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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8596, 27 November 1896, Page 2

There ace 5657 names on the'Qbiiicmuri electoral roll.

The !i.')liniiitmeti(; of Mr Ernest. 'White Cave, as clerk in the Magistrate's and Warden'h ifiMH'ts at Thames, is gazetted..

At live Police Court yesterday V/, Fisher pleaded puiltj to a charge of drunkenness, and n'i.s line' Ws, with costs 2s • in default, 43 hours.

Monday next, the UOtli insb, bcirig" St. Andrew's Day, will he observed as a holiday by the Government offices throughout the colony.

I'y yesterday's Auckland mail we received a copy of Mr G. M. Reed's late publication, " The Angel Isafrcl,"' a atot< oLT'rahibltion in New Zealand, which we will notice iv a future issuer The book may be obtained locally.

,].V. Wist and Co report that at Parawat on Wednesday 83-tli a good supply of ail classes of fat stork was yarded, Prime steers and heifers made 18s to 1.9s per HJOlbs, steers mostly about £7 each; heifers £"> »s to £fi 10s; shorn wethers 8s 3d to lfls 9d, ewes %9dto 8s 3d.; lambs, abun* Unlit, of fair quality, but not so good as usual, Oh to Ts flit s good veal calf 15s Gd,

Mr Edwards in i hucoiirsc of his address on Wednesday evening incidentally referred to his nominal connection with the Thames Harbour Board. He considered the constitution of the Hoard was wrong, and be could not sec that Ohiiremuri required So be represented on the Board at all. He had been pressed to act as its Council's rcprc" sonMive, and consented in view of what he considered the noninal nature of the office.

Miss A,. R, Ludford, a native of Welling* ion., who lilts contributed several poems to New Zea'aml papers, is among the winners hi the prize competition of'* 1 The Golden Fen '■ published by the London. Graphic, The young lady has also received troui (lie private secretary of the Queen ait acknowledgment with thanks in reply to a letter congratulating Her Majesty on the sixtieth year of her reign,

Mr fi, N, Btassey, who for many years lias practised in Auckland as a barrister anil solicitor, died at ills residence, Northcote, on Wednesday night,: He had been siillerhig for so>ne ffmc past. Mi 1 Brassey, after passing his examination as a lawyer, practised at the Thames close on thirty yvurs Ago, fie afterwards took up his residence in Aucklaii(lan<! had sinee carried on business there.

Says the New Zealand Times (Wellington) in its issue of the 23rd inst:—A remarkable argument in favor of the divided skirt was given yesterday afternoon on Jervois ([.way, whet* a tidy was blown violently along the street, and only pulled up against a pile of broken stones which had been placed in the roadway. Judging front the rate at which she was travelling,, if it had not been for those stones she would have been some* where about the Chatham Islands by now.

The usual statutory meetiifgof the Olihre. nuiri County Council'was held at noon on Wednesday at Facroa, for the election of Chair.nan and Trustees for the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, Urli P. Ba«y was again elected to the Chair* this being his fourth term of office, and the other oilices were filled as foliov/s t -Hospital Trustees, Messrs Moore- and McAndrew;. representative on Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards, Mr Moore; Deputy,. Mr McAndrew.

The Warden's Court was occupied during the greater part of yesterJay afternoon in hearing tho case of James Rickey and Alfred Sawyer v, A, Wright and J. B» Buiekic, plaint for a half share in the Union Bank licensed holding. Mr Indcr appeared for complainants, and Mr Baume for defendants. After healing the evidence for complainants the Warden considered that their case had broken down, and dismissed it without prejudice with costs £8. Gs 6d against complainants.

A social held by the Burns @tnb at St. Gcc<ygo's Hull lust evening was attended by a very large number of people who participated in the programme of dahoing -which was the prineipal nmißement,alth6ugli.Bonga rendered by Miss Peterson and Mr J., Hardman wero ah enjoyable feature *f the function. In connection with the totpsiehorean items, mttsle was provided by % and Mrs Martin and the flip f]ijfi£?3 q| M/ 0« wefe carried out by Mr Fefaioy. Mr ClibU, the secretary of the pjub, made all arrangements for the gatiierjng, Mr Kdwin Edwards andsome Wends when driving out from the Thames to Kopn yesterday afternoon had the misfortune to meet with an accident, their buggy being capsized. The occupants eame to the ground all in a heap, Mr Jsd.war.ds being fflosf unfortunate in the descent and he now 'finds, that t\ strajned leg will not assist to sustain flic energy required iA a candidate in eleefkm eoiite.NL ;

The annual mooting of too Thames Sunday School TTnion wag held in the Mnry-alreet Church Iqsfc eyonfng. There was a very good nfctond>nflOi After d> i?otioifol exercises tho mimi'es of the:

last ffiifli'lerly gailteriiig wero read and .Gon(iri.tiftd,-*Tha report re " Weekly Preparation Gluss" was to the effort that this Glass be organised f'om February nesft and be held on Wetnes* day evening after seryicp nt respective town schools in President re ported that fit the annual meeting of the Auckland Sunday Sclioi|Uniontholoca I pncli had been ropresiJtited by Messrs Scott and Ifnscldon, These gpntlempq gave nn account of file mecljrtf>s, but the Tatter not bsing able to bo present Mr 11. N.Bft:)wvtt rend apiijerfoiworded by MrHasekleinvbitfli cafe o full mnw; of tho meeting.!). Uolh were heartily j thanked for nttcuduig and re| Ifc v/ 03 rosolted. ilmt in future theox' pense of the i ufMshmeftis 4 social meet*

lugs be defiivyod by cpllection,~Tlip Usu'it arrangements for the annual festival wore put io pider, sftor vrtdeh the f rorfdent reporte*! on Hie work of th* year, and tiro Imhjrpbs manager* Mr Renahivw, tewl a. state merit showing the jiumbsr and value of tire magazine*, hound suppled duiingiho par to schoo'y.-'l lip election of cffifprs resulted as lo lows t * Vrofdcw., Mr W. If, Ktffftoit (third term); Vicc-Presi-den's, Kef, P. W. Hoys nnd Mr R. Sco'.t; Secretary, Mr C» K, Swales; Triusurer and business manager, Mr] ,fas, Kensltsw (reelected)? visitor to !. school, Mr IT. N, Bagnall j auditors, Messrs ?* Sommomllo and 0. Whitespecial vote of thanks won accorded to tlio N.B.S, Co, for free conveyance .«! paresis from Auckland, and to Mr P. Power for carting the samp from Mid stcaraer,~Before the meeting; dispersed those present enjoyed the hospitality of the liaptist teachers who had provided a light repast. PiANoi'OniKs carefully timed for In $&, periodical visits at reduced rates, J, Ctaoo, Thames Musiu 'Warehouse, Pollen street*— [Aim,)