The Thames Star. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1896.

Thames Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8520, 26 November 1896, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1896.

Mb J. 0. Mackay has been elected Mayor of Dfcvonport by a majority of 59.

The contest for the Onehunga Mayoralty Tesulted in the return of Mr Sutherland by a majority of 65 votes over Mrs Yates.

At the Police Court to-day Wm. Fisher pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fine** 10s, with costs 2s ; in default, 48 hours.

In order to prevent the steamer being over-crowded to-morrow night,' the agent for the Northern S.S Co., MrH. C. Gillespie, desires us to state that for the convenience of ladies especially it ha 3 been arranged that intending excursionists can leave Thames by the 5.3. Rotomahana to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, the excursion tickefcsTbeing available for return until Monday,

The number of breweries in the Auckland Province is 11, employing 102 hands, and paying £12,706 in wages per annum. The quantity of beer made in 1895 was 1,244,192 gallons, valued at £97,267.

The following will represent High School in their match with Ro er Ix. on Sitiirday : : —Baker, Douglas, McDermott, Hammond. Robinson, Hal', Phillips Gillies, McLean, Clarke, and Donovan ; emergencies : Gircia, Renshaw, Kirkpatrick, and Hetherington.

The result of the Wellington Mayoral election was :—H. D. Bell, 1239 votes ; Geo Fisher, 852.

At a meeting of the Borough Council held yesterday the Library Committee for the enduing year was elected as follows : — The Mayor, Crs Burch, Stewart, and Wood, Messrs Hollis and Renshaw and Dr. O'Callaghan

The premises at the corner of Mary and Pollen streets lately in the occupation of Mr Walters have been re-opened by Mr Alfred Court, and some very extraordinary value is offered; long la"c curtains at Is 6Jd the pair; horrocks long cloth a full yard wide at 3s 9d the dozen ; white fancy muslin for pinafores or dresses from 2Jd per yard; plain colors in art muslin Is I Id the dozen; galateas sad;velveteens fromßf djflannelette | wide and heavy 3s 9d per dozen; plain pink flannelette 3|d; pink zephyr gingham 6Jd, B|d ; fancy lustrine Is 6id ; double width tweed B£d; white Turkish"towels 3s 6d 4s 6d 6s 6d per dozen ; boys' linen collars size 12 J to 135-at Id each ; gent's silk ties and bows 6d ; good patterns men's flannelette shirts from 6^d; wliite dressed shiits at 2s lid all sizes. A well assorted stock of men's clothing "at cutting prices; silts in light fancy shades wide width at Is per yard ; blouses j in great variety; bordered apron linen i from 4Jd; fancy skirts from 2s 6d; white skirts from 2s 3d, linen skirts in light colours braided and embroidered special dress lengths iv newest materials. All marked cheap; everything you buy from A. Court will be marked cheap, and you will get exceptio»al value for your mo»ev.—[Advt-J

Ik another column Mr frauds Trembath thanks the burgesies who voted for him ye

terday. • The number of ny mills in the Auckland Province is 49, employing 1044 hands, and paying £82,175 in wages per annum. The total value of the product of the mills for 1895 was £430,966.

Cheap china cup? and saucers, best white and gold, a larjre line at 5s 6d and 6s 6d per dozen, best stone china 5s 3d dozen. All other crockery and glass equally cheap £3.00 worth just Landed direct from home Also a large line of best Sheffield cutlery direct shipment, sellingvery cheap. Knives and forks from Is per pair at W. Wood's Centra Cheap Stores —[Advt.]

Thkbe ar« 21 cheese and butter factories in he Auckland Province, and 24 creameries. The Jnumber of hands employed is 88, and wages paid £5999. The value of the total prodmct for 1895 was £71,416.

Mb J. Lako has great pleasure in announcing to the Thames public that he has received a splendid variety of Men's, Women's, and Children's Tan Boots aud Shoes of every description, of which he will exhibit in his window from this evening the finest Bhow of these goods ever seen on the Thames, and at prices to suit the times. Also other goods of every description and most reasonable prices. White, brown, and black. Canvas Shoes very cheap; Ladies' Leather Slippers, 2s 9d; Ladies' Walking Shoes, 5s 6d; Men's Bluchers, 4s 6d; Ladies' White Shoes, also Children's, very cheap. Don't forget to look at the wmctow.ft[Ai>VT.]

A Press Association wire gives the following results of Mayoral elections in various places :—Hastings: Fitzroy, 277; Ellis, 82. Christchurch: Cooper, 692; Smith, 525. Dunedin : Goutlay,' 946 ; Hardy, 549. Balclutha: M. Corley, 119 ; D. Stewart, 85. At Wanjfanui the two candidates—^Hatrick and Stevenson—received the same number of votes each, and the Returning Officer gave his casting -vote for the latter. Hawerti: Sutton, 154; Major, 145.

Dr. W. B. Bush, Oakland, Fla , writes: — "I emloy Sander & Sons Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract as a local application in chronic inflammations and rheumatic pains ; internally in nephritic as well as in pultnonaiy gastric and catarrh. It is sometimes difficult to obtain the genuine article. I employed* different other preparationr, they had no therapeutic value and no eflect. In one case the effects were similar to the oil camphora, the objectionable action of which is well known." —This is certainly a most striking evidence of the superiority of this excellent preparation over any other.—lnsist getting Sander&oons Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worthless oils —[Advt.]

Th"ose interested in Sunday School work are reminded that, the annual meeting of the local Sunday School Union will be held in th i Mary Street Church this evening. Mr Eenshaw will briefly describe the exhibition and Messrs Scott and Haaelden will give an account of the annual meeting of the Auckland Union. Refreshments are to be pro- \ ided by the teachers of the Baptist Sunday School.

"Writing of the "co-operative" system, the West Coast Times says :—" The result has been that at the present time nearly the whole of the co-operative workmen, with their female relatives, may be looked upon as furnishing safe vote* for Government nominees at the elections. The knowledge of the manner in which this system 18 woxked also operates in the minds of other workmen who are afraid to oppose the Government candidates lest they should be shut out from the chance of employment. By this means the service of the State is utilised for the purpose of bribing- or coercing an important section of the voters, and political liberty is stifled, if not destroyed."

Now that we have plenty of opposition on the Thames in most lines of business; it might be rather difficult for some to decide where to purchase, for one man comes boasting of his financial position as if he could buy cut Lombard (London) at one wholesale sweep, live on air, and supply the Thames public with all they need gratis; another man may come pretending to be a philanthropist, studying only the pockets and welfare of the people. We have noticed some go and inspect and expresss their approval of enterprise, fine buildings, big rents, big salaries, and so on ; but all would object to be obliged to pay for these things, and we were pleased to see how they wended their way to W. S. Wymb's, who gives the best value for money all the year round—in fact, no matter what quotation is given for any line of drapery goods, W. S. Wylie will supply the cash buyer at the lowest price ruling.— [Advt.]

Dubino the last financial year the loss on the telephone service of the colony was £3619, and during the three years prior to that also a loss was shown. From 1886 up to 1896, however, there was a profit. To a suggestion made in the House last week, that the fee should be increased by £1 per annnm, the Premier remarked that when the reduction in the telephone charges was made it was anticipated tha|; for a time there would be losses, but for this they would ultimately be recouped. The loss was being reduced. If an increase on the charges was made, the probability was that they would lose a considerable number of their customers; and he thought it would be better to let the matter stand over for a short time* to see how they get along.

Letters received from Adelaide give startling accounts of a gale the Eingarooma and Karrakatta recently encountered,on the way to Adelaide. When the vessels were off Wilson's Promontory they ran into a southwest gale, which increased in fury until both vessels had enough water on board to fill cabins and men's quarters. One of the Karrakatta people, writing of the sight of the Ringarooma, says that the. sea was breaking clean over her fore-bridge and funnels, and that the weather was fearful Aboard the torpedo boat the crew simply shut everything down, and the water washed right over the vessel. This boat offered less resistance, and received less punishment than the cruiser.

Mb Justick Simpson, of New South Wales, is opposed to the silent system of punishment in gaols, except in the very M'orst cases. Recently, he said he had had an opportunity of observing the working of the system, and no one not acquainted with the treatment could realise the mental suffering tiiat prisoners must undergo. Each sentence of three years or over necessitated a nine months' term of solitary confinement, and the suffering of prisoners doing this form of punishment must be most acute. He questioned very much whether it did any good, and he had resolved, after seeing tke working, of the system, not to impose sentences which would carry solitary confinement, with the exception of the "worst form of cases. It would not do those engaged in the administration of criminal law any harm if they were to acquaint themselves closely with the suffering which solitary confinement for a lengthy period entailed.

The Wyndham Herald states that there lives in that district one who has long passed the allotted span. This is Mrs Creron, mother of MrsM'Fadden, Edendale road with whom she lives. The old lady celebrated her 101 th birthday anniversary on October 1. Mrs Creron has always been remarkably healthy, never having had any sickness more than a slight cold. She yet remains very erect in stature, and almost every chapel Sunday (monthly) walks into Wyndham, about two miles. Within a year her eyesight has failed a little, but before she used to knit tike whole of the socks required for the family ; but she began then to drop her stitches, and so discontinuod her knitting. Evidently Mrs Creron comes of a long-lived race, for her mother lived to ninety-six and her grandmother to 105.

As we were going to press we received a telegram from Christen arch stating that thn cricket match, Australians v. New Zealand 15, had commenced at Lancaster Part Up to 3 o'clock the had lost one wic et (Darling c 29 f r 86 Thi rot out men are Iredale 40 and Giffen 16.

As will be seen from an advertisement Mr T. H. Boswortb, teacher of the piano, violin, 'cello, and sin ioa has decided *o commence I c practica of hi* profession here. Fnm the exeelL nt testimonials Mr losworth ■ oases 'es, we ga her that in him the Thames will make a great acquit ion from a musical point of view. He i* an experienced conducor, and there is.no reason why, in coarse of time, tbe local Choral Society and Orches<ral Union should not be reviv- d and in full swing again. Mr Bos worth has our beat wishes for hia success.

The foil wing will represent Tararu 11. on Saturday:—Brown, Griffiths, Me Gregor, Armitage (CapO, Wilcocks, Lynch, Matthews, Wi'son, McLean, leod, and.Torrens; emer.: Irwin and Bishop. Refois commencing the ordinary business at the Court this morning, the Warden read the following letter from Mr A. B. Morrow,surveyor:—'Sißj— During the time of the case Crnnpbe Iv. White in your Ccurt last Friday for ■hares in the Puru Consolidated G.M. Co. White paid that " the nurveyor might have shifted the position of the Russell special claim 200 yards." As the surveyor, I wish you to know fha* I did not shift the pears or the position < f the claim. Samuel Montgomery on behalf of White showed me the pegs and they were not moved whi'e I was in the district. The plan of my surrey shows them in their positions as first pointed out to me by Montgomery. A s the at a' ement has been reported in the Auckland papers and has thus been given. considerable publicity, I would esteem it a favour if you w<uld mention this letter at the next sitting of your court at the Thames." His Worship made no comment whatever on the letter.

'•An Escaped Lunatic" contributes the following:—" A would-be M.P.'d committee approached a cold water league for assistance-financial and otherwise. The spokesman is understood to have replied in the following thriving manner: 'As a man and a brother your nominee must have discorered that on our mild diet—in which wa deny oar■elres the foamy pew er and the comfort' ing rum hot—tbe mind becomes elevated beyond the sordid eov. and the e'usive tanner. These we regard a< infinitely below the level of that pure sympathy and sweet kindliness which we offer him as being above the price of rubies and superior to the homely quid. We do not •ffer him these rare gifts in bulk, as many of our fellows mean voting for the other fellow. Tell your man from me that there are some of us here patriotic enough to scrutineer for him, preach for him, and pray for him; anl although we will even sbed the last drop of our brother's beer him, we will see ourselves shot before we pay for him.'" The Warden took occasion tod y to again remind applicants Pud their sel'ci tors that), inappUiog for a special claim, the first; allegation in the decaeation sh*ald be: This' land is on Crown la d open for mining within the mean ng of the Mining Act of 1891 and regulations. His Worship stated that in some cases this rule had not been complied with, and he wou d have to insist on its enforcement.

M<»unt Morgan dividends for the last 10 yea s'says the"North Qieensl ndßegisier) sm vn 1 altogether to £4,200/00, or £4 2s per «iisire. Ihe o(e tiea eJ tot*'!e<l 591,643 tm?, with an average of a little o»er 2oz per ti". Total j ield 1,470,486 .«• worth about £4 an ounce. The vdtie < f the cold turned out is about £6,001,00 I serlini. The crimpny says there is another£6,ooo,ooo nre-tereeunderground.