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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6602, 6 May 1890, Page 2

-•Thetendor -of' Fieherßros.; for repairing the Sylvia Syndicate's email hsad raoo, bhio Creek, at £18, has been accepted,

Dr. Srhiedel has gone.ously . ffered a silver rao'W for the must proficicntf ude t itiA prnoticil oliemisTy. at thn Tniimea School of Mines. j The returned settlers from the Kermandeos are olaiming compensati' g from the Gov etnment for loss, through being induced by tnis'epreßentitioneas cothe quality of the land, to go to the group, One of them claims a.fi&O.'i, fr,!'-\ - : Vf !/ '\ " '.:'•' aaysji - " Old. mdids'ancfbaohelors may' tafce 'encourage* ment from the faot that yesterday was oolebratcd a marriage at.St May's Church, 'the' J ppntraq'ting pa\tieHtol» which had aggregated one hundred an J twenty yearn .The example ie worth of imitation by, per? BODs'ot'lcEß mature apes.'' ' >;" ; ■• f /'ne' of the. moßt popular and best appointed hotels in Aucklind is the WaverleyV Whbie lofty.BideX-a land-mirk iTmoiigst'the ffiany '"fine erootions in the city. Boinsf adjacent ts the Queen's Wharf and ahe/.jßailwny terminus it is easily acWeible 'to travellers and Mr Panter ranks amongst the moet, admjiable of \\6iis','" ]■ ■*.'':' '' .'." ' " ''" : :..- :.- • : i--!-_-e.*3« ■ J •••!! : ' : '■ ■■•■ivi .•: .

',Twelve years ago, when we tried to intropee Yan Houten's oocoa iu the, Auckland Wrket, , people fo.;'nd tho price too but QOW : hardlyany other cocoa is selling, for tliei jtublio found it tl.e pnrest and withaj tbo cheapest. We prophesy that our Golomto, ~Paraen,; Ceylon .Tea, will be the Jan Ilo'utec amonpet all other teas, as it is a ,firsNb!aßS aid economical beverage. ißsowN Barrett. & Co.—Advt,

Any of our lady readers requiring a nioe plush-.; dtookinett, or tweed;, jacket, new mnbkintpsh, warm ;.uleter oloaty the newest dres's'-'materials, hew'millinery; j &b., ehould certainly visit W, S, Wylie, who has juet marked off another lar£[o shipment of: above goodei'whicK also inolnde blankets, flannels, tweede, men's, youths'; and boys' Buite. trousers, maohintoshes, ladies and childten's hosiery, &o,—[Advt,]

,: Amongst»the, ,p?Bßencere.:by (the Rose Casey lait evening wora Messrs Keeaiug, Qough,, and , Paltridge,.. three,. .prominent members'of PriesPorCa'rrplloyigymnaßinm, who aie'on a- pleasure?topr;,' ; ,vhilst;here they will'give an exhibition of their skill at the rooms of the Thames Athletic Club' Jim evehinffmndto-m'6'rrow,'for the benefit.'of the clnb. -Admission will be'to "members of the olub' and 1 ' their i friends only, the charge being one shilling. Professor /Carrollo was unable,to ■ acconipiny .these., gentlemen on ,thkpeopsion,,buii expects, j to. ; pay a visit to tho.Thames shortly, when, a public exhibi« lion will be arranged, by the Ipbalblub. / k ,' Two lads ( named', Gordon. r had ( p narrow eedapVof.being , blbwnout;to 1 sea yesterday morningf.' I'*'1 '*' Thev ; went to the Piako' river on'Satnrdey duck-siiooting and were qa'ught by .the BM'oug (ritle to! blow that -i night and ■ whioh , cdntioued till yesterday afternoon, Yeßterday morning they made the attempt'to pull.across, but i he'wind and ! tide' took' their, light boat and •"carried it down the gulf in j spite of all their efforts to make, headway, ; Their positiui was seen from and four men named Hales, J, Borriman,, Brown and iMq'se,with grervldiffioulty ld'unohed the Har» bour Board .diugy through the mud, uud reached the drifting.boat off, Taratu, and 'nulled in with the'bbys in safety. ! The two la'de'wftfe very much exhausted when resoued The rescuing party.deserve great credit for tho manner in .which they behaved in: face ol Buch rough weather. ~ ~ :

.At Westminster, , an Irishman liviug in Tark's. How, Chelsea, having the appearanoe •f a respectable labourer, asked MrFeaw'ick 'o issue an order to prevent the priest of a Roman Catholic church from puHicly ',|.naming " the applicant, r>s he,had already 'done'otf two oonseoutive Sundays,- before hio congregation, The magistrate explained that he'ih'a'd no power to interfere ; in a

,tpptter,fof that,, sort. The applicant raid lie" was upbraided by other workmen and friends because the priest ; had denounced, him, in the phurch, &mj he 'riiiißt'take'; spina action "to, stop, it.j He 'did not';knp'w ; wtiy he'w'as singled out for the 'reverend' 'father's denunciation, »s he wds'a'teetotaler'and hard,: Mr Fenwlok eaid it wae a question whether he 'had;: a remedy in a superior Court, but a* liny rate he oould not have a summons in. f polioe'coutt. J .''

'A' very' large orowd met at the Academy) '(if ! Music' last night to meet the Vivian Dramatic Company, which was announced tp appear in lady Audley's Secret, &o. jßut, unfortunately, i the' company were late in arriving from Auckland, and the performance, oouldno.t.be giren,. ~. It appears ithat the Rotomahana was unable to leave Auck'«

land at the hour appointed, and her service was taken by the Rose Casey, whiohwas despatched for the Thames immediately on her !iir : iiyalifrom< Wharigarei,'7Sho left at

half past two o'clock, had a rough passage, and readied the whaif at about eight o'olook, The' Vivian Company were muoh disturbed at so good a house being turned away disappointed, but, no doubts they will mike up 'for the loss on both sidesby the entertainment : to«ni»ht, ■ The programme remains unaltered. ■• ■■■•■ ' •■..

■i A meeting of the Governors' of-thelHigb School;' Was held,. yesterday afternoon,}but the bneiness, was nnimportanfc,.'Some, diß« oiission j : took, 'place,', regarding arreus of fees, aiid 'the : matter was referred to 'the ■ Visiting . Committee, with power to act' f The Seoretary having: oxplained that three letters, had been sent to Mrß. 0, Fryer, Adelaide, with a view to getting possession of 'a farm in his name without receiving'- any answer, it was resolved to take legal proceedings to recover it, The question of the school's financial position coming'before the board, it was seen the finances were going behind, ohiefly because of a falling off in the gold duty. The Secretary ,said .that for pome time past the School .had mainly-'existed bri ([old duty, the ordinary source of revenue being wholly insufficient. ;-The'.attendance ot pupils not free soholars is about thirty, Tho well oimihiotedcoaohing establishments are, like the best, regulated families, übjeot to ocoidents. and even Bradley and Oil's, jiue is' not altogether free trom risk, though that it is probably • reduced to a riuimiim inay be inferred from the success Avhioh has. ..attended .. tbejr extensive oa ! ablishment hitherto,; ! Bat; %i |the im* pr table does happen occasionally, so an a cidont, happily not frangbt wi.th, serions o-'ftsrqu'ence's, occurred to the coach yesterday morning in the vicinity of Puriri, Our informant states that a pin in the crossbar giv'og away tho swinjletree fell down amongst the legs of oue of the horses, Tnie frigii'cncd the animal, andhe at once began to nuke, matters .lively, ' His terror! was communicated to'the other animals, and they all started off. at &br<ak>nopk pace, Ii is said, that, tho first feightened horse fill and was dragged along for a considerable distance, tfo ono .was in tho coacb, and only -Mr' Nat ' Fergus m qu.it, and he speedily got off.it by Bp'rhyinjj-K he were not iltehecl'—xjver A''hedge. Alter»time iho iuiwwiiy horses .were,brought to>bay, but tinhftp'pi y very Iriuoji ptttwd bfuleed, etipYclally w ono'thftt bHglhntoditho miehiip. 'Mr Porguton rotiiunod, Inut apDifeutly |ionu tbo ffottfl (ol 1 Ills

Vv'uida," it-ia said,- uses tceat in her hair mid;;on her "■ eyebrows,that oaats £Ban "unbe She: can'c bear a piece of mus'i'.i 'hat has;b ; een atarohod, and ihe touch uf velvet, ,ehe says,,makes her flosh creep. Mie liatds'the world, and likes to nffend it in her books and shock it with her manners. Her study has a great Persian rug hefore the hearthstone; hero sho Hkes'ti Inand soream. a:;)i.tie! b .'ventilate her.dealings. Her li>vo for lilies and hyacinths k shown ius the jßrtisticAtoille,, w ln figurcsjas th-; Vefbine'of "Friendship;'' '' "'' '' •

We make a fatal niietako to devote tho whole of ouretrengfch and energy to wooing prosperous circumstancee, and warding o;r adverse .ones/ Muoh of it rauat of coareo be thus employed, but enough of it ehpald bo reserved for the reception,* in fho right spirit' and with, right alme, of whatover comes. Bacon tells u'b that the yirtuo of prosperity ie tomperftnce,-and;th v e. ; virtue'.of.jidyeriaity ie> fortitude; but it depends upon ourselves whether we gather these and. other precious fruits from either of tho«e p'antg, } . '<