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Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4197, 31 March 1882, Page 2

Tho manager of the Bank of No\v' $o». land Blilppcd for Auokliuid.yoaterday after, noon tlireo.boxo? of gold/.vroigliilig 3701o?3 I6dtv Is. in

: ' ~~~ r A gentleman'who arrived from Te Aroha - yesterday informs us that over a hundred allotments have been taken up in the town- ': ship during, the past month, on about ia dozen'-of of ereo^. ; /;TH^nUmtier\'of! people!now exceeds 'SOO, and the. pdputa'tion is increasing • ' are informed, -b'dto ; completed Hot the' removal of aidrpnig^ii»i Valley,; in ootiplff of taoriths wej |may KitpSo b tftlie ; emplo j efl reTe^Aloha'^nartZf-^; Major, Murray will hold, his monthly iri.,,lßp'Sot)bh,bfi > tiie ;Hauraki Engineer " teors this eVening, : ; »' i>• ,|fl 'A'fuir.'ahare.in the Queen of Beauty tributo iaV'to be offered for sale by miction oniSaturday/byiMivMcGregor. 1 - The sulalantially-built Crrpomeil.cottage, situated near tho. ..battery,. Waiotahl Creek, and 'lately' in the 'occupation of - Mr W. : Meats, will be offered'; for ! sale', 9 n the premises to-day by Mr John Leydoh. | ; A Thq. Bank, of:;' Hew Zealand' 'yesterday "'•'Bhippecl by thb'.Hotpriiahana,, threo boxes containing,' golil to fthe .weight of :37Glozs '' ; 16dWtS. >: V"' ol »;!.••••. tfWf >'S! .".iil'll'- : i" ()The Tanranga:County Counoil are calling !l! 'for tehders.for formation ( of a.horse traok through! :Katikati atid'To Aroha i'dad. ; , ' It is high-time that something was' 1, done Jq •, shape of; repairing ,Tapu : , Koad. Yesterday a very serious accident ha, p'ened ;to ft' Vehicle being driven towards Mr jWay'a faint I '' at part of. tho'road the side next. the . beach gaye way, thus precipitating the driver, horse, and cart a distance of-eight'feet' on to the beach '' ftiaongf the ityrge boulders-and'-' _-lie about ; iti: thi3. vicinity,' to the extreme ftdarigeridf ;th.9 driver's and'■ horse's, lives, anil rijdamaging the cart.to the .extent,of ip... The • •I driver and horae had', a miraculous escape.

•' :, &.rieltHelf'-bf ;l tliopi 'sustained injary'furtlier r than' a' aoYMejßhaking.'.'.The .owner.iintends'itoi seekj .compensation for damSfee'done.-The'Thames lounty should take this as a warning, and repair the many j.partaof,thisrOiMjthatjire.dangerous to cart traffic,' ' I I ; •; ,t^peronce;ineet!n£f was teld lttgfe night iiii ; tlie .Templai" Hall, Mr ' J, Cooks 'in i the ciiair. The meeting was very large, numbers being unable to obtain , room in .tHe : building.' ['The Itev. T. W. Phillips were -—the- speakers -of - the evening, both of whom; T;irisr&3ed [upon (the ..young-people present, ' of whom thero.waa a great number, the importance of adopting temperance principles at once, as being a/safeguard, against much evil in.their aft6r lives'. ' To, Mr Adamson, wis presented 'by ''the * membeis of 'of 7 the Thames," Good •Templar 1 lodge, a handsome' Grand Lodge , Regalia Wi of- that.i >order,m;.for which he tiiankedatlie brethten inj feeling terms; Songs were'given the.Misses Conroy and Bennett, accompamed. by Miss Hunter on the piano, and by Mrs Gribble, assisted by GHbble.'.:'i A'.recitation was also given r " : in ; ' good style : by Mr ! Pearce, and after the ~,.nsuall . .yote9.,pf. speatarsj'arid M others the iineefcing.iterminated at an ear|y

.{•.fi.ir-Mi/- 1 •I.OldSoldier.!!.writes as follows: understood from "rumour- that the meeting t of officers composing the Royal Commission ~;i ';b"rpk|!jn,; i Up.;,b>virig ,to\ the. over-bearing '■} \ attitudetakeri up by General ; Davidson, to- ■: wafds:the -Volunteer officers composing it, coinmrinioation ; in to-day's it would,appear that they.are •' sitting. : j I£ they are, can you publish the names qf'all"engaged ?^[The 11 commn-nicatioii."-published-yesterday was written to [ the break-up of the Commission, f'-l which' l " Old i Soldier" rightly, we think, Opposes to'.haye, ta,ken. place. We are not (j §V4M! qt'iWJy < of the Commission, or that it will ever really face .its ' Mr 'E. Clementson writes contradicting thei'statement 'made l by "Father of a Family," in our issue of yesterday, that the Hop' Beer Company were'first ;on .the field at the Thames with that article, as Mr ClementBon Btate3 he was in tho business before the . company, and clairas the right to run in K ,i opposition to them. He further states that f--n there, is ho danger of." contagion" in conthe Hospital- washing, being foii' .lijei premises, as his business is v./.oarried on an a separate building, and ex- . -'opinlODL- f {Hat _.Father. of • a been'.tryirig to benefit, one man of [,:.' ■■■ ; ; ITJljjTSio'lmana^er';pf'the.-New .North Devon jthpge; shares upon wtychqallfi ren)si); unpaid on the 3rd April qext. ' v. V* T" l\' f ! i" YH *' '■ '11 'Wi' • Yesterday; ,evening a strango scene took place on Shortjand-Wharf ; a young-Maori' woman trife'd to drown"herself by jumping into-'tW wHtflr: Slie ! Was 'seen by anothqr ' Maori woman, .who caught her by the legs "'} and pnlled-iher book. The noise brought several Europeans to' the place. They ad- ; -vised- her to go home. - She went as far as „„I)pdd'B HoteJ, .then, turned, round q,nd mado joiLfor tlie water again,.-. but,to stopped, [, 'p he(orf!r .in,time.Some of ['.the. .spectators persons tryingitp keep her. back' apbld[,batli 5 Maori as she [iWas ene[,'roundly, abused • her. preservers in .>ptigh .English.. .[. [, [.j r. .f'.Misst Beatrice : Watkin yesterday; received . tau intinjation from the Board of Education .;,that in J; accordance:with her request; she -would, bei trangferred .to Mount Roskell School; Aucjdpj. > i; ,v Jnii Wellington - the -riet ;prico of gas for ir.oooking -and 'heating"purposes • will, after 1' >thisv ihonih/ be Bs. pet 1000 ft. " When will <:i.Thome's housekeepers be able to cook at this

The last Quarterly Meeting in conncction ff ' ffitH ithe Waikato > IVesleyan Circuit was if.'held: on - Monday afternoon,' Maroh 27th, in theWcsleyan Church; Cambridgo. ' Tlicro •■'■ ma a <very. attohdance, i it being the laßt meeting in connection with the Waikato acirouit,-the circuit being divided into three : f;patteto boi Hamilton, if andf-Te * Awsmutu cirouitai .•There -was a' of itegret at' th'e departure of the |{4y. Mng.held in great es.teom ?.and. respect 1 by .-the" Wesleyans and other !,denominations'of the';Waikato.' lithe ,t.'valedictory:- soiree : given to the Revs; H. i Bnll< :widi 0. 1 Griffin in; the; Public ;•Hall, ■{,Ciihbridge/r.iri' the evening prior to thoi'r r departuroto their new oirouits, the Eev. H. Bull was presented with an address :and a i, purse of sovereigns/ showing the; esteem in o: Whioh 1 ' he -was' held 1 ■ • by the people -of ,i "Waikato.; also' ivith a beautiful inkstand presented by thb children of the Cambridgo Wealeyan Sunday Sohool as a memento' of i,.:the esteem of : the children to-him, • Tho • v Rev; Hi Bull will 1 be greatly missed in the Waikato, both its a minister andpublioman'; vjhb .-'having ! taken a great interest in the . » Orange Lodgo; and Teetotal Society, j - i'- I '. A sad acbident happened at Ohin'emutu on •■ Wednesday to a'young man namod Charles Brown (valet to MrMathieson). While bath- '" ing inthe lake in.qompariy with three others, •'Brown suddenly'disappeared, * His comEanions dived,' but could find no' trace' of Jm. 1 ' 'f hoy .then gave the alarm, Several <;'Eur6iferas and I ,natives have : ,been engaged in trying, to' recover the body with grappling '• Vodtfarid by diving, but'as yet their efforts '''hiyflboen arisuccessfdl, " Spprtsmen, to save .themselves annoyance, ■^too^Bensqn'' for the footing of nativ/gamb 5, comraenqes on the' Ist of May, and not on '~.the Ist ,of, April,- .as hitherto.! Up'to the /ipresant. ,the season .for native i gamo o<p« the, season forpheasant shooting on tho Ist of May, It common for a largo number of persons' to jfo oiit. in pursuit of pheasants they were'' chal|.P|l J>y » *angbr>to say they.were after ffild cattle, . Should such a eourso again bo adopted it will bo of nti avail. 1 1

The attention'of the County authorities is greatly required to the state of. that part of the "VVaiotahi Eoad leading'up to the Bright Smile. It is almost impassable for drays.' Tie Bright Smile people are 1 anxious to send quartz down at once, and find it .impossible, as the ruts are so deep where the road was washed away by the flood. Representations a's to its .condition; will be made, we understand, to the County Council at its next meeting, but, it calls for immediate action, The deposit at once'of a few loads of metal will probably save greater expense and certainly lessen the risk now incurred, By advertisement it will be seen that a meeting is convened for this evening id St. George's School-room* to take into consideration the' establishment of an athletic club. As the winter evenings will soon be upon ns fow'better m<ian& of passing them can be found by our young men than developing their powera through such a club -better far than promenading: our : streets in idleness anil thereby getting suspected of j'larrikinism,.' ' ' ! New' regulations' : under : 'the' Stamp Feel Act, 1880, were gazetted on March'23rd, making . lie! ; following .• provision :—f' All duties, fees, fines, and penalties under any Act'• dr.'Ordinancewhatsoever., payable in any Qf the offices of ihei Courts hereinafter mentioned, ..that: is.:.to, say," the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court, District Courts, and Resident' Magistrates' Courts, or under any Act or Ordinance whatsoever, or to any Justice or Justice's of the Peace, or for or in respect of all or any or matters had or taken before any Justico'o'r Justioes of the Peace'under any Act or Ordinance whatsoever, or in any of the public' offices, or' Under aiiy of the Aots hereinafter mentioned, that is"to Bay, : * Kegistry Offices and Deeds...Registry Offices, or under the Licensing >• Act,:lßßl,' tho Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881, the Joiilt Stock' Companies' Act,' 1 1860, the Limited Liability Joint Stock Companies Dissolution Act, ; 1872, the AHens 1 Act, 1880, the Patents Act,' 1870, . and the Trade Marks' Act, 1866, shall be collected and paid by stamps of any kind issued, by' the Government of the Colony except those issued''under the' Beer Duty Act, 1 1880.''' 'Further are made for the issue and use of impressed aud adhesive' Stamps, "and ithe manner in'which the same shall be used and cancelled.' 1 ;; I ,The:,TrriiQ'n' Steamship 'Company .intend giving every faoility to. the travelling public to visit ithe';coming.;Exhibition at Christchurch, by reducing their fares during its continuance. ,The passage.money, between Australia,' Tasmania, and. here will be reduced 30 per cent, off -two'single fares, the same rate '• 'as that 1 maintained during the .Melbourne,., Exhibition,;.. The coastal fores will-ba the saine as the usual Christmas excursion charges. ; ; Th'eae; rates.will be chUrged during the 'mbhths 6f April arid May,,commencing on April Ist, and tickets will be, available for, return. to, June 30th, This should'be the| means 'of -'induoingia large number of people to pay Christchuroh ja visit. !17i ' : " The Hokitika correspondent of the Lyfctelton 'Mines telegraphs in' reference to the Woodstock rush''lt is- no useifor minora without capital to come over to .tho new rush, and useless for any one to come at present until the ground is. fully proved, This week three : or four 'claims' will most probably be bottomed, and the nature of the ground and direction of the lead determined, The minors from the neighborhood have ~taken np all ■ the ground near tho prospector's olaim and for a considerable distance round it." ; Mr Bussell, Government Astronomer at Sydney,' has : taken a photograph of the sun. On it are a group of six little spots in a straight line.; they are almost: touc hin'g eaoh other, and measnre 40,000 miles long and 4,000 broad. I 'j .: At a meeting of the oreditora of Mr* it. W. ! Cary, in- Wellington, - a statement was made showing that Mr Cary had,.taken up the "Pirates of Penzance" for which he paid 400Z for the right of production for eight months, The receipts from'the performance of this in : the principal ' towns . in New Zealand .. amounted . ito 6,081Z lis 6d. Theexpenses, including the 400/ which was paid for the' right' to, play, also salaries and travelling exponses, amounted' to . 6,272 i 18s Id, It would therefore be seen that upon the actual monies paid by, Mr Cary' ,-on tho first trip, there had been a loss of ; .191? 6s 7d. With a hope of recouping himself Mr Cary had Btart'ed on a trip with tlio 'Juvenile Pirates,' but hero again there had been a loss, the actual reoeipta being 613 i 17s 7d, and the expenses 7071 4s. Besides this, Mr Ashton had received: 60 per 'cent of the proceeds. The total loss on both ventures was 613! 13s 7d. ; Mr Cary [had received nothing whatever except his bare expenses, which for'an ! enterprising man like Mr Cary was a matter for regret. : Mr Cary said Mr • Saunders had advanced the 400Z for -the purchase of the right jto produce the " Pirates," and was therefore the heaviest loser, He: however, would have been willing to have wiped the whole amount off, and tho parents of some of the children had promised to do the same. The mother of some of the "Juvenile Pirates'/ here stated that her'children;had not participated in. the benefit recently, given.: She was about to make some further , observations but was ruled out of order, and' 'the meeting thenolosed. , . V' '• 1

The Levuka correspondent of the' S. 'M, Hcmty writes" Suva has been attracting a little;imore attention.of late, n. Large romantic caves have been discovered there, swarming with s\Ml6ws, whom the natives exceedingly fear as " demons,".: Sandstone has been discovered 1 near Suva, as a variety to the tiresome soapstone, and a, man (Spanish Frank) has been successfully hewing there.. In the ability to/ properly carry out capital punishment, the Government; of Fiji has lhade 'most markJd advance since annexation, . The Cakobau Hex Government hung no one, though making one ! or Wo yell meant attempts at it, The fii;st'.case was that of-.a ,Fijian, and a ; gallows'was erected to suspend hiirj from,, but some ladies'of Levuka presented a'petition to the king, begging him off. The sable monarch tardily and somewhat angrily consented, pointing out the expense his Ministers'had been to .inputting up the gallows, the exact cost .of which he accurately stated in dollars, arid " then asked the questions, " Who will pay the carpenters ? Shall all that, money go for nought.?", The other instance was that of Cuban murderer, who was hung by tho neck, but not until he was dead, for they had to out him down alive, and let him go,.and he is now in the land of the living somewhero in this wido world." 1

O tompora I O mores I. Wo take tho following from the 'Nm' Zealand ' Tim: t " His Worship the Mayor possesses a .stem sonse of duty, and this rare quality "wiis brought out in a marked manner at a recent meeting of the Thorndon Licensing Com-' mittee, of which he is a member.' 'After the ordinary business of the meeting liad been disposed of, and just as the memberswere "about to disperse, tho Mayor gravely romarked that it. was their duty to personally inspeot'at least one' of tho'hotels ih the district.,, The proposition, was acted upon immediately." ' ■ v ;

"iEgles" in the Australasian, is resporiaible for this:A! banker who' is npwj on his way to England'(whom may the waves rook pleasantly and the winds speed rapidly) was lately asked to lend aomo money, wherewith to build a; ohurch in a prosperous suburb. He consented 1 at last in something like these words I: have nivar Vet' foreclosed a mortgago on a .church, ■ You can havo tlio money, but I would likoyou to build so that if I have'to tako your ohurch ovor, tho architecture would bo suitable for a branch bank.' In' spite of the Temple and tho money-changers the (ihurch-wardons took thonioney. ■iM "' '