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Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5182, 1 June 1885, Page 2

I | .*• i-i": . (■; ■The .monthly i list of gold'returns,rcom-i piled] fpr.,publication'>t6:day, met inadver-' in'sertedufi j Saturday's"; • issue,. dn a neces-' sa'rily incomplete i. state;, d figures then giyen the;lodgments' made on Saturday must be addedj which bring ■ the total yield of the [Thamea vdistriofc month, to 2,3120zs 4dwts.'and increase the grand total' for' the' three-goldfields :'.to j 2,89205s I7dwts g01d.;., ! be \r/i r.ywi I |The election of two persons to audit the [ Borough of Thames aocounts takes place at the' Council Chambers: to.day<: There are fonr oandidateß nominated for ; the pPsitionsy two of wbom have held the 1 post sometimie' past, arid two new bnesiibw'seek the favour at the-vjotes pf theJ)urgeB i ses., ' ; ! ;,; l • :A number of the members, of the' House of Representatives are now making their presessional speeches,., so .as .to, ascertain, the feelings of' their' constituentg:'; : . liefpra proceeding; to Parliament,' which meets oil the lltb'inst. We presume" our '-locaP Bentatiyes intend doing so. before leaving for the Empire city. We are''informed or^reliable,authority that tte negbtiations referred Paeroa jCorrespondent, haye: resulted ..art' agreement being entered:into t oii behalf';of the Woodstock mine, thai a' furnace capable 1 of reduoing • 150 tons of 1 'ore perVeek is' to be erected on : the gi'ound'and iii! full working order in six months from Saturday last, the day upon which the. agreement, was signed, j- We may congratulate our Ohinemiiri neighbours upon the prospects thus opened jto them. Mr La Morito here expressed ; himself highly.: pleased with, the Karangahake district as a whole, characterising it as" a real pile district for silver." f ! ■ i 'v| 'i! '■! ' '■/■ ' • } . ;The manager of the Bank of New Zealand made ati interim shipment bf l,Bsß6z3'3dwtggold per Eotomahana on Saturday, morning. The parcel was purchased within a little more than'thre'e weeks; ';'', At Friday the Tararii,Committeewere granted £10 for ■ 'had, applied j for 'a sm'aU room "in whioh' they could action was taken thereupon,' '' - As one : p:issingi along :^by" the axle broke, and the vpMple]6ame;> ; to grief., {The. driver, Mr P. 'Howard,' JroBeaded to the first , yard and seized a trapj; with Which he .sped 1 pn ;jwith This ste'p coiisiderably astonished the oWri6r r who was, only : mollified, i when he ; was:subsof quentlyi .informed I 'that Her ;;Majestyi;,,the Queen had: ineed <of '.his .oneiorse iinange-, mjent. j . , ::ar,

The Board-of ■by the Official Assignee in the estate of Mr Ponsonby' Peaoocke for having paid over to b\m personally! the six months' salary given ; in lieu of notice, .'V ' | A meeting of the committee appointed at tho'oonferenqe.with Mr ;La Monte regarding the gold-saving' prfioeas to consider the question of 'forming : a company to purchase his. patent right's &0., was held on Friday at the Auokland Chamber of Commerce, Mr-La, Monte jsvas present,, Ho modified the terms offeredi on-.the ,previous, day,^agreeing-,to take, of , 80,00 ~paid.up;shares in the, proposedcompanyiOOOcontributing.shares,, and iop6! -paid-up Bhares, ; The proposal aa; it at present stands is this,:—The 'immediate capital! required is whioh.is <ta, ; be. paid to: Mr, La Monte on !the/receipt,of furi : appliances, Tile payment of the balance (£9000) > to extend over a period,of, eightinonths,' ! 'Mr La Monte is to keep tie plant' going.,.successfully,.for JO. days,. and. pay all charges for 30 expense of the second 30 days to be : b6rne by the company,l | 'He~made some"dther "concessions, and' stated that he had already a contract 'for a furnace for this colony, which could betaken by the new compandor event |of no company being formed he would (complete-,and .(pot it himself. A' aub-Qommittee,■,,oodsißimg.} Of i Messrs i; At, 'Saunders, ,0. ; Alexandor, and R, X ..Davis, were appointed to take the necessary stfjps, for- floating 1 the company.. The.gentlemen,, present expressed their readiness to take shares in the new oompany., :: ■ , service of song; entitled:" The Pioneers pf Primitive Methodism,".is take place' this- evening in the Primitive' Methodist 'Church, admission is \free, but' a , taken up in aid of the Trust Fund, : m ,The -meeting of ;; ')he ,Mutual f provementi Association jwilL ithia ' evening.; i;-"- : ; papt. ' by the'R?tomahana on Saturday night/ and, j mil , ,'A cablegram reoently appeared in which it: ; : recting attention to' Australia as a centre of' attraction for Russian consuls arid Russian ormSera.'" The following are the remarks ;of Ijh'e NoVqe'.Vremya; "Melbourne;, and'Syd- ' ney are .visited, now by Russian men-of iwar, : besides whloh Australia- is one of Russia's most dangerous-rivals as a'producer "of raw materials in the .world's markets, 'and' it ; 'is very important to know the eoonomiod condition of the country. Politically speaking, too,aolose acquaintance with Australian of gi-eat importance,' both in. regard to the relations between- England' and her rioh Australian Colonies, and in respect of active participation in , the Australian Colonial policy iof the'Prenoh and' Germans, and in 1 part also of the Spaniards- and-Dutohj,j In : the event of a cruiser'•warfare', Australia ; wonld in all probability-be a very important locality for' Russian cruisersyet'we 1 .lwWhardly any connexion in those 'parts. 1 .The establishment of a consulate general in Sydney or Melbourne, and a few paid vioeconsulships in other places—New "Holland, ! New (Jaledonia,v.&c,rr-with. nomination for these duties £ *profe^ably' of well-educated ' (naval 'officers, we Bhould consider most )! timely and advantageous,"

Mr;W, Y. Payne was for many years a .worthy and excellent.''teacher of music, - When quite a young man lie was teaohing a singing : class; in a certain village. 1 One iiember of the class wasa lovely young lady of aboutitwenty .years, by the name of Patience Adams. • Mr Payne.was very much attracted by the young lady, and in due ; time, as the attraction was mutual, they became engaged. Soon after the time when , his attention to Miss Adams began to be observed, and an engagement strongly suspected, it happened on a singing night,,, when;aj in attendance,!thatii f ) Mr Payne,"without any thought of the i words, named for the opening exeroisejhe ; • Street,'page 73^of' Carmina Saora.' Ab both Miss Adams .and MrTaynoT) 1 were prime favourites wifcH' all'present, It^s iheyalisang • , Kvr :• """ " Seo gentle Patience 'smile on pain/^' ..._i-»g e^^D gj lo p e3ieT j Ta , B g a j nt r , The gravity of theyotoigiladies aiid gentle-> men could end of! the nymnj ami'theiilualiea of young lady and the confusion of the teacher may be imagined, The latter,' hastily .turn-; jfi.: ing thejleaves of the book, while turned a deeper/red, andiwthpnt ', of what he was doing, announced' Dundee,' ' p'age'l23. It was sung.a's soon as;order was v restored, but the olimax came with the last lines—; '■^'LWA-iT *' let not despair nor • ' Betomybosomknewn;;-:; ;v£tiVwlV.-jj«-; Ohlgive me tears for other's'woea'i.V r And patience for my own.". I v' •y i; ''.' ,■. yi . An American paper states that the' first > . and onty auger ever manufactured that iwill bore a square hole is now in the.shopsof the ' Cleveland Machine Company.' . .This'-apgeruo bores a 2-inch ho}e,'.the size- used. drfiDMy can be raade on* the saihie' ":to J ,ybora square holes any Sizer ordinary one, ana it' "works 'on'tKE^Bme" 1 , 1 principle as. Its end,,v ;i instead -of Vhas.Va -'camt. motion which (tadillai^ ,a atqeX -rockin^-lmife" wliibfr' oufa'. [on 'v" sides., Jtioifotftfrjfrev^ Inp ,with ; small Befti-bi Wul a? a helpdn 'putting out perfectly,rfare poraersf' : ' It is. MtmajKid,';that; save the labour of .three menjwhoiwork.witll', . chisels, as one man,can .cqnveniehtly; ,cut;^ ]( , ( 2-inch giune' of. ■ *V can-bore a round hole, ;/ v % ni! n I ■ ' ' i" '' ' ->3> : sSr