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Thames Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 5945, 16 December 1887, Page 2

Two finds of picked stone amounting in all to 301bs were reported yesterday from the Cambria mine, taken out of tho sixth stope west on No 2 leader. The patronage of the Looal Govornicj Bodies, Fire Brigade, aud Yrtartaor Jfeipanips, has been solicited for th<3 en'-DX'-avj' ment to bo given by the 2ao7'fl--,k9 Illystrels in aid of the vridov aud • ■• the late Mr Bawdon.

Messrs Bradley and Co., coach proprietors, have decided to run a coach, from Paeroa for the Thames daily at 7 a,m., returning to Paeroa at 3 p.m. This new arrangement will commence on Monday next,

H.M.S. riamond has arrived in Auckland Harbor. She is a screw corvette ot 1970 tons, and 2140 horse power, and carries an armament of 12 guns. She carries a complement of 20 officers and 230 men. She is commanded by Captain T, S. Clayton,

jKiehard Hickefct was sentenced, at the Auckland Supreme Court, to three years' penal servitude for feloniously killing and stealing an ox, at Kankapaaapa. The jury recommended him to mercy, but the learned

judge said that as the prisoner had been previously convictei of forgery and uttering, larceny, and other offences, he should ignore the jury's recommendation,

The usual monthly meeting of the Borough Council was held last evening in the Borough Chambers. Cr McGowan occupied the chair, and there were also present, Crs Benshaw, Crawford, Wood, Badlord and Dauby, The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Inward and outward correspondence was read. Several applications for a reduction of water rates were referred to the Water bupply Committee. The business was of no public interest.

There,was a very large audience at the j Academy of Music lass evening l to witness another change-' of programme of the Mohawk Minstrels, which was an excellent one, and was gone through in the company's usual good style. The evening's amusement concluded with Collins' farce '' The Lunatic Asylum," and kept the house in roars _ of laughter the whole of the time it whs bring performed. The girards by the Perman tamily was repeated and received wellmerited applause. To-night will be the last appearance on the Thames of this company, and as an excellent programme has been air<wg6d for the occasion to conclude with a clauce, there should be a rather good audience,

A commodious suite of apartments is just now in course of erection, as an addition to that popular establishment, the Pacific Hotel. They were primarily designed as sample rooms for travellers, but will be otherwise useful for committee meetings and the smaller class of gatherings. The building, which is arranged so as to be lofty and well-lighted, is erected on the vacant piece of ground fronting Brown street, and in a line with the Academy of Music. While conveniently situated to the main building of the hotel, it will be completely isolated therefrom, distinct and separate entrances being provided, The new building will materials assist in filling up one of the unseemly gaps which, exist in this part of the town, '''■'

Mr F, H, Lewisson, the well-known jeweller of Queen street, Auckland, died early on Wednesday morning, at his residence, Ponsonby. His death was wholly unexpected. On Saturday he was attacked with dysentery, and though better on Sunday, he gradually grew worse, and died, as before stated, on Wednesday morning. Mr Lewisson leaves a wife, but no family.

Mr John Perman, of the Mohawk Minstrels, sends us the following letter, headed "Honor to wnora honor is due":—'_' In last night's Star a local appears announcing that the cricket match played on the Waio Karaka Flat between the Thames representatives and the members of the Mohawk Minstrel Troupe was a draw. Now, as a lover of sport, especially cricket, I beg to state that the match was to be decided by the first innings, consequently the Mohawks having the advantage in the first innings, and also almost a certainty in the second, having put five of the best Thomes represantatives out for 15 runs, they certainly must have had the advantage. That is the Mohawk's version of the position. Let those who are beaten taketheir>ating with good grace."

At the Crimiaal Sittings of the Supreme Court, Auckland, beforo Mr Justice Gillies, on Wednesday, Mary O'Connor, charged with concealment of birth, was discharged iu consequence of a flaw in the indictment, His Honor, in discharging her, said: "Mary O'Connor, the Grand Jury having found no bill against you in the charge of manslaughter, and the indictment against yon for concealment of birth having proved to be technically bad, you are now discharged from custody,"

A podding to last returns the ten highest , w f™ «™ M «ofeoldperton from quartz average yie.u. » §,„ y Auftra . crushed were as u,.. „„ tf odwfc lian Company, Yarnaguu.., . g oz . 18grs; Wilson and party, Omeo, ' Crown Crushing Company, Rushworth, 7oz llchvts 17grs; Rankin and Company, Bowman's Forest, 7oz; The Lichardt Company, Woods' Point. 6oz 17dwts 6gr; Timsin and party, Dark River, soz 17dwt 14gr; Victorian Company, hunted Stream, soz 17dwt lgr; Broadhead and Company, Bowmaa's Forest, 4oz 4dwfc 12^r; Sitleton and party, Elaine, 3oz 17dwt 3gr;' Queeu's Birthday Company, Drummoad, 3oz 17dwt lgr,

A man of curious tastes, whom the Gastea calls "a future Rossi," has beeu making the round of the hospitals in St, Petersburg in order to " see how people die." He inquired of the different physicians whether tbey had any patients on the eve of death, and when he received an affirmative reply, begged leave to be allowed to stand at thb bedside during the dying moments, He said that he was educating; himself for the stage, and understood that both Salvin and Hossihad made a point of" studying the nature of death from the life." As the man was thoroughly intelligent, and eviuently sane, his strange request was granted in some of the hospitals, although it was refused in others. Ho invariably made inquiries into the means of deceased, and in cases where the dead persons were poor, sent a present to the kinsfolk.

A Dutch periodical coutains an amusing account of a short story in which M, Sarcey tho spirited French dramatic critic, tries to contribute to keep up the anti-German feeling among the French puDlio, Once upon a time (says M. Sarcoy) there were four hungry flies. One of them found n jar fnll of presened fruits of a bright colour, It flew to the spot, ate of the delicious contents, and died, for the preserves had beed dyed with poisonous colours. They came from Germany, The second fly was less ambitious and well content to eat only common bread; but, after tasting it, the fly died of poisoning by alum. The bread was German. The two flie3 having eaten everything, there was only some beer left to drink for the third and ic went toa glass of beautiful beer and drauk greedily. But the beer contained aloe, and the poor fly died a wretched death. Tho lonely fly which was • left had seen with tearful eyes—which means something, con* sidering that a fly has more than five hundred eyes—the sad end of its friends. It therefore decided to commit suicide, not only because it was distressed by the death of the others, but also because of the impossibilityof finding food in Russia, With courageous resolution it went and ate freely of the paper on which it had Been the words " Death to flies," in large letters, but instead of dying it found that the paper made it more strong and lively than before. The paper was adulterated—it had been made in Germany.