THE Thames Advertiser. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1889.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXI, Issue 6318, 22 April 1889, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1889.

It is hardly necessary to remind our readers of the Concert to be given this evening in the Ac.demy of Mnsiu in aid of the Ilauraki Rowing Club. The programme ia ono of the best which has baon provided fcr the lovers of goad music for some t'me, Mcsdamc. Kilgour, Payne and other well-known local singers should be a sufficient guarantee. Moreover Mr Innis of Auckland ia going to givo several solo selections on the flute, and Messrs Jackson and Knox, a'so of Auckland, (I3ass and Tenor fingers), a'e also included [in tho programme. Tho committo3 have gone to considerable trouble in getting up this entertainment, aud they deserve meeiing with success by having a bumper houso

Wo understand the Surveyor's Institute will hold an inaugural meeting at tho Thames during the first week in M.iy. The president, Mr Kensington of tho Government, tho Senretai./, Air Bibor and others will represent the Atioklind Enoch, and it is expectcd that ail tho Surveyors in the Thames District; will be'p'.osant to coufer on the affairs of the Institute which a:e now in a very flourishing s f ,te.

The following vessels arrived on Saturday !—Champion ; cutter from Whangarei with sixty tons coal for P, Maxwell Elsie; Ketch GO tons Newcastle coal for Gas Works; Margaret Casey; Cutter with firewood for P. Maxwell, Violet, Ketch, from Auckland with general cargo,

The following are the receipts and ex penditure of the Syms Relief Committee: — To Mr J. S. Hope, £4 lis; Messrs Griffin and Noonan, £16 10s; Messrs P, Nolan and Byco £10 Is; Mr Williams, £9 4' Gd; Messrs Mulligan and Dare, £8 7s; Messrs J. Nolan and Auberry, £G G*; Mr I. Dunlop, Saxon 6. M, Co. £5 Gs; Mr G, S. Clarke, Prince Imporial G.M C)., 18s; Mr J, B, Smith, Waiotahi G.M.Co, £?< 9s; Mr J, Coutts, Trenton G.M.Co., I' l Gd ; MrF, James, Caledonian G.M.Co., 5s Gd: Mr T, Iladford, Mcanatairi G.M.Co:, lis Gd ; Mr P. Hansen, Kuranui No 8, £119s Gd; Mr J. H. Moore, Marototo G.M.Co., £4 Gs Gd; Mr B, 'iV, Moore, Cambria G.M Co., £2 7s; Mr T. 11. Barclay, Lone Hand, 15s; Mr McGuire, Crown G. v .Co, £5 lGs; Mr J. W, Walker, Union G,M,C0.,£21; Mr iarmer, Smilo of Fortune, G.M.Co,, £1 5s Gd ; Mr f Wilson Gem G,M.Co., 12s 9d; Mr Nowell, Waihi, £1 7s Gd ; Mv Oarrick, Waitokauri, 12s; Mr J. Corbett, Hikutaia, £3 12s Gd ; MrO. Garrett, Puiiri, £2 9s.—Total 112 lis—By 'tamp^,stationery ':c,, lis; Mrs Syms, £0 ; M sra Nolan and Mulligan, £107-— Ijiial 112 11?,

A more striking illustration of how easily and unnecessarily an assembhge of people will allow themselves to become panicstricken could net be obtained than what oconrred 011 the night ot th • 30th ult„ at the'theatre Piyal. It was the first of the revival by Mr Bland Holt of the famous drama " The World. 1 The family circle, the gallery, and the'stalls were pa'iked, whilst the dress circh was well ii\fod. Just at tho moment when Mabel Huntingtord was taking her scathing farewell of her husband, the people in the stalls rose en masse as if by magic, and the whole bouse was instantly in a state of confussion. Prom every part of the house tho audience commonest! to leave in hot haste, ana some jumped on the stage, whilst the actor and actress, who were thus interrupted in one of the most effective scenes of the drama, seemed for a moment advanced to the footlights to demonstrate that they saw nothing to be alarmed at. Various others members of the company, several of the property men, aud a fireman also came forward, and ono or two attempted to speak, but could not be heard amid the confusion ; and it was not until one of the propeity men held aloft a large placard, in black letters, " Keep your seats, U3 danger," that the ic treating people wero pacific!, and began to return, It was variously stated that the panic was caused by a boy in the front of the house striking a coloured fusee, whioh emitted a great glare for a moment, and by a disturbance at the rear of the stalls; but be that as it may, it should be a warning to audiences not to beome unnecessarily alarmed and create confusion, whilst the efficacy of the printed placard was very forcibly demonstrated.

Tlio following telegram was posted at the Corner on Saturday lon pounds picked stone from rise in Lone Hand section.—H, W. Moore," A cricket match was played at Paeroa on Friday between the Paeroa club and a ssra:ch team from the Thames, who left here in Diukey's drag at 8 o'clock, reaching' Paeroa at 11. Play oommenced at noon, and after a very close and interest - ' lg game resulted in a viotory for Paeroa by 13 runs, The following are the respective aoore3:— Paeroa: First innings, Bramlcy, 7: Hampton, 10 ; Rhodes (Capt) 8; Kelly, 3; Coutts, 0; Clarke, 0; £, McGregor 8; Ritchie, I; McComell, 5; Stewart, 11; Booth, 5; Extras, 1, Second innings: Bramloy, 1; Hampton, 3; Rhodes (Capt,-, 14; Kelly, 2; Coutt3, 26 ; Clark, 0; S, McGregor, 0; Ritchie, 8; McCon-iell. 0 ; Stewart, 4; Booth, 7; Extras, 3; Total' for I oth J inings 136. Thames, Ist innings: Hmton, 0; vVaite, 0; Jordan, 2!); Laing, 0; Aitken, 0; Douglas 0 ; J. McGregor 3; Childcrhouso 2; Sullivan 0 ; Extras 3, Second innings: Hinton 12 ; Waite 10 ; Jordan 9; Pearcelo ; J Buohan 8 ; Laing 13; Aitken 3 ; Douglas 0; J, McGregor 3; Childerhouse 1; Sullivan 2 j Extras, (i; Total for both innings 123, The visitors returned homo in the evening, having thoroughly enjoyed their outing and expressing great appreciation of the hospitable imnner in whijh they wore treated by tho Paeroans. A serious accident happened at tho Australia Company s workings, Waitekauri, on Wednesday to _ Patrick Milligan. a resident of that district through some hors;s upsetting a pile of boards which strnok Milligan on the neok and shoulders inflicting some internal injuries which resulted in his death yesterday morning ac 1,30 o'clock at the Thames Hospital, In our obituary column appears a notice to that effect, also that his reina' ,-s will leavo the Hibernian Hall at li o'clock to morrow 'morning for interment at Paeroa. His untimely death is universally regretted by a largo circle of friends and fellow workmon, by whom he was highly respected, An observing intelligent, curious public, as is that of the Thames, will have found out that tho working Bookbindor, W, Wood , Sanr,, has his Workshop at his son's iesi ; dence, W, Wood, Grocer, Pollen atroal, where ho is prepared lo do all kinds of Book binding, Map Mounting, ku., as usual, and below Auckland pricos, Dilapidate:! Old Books repaired Music hound up cheaply. Those who desire to laiso the wind by aiiy Hud of bellows, musical or otherwise, should send their broken winded Concertinas, fcc., to him for ropuir, Work sent from the cauntry safely rotumcd—[Aiovr]

A serious accident happened on Friday last to a little boy aged 4 years, the son of Mr F, Trembath of Pollen Street. It appears he was playing witli an elder brother in Queen Street by the Gas Works, where a horse belonging to Mr Adams of trie Pali Store, was straying on the fo'';iath, The animal kicked out i;nd caught Uie little hoy in the face, thcroby breaking 'nis nosn, and inflicting a very na3ty cit in dangerous proximity to the eye, lie was picked up by a few people who were neir by a d taken to Dr. Payne, where his case was promptly attended to, and the littlo fellow is now doing as well as cau be expected under tho circumstances,

We observe from a notice at Mr Keven's that it is contemplated to form another football club. As the Maori team will shortly be returning to New Zealand, thia gamo will probably become evon more popular than at presen 1 , and the Thames must look to its laurels.

The opening mitch or the season was played on Friday at Mr Flett's padlock between the Jolly Boys (Tupu) ami National Clubs, The game was played under the new rules and proved fast and exciting, although frequent free kicks were given on side for breeches of the rules, which it would be to the interest of the players to study, Un tho kick off, the bill was carriei ioti the Nationals 25, but by some good combined play was carried over the opponent's line, wtieve the ball was secured by Xicolu and I'awkcs, A nnul ensued, and resulted in favour oL : the JNationals W. Howe attempted the k : ck at goal, but failed to add to the score. A few minutes later, A. ltowe from a neat pass potted a splendid goal, Some play now_ occurred when the ball was sccurcd by J. Williams who crossed the line with it. A. ifowa failing in tho kick at goal. Here occurred the only break in the same, some lajm players c|uestioned the decision and I showed the bad spirit to leave the fi;ld, but intimately returned and resumed play. Halt' time was now c:i!lxl, the score beiui; Nationals 5. Tap a nil. On resuming play tho prevbus exertions against their heavy opponents told on the Nationals, the ball being kept in their 2>, A smart rush of the Tapu forwards carried tho ball over the Nationals goal iina, a try baiui; secured by Plummer, which was inverted into a goal by a splendid kick of M. McMahon, No further score was made on either side, the play being of an uninteresting character. On time being called the game resulted in a win for the Nationals by two points; the scores being : Nationals 5; Tapu 8. The result was rather a surprise, as a victory for Tapu was confidently expected. For the Nationals, Simmonds, Bowe (2), Pater3on, Otter, Moroney and Williams, played a good game, the picking up of Pimmonds being especially admired; while UeMahon (3), Jones, Draffin, and Plumraer, proved the main stays of the Jolly Boys. Messrs Itowe (Nationals), and Lynch ( Folly Boys), acted as umpires, while Mr D. McWilliams weilded the whistle.