THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to none; fear of none; justice to all. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1893.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7661, 18 October 1893, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to none; fear of none; justice to all. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1893.

w A collection in St Mary's, Timaru, last Sunday week, when Bishop Julius preached, realised £800. , Mr F. McCormick announces himself as a candidate for the Hastings riding at the 'forthcoming County elections. Mr P. Dignan has resigned his position of Chairman and member of the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Mr J. Bollard takes his place as Chairman. By the s.s. Arawa which is daily expected in Auckland from Loudon we understand that Mr S. Hcthorington will receive a large shipment of his summer goods. ■ One of the biggest finds that has been struck for many years at the Thames took place on Saturday last, when a regular rush set in for the new find at Boom Corner, where the greatest bargains in drapery ever heard of can be had from Mr J. .Walters.— [Advt.l All doubt concerning the death of Emin Pasha now seems to be removed by the circumstantial account of his murder given to Mr A. J. Swan, Ujiji. This gentleman, who for 10 years has been working on the London Missionary society's staff on Lake Tanganyika in Ujiji, has just reached Condon, accompanied by his wife, the only European lady who. has ever visited that couutry. Speaking of Emin Pasha's death to a representative of Renter's agency, Mr Swann said: "The report of his death came to me at Ujiji. lat once made inquiries, and was told that he had been killed in the Manycma country by Scyd Bin Abed, and that his following 30 Nubian soldicrs'had been killed and eaten. Thisrcport reached mo from four'different sources in Ojiji. One of ray informants was an Arab who hnd been travelling on Emin's route. Emin passed through the Rnanda country, and had followed one of the rivers flowing into the Congo until he came to Seyd Ben Abcd's residence, where he stopped. Shortly after his arrival a number of Arabs went out, and asked Emin where he was going. Emin repiied, Tarn going to the coast.' Another Arab then went forward, and said, c You are Emin Pasha, who killed the Arabs at the Victoria Nyanza. I will kill you'' He then took a largo curved Arab knifo from'Ms belt, and, banishing it aloft,,struck off Emin!s head. His body was then thrown to the Manycma, who devoured it; the Nubian followers being afterwards also killed ami eaten." ' - ; ' ■ j>. .■ ■

I We notice that ia London Salvationists have boon getting into trouble for causing an obstruction. Charles Dodson, a lieutenant in tho Salvation army, appeared at the Thames police-court to an adjourned summons, charging him with causing an obstrucin Kerby-street, Poplar.—Tho summons was taken out by Mr Frank Jones, proprietor of the Beoreation tavern, Bast India-road, who complained that on the night of Sunday week defendant, and between 20and 30other mem-. bers of the Salvation Army, assembled out-" [ side his house, and joined in a religious service, causing a crowd to assemble, the result being that Mr Jones's business was seriously interfered with. Defendant was asked to go away, but refused.—At the last hearing Mr Mead adjourned the case, in order that defendant raignt consult with his superiors.—Mr L. G. Saiidford, who represented defendant, now said since the last hearing defendant had, as suggested by his worship, consulted with his superiors as to whether he could give an undertaking not to again hold meet: ingsontho spot mentioned. Ho (Mr Sandford) regretted that no suoh undertaking could bo givon, and that defendant would now leavo the matter in his worship's hands. —Mr Mead very much regretted that decision, and added the law must be vindicated. Defendant would have to pay a fine of 40s. - MrStorn, who prosecuted, asked for costs, as tho nuisan«e had been going on for some months, and at last had got intolerable.—Mr Moad declined to give costs.—Defendant said ho had no money.—Mr Moad ordered him to be imprisoned for one month. ' ■

Tho p.s. Patiki, formerly the property of tho Thames River Steam Navigation Company, but which was purchased three months ago by the Northern S.S. Co., has just undergone a complete overhaul in hull and machinery, at the hand of Messrs *. and Gf. Price, engineers. When handed over she was completely stripped of paddle boxes, wheels, and deck-houses. The inside was gutted, tho hull scraped, and she was painted, cemented, and ro-linod throughout. Outside the hull has been scraped, repaired, and painted, and the bottom of the vessel thoroughly overhauled and caulked. New paddle-wheels, paddle-boxes, and deck-house have also been fitted, and the decks caulked. In the engineroom, the engines have had the cylinders boxed, the brasses replaced, and a general overhaul. The boiler has been replaced with a new one of steel, to carry an increased working pressure, and a: new donkey engine has been fitted, Thooabin has been fresh lined and fitted throughout, upholstered in Brussels carpet, and painted birdseyc maple. This is now a most comfortable room, lofty and well ventilated, with a small ladies' cabin, lavatory, and a steward's pantry attached. Comfortable quarters have also been fitted up fois ward for the crew. A steam winoh for the' working of cargo has yet to be fitted on deck. The vessel is now ready for launching, but Messrs Price Bros, are waiting for a good tide; after launching she will be taken over from the contractors; and placed on the river trade between the Thames and Pacroa. The repairs and alterations which' have just been effected by Messrs Prico Bros, have been carried out in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, and reflect great credit upon their skill as engineers. In the possession of the vessel the Northern Company have added a valuable auxiliary to their already large coasting fleot, and one which will be of great boncllt to the Thames river sottlors.

Reynolds And Co.'s, (Limited,/ _ Anchor brand creamery butter can be obtaintcd in any quantity retail, of grocers and dairymen, arid wholcsalo only, of their sole agents,' the London Dairy Co., Victoria-street, Auckland ~[AI)VT.] ' ; ,

According to a cable message received yesterday the well-known steamer Miowera, of Messrs Huddart, Parker, and,.Co.'s fine licet of steamships, is a Week overdue at Victoria, Vancouver (British Columbia), from Sydney via Honolulu. The. Miowera, which has visited Auckland several times, is now running in the Australian-Vancouver mail service, and has mails passengers and cargo on board from Sydney for Vancouver. The usual duration of the Sydney-Vancouver passago'is 28 days, so that the Miowera is now considerably overdue. As yet, however, there need be no anxiety on her account, for she has probably become temporarily disabled at sea owing to some accident to her machinery, or she may be detained at. 'Honolulu (at , which place there is no cable communication) for temporary repairs. The Miowera is a new steel steamship of 3,500 tons net register and over 4,000 gross, and is commanded by Captain Stott, late of the Union Steamship Company. She carries 180 saloon and 100 second-class passengers. ..The mail steamer is a very strongly constructed vessel, is rigged as a three masted schooner, and steams 16 knots per hour, being equipped with powerful engines. The value of the steamer is in round numbers £90,000, the hull costing £50,000, the machinery £30,000, and the fittings £10,000. The Miowera's destination, Victoria, is situated 750 miles north of San Francisco. These steamers call at no port between Australia and Honolulu. The Miowera is a new vessel, so that like the U.S.S. Company's steamer. Mararoa on her initial trip in the San Francisco mail service, she may have broken down through an accident to her machinery.

An extraordinary story is told in a letter received from one of the rank and file of a Liverpool' regiment engaged in the recent operations at Aldershot. It shows the sufferings which the men underwent through the excessive heat. The letter, which is dated the 10th August, says: Yesterday we had to march eight miles at 4 in the morning, and! took up a position as an attacking force at a village called Normandy. There were 20,000 j volunteers engaged, and as many regulars. We were brigaded with the Ist Liverpool and lith Liverpool, who simply went to pieces, especially the Ist. The day was fearfully hot—over 100 degrees—and the men were falling all round from exhaustion and sunstroke.' When-we had finished we had to march six mil.rs home, and the dust was awful; you would not have known the regiments if you had seen them. The men were fallen out. at one place to get water. They got a bucket of dirty water out of a shallow well, and they fought fgr it like wild beasts. Before we got homo 23 men had. gone down, fallen by the roadside, and we had to leave them, as we could hardly walk ourselves. One little chap and a sergeant fell on theirfaces within a hundred yards of camp.',.:We have only two men on the sick list to-day; one is in AldcrshotiHospital.with sunstroke, and the other is. blind;. The Ist Liverpool fell down by ranks coming home,' and out of 410 men only 11C and two officers came home together. • They picked np five dead men in the Fox Hills this morning—three regulars and two Volunteers—and I hear one colonel of a regiment is raving mad with sunstroke. This (Thursday) morning I have just been through the lines of the Ist, and they are in a sullen, discontented state, .almost mutiny, cursing their officers, and saying they had a forced march all the way home yesterday, and that accounts for their state when they came in."