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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 62, 18 December 1871, Page 3

As a horse wiiii an empty dray was passing Id r Hell's machine, on the Karaka. the emmieer blew •••me water from the boiler, at, which the home took fright, and jroceedi'i! at a vapid pn-c along the mad. t'oniing in cnnla/'l with, and capsizing an iron chimney, his mad career was suddenly brougilt to a c’r-'-. without further accident. Ar the Police Court, on Saturday F. Hogan, of Tarn: ::, was fm.-d c.* and costs, and \V. (' . 'Hazard 'S2 and costs, for furious riding. In each of 11icse ea-es ,si child was knocked over, i'll! foriunrd.e'y in neither ease was any sorio"s dan:.-:'.-': suci.ilied. The practice of nc'.digent. an I furious riding and driving in 1 iic st r--ci.s is far prevalent at ilie Thames, and requires to !.e pur. a stop to before some very serious a conk, m occurs. William Aliilan. charged with stealing a considerable quantity of miscellaneous property of lie* value of about, fromiiio house of Henry Sclent, Auckland, was: brought If fore the R.M." at tin: Police (.'• .urf. on fgi'-nrday. and remanded on vh'• application of Mr jlulien until 'Thursday, to be dealt with by the Auckland Pencil. We observe with pleasure that a much Tur-ded want', ha . been kindly supplied by one of our townsincii. Wc. allude to the drinking cup ami chain which Mr lii n.-imvv. the i j onmni iger. has so thoughtfuliy had all aide d to ilic stand-pipe at ; lie Tiic.aire liovz! corner. This has been made n-e of by many passers-by. and has proved a great Is ion in tin: present hot Weal her. His example is'.veil wo:; by of imilaliou, and if the Government' will me lake upon in ■•nisei ves to do so. we tru.-t that some oilier friends to the. liersiy public may be found to place similar vc* -'-is at iliu different pipes. Mr Tlmma-- Ifnee'eone has been appointed manager ol: the Waiicmnta mine. We understand slmt Captain James Higgins has been appointed manager of ihc Moanataiari Goldminiug Company's works, succeeding Mr James Gribbic. There was a performance. in aid of tiie funds of tlm annual regatta, at the American Theatre, Short land, on Saturday evening. “ under the patronage of the general public.” who, however, did not respond very liberally to the call. Tim first piece was the cone dv of the Spectre bridegroom, after which tlie following songs. ,vc.. were given :—"Gravesend steamboat,” Mr C. Heck : ‘‘Wait for the turn of the tide,” Master Willie livan :

“Norali Macron,” Mrs Ryan; Imitation of the ltailway 10xpress" Mv Gcrrislt ; "Helen and Modus,” Mr and Mrs I Ivan : an Irish comic song, gentleman amateur ; "Walking on tiie pier,” Master Willie Ityan : Irish jig. Mr Moore ; song, M : -s Campbell; song—- " Love among the roses," Mr livan. This was followed by the "Hough Diamond." a hornpipe by a gentleman amateur, and a piano solo by Mr Owen. The whole concluded with "A day in Paris’—an excellent bill of fare—and it was very well gone through, and duly appreciated by Fhosc present. It is due to Mr Owen to say that, his solo was a really cxqiti.-iie performance, and quite brought down the house. A narrow escape of an accident by fire happened through one of the lamps bursting, but no serious damage was done. There was a. very large congregation at the Catholic Church, Willonghby-.-treel, yesterday morning, when Sh-iinr Cagli and several other members of the Op. ra company lent their valuable assistance in the performance of Gonnou's Mas. A very exeel lei it mid praclie;.l sermon was preached by the Hc.v. Father Nivard ou i.lie text " Who art thou?” pointing out the impuri. nice of this question when nppli'-d to the life and passions of man. Let him rsk himself, who he is? who made him .’ to whom is tie responsible for his actions and what G he doing in the world The sermon, nlihoiigh hy no means lengthy, was eminently practical, and was listened to wiiii very marked attention. ] In the evening tiie Per Father continued his course of llible ledurcs. The 11 cv .1. Hniler ]ivoac.hed an excellent sermon on the subject of " kilial Übeiiieuee.'’ at the Wesleyan Church. Graliamstown. The subject, is one of very grave importance I for, as a rule, we do not think the same, amount of obedience is paid to parents in these colonies as i:i older countries, and whether this will be well for the future of the rising generation or not. is a suhjwt, well worthy of tiie attention of ;he preacher. The duly of rendering a reasonable and willing obedience to parents was forcibly pointed oui. If is the intention, we believe, of the men lately under Mr Wm. H.ove's management in tiie Caledonian mine to meet him on Tuesday afternoon. at the Wharf Hotel, for the purpose of 'presenting him with a testimonial of their regard for him as an employer. A public meeting will be held at the Academy of Music, at 8 p.m„ this (Monday) evening, to take steps to prevent tlm Thames Water \\ orks from being handed over to a private company. The meeting is convened hy the chairmen of file Wain;aid and Kauwaoranga Highway District Hoards. A cricket match wa - j •hived in the Albert Barracks on Saturday afternoon between eleven of the Stage and eleven of the I’ve.-.-. There was a large muster of ladies and gent lent'*n present to witness the match, the band of ih.> A.HA', being also in attendance. and during the aficrnouu added much to the attraction in the barracks by discoursing a number of well selected airs, 'ilie Stage were the first to handle the willow, and r>er a good innings retired for 78. Toe Press iu thei l ' lir.-i innings scored 04. 14 !• >• hind their opponents. In the second innings the Stage were all out for 17 runs, tints leaving 32 for the Press to get to >• in the match. These were very soon got, and \\ ith 7 v iekets to go dow n. The playhtg and ticking of the Stage in the first innings was very good. The Press in the second innings fielded exceedingly well. This is the third match that the Press have pulled off successfully against the Stage. Ou Saturday next a match is to be played between Eleven of the Press and Eleven of the Auckland Bowing Club. It was reported in Auckland yesterday, that tbe schooner • Midge ’ was lost at Kaiparn. that she had gone to pieces, and that the cargo is strewed about the beach. Tiie brigantine •Annie Moore.' Captain F. i Henry, arrived here yesterday, from Sydney, with the following passengers and cargo : Passengers : saloon. Mr Noose ; and one in the steerage. Cargo : til) bags maize. Brown ; (•(I bags maize. Burney : 17 tons railway iron, j shortlaud and Grahani.-rown Tramway Com- * pany : 50 bags maize. 10 kegs maize. 7 tons hay. 1 bundle axe handles: •1.1 tons coal-. Hi eases o.anges. order. She left Sydney on the .•rcl December, and experienced 1 i<_•!tr nortli- | cast winds up to the oth. followed by north and north-west winds, up to the Pith. From • the I.sth till arrival in po ". she had light southerly Wmls and calms. On the 12tli. made the Three Kings, at 2 p.m. Hounded tile North Cape at noon the next day. and a : ived here on the litli. at 4 ]>.ui. Had line weatl’.er throughout. I We are requested by F. 11. Lewisson i > ; state that no gold chains or alberts arc of | his make wuhoiit they are stamped F. 11.1/. i 18 carat. Having engaged a g..,hl chain j maker front London, he is prepared to make I any English pattern chain to order, —Adv