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Thames Advertiser, Volume XIII, Issue 3570, 24 March 1880, Page 2

Tenders are iurited in our advertising columns for the erection of a school house and teacher's residence at Hikutaia, ou a piece of land generously presented by Mr Henry Alley to the Board of Education, The school house will be simply a square building 30 feet long by 26 feet wide, the entrance being through aporch 14 feetx lOifeet, placed in the middle of the building, and will accommodate about a hundred children. The weatber-boarding will be of rough kauri, painted, but the ipterior of the structure will be lined, ceiled, varnished, and fitted with fire-places and patent ventilators, so that school di'ties may be conducted during the winter months with comfort both to the master and the scholars. The residence of the tocher will b e situated a chain away from the school house, and will be both ornamental and comfortable. It will be 34 feet long and 32 feet wide, an 3 will contain s ; x rooms, nicely finished. The two buildings will be enclosed within a strong, substantial fence, and the playground will be drained and levelled. It is expected that the buildings will be finished in two months from the date of letting the contract.

Yesterday morning the clothes, mats, chattels and everything belonging to the late chief Ho'ereui Taipara.wHo expired at the residence of his son, Parawai, on Saturday morning last, were burnt in the paddock at the rear of the dwelling house, they according to Maori custom, having become tabued, Since his deceise a large number of irie'nds and relatives have ar« rived from Te Afoba,' Ohumuri, and Piako, and are now holding a tangi over the remains, The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon, the cortege-leaving the runanga house at 2 o'clock. Although Captain Taipa'ra has "expressed a wish that the volunteers should attend m believe that there will be no military funeral in consequence of the near approach of the cavalry from Waikato, when the volunteers will be required, to parade three or four times in a week. Were they to attend the funeral Thursday afternoon would be lost, as well as Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and probably Tuesday, which is more time than our citizen soldiers can afford to spend. The funeral, not* withstanding the absence of the volunteers, ia likely to be an imposing one, and will no doubt be witnessed by a large number of Europeans. Tbe remains will be interred at Totara Point, where most of the deceased's relatives are buried. A handsome momument will be erected over the grave by the son,

We notice that several of the tradesmen who were recently burnt out ia Pollen-street are erecting new premises to replace those destroyed, and the chief thoroughfare does not now present such an ugly appearance as it did shortly after the conflagrations. Messrs Farrell Bros, are building a shop and dwelling-house on the scene of the first fire in Pollen-street, Grahamatown, to the order of Martin and Son, which, when finished, will add much to the appearance of that part of the Borough. The building will sontain a shop 24ft. square, and five rooms. Adjoining it Mr Cullen, of Upper Albert-street, isfitting up a shop for Mr Jameg Brien, of about the same size as the 01/ l one, and will have it finished in a few days, vkgri it will.be stocked with fruit, Mr Brien havinfJK"termined to recommenoe business as On the site of the fire in Pollen-street, Short, land, Mr B. Greenwood has had erected a large building 33ft. by 20ft., whioh will be rnjed as a grocer's'shop and hay and corn store, and the proprietor has every confidence that his enter« prise will be suitably rewarded. Mr Bailey was the contractor for the erection of the struc« ture. .

Colonel Whitmore distributed the prizes to the Bawke's Bay Volunteers the other day. In acknowledging three cheers givenfor his 'belter half,' the gallant gentleman said that Mrs Whitmore was not entirely ignorant of military lire. She was in Hawke's Bay when blood-thirsty and infuriated savages were close to the door of the settlers, and she had to share with other ladies in the district the anxiety felt when husbands and brothers were away repelling the enemy. He had seeu the men of Hawke's Bay under hie at a time of great danger, and ho could say, having had some experience in these matters, that their bravery could not be surpassed.

Having made inquiry with reference to the second section of the Catlins railway (saya the Clnlha Leader)', we are now in a position to explain that the plaus, which have f r some time been in course of preparation, are not yet tjuite finished. They, however, are being pushed forward with all haste, and tenders for the work will probably be called for in about a month. Wo are assured there is not the slightest fear of any hitch occurring with reference to this section of the line, which will definitely be carried.out, and that iritli the least possible delay,

We learn that the lemonade and cordial business of Messrs Brown, Campbell, and Co. has been purchased by Mr James Sawyer, who hitherto has been the foreman of the branch, and he will start to work in his new premises, Pollen-Btreet, on the Ist of April.

A meeting of the Small Farm Settlement Association was held last evening, wuen a number of thore present decided to pay a visit to the land opened for selection. The general impression expressed waß th»t the land is not to good as other potions of the-blook, but that it will all be taken up,

A meeting of the non-commissioned officers ef the various companies on the Thames was hold at tho Governor liowen Hotel last evening, which was numerously attended. It was unanimously agreed that the sergeants, corporals and petty officers should entertain their noncommissioned comrades of the Wuikato Cavalry at a bat quet on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Every number present seemed determined to make the banquet a success in return for the compliment paid on their visit to Hamilton last year.

Our attention has been called to the following ' sentence in a notice of the New Whau mine by our contemporary :—" The quartz at the hot. torn of the winze is scarcely of so favourable a quality as that broken near the top, and altogether I was not very favourably impressed with the prospects of 'the bottom" The mine manager informs us that be does not object to the young gentleman who profwses to know so . muoh about mining matters giving expression to his opinion, because it is quite harmless, but he does object to such impressions when obtained at an elevation of 10 or 12 feet from the bottom, and without the aid of spectacles or a . powerful magnifying glass. Mr Daykin assures us that the young man who thus indulges in the personal pronoun, and ventures an opinion as to the appearance of the " bottom," was not near it,'only descending to the platform upon which the manager was engaged stipping the lodeon the Albnrnia boundary about 12 feet from the Bottom, Mr Daykin also objects to the remark that no work was in progress at the bottom of the winze, seeing that three shifts are employed there, and that they were only temporarily engaged in winding quartz at the time the mine was favoured with a visit from this veracious mining commissioner, who essays to "teach hi,s grandmother to suck eggs." But we fear our contemporary is inclined to make a dead set against this favourite mine, for inanolher partof the same issuewiread—"The Thames.correspondent of the Auckland Star reports yesterday as follows of the New Whau: •They wi'l start in the low level shortly to "Work through the Sons ef Freedom tunnel. (The Whau got splendid stone from the hanging will of the lode this morning in breaking down, causing a demand for shares.' This is something new, the directors stating that but a I fair show ,was obtained, uot splendid Btone". Mr Daykin and the directors inform us that I what is new is true in this instance, and that they never said anything of the kind. The equally veracious editor must have been dreamiDg, or wilfully economising the truth, because splendid stone was • obtained, samples of which we have seen, and and eaa therefore vouch for the accuracy of the news-telegram forwarded to our usually wellinformed Auckland contemporary. The fact is the Auckland Star is much hotter informed on all matters affecting the Whau mine, than its' Thames namesake, and this is not to be wondered at when the aforesaid individual is actually " not very favourably impressed with the prospects of the bottom" he has never seen.

We are informed that various citizens of the Thames have stated their willingness to accomodate free the troopers and their horses on their arrival from the Waikato. These offere have, however, been .thankfully declined by Major. Murray, as the men of the Cavalry prefer being billetted together as closely as possible in houses of public entertainment.

"Mr M. Conroy wishes ns to state that he has sent in his resignation as a member of the Thames Engineer Corps, consequent upon an inquiry into a charge of alleged insubordination brought against him by Lieut. Leydon of that Corps,

We are glad to learn that steps will be taken to have the little fellow which the unfortunate women Birdwond claims as her child committed to the 0 pban Home, where he will be property cared for, and trained 'to something useful, instead of to become the associate of drunken reprobates It appears th tone of Mrs Birdwood's cbi'dren is already in the Orphanage, and that she undertakes to leave the place, and mend her ways, if the little fellow we refer to is a'eo provided for at the same institution. ; At the same time she will not voluntarily sur« redder the child to the Orphanage. The puta. tive father of the child can be got to contribute towards bis maintenance if be can be seperated from the custody of such a woman,

The Volunteer officers' meeting last night was fully attended. Arrangements were made for receiving the Cavalry at Kirikiri by the following depui-'d offi era -.—Captains Wildman and Watson, Lieiitenans Grant, Lawless and Denby, The followiig officers were appointed a committee to arrange a luncheon, in the Volunteer Hall, Shortland, after the review on Monday:—Captains Farrell, Mennie, and Savage, lieutenants Barlow, Brownlow, and Gordon. The officers' mess will take place rt 8 p.m. on Monday, at the Governor Bowen, when the officers of the Waikato Cavalry and Auckland Artillery will be entertained, The Thames non-commissioned and petty officers ■ will hold a non-commissioned officers' mess in the Naval Hall, at the same hour, entertaining their comrades of the Cavalry and Artillery in the same manner as their seniors, 4s the slay of the Cavalry will be lengthened until Wednesday morning, a public ball is projected for Tuesday night, at which all citizens are to be invited to participate. His Worship the Mayor calls a meeting to take initiative steps for this object to-night, when we hope to see a good attendance of citizens to show their interest in the,reception, lieutenant Johnston, of the Waikato Cavalry, arrived overland last night . to complete the billetting arrangements for his -iegiment. He will accompany the Beception Committee to Kirikiri, to meet Colonel Lyon, Major Jackson, and their command. A number of Waikato ladies are to join their soldier laddies at the Thames, consequently arrange- ■ snents for their entertainment would be income plete without a ball, and this will no doubt be . cheerfully undertaken by a committee of citizens to be appointed at to-night's meeting, "Tbeopbilus" writes:-To the Editor.— Sir,—l see in several of your issues the decision of Judge Gillies in re Bankruptcy Court, "Ohl wise young Judge, a Daniel come to Judgment," after Mr Gladstone's style of wisdom, or otherwise, crawl to the rich and kick the poor, and be sure to 'bo in the presence of a great mon,' ala Scorzies. Which do you think is the moat deserving of protection, the Jew who goes in for a dead swindle of £40,000, and gfves £1000 assets, or the poor man with a family who has been striving for years to keep his family respectable, hut owing fco sickness and perhaps want of remunerative smploynient, £100 or £200 in debt, and all he can scrape together is just sufficient to carry bim through and keep his family alive, and v' perhaps navu to borrow a few pounds to help nim through. That poor devil is to go and beg for-ever under the sapient judgement , of llr McJjUckleEpeck, who would, no doubt, he highly flattered with the' chance of discharging some noble duke or lord if the assets, were even worse than nil). There is, I believe, a discretionary clause in the Act to prevent fraud if that most sapient judge could only have the patience to study it, And who empowered him to make bye-laws! Those should be Acts of Parliament,-rMount Pleasant, March 22nd.•

We are glad to learn that the Auckland Artillery Company have expressed a desire to visit the Thames and take part in the review at Tararu on Faster Monday, A telegram his been forwarded by Major Murray cxpreriiup the phasu're their Thames comrades wiil have in welcoming them ou the occasion.

The brethren of the Corinthian. lodije of Freemasons, E.C., will enteitain their newly elected Worshipful Master Bro. Osborne, at a banquet to be held early next month. The brethren of the District Grand Lodge will he present on the occasion,

The adjourned meeting of members of.the Thames Liberal Assccntion will be held in the ILmraki Club-roorua this evening. Owing to the severe gales in the Poutb, telegraphic communication "ith Gralnmstown wag stopped last night, which accounts for the paucity of telegraphic inte ligence in the present issue. The brck-down of tho wires was between V'aipukiuau and Wellington, hut the line was agaiu opened at an early honr this morning The Press, in refering to the 'agricultural r-fturns /row districts of Canterluiy, which give the yie'd of wheat alone' for the four districts as 1,445,730 bushels above that of last year, says 'that taking the counties of Geraldine and Waimate it is expected the yield will total np for export 4,750,000 bushels of wheat. This would bring into the province of Canterbury a sum of not less than £800 000. The amount is fxclu-ive of oats and barlev, no meiit'on bei"g made of these cerea's." On which the North Qfaqo Times makes this commentary :—'• Taking our own district and adding to the other grain-trowing parts of the colony, there can be no doubt that for wheat alone the return of the colony will bs something like £2 000,000 sterling. If the experimental shipments af oats are successfnl—and tiking the barley crop in ss well—we can safely reckon that the amount of cash returning to the colony from the export and sale of cereals will be between 13,000,000 and £4,000,000." '

.According to the Wangnnui Herald, the bookmakers made a determined effort to buy out the totalisator at the recnt Wanganui race meeting. A well-known publican, a few days before the sale of the rights, received a commission from " the fraternity 1 ' to bid as high as £60 for the right to werk the totalisator in the enclosure, and £40 for the one outside. The limit for the enclosure machine was subsequently extended to £75, The Htrald adds, this amount was actually bid at the sale, and had it been the highest bid there can be no doubt that no totalisator would have been run at Wanganui.

. Typographical errors are proverbially the bane and sorrow of editors and newspaper writers, On Saturdiy two were passed over by the readers in our leviewof' General Grant's Tour,' one of which was particularly absurd, The reviewer is made to speak of the receptions accorded to General Grant as 'overtures' instead of 'ovatious'; and worse, fur worse, a picture of Naples is described as a 'groom' instead of, as the reviewer designated it, a 'gem.' Apropos of typographical errors, a reporter tells the following authentic story Having once to report a lecture on Chinese, in which the lecturer in the following terras commented on their supposed patience:—'Patient? oh, yes I a Chinaman is very patient—he'll lie on your hearth and steal your tongs.' The report appeared next day thus metamorphosed —' He'll live on your breath and steal your lungs,'— Otago Daily Himes,

A reporter visited Belle™ Hospital last night for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of Fireman Patrick Lynch, who, saving two children from being burned 10 death at the Cannon street fire last Thursday night, nearly lost his own life in his efforts to uave others. He is burned in a terrible mariner, and it is not yet known whether he will survive or not., From his own lips the writer received the following account:—' Was it by the order of your foreman that you entered the burning building?' enquired the writer. 'No, sir. The foreman, noticing that it was extremely dangerous to enter, instructed his men not to do so, I had no idea of going iu until I saw a lot of children acd a woman on the second floor, trying to escape and screamiDg as loud as they could I knew by the headway the flames were making, that in a few seconds all of them wou'd be lost; so I forgot orders, discretion, and everything else, and rushing through the smoke ascended the staircase, I succeeded in getting a hold of the children, and, making sure of their safety, started after the woman. Jl knew when ! ascended the second time that I could not return that way; and therefore calculated on saving the woman and myself by getting out on the roof. The worn in wa3 in her nightdress, and as I grabbed her around the body the flames shot up and burned the hair off my head and a'so burred my hands. I clung to her, however, but.she fell lifeless, and then I found lhat my arm was sprained as well as badly burned I also hecame very weak, and was almost ni&Vati'd Yt'i'h smoke. I drugged myself to the top floor, and tried to get through the scuttle, hut found it nailed down tight It ws then I realised hiy own danger. There were two doors leading to apartments on that floor, but both of them were locked, and I was too weak to force the locks. I don't knew how long I was on the floor; it seemed like in age to me, but it could not have been more than af: w seconds It was sufficiently long, however, for me to think of every act of my life. Things which happened when I was a boy came to my mind, and as I. felt certain that escape was impossible I prayed to God to forgive all the wrongs I had ever done Him. At that moment I determined to make one last effort. Bashing to the frost hallway I'noticed a window; and without conjecturing or caring where it led (o, for by this time the flames were on top of me, I threw mysidf against it, and fortunately landed on. the fire-escape. • There was no ladder to ascend or descend, so my condition appeared very little improved. Noticing that by jumping I could reach the gutter of the roof, 1 did so, but my maimed left arm was unable to render me any assistance, and I fell back on the fireescape. A dense volume of smoke reminded me again of my danger, and the second time I grasped the gutter, and by a superhuman effort reached the roof, where I fell prostrate with weakness. Two of my-associates on the engine reached me from an adjoining roof, and carried me away in time. This is all I have to say about the matter.'—New York paper.

Whilst out prospecting Kea? and Shore did a'little fossicking iu Woody Gully, a tributary of the Shotover, two or three miles above the Branches; they unearthed, amongst other rough gold a nugget weighing two ounces eighteen pennyweights. Mr Brown (a partner of Mr 1). Hazeel, storekeeper) took a turn at the same spot—the reef formiog a bar in the creek—and after about half an hour's exertion, he brought to light the largest nugget yet found on the Shotover, and weighing some fifteen ounces. The piece is said to resemble a heart in shape. A report has been current in town during the past week, that a reef has been discovered within a few miles of Queenstown. There can be little doubt of the fact, and also that gold exists in it, but we understand that the prospector is not quite satisfied with t'he totality of the stone, and intends to further prosecute his labors befora applying for a ehm—Wahth Mail.

A Bimple, yet perfect, washing machine is a great desideratum to families, aud the use of the funnel' with holes in, mentioned by us last week, will no doubt be tested by many in the place. AH the machines invented are based on one principle, namely, the art of washing the dirt from the fabric with as little wear and labour as possible. This is done most effectual • ly by forcing the soapy water through the fine interstices of the fabric, The point is to find out how this motion is to be created and maintained with, the least labour and in the most effective way, The funnel proceeds on the supposition that by its means the ebullition of the water can b'e made to furnish ijje necessacy motion. Whether it does so or not can only be tested by practice, 'Ibis funnel question has raised quite a controversy in Sydney, and one person claims to haye patented the invention. In reply to questions asked. Mr Corcoran, who appears to be the first to bring the 'funnel' to the notice of the public, gives the following particulars as to size aud bow to use it. He says a quart funnel, seven inches in diameter at the bottom, half-an-iuch diameter at the top, and teu inches in perpendicular height is the size he uses, but people who -iy it would fiud by praotics wlfat fcize best suits ihe boilers they have in use. The si.e boles around the rim are each a quarter of an inch in diameter. Wbeu going to be used the funnel should bo p'aced in the boiler large end downward, and the clotUes around it.

iAn excbsingc says:—A young ■ laily in Obi) vlio recently jilted hw lover, assi«ucd as n reason that her Ruber's ciicumsiancua would not admit of Ms: supporting a larger family,