THE Thames Advertiser. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1885.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5186, 5 June 1885, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1885.

; The improved and still improving prospeots of the Cambria mine caused more activity in the. sharemarket, yesterday than has been displayed for some time past; Atelegram was posted by the mine manager in the morning, whioh evidently indicated the appearance of the rich run of gold in the low level, and a demand set fa for shares, transactions being afterwards quoted as high as 9s.- ,' ' ■ ; :

The subject of the proposed abolition of the gold duty was oasiially alluded to at the meeting of the Borough Council last evening. ,Cr, Binshaw said he had read many letters in opposition to the duty, but in his opinion it was one of the most just impositions ever devised, 1 It was mnoh better for the mining interest to pay a gold duty than that' mining property should be liable to rating. Under the existing system the unsuccessful mines escaped the tax, so that the prospecting efforts were not hampered. He (Mr Renehaw) hoped that the member for Thames would, in the interest of the community, oppose the abolition of the duty, ' : ' ; : ; ; At a meeting of members 6£ the Thames and Star Football Clubs, held on Wednesday evening, it was unanimously agreed that the two clubs should be amalgamated,'under the name of the Thames football Club.: The fo^ying; offioors were elected:—President, Mr L. Ehrenfried; Vice-Presidents, Messrs McGowanaud Hiokey; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. P., McGregor; .'Captain;,Mr; T. Irwin;" Vioe-Captain, Mr J.', Patterson, Messrs J. Rae, H,.Brownlee;'Vv\ O'Brien, B. Lewis and W. Dunn were appointed a bommitteo, and it was resolved that-the dolours be red'and black. . , : ; , ■,'■-', The total quantityofigoldjurchas'edat the Bank of New Zealand durhg the month of May waß : 276lozß'ldwt, whioh was won as f ollowb : — Thames County, •■ 20460za 7dwts;' : Piako'.County,' 363oza' 19dwts; Thames Borough, 3510zs 15dwts, •

Ibis understood that : Mr T, Spencer purposes again introducing his 'Bill;for the restoration of the riparian rights, which he claims withrespeot to the Waikiekio stream, during.tho forthcoming Bession of Parliaraenti ■ ■>.'„.■• ■.'.-..' .■• i

Tho fortnightly ineoting of the St, George's Baud of Hope was held last ovaning in the Sunday School-room, Thore was a very largo attendance of the children and their friends present, Before the programme for the evening was commenced, the President, Mr Evans, took occasion to present Miss S. Smith with a gold star, for being tho first to get 15 new members. The programme wns then proceeded with. It consisted of Bongs by Misses Price, Bridson, N, Fletcher, Wells, and .Mr Evans; reoitations by Misses Eoss, Wells, Bridson, and A, Hall; Masters Lowe, and L, Peters; addresses by Messrs Hnseldon and Evans, and a dialogue by Borne of tho members. About forty new members wore enrolled at the ,<M))Mi<moora.out of tho mooting,

At the weokly mooting,of St. Andrew's Bible 'Glass, held on Tuesday evening, the Ecv. A, Carriok presented Mr W. Ferguson with a gold chain and pendant on behalf of tho member of the Biblo Class and friends. Iα doing so, .Mr Carrick referred to Mr JForguson's approaching departure for Sootlaud, aud testified to tho good -fellowship , whioh had always oxiated between, him and 'tluunoinbors of tho class. ■ <

A painful accident happened a ago to Mr A. W. Siiwyer, 'tributer in the Alburaia mine. He was engaged in putting some" oribbing" into position in a pass, and being in the neighbourhood of treacherous'

ground, was hastening with; his work, ,whon the back of his hand>came;inito forcible contact with a sharp piece of {projecting quartz, inflicting an ugly and deep wound at the knuckle of one of the fingers. The hand is now progressing favourably under Dr Payne's treatment, but Sawyer will probably bo deprived, of tits use forborne time, ■ ; ..;.•:. ~:;:.•;• <;] '■ ;■•'' /:■•';'. The schooner Marion, being heavily laden, is unable.to reach the side of the: Goods Wharf while the present low tides prevail, and it will be necessary to discharge.a portion of her cargo into one of the Harbour Board's punts. Th 9 bulk of the cargo of produce and breadstufes brought, from Timaru is consigned to Mr R. T. Douglas.

A man named Henry' Zeigler, a painter, formerly well-known at the Thames as a hotolkeeper, afr one time in good circumstances, was charged at the Hamilton Pplioe Court on Monday with being , illegally on premises. .It appears that Ziegler, who is a first-class tradesman, but a victim to drinkj had been, some few we'eks-ago, found by] the police on tb,e empty premises of Mr .Webber in a state of destitution, and had been relieved on a'promise to work his way to Auckland to his family,.- He-wentj up country, however, and returning to Hamilton was found oh Sunday night in the same old house.in a miserable state, He had been there five days' with' little or no food,'and taken to the police station' near by about midnight. A fire was made and warm cocoa poured down his throat, when he somewhat revived, and was. subsequently, well •, cared for. , Had the' rrian not been! found that night he would h'aye p , erishecl, as the frost on.Monday,.morning was qrieof the most intense felt in Waikato,'.'., He Jwas dismissed on'the promise that ,heV would make his.way.hdme.to'Auokiand.' ''.(I '.■'' ■ ,"' Last night's Auokland ] : Star ! kya :—''• We note by Mullen's i Sydney ; share list, dated • 27th May, that he reports -sales bf ; Sjihnyi Corner shares at 76s at last quotation. It may" interest people here' to know that twelve months .'ago ]thewhole of this property was 6ffered : at £3000 and found no purchaser, and ! at ! the present ma"!'et : rat33iß'valued at £306,"0b0." f 'Mi? La Moi te'ereote'tl' ono' of, his plants on ! the property, with the result that the . Venture, whioh consists of a company of. 64|000 shares, is now quoted at' £i 13s per share; and the directors' have/b'eeii ■'enabled &o, deolare a ; dividend of '6s perßhare-payable , this month. If anything : approaching these results bah be ; obtained, the erection of a furnace ! at the , Thames ;will 'cause'quitea revolution in the gold-mining , industry of the distriot, and from the assays made, bj Mr lia Monte at the Bankof-New^e'aland,

Auokland, there is no doubt that he will'be able to increase the'percentage'of all gold returns considerably. We understand that. he is expected in Auckland iu'a few weeks, tocommenoe.the erection of a furnace at' the' Thames,"Four months.from.date'the furnace should be in full blast," ' ] '..■'.'

\ In the Auckland'sharemarket yesterday there, was a'demand for: : Oainbria shares at 8s 9d, but-.very few. delared sellers, Other; Btbcks ; re'mained 'unchanged,' the chief j demand' being for Ivanhoe at 3s, and Thames Golden Crown at 4s. * I . A girl named.Auguste Piemen, who wandered from her home at Ormondsville, hear Napier, last Friday, has been found: crouchod under a fallen tree in the.bed of a shallow stream about two miles, from her home, Her legs were immersed in the, 1 wateiV'and it is' feared stavwill lose the use" of her hands and feet. She is said to b ! e of weak intelledt. ' ! , A most remarkable marriage has just ti een | celebrated in Wellington; The' bride 1 is a goodlooking woman of*nrider v 3o.years of age..who has just takento herself a foirth. husband, her three previous Bpouses' being , all alive,'and yet she is not now'amenable to a charge of bigamy. When a'girl!she married her first; husband, and afterwards discovered he had. a previous wife living, Learag.him she married No 2,' a single man, but after living with him some time they separated,*arid although the marriage was a good one she risked a proseoutioniand contracted a third marriage, also'with a bachelor. Husband No 2obtained a divorce, and marriage: the third being , of course in-

valid, the patties after; a time separated. Now a fourth husband has led .this : much* marriediwoman to the altar.— Post',: ■'.•.• V

The reason (observes Fairplay) why- silver has relatively fallen'in ■ value, while gold has .relatively increased.in, value, is that of late production, of silver has been in excess of the production of gold, ..The duction of gold undoubtedly V.has,' not kept pace with the increased trade'of 'the wprld. The: production of silver has more than done so..' The effect .of this". ,is ''that'' silver; .has: gbnedown in value, while gold still, its standajrd'r' .This is a 'difficulty,jwhiph cannot be got byer 'by legislation,;; 'When ■ people are ready to teke : silver" at| a fixed' price in'lieu of gold,'it' will: be time ~to fix that price, but there is nd'reasprito/supppse that any such' result caii eye* beattarned ;as ; as there is an open marlcet for- silver and an' open rriarketfor gold,' in which' the. former declines in values while the; latter tends.toinorease.'; ;;.'.;; ';/ ■'', ','!'.''\-T' The Bomiay Gazette, is giving. what it states to, be the true, version of General Gordon's resignation of the'private secretaryship to Lord Kipon, says that'! the grounds upon which he severed his connection with the Vice-regal Court had nothing whatever to do with Yakoob Khan,' Sir Lepel Griffin, 1 or with lord 'Eipon personally. In a letter written by' Gordon af;the.;time, ho said: 'Ifound'out whenl wa'S;.at-the receptions' at Parell what they wanted me to do.; It was expected that.Lshould.shake hands with everybody; and say how-glad I was to see him, even tho.ugh J. had never laid jeyes' on him'before and he : was 'quite) indifferent to me-.This ppuld not be rightor straigKtfor■ward. I knew what I would have to do when I went to Simla, ;I . would Jiave to go v,upto -v-andaay, "My dear—, I am delighted to see you. . If I would, speak the truth what I; should say to. the. .'man' was 'Sir, you are a great I am sorry to see you here.'. Then of course there would have been a soene. : People would 1 have said that.thore was a scandal, and|that I ought to have kept my opinions to myself, and said something pleasant.''That'is not ray way. Ido not want to; f orce ;my'- religious vie\vs uponany man;'., hujil dob'elieve that God has made: this • worldj'and that he pontrols and directs it.; It cannot be pleasing to him that 'a man : Bhduld oerely merely ,to gain some trumpery end, or that he should suppress' his' honest opinion of people like -—" . i •

' ; A ; correspondent writing to the , Taranaki HoraU says':—The following may provide a certain modioum of comfort to soine of your readers. It waa just a quarter to one o'clock this morning, as I lib. a candle and consulted the "ticker," after having lain awake for a considerable time,: disturbed by the wind oausing tho sashes of my dormitory windows to make a very, disagreeable noise, I bad read lately of a cure for!such ah annoyanoe, but for two hours'rumination the specifio for this removal would not oome upon my memory. However, when the idea of finding it out was almost abandoned, it came at last like an inspiration— " Cork" was the article. I got up and put a wafer of it from a stopper of a medioino bottle, and jammed it in the crevice between the two sashes. When lo 1 after that, ; -no more sound proceeded from that direction than from an overhanging shadow. ,

Catarrh of the Bladder.—Stihgint irritation, inflamation, all Kidney amlsimi. lar complaints cured by " Buchu-paiba" At Druggists, Keinpthoruo, I'rosscr & Co, Agents, Auokkul(