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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2061, 12 August 1875, Page 2

The Bank of New South Wales shipped yesterday one box of gold, per Hauraki, containing 800 ounces.

A f elegbaji to an Auckland contemporary states that Mr Walmsley, lately manager of the National Bank at Hamilton, Waikato, and formerly of the Thames, has written to the Waikato Times complaining of his dsmissal from the bank's service; and the Waikato Times states that some substantial public recognition of Mr Walmsely's worth is likely to be forthcoming.

Says the Otago Guardian :--As an evidence of the advantages of Life Assurance, we may mention that the executors of the late Mr Hawthorne have already received from the Australian Mutual Provident Society the amount of his policy, on which he had only paid one annual premium. "

In' : .the course of a recent lecture on " Congregational Psalmody,'' the Eev I)r Allen, 1 of Dunedin, noticed some of the incongruities that used to occur by the awkward diyi ion in repetition lines. For instance, "Love thee better than; before " was divided "love thee bet-;" ."My poor polluted heart" becomes "My poor pol-;" We'll catch the fleeting hour" was sung " We'll catch the flee-;" " And take thy pilgrim home" became' "And take thy pil-;" "And in the pious .he 'delights''" was "And in the pi ;" " Send down salvation from on high," became "Send down Sal- 1' A soprano, in one case, sang "Oh for a man-;" and the chorus responded " Oh for a mansion in the skies." • In one case the soprano modestly sang "Teach me ,to kiss ;" the alto- took up the strain -'Teach me to kiss ;" while the bass rendered it quite prosaic by singing " Teach me to kiss the rod."

By way of caution to inexperienced persons in the habit of using kerosene lamps we record a curious accident which happened to, Mr Vincent, of the Telegraph Department in Gis borne, on Saturday evening last, as recorded by the Poverty Bay Standard. MrVincent.it appears, adopted a common but very dangerous method of "blowing out the light," when an explosion took place. The; lamp being suspended above his head the ignited kerosene quickly covered his head and shoulders, burning him very severely. Assistance being readily at hand, Mr Vincent was, removed from a danger which might, otherwise, have ended fatally. The patient is progressing as favorably as can be expected.

The London correspondent of the Argus, in referring to the starring engagement of Sankey and Moody, jays:— "The popularity of Messrs Moody and Sankey continues unabated. Jheir familiar treatment of sacred things is pushed to extremity/. JSven the beautiful •tories. told in the Scriptures of our Lord himself are cast by these two persons into slang. His description of the sick of the palsy being let down through the roof of the house is said to draw shouts of laughter. ; 'Perhaps it was Peter's house,' says the facetious Mr Moody, and they said to themselves, ' Oh, Peter won't object, and wft'llesend him -.right-down through the tiles and the roof.' Nay, evefti the tale of blind Bartimrous is made to yield its crop of vulgar ridicule by that system of • topdressiog' which these preachers employ to every soil. In an imaginary conversation between Zacchseus and Bartimseus, the latter is made to observe, 'I've never yet seen Mrs B. and the children.'"

The Grey River Argus gives some additional particulars regarding the fainting of Miss Colville when called before .the curtain after a recent performance in Wellington,- to which reference was made in our telegraphic columns. The paper above referred to says:-— It was lately reported that, in the Wellington theatre, at the end of a play there was an enthusiastic call for Miss Colville, and in responding to it an unrehearsed sensation occurred. While before the curtain Miss Colville fainted dead away, falling very heavily and only barely missing the footlights. She was much shaken, and did not come to until some time after medical aid had been procured. It was found afterwards that in the Tomb scene she had actually stabbed herself, the point of the dagger having penetrated her clothes and drawn blood.