THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to name; fear of noise; justices to all FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1894.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7879, 28 July 1894, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to name; fear of noise; justices to all FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1894.

At TaurangA this week six dairy cows died fromTupaki poisoning. Mr T. Radford has resigned the>managoment of the Orlando mine. Mr Larnach, the newly elected member for Tuapeka, took his seat in the House yesterday. The many 'lhames friends of Mr 6. Vercoe, of Auckland, will regret to learn that he is seriously ill with congestion of the lungs. The half-yearly meeting of members of the Thames Minors' Union will be held in the Academy of Music at 8 o'clock this evening;. The friends of Mr J. M. Foy will bo ; pleased to hear that he has now sufficiently recovered from his recent illness to be able' to resume his duties at his photographic studio. For supplying pure unadulterated misery without money and without price,- "La Grippe" takes tho cake, and at the present time a considerable number of our citizens aro lying low|afterhaving|received a' whack , of its tail. • x MrE.B. McGregor will sell by auction bis mart to-day at 11 o'clock, a consignmen* of drapery, clothing, boots, and shoes, th e property of a country storekeeper; also, a lot of furniture and effects belonging to a gentleman, wbe is loavicg the Thames.

A telegram from Wellington states that James Wallace, who was one of the promoters of the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, and since its formation hold the position of secretary and general manager,, has been compelled to resign owing to failing health. On the last voyage of the s s> Corinna from Wellington to Westport, the carpenter of the vessel fell overboard, .The steamer was travelling over 10 knots at the time, but the chief officer, who was on watch, with commendable judgment, quickly brought her within reach of the man, who kept himsolf afloat, and, grasping a lino, held on until a boat was lowered from the steamer and took him on board.

A very sad fatal aecident oocurred after a pigeon shooting match at Latrobe, Tasmania, on the 7th inst. It appears that one of tho shooters named Humphrey Sheriff had a charge left in his gun, and was supposed to bo breaking the gun up when the trigger snapped, the contents being lodged in a boy 9 years of ago, named Andrew Fowler, who was only a few yards from Sheriff. Tho shot entered immediately into the fellow's heart, death being instantaneous. J

At tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr H. Byre Kenny, S.W., tho following civil cases were dealt with: Jacob Alloway v. John Connell, claim U 16s. judgment for plaintiff with costs 6s; J. A. Miller v. L. Pefcrio, claim £1 Us, judgment summons, nn ordor being made by consent against dofendant that ho should pay tho debt immediately, 6r, in dofault, two days' imprisonment in Shortland gaol, committal to bo suspended till August 25th. Ihe natives of the King's settlemetlr, are f says tho " Waikato Times ") again indulging in a continued course of feasting and entertaining of relatives and visitors, the excuse this time being that of an old woman's death, which occurred on Sunday night. Tho grave of the late chief Kowi is still honoured by the occasional viewing of some fardistant arrivals, who are the means of ronowing, in a rather weak manner, the great tangi, the house, the lato property of Bewi, being tfeickly inhabited by the guests,

1 Divine servces will bo held ae usual at tho various places of worship to-morrow. At the Presbyterian Church the Bev. S. S. Osbornc will officiate morning and erening, whilst in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church, Mr Green will preach in the morning, and the Rev, J. Olphort in the evening. The latter will also preach at Omahu at 11 and Puriri at 3. The service at Hikutaia in the morning is to be conducted by Mr Davies. At the Wesleyan Church tho Rev. S. J. Serpell will proach morning and evening, whilst he will also hold a service at Kopu at 3 o'clock.

At the sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., Alexander Bruce sought to recover from Malcolm A. Bruce the sum of £917s 3d, being the estimated value of articles belonging to tho plaintiff and alleged to have been converted by the defendant to his own use, and the sum of £1 for the detention of the said articles by the defendant. The plaintiff also claimed £10 for damage done by defendant to some fruit trees belonging to the plaintiff. Mr Clendon appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Miller for defendant. Mr Olendon stated that in this caso the plaintiff accused the defendant with haviag, onor about the Ilth Inst., converted to his own use certain goods and chattels, valued at £917s 3d, the property of the plaintiff. The latter desired to recover the'estimated value of the articles and £l for their detention, beside £10 for ?aihage done to his fruit trees by defendant. The action arose out of a family matter, defendant being a nephew of the plaintiff. A considerable amount of evidence wbb adduced, after which His Worship gave judgment for defendant with costs £2 2s.

The "Christian Outlook" narrates the following story: We have (it says) been as* siired by a workman in one of the largest D.ubedin manufactories, that whole numbers of the boys employed there are in the habit of betting on races and football matches. i ere is another incident which is suggestive I In its way. A customer entered a well-known [Hliop ia Dunedin. The owner of the shop is jagreatsportingman. While the customer was being served a lad came in. "Here," said the latter, taking a sura of money from his pocket, "Father wants you to put that !on a certain horse for him." Then putting Iliis hand in his other pocket, he drew forth I another sura of money and said, "That's for Smother. You are to put that on so-and-so for her, but you are not to let father know." ' After the boy went out the amused customer' paid to the proprietor, " That was a bit strange, wasn't it?" "Yes," said the latter, '• but if you were hero often, you would see granger things than that." We are a little .curious to know the stranger things, but our curiosity at present will not be gratified. Such an incident, however, ie strange enough in all conscience. It carries its own moral with it.