Untitled

Thames Advertiser, Volume XIII, Issue 3569, 23 March 1880, Page 3

Thehon. Mr Eolleaton. Minister for had an interview with Tukukino re roads, and telegraph wires, but could make nothing of the old obstructionist. He wanted the hon. gentleman to fa ! fil a promise alleged to have been made by the ex-Native Minister to give him 1000 acres of the Komata block, after which he would graciously hear what the Government had to say re consent to road and wire. The hon. Mr Rolleston did not see this and the interview ended, after remonstrance from Mr C. F, Mitchell, who protested against the district being kept back through the interference of one individual.

Mr A. J, Allom, Registrar, notifies that forms of application to be placed on the roll may be obtained at his office.

An instance of rapid telegraphic transmission and delivery was brought under our notice yesterday. A Thames gentleman despatched a message to his friends informing them that his wife and family had just left per Rotomahanaand requesting that the steamer might be met on arrival. The message was for a locality within half-a-mile of the telegraph station to which it was forwarded, and was delivered when the lady and her family were sitting down to tea, some five or six hours after transmission.

The Hon Mr Eolleston, on his visit to Obineanri and Te Aroha, was surrounded by a host of persons interested in extolling the excellence of the laud around, and he was not a little perplexed on arrival at Paeroa to be deputationised by several would-be settlers who wanted some* thing very much better for their money than the Wa9te Lands Board had yet opened. Mr Eolleston said a great difference of opinion seemed to exist upon the value of the lands at present offered. He had heard several men state the very good, and now Mr Comes would lead him to believe they were very bad, He would give them his opinion when he returned on Saturday evening.

We understand that the aotion County v, Homecraft and party, tributers of the Tookey Company, which waß to come on this morning will be adjourned pending a settlement of all disputes in connection with the ground, the property having been purchased for the old shareholders,

The experiments which Mr John Brown has been conducting on the beach near the Kuranui battery, for the purpose of testing an apparatus for lifting tailings, have been completed with very satisfactory results.- The machine, which is the invention of Mr Brown, is very simple in its operation, and consists of a long pipe placed in an upright position. At its lower end there is a nozzle, and a little above it a flume runs into the column. A strong force of water is thrown up the pipe through the nozzle, and as the tailings and water from the flume run into the pipe they are thrown by the force of the water from the nozzle to the top of the column, where the gold-saving apparatus is situated. The little machifie having worked so satisfactorily, the directors of the Blue Spur and Gabriel's Gully Tailings Company intend to construct two or three large ones, snd believe that they will work quite as well as the model has done. The deposit of tailings at Gabriel's Sully, we may .mention, will lie washed into the fiHmes of the machines by means of streams of water.

A little ; boy named Snowling narrowly escaped drowning a day or two ago. It appears he was standing on the Shortlaud Wharf when he was asked by the master of one of the river steamers (o pul! in his vessel to tbe land ng. He caught bold of the rope for the purpose of doing so, when the current caught her bows, and she swung out rapidly, jerking tbe boy into tbe water about 20 feet from the wharf Being u 1 able lo swim ho sank twice, and was going down for the third and last time when he was rescued by a fisherman named William Bolton, who pluckily jumped in after him, and was himself nearly squeezed between two of the boats at the wharf,

The examination for tbe two scholarships in cannection wi-.h the High Scho' 1 was held yesterday in tbe institution, Baillie-street, com mencing at 10 o'clock. Ten girls and nine boys—two or three of the latter being from the cut-districts —competed, and DrKilgour superintended the examination. The result will be known in about ten days. Tbe examination was not quite concluded yesterday, three-fiftbs of the entire course only being completed, namely, arithmetic, geography and composition, History and science will be proceeded with today, under the direction of Mr John Brown, one of the Governors. At the close of the examination the paper 3 will be numbered from 1 to 19 inclusive, sealed up, and sent to Mr B. J. Sullivan, the inspector, who has kindly undertaken the task of judge. The names corresponding to each number will not be known by the inspector, butj,retained in sealed envelope at the Thames

Sunday last was the day set apart for making collections in the various churches in aid of the Hospital funds, but for some reason or other (probably for want of sufficient publicity) the custom was not observed in several places Of worship. At the English Church, Tararu, a sum of £1 lOs Cd was collected; at the Baptist Church, £7 3s 6d, and at the meeting of the Christian Brethren Church, £1, It is probable that collections will bo made in the Wesleyan and Presbyterian Churches next Sunday. None will be taken up at St. George's, the church having decided at its annual meeting not to allow the collection to be , This has set others a bad example, we fear, and the result will be a failure this year of annual hospital Sunday collections. -

JtDunedin telegram says:—One of the detectives has discovered, in the vicinity of the Northern Cemetery, a coat which has been identified as the one usually worn by the prisoner, Butler, In the same neighbourhood was found a salmon tin of the same brand as that purchased by (the prisoner on the Monday, of the murder.

A splendid specimen of tobacco-leaf, grown by Mr E, R. Qraham, of Meccer, is on view, showing that both as respects climate and soil there nelfd be no difficulty in the cultivation of the tobacco plant, Hitherto tbe methods of Curing provincial-grown leaf adopted have not been all that could be desired, but in time it is anticipated that these -obstacles to. complete success will be removed,

A rich gumfield (says our Waikato contemporary) has been discovered at tbe back of the Atoha Mountain, within the last few weeks, and tbither nearly all the natives of the vicinity have gone. The field is said to be of a highly payable nature, the gum not only being plentiful and easily obtained, but of excellent quality as well. We understand that the scene of operations is on Maori land, and if so we suppose it is only assestible to tbe natives.

\\e (Waikato Times) understand that tlie Nottingham Castle Hotel, built by Mr John Wood, at Waitoa, aud so ably carried on by himself and Mrs Wood since it was opened, is about to change hands, and that the new proprietor will be a widow lady from the Tl'-jikb, [We learn that Mr R. 8. Brown, ol ihe All Nation's Hotel, Grahams torn, h the purchaser the Castle ia question,]

Are there any philanthropists at the Thames —any benevolent ladies or gentlemen who wi'l undertake a work of charity ? If so, we crave their sympathy and v.ssistance. The spectacle we wish to refer to is not a common one at the Thames, and we trust we shall not again he called upon to witness it, A human beiug in Ihc form of <re of Eve's daughters was being led or rather pushed along to the lock-tip about midnight, and a little fellow about three years of ago was walking by her side entreating on the constable to ' let his mamma go home.'j The two were shepherded by the officer of the law until they reached the drunkard's den. The woman may have been the worse for drink, but she was not excited, and was quite capable of taking care of herself and child, The little fellow "wanted to stay with his mother, but the detective very kindly took him away and got lodgings for him with a friend of the woman's where there were other children, On inquiry we ascertained that the unfortunate worn n's name is Bird wood, that the has no lawful means of support, and is constquently a vagrant in the le»al acceptation of the term, Will the hdirs of the Benevolent Society or the Orphan Home undertake the case ? The sp etae'e was heartrending, and if there is a spark of benevolence or Christian charily lef'. on the Thames, let it, for God's sake, be exercised m this case, that night may not be made hideous By such exhibitions.

The County authorities have sold the Tookcy mine to Mr Storlart on behalf of tho old shareholders for £700. It is satisfactory to find that the old shareholders will yet have an opportunity of tebting the value of their property/ which has lain dormant for a long time. A telegram from Werekino on Friday night says:—Arumour, apparently well authenticated, has reached the camp that Major Kemp arrived to-day at Parihaka from' Murimotu, and urged Te Whiti to join him against the Europeans. Te Whiti is said to have received Kemp favourably, I hope to have particulars to-morrow. A nativo returning from Parabaka to-day gave the above information to one of the Armed Constabulary. At the banquet given to Sergeant Okey, the Eifle Champion, on his return to Taranaki, in responding to the toast of his health, the Champion gave the following sensible advice ;— "Perhaps it would not be out of place if I were to say a few words as to what would tend to make a man a good shot, In the first place he must he steady. There is no use of him taking what is now in these decanters before us. (Hear, hear,) 1 am one who can say that I have never drank a glass of liquor in my life, and I consider that it is owing in a great measure to that fact that I am the winner of the belt. There is another thing that tends to make a man nervous, and that is smoking. If a man tries to win the belt he must not take anything that will make him nervous. He must be temperate in eating and everything else." The Dunedin press cannot understand how a glass of beer 'can be obtained as far North as Auckland' at 3d, while in Dunedin it is double that amount. One writer says he ' pauses for a reply.' The Dunedin publicans say let him pause, The Kapanga mine, Coromandel, is expected to start work tbis week. The manager, Captain Thomas, received instruction to get the mine ready, as twenty thousand pounds was subscribed in London fnr the further prospecting of the ground. It will give employment to over twenty men. The Hamilton contingent of Waikato Cavalry held a meeting last week to receive communications of details as to the proposed march to tlie Thames, to take part in the Easter Review to be held at Taraiu. Everything was arranged to a nicety, even the uniformity of nose-bags, horses tails, and troopers' hair was fully discussed and agreed upon; whilst the white gloves of the men for church parade were rtriWpH in Yin oont; nn in llv fv.lin tinri

The Hamilton contingent of Waikato Cavalry held a meeting last week to receive communica- ■ tions of details as to the proposed march to the Thames, to take part in the Easter Review to be held at Tararu. Everything was arranged to a nicety, even the uniformity of nose-bags, horses tails, and troopers' hair was fully discussed and agreed upon; whilst the white gloves of the men for church parade were ordered to be sent on in advance by train, and the ladies by steamer, Trooper Henry being told off to, take charge of the gloves,' and Quarter-master Hunt to take special care of the ladies on the trip, We quote as fol owi from the report of the meeting in the Wailcato Times:—The Chairman, Lieut. F. A. Whitaker, stated that it had been arranged that on Friday each troop was at liberty to make a start at what hour and t>y what voute it choose, but. th"y will all rendezvous at Paeroa before 6 o'clock on the evening of that day. This would leave about 25 miles to be done on tbe Saturday, which would enable them to arrive at Grabamstown about 3 o'clock on the afternoon of that day. Arrangements had been made for the supply of fodder for the horses, and for a steamer to arrive at the Thames landing to convey any ladies whose/friends belonged to the Cavalry to proceed to Grabamstown and see the review. This steamer would bs at the • mabu lauding at 1 p m on Friday, and any member of the Cavalry would thus hive the opportunity of takiug his lady friends to the Thames. Lieutenant Whitaker then proceeded to nominate Sergt Hunt (the senior Sergeant) Quarter-ma-tjr Sergeant and Sergt Coombes assistant Quarter-master Sergeant to attend to the com' missariat of both men and horses on the road, and see that men were properly quartered, It would also be.'.the duty of the Quartermaster Sergeantllunt to take special care of the ladies on the trip. These were certain matters of detail which it was very necessary every | member of the troop should thoroughly understand and attend to, Each man must provide himsdf with a blanket of Bome dark colour which would be carried at the saddle bow. These would be left at Paeroa so that they would not he encumbered with them at thp review, Each trooper, too, would have to provide himself with a leather rope 10 yards long and a noae-bag. Tether ropes and nose-bags up to the number of 50 would be provided for the contingent by Lieutenant Johnson, and Mr Peat had undertiken to Supply them at a cist not exceeding 4s the set. A member asked if it would be necessary for troopers having nose-hags of their own to purchase fresh ones, and it was generally agreed that for the sake of uniformity, and in so small a matter they should do so, The Chairman said that as there would doubtless be some festivities at Gtrahamstown, he would recommend members to send on their oak-leaf stripes and''any i other requirements, such as changes of linen, [ For this purpose Trooper Henry would proceed J by way of Auckland to the Thames, taking with him a box for the carriage of these things, Each trooper would have to make his parcel up separately and label it, and all such parcels must be sent to the charge of Trooper Jleniy, any time before 9 o'clock on Wednesday evening, and would be left in charge of the laudlord between now and then. He recommended them to rub up every bit of metal about their harness or accoutrements, to get their horses into as good condition as possible in the meantime, and accustom them to hard feed, and above all to see to their feet and get their shoes removed and put in order, so that none of them might come to grief upon the road, Sergt, Hunt suggested the trimming of the horses' tails to a uniform length, The tail should not show below the hock. The Chairman aaid he fully endorsed the suggestion. It was a most important matter. Nothing— not even the colour or size of the horses—conduced more to an appearance of uniformity than the one length of the horses' tails, These should not be cut off square, but pulled, SubLieut Johnson proposed, 'That the hair of tbe troopers should be cut in military style as well as the horses' tails' This was also agreed to A telegram from Major Murray to Major Jackson was read, stating that food and attendance would be provided for the men at 5s each per day of 24 hours, and at tbe same rate for the horses. Thus they would not cveu be troubled with the care of attending to and grcoraing their cattle. Before separating, the Chairman recommended thein, amongst other things fonvarded through Trooper Henry, to send their white gloves for church parade at the Thames. . .

The libel action Bracken (of the Saturday Advertiser)?. Darrell, the comcdian, will be heard at» hristchurch on the 7th proximo.

Josh fillings' Philosophy.—Mothers and grandmothers, when you want your friends to use McGowax's 3s Tk.\, 'just skirmish ahead on thatjline yourself.' One pound of his example is worth ;i cartload of pro. cepfo,