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Thames Advertiser, Volume XII, Issue 3212, 8 January 1879, Page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, 1 a man was brought up on .suspicion of being of unsound mind; and on the application of Mr Sub-In-spector Kenny he was remanded for medical treatment. This was all the business.

Kcw Zealand Qomnmmt QaitUa of the 22st and 24th ult, are to hand, and in them it is notified that Mr Louis Adolphus Durrien haß been appointed auditor of the accounts of the Counties of Thames, Mongonui, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hobson, Eodney, Waiteuiata, Waikato, Waipa, andTauranga; that Mr Win. McCullough, Mayor of Thames, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace; and that the Governors of the Thames Boys' and Girls' High School have been gazetted,

Owing to the absence of the book-making fraternity at the Auckland meeting, the betting on the Dunedin Cup has been rather slack. The following are the latest potations :—8 to 1 against Fishhook and Titania; 9to 1 Mata aud Templeton; 100 to 8 Oamballo and Pallacy; 100 to 7 Mufti and Chancellor; 100 to 6 Natator, Insolvent, and Sinking Fund; 100 to 5 Danebury, Nemo, Cloth of Gold, Jangler, Longlands, and Lsrtes; 100 to 4 York; 100 to 1 the rest,

The first meeting of Governors of the Thames High Fschools will be held at the Borough Council Chambers on the evening of the 4th proximo,

The inhabitants of Mactaytown and Hikutaia will be glad to hear that arrangements have been made to open school immediately after the holidays, suitable buildings havim; been obtained at both places, which, with a small outlay, will be at once available, and a much felt want will thus be supplied,

The little fellow kicked in the groin by a Bcbool-fellow at Coromandel, died from the effech of bis injuries.

We would draw the attention of some of the Borough officials to the dangerous way in which some of the planking composing the wooden footpaths in the main thoroughfares, has become loose, and projects above the level of the path. Only last week, as two Igdies rom Auckland were walking along Brownstreet, one of them tripped against a detached plank and fell on the path, severely injuring her knee,

Mis Berryman, wife of a settler in Whatawhata, threw herself into the river on Sunday, was drowned. The occurrepce was witnessed by a native woman, but no effort seems ■ to have been made to save her. Constable Clarke has been trying every means to recover the body, assisted by natives, bat so far without success, No motive is known for the suicide.

The Hon. the Native Minister has extended the boundaries under the control of the Thames Miners' Eights' Inspector, so that the interests of the Ohinemuri people will be better looked after and protected than hitherto. Mr Mollhone, who has been performing the duties for the Thames and Coromandel sections of the Hauraki goldfields for several years, has had his district extended to Ohinemuri, and we are sure he will perform the duties in the same impartial manner he has hitherto done.

It seems that his Lordship the Bishop of Auckland is not satisfied with the Education 4ct at present in force, and wishes to replace it by a denominational one, and for this purpose has been lately canvassing Auckland to get np a meeting for the purpose of forwarding his views in this matter, but from all we can hear he has not been so successful as he anticipated, many of his coreligionists being of the opinion that the present Act is not only suitable, and that any alteration in a denominational direction will be against the wishes of a majority of the inhabitants of* the colony. We trust that the good sense of the people of the province will show his Lordship or any person of. the same views that they are not to be ■ hoodwinked by the fine promises that is being held out to them in favour of denominational instead of a secular system of education for the south of the colony, but will reject with scorn all attempts to upset the present Act, which, with all its faults/has been found to be one of the best Acts ever given to the colony, and (at least so far as the Thames is concerned) has been most successful, and is becoming more so every day. If his lordship is anxious for the religious training of the youth he can hardly find time to give them religions instruction in any or all of the public schools, as they are only occupied some 35 hours during the week, but at any other time are open to him if he is anxious for the "spiritual welfare of the rising generation. We trust that the friends of the present Act will not allow his Lordship or any other parly to work together for the destruction of our secular system, but will show him and all other enemies thereto that they are prepared to support an Act which they believe to be the most suitable to the present wants of the colony.

"An Oddfellow" writes:-"Mr Editor,— Sir,—Whether the secretary thinks he knows me or not is a matter of indifference to me. When I wrote you re the appointment of a new lodge surgeon it was merely to draw the attention of members to the fact of that election, and to the very quiet manner in which the list of members for transfer to Dr Kowbottom was made up. I have not called on that gentleman to see if he has my name, but I am open to bet the secretary my bottonrdollar he -bar not". : T have not yet requested the secretary to transfer me to his list. The new surgeon being elected last lodge night, the list in all fairness should have been open until the next lodge meeting. The Manchester Unity is intended to be a benefit society, not as a means of monopoly for the few. If the brothers of the Waikato Lodge were to tumble np to the meetings a bit oftener the management would not bs left long in the hands of the present select cordon,"

We regret to learn that Mrs Carlisle was not the only loser by the fire at her residence, Grafton Boad, last Thursday. The Rev J. Haselden boarded with her, and being absent at the-time on a visit to his father in'the North, came back on Friday to find all his property of every kind, books, furniture, clothing, &c;, entirely gone. Mrs Carlisle's loss was partly covered by insurance. Mr Haselden was wholly uninsured,

A telegram has been received by Mr William Aitken, stating that Mr D. Crombie, formerly of Auckland, photographer, had died at Melbourne while on his way to New Zealand.

The New Zealand Eustrakd Ecrdcl for the month of January, published in Dunedin, contains portraits of Edward and Daniel Kelly, the outlawed bushrangers, a group of the Australian Eleven, and an excellent [coloured engraving of a stockrider. 1

P The Aucklond |Sheep District has been proclaimed under the Act of 1878, and the several jubdivisions are gazetted. Auckland comprises the Counties of Waitemata, Manukau, Eden, Thames, aHd Coromandel, 1

P&ln the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday James Murphy, who was found guilty of attempted rape on a little girl, was sentenced to three years and one whipping of 25 lashes. George Webb, for forgery, 12 months. Wm. Watson, for robbery, three years.

In view of a visit from an English team of footballers, Wellington footballers have resolved to telegraph to Auckland that they are prepared t) guarantee two hundred pounds towards expenses;

William Maples, of the Occidental Hotel, Auckland, for a second offence was fined £10 and costs for permitting gambling in his house. The Inspector said the men engaged in gambling on the night in question were all profesionals, The system had a bad effect on the young men of the city, and many were drawn into a vortex'of ruin through its influences. fcsflio Mas.' City of New York' arrived in Auckland yesterday morning from Sydney with the outward mails and passengers. She was delayed ,by a strong easterly gale. Passengers for.New Zealand:-Hon'J, Wilson, Mr and Mrs J. L. Graham, Hon Tarlton Waterhouse, T. L. Bichardson; also 36 saloon and 26 steerage passengers and 40 tons of cargo, and four saloon and seven steerage for California.

The erection of permanent railway workshops has been commenced at Petone, near Wellington, a large steam lathe having already been put in working order,

The New Zccdander says there is no truth in the rumoorthat the Government hasexperienced any difficulty in regard to the Land Tax.

It is stated that several members of the late New Guinea Expedition have decided to make another attempt to open up a trade there. They purpose.taking a botanist and geologist and making a twelve months' stay in the country, taking up their residence amongst the natives,

The Insurance Agents met at Blenheim on Monday and resolved to recommend their head offices to offer fifty pounds supplement to the Government offer of two huudred and a free pardon for evidence for conviction of the person who set fire to the Government Buildings in November, 1876, which is confidently expected to have the desired effect.

Messrs J, Shanks and A. Kinross were nominated for Mataura yesterday. Kinross declared himself an opponent of the land monopolists and denominational education. The attendance (was very small. Kinross had five handsjand Shanks four,

Mr/ J. E, MacdonalJ, solicitor, arrived here last evening from Napier, on business iu connection with his profession.

The Hon, J. Sheehan is expected hee from Te Aroha on Monday next, and in the evening of that day he will be entertained at the Governor Bowen Hotel,

The Hon. IhejNative Minister will proceed to Kopua, near Hikurangi, to-day, to interview the natives there, at the rquesk of Rewi, and after that will proceed to To Arolia and Ohinemuri to interview the natives of those places,

The Hon. the Native Minister and Mr A> Brodie, who were expected to arrive at Ohinemuri to-morrow, will not reach there unti Monday next, in consequence of the invitation of Rewi to visit the King country whilst Mr Sheehan is in that district.

Te Whiti, having heard a rumour that natives wereassembling at Parihaka, to arrange for fresh fighting, has sent messengers out to contradict the statement. They are authorised to tell the natives, and to make it generally known, that there is to be no more fighting in the district.

Cobb's second coach from Inglewood to Hawera has arrived. It did the jonrneyin eight hours. The driver says he will do it in four when the road is clear,

Mr H. Blackett, jun., was riding towards Rangiora from Oxford, Canterbury, on Thursday night, when he met with an adventure that should place travellers on their guard. When approaching Qow's Ford, nearly a mile beyond Ferryside, he perceived a man at the side of the road and crossing over, Mr Blackett, for want of any other weapon, undid one of hi 3 stirrup leathers, becoming certain, from the man's movements, that the fellow intended to attack, ' He raised the leather to strike, and frightened his horse, which made a sudden jump aside, and started at full gallop, leaving the man far behind in a short time. Mr Blackett had been in Oxford district during the day, where he had collected a considerable amount of money. It may be presumed that the assailant was aware of this, and made an attempt to secure it. The night was very dark, and a drizzling rain was falling, so it was impossible to see the man, ond no clue to his identity is likely to be found,

The s,s. 'Wellington,' Captain McGlee, arrived in the Manukau on Sunday from the South. Fassengers:—Mr F. H. Smith, Mr and Mrs Mackaynie, Mr McFarlane, Mr Smith, Mr John James, Mr Mrs and Master Craig, Mr Gibson, Mr Secconibe, Mrs Harvey, Mr Holmwood, Master Cohen, and three native?,

An inquest was held on the body of Mrs J, P. McGirr (la*e of the Thames) at the Metropolitan Hotel, Wellington (we learn from the Times). The evidence of the husband and the son of deceased was taken, to the effect that for some time past she had been subject to temporary weakness of mind, and that at such times she gave way to drink. A little before Christmas she had been drinking, and on the 27th inst. she was missed when the father and son, went home to tea, and then found her in an outhouse quite dead. From appearances, she must, when discovered, have been dead some hours. Dr Keating stated that he Lad made a post mortem examination, and he described minutely the condiion of various organs, which in his opinion was only reconcilable with a long course of intempermce, Death, he believed, had been caused by effusion of serum on the brain. A verdict to that effect was returned by the jury.

An unsuccessful attempt was made in Wanganui on Monday morning to get the schooner ' Arthur Wakefield' off. By, direction she was then lightened and the anchors placed further out. There being not much sea in the evening she was hove to the edge of the channel, and the p,s, 'Clyde- then towed her inside the Heads. The estimated value of her cargo is from £2500 to £3000, which is insured in the South British. The schooner is also insured in same office. She has had severe bumping, but as yet no material damage has been ascertained, It is said that it will be.a general average claim. >

Shortly before twelve on Saturday a fire was dises-cred In" tlie'iUop of" Mr'Sdloirioh, music seller, Thames-street. Oamaru. When the alarm was given the back door was broken open, and the fire extinguished after some trouble, but not before several pianos were damaged. A large stock of faucy goods were destroyed, The stock was insured in Ihe South British for £1,000. Mr Solomon estimates his stock worth £2,300,

The two candidates for Mataura addressed a meeting on Saturday night, Kinrosi at Invercargill and Shanks at Mataura. Both received votes of confidence, aad both declared themseves as Greyites. There are no candidates as yet on the other side.

An unusually sharp and long-continued earthquake shock was felt at Wanganui on Sunday about half-past eight, but no damage was done.

The Government has exhibited praiseworthy promptitude in adopting the suggestion thrown out by Mr Moss, M.H.8., in regard to the new route which he has explored through the finest country between Ohinemuri and Cambridge. We understand that to-day the Native Minister paid a deposit of £100 on the purchase of the Tapapa bush, and that energetic endeavours will be made to acquire a road-way. Mr Moss has rendered good service by bringing to light a practicable route for a coach road, which will bring Cambridge within a day's journey of the Lake district, and the diccovery of which will, in all probability, materially facilitate the construction of a through line to Taranaki.—Auckland Siav.

The Rev. M. Jeffries, the Congregationalist Minister, describes Chiniquy as having been guilty of using diatribes and invectives which are a shame to Christianity.

Horrible scenes are reported from the faminestricken districts in China. Here is what one of the distributors writes of the condition:— " Up to the piesent time the people contented themselves with eating those who had died, but now they kill the living in order to have them for food. Husbands eat their wives, parents eat their sons, and daughters and children eat their parents." Women and girls are sold at less than two dollars a-piece, and human flesh is offered for sale in the .markets. Writes another:—"A mother, after having, with her husband, eaten her little boy, sik years old, whom they had themselves killed, prepared also to cut the throat of their little daughter, eight years old. The little girl began to weep at the sight of the fatal knifo, and the neighbours arrived just in time to save her." (Note' by Pere Aymer. " Sometimes parents, so they may notbc themselves horrible executioners of .their children, agree with other parents—l will kill his child for him, and he shall kill mine.")