ECHOES.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5179, 28 May 1885, Page 3

ECHOES.

.Tffß war clouds'afe 'gatherihg' up—so the papers ,would;;have''us believe., Russia t, j j <*bi Wply t a, so mo oases: and b alt wel 1 s f or subjects—so considerate of 'the ,Czaf,Patihe same smells ;Ho-rat when .. .General Stewr'irt, isj- sent to. -fortify : that 1 place and objects.; Perhaps < there is- more; salt' there, Or sugar. So' far the game is on . the/side of; Great Britain. Russia has scored a diplomatic victory, Britain will have scored something more tangible in the shape of a fortified town, that will be; :.:'■ able to hold out against Russia when necessary till help cornea. "The Ameer despond:: enl and Jwanjs to pay Russia off," This ■ '' telegram should 'be transposed, , putting Russia in the place 'of the-Ameer, and vice versa.-■•Who's"-afraid 1 after seeing- our demonstration on the Queen'sßirthday Anniver: sary ? 5 The gallant doctor was immense wfo'lobked "every inch a masher. Onlookers "solicitous for his health hoped that he would not take cold by being without his customary comforter so long. His looks, "however, betrayed the martial ardour burning within in his manly bosom to such an extent that there would bo no fear of his .taking, cold. Some remark was made about the doctor's; sword, but- it sounded ungrammatical,—the doctor swore not sword-; but we don't believe him guilty of that..v- ; ■ 0 0 0 : Telegrams tell us that- the body of another unfortunate man, who was lost by the upsetting; of a > boat in Wellington harbqnir,iha& been recovered.. The coroner (lid n'ot-thmk'an inqu es't'necessairy. That's where he.,made a mistake.. Our coroner knows a ; worth twQ.;.!ofithat, He believeain-sitting?on everybody found. He thinksVit only fair. ;You .can pay him lite • tw6 guineas without holding an inquestif you. like, but lie" canjt hold an' jyUhout .hja . fees. This seems'' •-fees-ible onT'the face of it. ? 0 . " i " ~,-The.'visit .of the .. Minister of Mines has our -oyes " how they do it", vi-'down SOuth. We ■ hope our goldfields' meters will hang together for about two 'hundred thousand to be put on the osti* : LSVi- ; :

mates for goldfiefds' expenditure north; of Cook's Strait, We expect this sura would be cut off ajittle, but it is] useless going like a dog for a bone with his tail between bis legs, and asking for a small sum, not ,to appear greedy,} and, get .next .to nothing. ■L'aiat -year's- 1 vottf- (not ■' yet ali-paid) \yas £1000 for these goldfields, whereas, the South has a cool £15,000,—they 'manage these things better in the Middle Island/ ;

The qaeßHb.ii, 1 gfj tb^TOccerf?Wa|td,. tjie, Apostles has not yet been decided, if we may. judge from the papers, It will be necessary to'ihunt'up thei musty deeds of the past.. ; ;It cannot altogether-rua ;in the. family, for we are told Paul was a crustyold bachelor, and had no family. Neither do'we hear of the oliyd branches of Peter; (he question is where are those keys ? Let the legal possessor show them up as a token.of his suceessorship; for, until these credentials are found; we fear the controversy vyill still continue to rage, epidemically and intermittently.' v

.. The Auckland controversy seems to : have stirred up the bile-of our church parson, hence his effusion: to show . liis brethren in Auckland that he is on the key- Vive,* as : well : as : they/; and has: with enthusiasm slogged tliose, dogmatic, irrepressible Dissenters. Oh ! :'Eavens when will this turmoil cease. V

- ' : v o . ' J The Tauranga contest has been bought and champioti. hag ,Ktllydiscoped,—new.iphrase.' ls to be hoped the successful candidate will show himself worthy, .of. .the. action .pf the : goldfields'. !y,Qtersv:.in. 'putting:;.him "first: at ithe' poll; •^urangijiirteq : fir;'^6nii:this, district r to goldfields works, Let the man whom no one thoroughly believes in restore his lost confidoncd, by working as hard for the welfare of his constituents as he does for him-self,-and-there will be very little cause of complaint in the future.

00 0 ■ The local burning contest has also been decided. The star of the evening twinkler was not in the ascendant this ; time, the people being too much taken up with St. Andrew's Cross. See how certain ili birds will come home to roost. Be sure, O Mayor,'yoiir sins will'find you out ; had you not martyred St. Andrew in the Piirawai Ward he might not; have been the thorn in yoiir side you may expect, for no doubt lie intends to Mac a row- when he takes his seat.

, v ,.-.v;:vv. "The last but not-tho least election ia before us: —the election of auditors, or hearers (free translation). So 'fir the auditors seemed to have heard only the words of the Council.: Tako a hint, ye candidates, and audi(tor) alteram partem~ hear the other side, the outside public, - and let your account keeping be as if you had .to.give un account : to the burgesses, ri.bt: 1 the councillora. Those candidates Who will stand, on this ticket will go in. Verb'sap. : /J . 0 o 0 Some pretty strong remarks were made at the late Caledonian Low Level G.M, Company's meeting re the transfer of thousands of :shares by some of the directors to what the speaker called " men of straw." Straws'prognosticate which way the. wind blows, and certainly this wholesale transfer of shares to straws pointed to a wind-up of thei bompany. After all, the speeches! were mere empty wind, as far as 'the results are concerned,;for if the.combeen wound, .up .the directors would;have been still liable for the calls; things ■stote cotiGdence.to gold-mining industries bwhetf men' holdi rig their six 6r;';'eight : 't'KouMti'WaWin time's oiE'ipanic or depression ,Bl.ip ; out of their shares, 1 and leave the mass of the outside.uninitiated to pay up;" There is one result fronv'tliis state of affairs' .whicHrlia;'/encouraging,notwithstanding this, fishy transaction, co'nfide'nce .wasifelt in.tfie company to pass an i vote of the shareholders present to continue op&riitipnal AVith the f>urop_ ori; a J'sqlid b'a6is|;Gfbvernment contributions .to assist in prospecting operations, diamond drills, high" level water schemes,-:and La Monte's reduction df ores, the goldfields must. either resuscitate in the near future or quietly bust up and 8.1.P. Whip.