proposed that servant girls should subscribe £5, young working men trom £5 to £10, mechanics from £10 to £20, and the. wealthy upwards according to their In one instance he got a subscription of £500, and even the servant-girls went above the amount he proposed. Let the girls of Auckland manage to give from £4 to £5, and so on in proportion. He had made a subscription in Blenheim for one of the most beautiful churches in New Zealand. A farmer offered £1, but he toldhim he would not receive it, and that he might lose more than that shortly, A short time after he left, he learnt that that farmer had lost a fine Scottish horse worth £40. Had he given that £40 to Qod' God would, no doubt, have preserved him from damage. It was quite certain that if they were miserly with God, He might bring them down in sickness. After some further remarks, the rev, gentleman, accompanied by a number of priests, went amongst the congregation to receive the names of subscribers, and at the close announced that the amount promised was £1,100.

[ Mr H. T. Rowe has just completed the survey and cutting up into 100 acre lots for the Auckland Waste Land Board of a block of about 1,200 acres near Hikutaia, and has forwarded the plans to the Chief Survey Office, A groat deal of the country about there is swampy, but not difficult to drain, It will be, sold under deferred payments, we believe. Mr 11, !'. Raphael, agent for the Madame Cor;; Val Vose Grand Combination Company of magic and ventriloquism arrived here yesterday in advance to make preparations for appearing at the Academy of Music on the 17th. Both aitistes are well-known, and old favourites here, Mr Vose, in conjunction with his other entertainment, has brought from America five mechanical figures. The following telegram was received by the Mayor yesterday:—"l am directed to inform you that the Hon. Mr Macandrew leaves for the North this afternoon, and that you can therefore see him in reference to your telegrams re Grahamstown end of railway.—Jno. Knowles, U.S.P.W." We regret to notice the death of Mr J. Y. Stevenson, of the firm of Archibald Clark and Sons, of Auckland, which took place on Monday, at his house, Remuera, The s,s. ' Rotomahana' on her last trip took up to Auckland from the Thames four boxes of gold for the Bank of New Zealand, containing 3,0330z5. She also took a box of gold for the National Bank, The Auckland schooner 'Saucy Kate, 1 from Lyttelton to Timaru, reports picking up on Friday, 29th November, 24 miles outside the Peninsula, the. fishing yacht.'Mistletoe,'with two men aboard. The yacht bad been blown off the land by a heavy gale some days before. The crew bad been four days and nights without food or water, and had been constantly bailing all the time to keep the yacht alloat. Great difficulty was experienced in rescuing them, owing to the heivy sea. The yacht sank almost immediately afterwards, and Captain McKenzie, o£ the 'Saucy Kate, 1 finding that the men were in a very weak condition, put in to Akaroa and landed them there. The Wellington Chronicle says that the Government do not contemplate holding the next session of Parliament at Cbrintchurch. No vote having been taken, they decline to take the responsibility of expenditure upon their own shoulders, It also says it is rumoured the Government intend taking active measures to prevent the influx of Chinese iu the colony, and it is probable the Government will bring in a bill next session to impose a poll tax upon them of £20 per head. The 'Meg Merrilies,' brigantine, B'revin, brought the following passengers to Auckland from the Islands:—Messrs Theo. Jensen, Otto Olsen, Oscar Endricsen, Christian Petersen, J. O. Edemund, and R. Knudson, crew of the wrecked brigantine 1 Jager.' TheDunedin Free Thought Committee have arranged with 1 Mrs Harding Britten for a series of eight lectures to be delivered there in February. The eldest son of our present Governor, the Marquis of Normanby, recently spoke at the Church Congress at Sheffield as follows on theatrical reform: —"Ho dwelt (says the London Himes) chiefly upon the theatre as a means of recreation, which, he said, in its purity, possessed wonderful teaching power as an agent for good) Tragedy and comedy stimulated the noblest sympathies and evoked the tenderest emotions. There were those, he 1 added, among English actors and actresses who had recognised the true end of the drama, and who had made the moral impressions which it was calculated to make felt in the conduct of human life, There were those, too, who at the present day were honestly endeavouring to obtain for the stage that which was now denied— the sympathy of the Church, (Hear.) It was unfair always to blame the actor for the abuses .which attended his profession, and what, he would ask, had the Church done in the past to condemn those abuses in her councils ? What had she done for the moral reformation of the 1 stage ? There was no record of any great effort having been made in that direction. We were wasting time in crying out against the existing oorruption of the theatre; but he was happy to say that a society had been organised in Manchester, • called the Dramatic Reform Society, which might be said to be under the auspices of the Church since it numbered among its vice-presidents two Bishops. The object of that society was to encourage good acting and ...the performance of good plays, while it dii'ouraged those which were objectionable by means of personal influence and such legal action as might be deemed advisable, The work which it had taken in hand might, it was true, be slow in its execution, but it might he ultimately successful ; if only the Church, as a Church, would stand : more boldly forward in support of such.efforts. (Hear, hear,) He would advocate, in conclu- , eion, on the part of the Church towards the , stage, the exhibition of a sympathy which, while | it was tender, should be true. (Hear, hear.) ; The work of theatrical reform was a special work, which would require in its prosecution I the display of justice, prudence, and the nicest , tact; but it was work which would never be given lip until a fair and honest endeavour had been made that that which was beautiful in theatrical performances should live, and that which was base should die. (Cheers)."