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Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4158, 14 February 1882, Page 2

Tho nominations of candidates for the Licensing Comnitttqo'of Hasting Riding were reoeivod yostorday by Mr Cnok, at Mr K, 11, Ellis' store, Tararu., Atj ~tlio timo for closing tlie list tiio qnly received were > those of-Messrs, totijjiibt .'Bag-., nail and William, McOullougli,, both of", whom',wore prbposbd by Brodio tihd fopji&iok pliurenqo, DeanVj ( Tho Mining Inspector mado a raid upon tho unregistered olairns of tho Olilnenwri district yesterday, with tho result that no, loss\than; 159 olaims woro wipcxi.pfE tho rocordß of tho Wardoii's Offibo, "■: A mooting of porsons interested in tho formation of a Flour Mill Company is convened by Mr L. Ehroufriod to bo hold in tho » Borough Climbers at 7>HO on Wednesday evening, ;• Tltcro ; will 1 no i dokbt bo a good attendance of tradosmen, TJio prizes awtirded for 'inodels of a stcamor suitable for tho Waihou Rivor navigation wero £40 and £215, tho former going to Mr'V, Savage and thVUttfoto Mr U, Hilton. Ifl,

Membors of 'thpThlSel County Counoil •proceeded'tar Paeroa yesterday afternoon; to hold a sitting of the Council in connection with sevoral looal matters there requiring attention/ A peripatetic Counoil is hardly in keeping with the retrenchment policy flaunted before members at last week's meet; ing of the Council.

The Rev. W, J. Watkin, who has been

■ absent attending theWcaloyan annual Con-...Jference-at,,- Chriatchuroh,,.- arrived here iThehhrv r "will l.gHortlf.leave the. Thamey\fAiLlihei'Three Kings Training Institution, having been appointed to take oharge of the same. He will be aucoeeded by the Rev. H. Bull, of Waikato.

Tho nominations of candidates for the South Ward Licensing Committee aro to be lodged before 12 noon to-day. Tho election' , takes place on the 22nd, Thames Central, on the 21st','aridKoilffi'on'thtf20th' Objections to* the assessment are to bo lodged at Mr Kenrick's office, Government Buildings, this day, on the printed formet .which, may r be; obtained at the publiaHin'g of this papei*.' I ''"' y At the last meeting of the Piako County Counoil the following business affecting Td Aroha was transactedßesolved that the E , . .county surveyor .be instruqted. to .prepare 'tefioltfons, and ;call ' widenihg the present J pack' i tk'cli at Te Aroha, and continuing same to the Golden Crown claim; the whole track to have a width.of 6 feet in the solid and bush to be cleared hlf a : ohain ,on sunny side. Re-.'

■ solved '.that the county engineer be iriatructed .to survey road up the Waiofoij- > gomai Creek fiom point Ato .point B, as marked on plan, and call''for tenders for isaiie /tenders, to .be'.in' by: next moithly meeting, Resolved that a letter be written to the Hon, John Hall, urging the necessi y . of continuing''the' 1 telegraph line from if;Paeroa to Te Aroha, Resolved that an 'application be made to the Government, through Mr Superintendent Thompson, requesting that an extra constable (mounted) be stationed at Te Aroha, for the protection' of Morrinsville and other outlying districts in this county. Resolved that Cr Whitaker and the county engineer be authorised td oocept'tenders lori Widening tbe.pack-track,' tbiWceed t) : ,.! An American coaoh, one of the lightest', and easiest riding we have seen, was brought down by steamer from Auckland on Saturday to the order of Mr E. Gallagher, of, Puririvj it, is ; intendei to run between Puriri and the Thames. The coach is an Amerioan patent, on leathersprings, and superior to anything of the land on the Thames.

>.j fit ths PoliOe Cou rfr yesterday, Joh a Reilly *' was'charged'with having been drunk and disorderly, and fined 21s and costs. A further oharge of assaulting a constable against' the same persorf' was withdrawn by the polio®,

rjjl overdue ' from London, the North Shore Feriy Company will receive maohinery for the. third new ferry steamer,'the hull of which is ready to receive the same, The fleet will thon be the largest and finest of its kind in-, tho colony, no expense being spared in fitting up the new boats. j. It is.probable, that a local, will I get' together Thames exhibits for the Christohuroh Exhibition. Dr. Hec-' tor and Mr Yon Haast have been appointed a committee to ( look after ores and miscellaneous] exhibits for a com- - munication'- has'baen to the local authorities asking their co-operation in. supplying exhibits for thi3 olass. The amount of space available will be known in a few days, p : The Auckland Free lancc gives a cartoon headed, "Reforml Retrenchment l" " The cry of the Young New Zealand Party." The illustration is a capital sketch of the hoii. ,::menser for r the spectacles andiall, "'' pushing a ! peramßdlator containing a"6ryirig child, and in the distance there is an idle cab, with tho words "Disengaged" written upon it. The hon. member is presumed to have given up his cab at last for the perariibulator. What a picture of domestio felicity la prospective I I ,j ~The..annuql,meeting of the.Thapiqa rHarf'bbur Bdard for the onsuing twelvemonths will be held at Chambers. Mr Alfred Trotman is engaged putting together the steam launches recently imported by Lincolnshire farmers for Te Aroha. Sir Trotman came out under engagement to the company, and has employed Mr Garrett, of, j Shortland., j toassist,-] him, ,hence Mr G'drretts naw 'appeared' ' instead -'of Mr Trotman's in our notice of the fitting up of these launches. The first is to be ready for the owner to-day, and steam will probably be got up to-morrow in readiness for ; a maiden trip. The settlers, have some, 250 ' 1 tori's 'of •■staff,' 'consfstirig-'if 'Houses',''galvanised iron and timber, gras3 seed, farming implements, &o„ lying in Auckland , teady to be transported to the settlement. ' Towing boats and the steam launohes are to he employed to convey a quantity of this •/fi'Mfrgdfoitadestination. 'Jo ; , h The t follomng remarks) from our Timaru contempdraiy or the Ist irist." are a reflectionof the conduot of. others besides Mr • f "S'ntcer, the gentlemah 'referred to i—" Ddr- : ing election times )vhen party, spirit is abroad; f and\When''kriiottrs,'.false" and true . (oftener false than true), are as thick as the leaves in Vallambroaa, considerable license is allowed to candidates, and hustings utterances are to bo taken with a very large grain of tho proverbial salt. For this rea- ■ >i'Bon'therr we have avoided even the sihallest .allusion in our editorial columns to the attacks made on us from time to time by the late member for Gladstone. For some reason test known to that gentleman he has let no chance slip of saying something nasty about thiflipipei'."' He will'•pdrhaps-'some day understand how to treat those who may chance to differ from him on political questions. He is very.far from understanding that now, His present lights teaoh him to abuse and insult those who do not agree with the opinions ho holds, and however fairly I aild reasonably-'his opponents jinay .act to- » vefy fai&ess arid reason* -urges hirir'on -to iresh attacks on them, These 'election'speeches against oursolvea we should never have noticed, neither should we have troubled our pens to answer tho spiteful attacks he especially delights in against'individual members of our staff. It is beneath the dignity of a paper to enter into questions whoso settlement is for privato persons in their private . ( Unfortuh&teiy, 'though, ;for him- • i'tawi, and unforturiately for those wflo incur hiii displeasure he has a most ungovernable tongue, and ' when it is onco started on a •• pet hobby of its owner, it is lost to bit and bridle, , and fairlyi runs away, and gets ■ entirely beyond control, People are positively afraid of this tongue, and would , sooner put up with wrong or allow thern- ■ delves to, be, misrepresented,, rather than in- , ; cor it lashings. Y <If possessor! of tongues] 'with this unhappy failing would but bear in mind what was said of this member by the t , y jApp?tlg.of pld,,ftey.might possibly put the ' drag on ere it Drought them into trouble, 4 man tamo ; it is an t v urinily. evil, full of deadly poison.'" cjimito'ai»d seasons of healthy colony,must strike /orir yourigei) folks'there'is'a'ri'absenco of' tho poetio associations of earliest spring aijd , the pairing of birds whioli are so closely <conneoted,with the feast of St, Valentine. , Mr McLivek, of Brown-street, however, ~ 'fcas done his beat to obyiate the desideratum, -and.'has imported poetry,ifiowers, and sentisufficient abundance; to'diaw all r lieart^"'iii l niiiin' y |ttis'VilcTltiiiia[should be floen and sent/arif icjirinbt, 'fall'to conquer,— Advt. ' i

As the steamV Enterprise was nearirig the railway wharf on her passage to the Thames,, last night she .encountered the Rotomaiiana's bows' with such severity as to recoivo a severe shook, v It 'appears the Rotomahana, which was just arriving from the Thames,, was,in company with the Rose Casey,' apd both >wero, hastening to their berths at the wharf when the Enterprise rSuided' the railway' wharf. The collision was;' ine.v.itablpj .butj | no greater damage than an' indentation of the ' Enterprise's ' bulwarks resulted, although the were •: somewhat' alarmed at the i close proximity, of the big'steamer, .with so Me room to clear her, as she passed the Tho Thames Scottish paraded last night for inspection by the officor commanding the distriot, ; Major T. L. Murray. There .was a decided improvement in point of numbers to . many 1 preceding parades; The ■ band, under Mr Walter . Hunter, attended in full strength, and enlivened the proceedings by some choice selections of musio. After the inspection. Major Murray presented commissions, under the Governor's seal, to the following officers Major Watson, Lieuta. Heron and Burns, of No. 1 Company. After a short march out, the corps was dismissed;

Mr R. R, McGregor will offer for sale by public auotion to-day the cottage and effects of Mr G. Fisher, of Rolleston-street. Mr Fisher is about to leave the Thames and take up his residence in Auckland, after being connected with the field from its earliest days. 'Mr Fisher leaves behind him a' large circle of friends, who cannot but regret his departure from the district.

As the question of compensation for lands taken or injuriously affected by any public works under the Public Works . Act has latsly been raised, we quote the following clauses of the Act relating, to the same

" 56. If the amount claimed be loss than one hundred pounds, the.ease .shall be heard and determined by any two Justices of the Peace having no interest in the case, without Assessors, in the Resident Magistrate's Court nearest to the land in respect of which tho claim has arisen; and such Justices shall constitute the Compensation Court for tho purpose of determining such olaim; and in respect of any such olaim the words " Supreme Court" and; " Registrar of the Supreme . Court" in this park of this Act shall'be taken to mean respectively the Resident 1 Magistrate's Court r and the Clerk of the said Court. "57. If before the first sitting o£ the Court to hear the claim as above provided the 1 claimant and tho respondent mike arid execute an agreement in' writing to the effect that the claim in question shall be heard and determined by one person named in such agreement, and file such an agreement in the Supreme Court, the'paraon so named shall be deemed, to be the Cora-, pensatibn Court, and shall appoint' a time and place for the sitting, thereof, and shall hear arid determine the claim accordingly. 58. | A Court'constituted'to hear any claim under this Act may, by corise'ritm writing of the claimant and respondent in any other olaim, irirespect of the samo or of any other lands, hear and determine such/last-men-tioned claim.as'Jhough the .Court had'been constituted to hear and determine the same. 59.- Every Assessor and any person;hearirig a olaim under the fifty-seventh section shall be entitled, to a fee of two guineas a day for every day upon which he attends a' sitting of, the - Court, in respect of each olaim heard therein. 60. • The Court shall determine the costs of tHe inquiry, , and shall include the same, in their award, and shall direct by whom puch costs shall be paid, Such costs shall include all ; reasonable costs arid oharges, incurred;in the, inquiry, including the fees' for filirig documents in the Supreme Court, fees payable to , Assessors, the expenses of witnesses, the 'employment 6f 'Counsel, solicitors, or agents, including the costs between solioitora arid clients, and the serving of notices but no fees of Court shall bo payable. < 61, Costs payablo by the claimant may be deducted, from the, compensation payable to the claimant under the award; and if such costs exceed the compensation, .payable,-, the award shall bo for the payment by the olaimant of the amourit of such excess. 62. No member of the Court shall be deemed to be interested in ahy.tfaqe Eole'y on aocountof his liability to pay rates on'whioh the 'compensation awarded may become a charge. 63. The award of the Court shall be final as regards the amount awarded, liut shall' not be deemed'to'be final ; as. regards the right or title of the claimant or any other person to receive the same or any part.thereof.; 61. In determining tho amount of compensation to be awarded,; the Court shall take into account severally' the.value.of the land or interests in land, including riparian rights, : taken,- and the extent ;to which any adjacent lands inwhioh the claimant has an interest are or are likely to be injuriously affected, either by severanoe or by the nature of the works in question,:and l shall also take into account, : by way of'deduction from the amount of compensation .to .be awarded, any increase in the value of such adjaoent lands likely to be caused by the execution of such works. But the .Court may award one gross sum as the Compensation to be paid to the claimant' on all accounts, or they may determine that no 'i 3 payable

: The following is the state of the Thames Goldfield Hospital for the week, ending February 11th, 1882,:-Remained, 14admitted, 0; discharged, 4; died, 0; remain-, ing, 10; out-patients, 30,, The diseases are as follows :. Paralysis, 4; congestion of lungs, 1; wound of leg, 1; ulcers, 2; debility, 1; cephalalyia, 1. , .

, The s.s„ Te Anau arrived in Auckland yesterday from.Melbourne via the South., Passengers: :Messrs R. and W. Ewing, W. Reid, ■ P.' MoQueen, J. R, Perry, ,:W. H, Leake, W. Powell, Mr and Mra G. Snow, Stedman, Hamer, Rev. S. Griffiths,.Messrs Darwson, Barnard, Misses Keep, Dawson (2),Mr3 Ranson, Messrs W. Gordon,P.P. Clark, Coote, Mrs MoKay. Mr Russell, Hon John Erazerston, Misses Frazer and Marks, Mr and Mrs R. A. Billing and Master Billing, Mr Wilson, Misf M. Hill, Mr and Mrs Dunford, Messrs Snow, Hayes, Datton, Misses Smith and Moody \2), Messrs Pompost, G. Scarfe, W. Brown, Donnelly, Boadman, J. Gilberd, Mallold, Clarke, Osborne, J. J. Beetham, and 26 in the steerage. From Melbourne: Hon, J. and Mrs Wallaoe and family (2), Messrs Moore, Hardymanj Dixon, Lavington, James, Rowland, W. L„ Atkinson', Greenwood, and Waltora; From Hobart: Mr S. Chatfield, Mr and.Mra Hayos (2), and, Mr and Mrs Sutcliff. '

Tho Eev. Samuel Edger writing on tho coalition between tho temperanoe bodies and Licensed Victuallers Association, says: —There is but one course open to you under the' Licensing Act) viz,, seek to put ori the Benoh only such mori as will refuse any, and evory liceiiso. You may have little immediate success, but your integrity will be respeoted, and you . will lay a secure foundation for ultimate triumph. I am perfectly, acquainted with what may be said in reply about moderate men and measures, and gradual progress, which, knowing as much as I do about total abstinence and Good Templary,.oan appear to,mo only as insincere blandness, or else the renunciation of long-cherished principles. But for the too-great length of this letter, I could easily show the, utter hollowness of all such talk of"modoratiori."' !

On | Saturday, last Mr; Burt .and party drove from Taupo to Cambridge in'one day. Mr Burt says that ,)vhen the part; of the township : is ! ther in '10 or 12 hotlrs.'

rjicp between tlio, fcwentv-feot opensailing boats Pcd and Blanche, which took plaoo in Auckland on Saturday afternoon, resulted Jn a' victory for- tho fonner by )2mins. 25secs. .The raco between tho small opon-sailing boats Beryl, Olivo and Amateur was, won easily by Olivo, (by about lialf-a-mile), with the Beryl socond, and tho Amatour a good third,

Mr Harrison', 1 - a 'sifflnt of Spurgeon's Tuning College, London, evangelistio servico, at, the Choral, Hall on Sunday' evening.' ' The Kali wail orowded to excess. ~ .. ! Mr A, Burgess, referring to the outbreak of scarlet fever at Onehunga, writes aa follows ''Oa Saturday evening the grave ctad on Tasman Dale, a fine boy, son of Captain Dale, and the second viotim carried off by scarlet fever, in .that .gentleman s family. ' 1 1' wonder cari'the' parents of these little ones prematurely carried off to an early grave, refrain from 1 looking oil the looal authorities as, morally guilty of the murder of their children. ~ At the Thames, when' scarlet fever made' its appearance, energetic measures were taken by the Mayor and Council to keep, it within prescribed bounds, wliich proved effectual. The means adopted 1 Were, I believe, 'isolation, 1 disinfecting, and strict sanitary; measures, as to nuisances of all sorts in the Borough. About eight months ago Mr Blakey (who was then Mayor in Onehunga) advocated precisely similar, steps being taken just, the scarlot fever was in its infancy here, but he was cried down in the. Council, and ultimately had to resign hia position on account of his action. • ' " : '

The following weights for the Waikato Turf Club Summer Meeting events to be held on February 16th and 17th, have been deolared by the handicapper:-Waikato Turf Club Handicap: Randwick, 9st; Maori, Bst 71bs; Lara, 7st 71bs; Konilworth, 7st 71bs; Yatapa, 7st 71ba; Dewdrop, Cat lUlbs; Across the Green, • fist. Hurdles: Matua, list lOlbs; Rawonata, list slbs; Sportsman, list 2lbs; Harkaway loh), lOat 81bs; Hard Times, lOat 7lbs;. Harkaway (bay),'lOiit'Tib's; Uncle' Tom, lOst 41bs; Robert the Devil, lOat. Maiden Plate: Prince Charlie, . St. Patrick, Blackcock, Saint, President's Stakes t Randwick, Rita (late Skylark), Harkaway (bay), Dewdrop, Blackcock, Robert the Devil. Second; day. Hurdles: Robert the Devel, Sportsman, Harkaway (bay), Hard Times, Raweriata, Harkaway (ch), Uncle Tom, Matua. Publican's Purse: Lata, Kenilworth, Rand wick, Maori, Yatapa, Blackcock, Dewdrop, Paramena. Vampire. Maiden Steeplechase': Bachelor, Blucher, Saint, Stella, Harkaway (bay), Undo Tom, Unknown, Magician. Flying Stakes: Omega, Stella, Kenilworth, Rita (late skylark), Flora, Randwiok, Paramena, Blackcock. • 11 •'

Thes.s. Hawea, Captain Kennedy, arriveu in the Manukau on Sunday from the South, Praaengera ;—Saloon:' Mr -J. Batgerf Mrs Nation and child, Mr and Mrs M. Ross, Mr A. F. N, Blakiston, Kev.' Mr Watkin, Mr J. Mathias, Mrs Kirkham and infant, Captain Clarkj: Mr, Fitzsimmons, Mrs Elder, Mrs McCullough, Miss Ely, Mr Gilohrist, Mr Leyinsohn, Mr Houghton, ; . s-* 1 ) • A letter from Jerusalem, whioh appears ii the Ecconl, contains the following:—l party of: eighteen Amerioans have rec'entl; arrived .here to. await the advent of ou Lord,, They are respectable, educated,;am it is said wealthy people, and are to be fol lowed by many more. The poor crazed Eng lishman, who for several years has beei going about,the city dressed ingraveoletbea and with a heavy wooden orosß on hii shoulders, .■ carries his cross nomore. • Ag< and privation had much reduced his atrengtl and a fit of fever carried him off. It if characteristic of the contemptuous,toleranct of the, Turks : that they so long allowed this man to go about haranguing the people; and often collecting a crowd around him in the markot places and elsewhere, Probably they, regarded ihim as insane, and we may charitably hope that this was the case, for he had, lately, begun to assert that he was no other than the Lord Jesus himself. A German lady, who regarded herself as "the Bride of Christ," and had prepared magnificent dresses in which to receive her Lord, went away to the Jordan and did not return. On inquiry, it transpired that she had died and been buried'by the Bedouins. Jerusalem is seldom without two or three such persons holding', extreme or fanciful religious ■ views,, and bordering on religious madness. A young man is now here to whom it has been revealed that the Ark of the Covenant is concealed in what' is commonly known as the Potter's. Field, and whose object it is to find it; ; 'Another, 1 ' a! rather' gentlemany young Jew,,has arrivedjandlannounced himself to -be the Messiah. A large and very expensive building is in course of erection under the auspices of a Dutch society, and is destined for the shelter of a few who are truly God's ohildren during the coming tribulation. > • ',/■ •/ / 0j

The lancet, states ,thafc there is a serious concurrence ; of .opinion about the amount of female drinking' that. 'is going on in pll classes,of London sooiety. ~

Sixty labourers : have sailed from Liverpool for Dublin'to "aid in harvesting crops for" bpycotted" landlords. • ■" 1