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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 89, 22 January 1872, Page 3

At flic; Police Conri. on Saturday, the only business lie Ion; the Court was the disposal of one ease of drunkenness. AVe henv that the list of signatures to flic petition for the luunV'pa'liy is being numerously signed in < A:.ham-down. Sboidand. ami Tit ram. A n;.: ting. to consider the bcmiulaiy cptest'o.:, I- t > 1 . held at the Shellback, Lu-'dav. fit with h. wo imcierstand, sonic of the tneni'-.-t's of the Coneral Municipal Committee h.tve l e.n in. .ted ti; attend. ’PI, O Theatre level Hramntic Company iu.-ived yesterday Yrnm Aueklancl hv the 1 loyal Alfred, and will appear at. the meat,re Itoyal this evening, when Mr Tavares v make his ilcl'iit bet ore a I iianies audietie.e ns Hamlet. The newspaper notices which have preceded the a..aval 01. this company, speak highly as I > their praise. I [is Honor the Siipci '.ntciident, left for Auckland on Saturde.y by the Holden Crown, jlrLnndon. M.P.C.. Mr IWaokay, and a son of To Moauniui also went by the same boat.

We understand that Hie men employed on the railway at Mediae'cs' Ray si nek on Saturday for a reduction 'i the : r hours of laboi"'. ' The reduction sought wr om Bto f., nine hours, and this not 1 big eo.np ed with, tlic men were paid off. As the goods and chat* i’« of *hc '1 h(-a e Roval Company were be' ig convey l m a (nick along the. t r nwr.y. wo : e ve / y to hear that a box. contain ig tlic tlieai .eat ward-obe oF Mrs Walt.-. Till 1 , md valued at about £SO. fell oil the t. ick, i-id ”ito the water. The box was lished up aga-i. but the dresses, ,kc.. we.a vciy much inje-ed. We are soi < to h -r- that tHs 1c s has oceu..'cd to tfiis lady, esp riidly rs many ol the dresses cannot vciy we be replaced here.

Wo were glad lo see :i good lion: c at the Vadcinv "f Music. on .Sntu-duy night, when the *• Mattie of Sedan" and the burlesque of |i Troval ire" were repeated, and were warndv received by the audience. 'lucre is smother attractive programme to-night.

The lion. Mr Ormond. Mr Gar rut hers, Mr C. O'Neil 1 , and Mr Wnitnkcr lei; for Auckland yesterday.

The usual meeting of the Kamvacranga Highway Hi.strict float'd will be held tlrs evening,' at the office, Scnley-sti off. Hi,. Thames School, under the able management, of Mr Jlobet.son, will resume duties to-day.

'f ie Kev. V.Lusli announced at St. George s Oinueh last, night H at on Sunday next the •new church in Mavy-strect would he opened. A communion ret vice will he held at S n.m., and the usual services at 11 a.nt. and 11.30 r,.m in the evcn’ug a coni’ .nation w.ll be held by the Bishop of Auckland. All those who arc to be confirmed are requested to attend at St. George's Church, on Ft'day aft juioon. at 3 p.lll. The adjoun ed meeting of the cong -egation w'M ta! c place on Tuesday evening, at the Chech. On Friday evening last, the yearly mcetinrr of the AucklamUilistiict of the 1.0.0. F., MB 1 ., was held at the (Pstrict chambers, Auckland. Besides the usual district business. was the election of officers for the ensuing year, we have to congratulate the members of the Loyal Waikato Lodge on the election of P.G. John Taylor (who is a member of that lodge) t > the high and honourable position of Provincial Grand Master of the Auckland restrict. P.G. Bowlev, of the Loyal Good Intent Lodge, Auckland, was elected Provincial Deputy Grand Master. We are rise pleased to hear that the committee of the district have decided t> hold their next mcctimr at the Thames, which, no doubt will greatly assist to advance the | cause' of Odd-Fellowship at the Thames. 1 ,\lt igcther. there are eight lodges in the £ Auckland district—Fountani of Friendship, •rid God Intent, in the town of Auckland ; | I’-M-nell, at Parnell : Duke of Cambridge, and I Alexand-a. at WAka'.i ; Waikato, and I Charles lb ace. at the Thames; and \\ nani -gnrei. at Whangr’-ei—the whole of which P .rre in a sa‘ iffucioiv tiiiriu-ia! position, and gi prcuosin- sati-fi.-u Flv 'u nmnberof memI tiers pa. lieularly at ;he ThameD The I Loval Ch..;Te- itrrcc. abliough it had only i been aliened six va when the d'sH.ct reI tu..- were sent in. .-bov.ul A*. _ members as | belomnmr to that 1- uct. while the Loyal I W-lik-ito'l rd'-c lit; -U'ui ---• stnee which | time about 30 mwme ml ers have joined the I two lodges, which makes the total number of | members tit the Thane s over 300. M e are Also glad to state that the nit .her sum or j§ y J ")0 was placed to tne ered't of the disL ct W trustees for invesi.ncnt. Ihe total amoi nt of fun ds in hand and invested belonging to » the fun,"ral fund of the district, amounts to over ill.j. () 0, wliicli fund : s only applied on If the death o: r a member or his v ie. ihe m total amount; pf funds in hand and invested lie l Rouging to the lodges (exclusive of the K. Alexandra and )\ nmgarci) the d strict fjp. are £fi,'iti(> It's ,’d. Hi A large bush lire vrs» ra._'ng dfiug ||| of Friday on the opfX'.sil; side of the liaruoit". |s| as far ns we could judge, in,’.uetvhcrc in die j§f; country ju.~t beyond Stokes' Point. S nee fj| hearing of the dost., action caus ,, a t>y pome of B these btislt t : es of Jate. in vr ioi.s pr ' o>U!ie B .country. we ear rot but fer ' for aoruc ot the , f J$ numerous small clerr'ngs .' \ 'hat no ghl o' '• W hood.— JleraUl.

Judgment lias been given for the plaintiffs for £1.050, with interests and costs, in the matter of the Auckland and Fiji Cotton Company v. John Rennie, tried before the Supreme Cot rt, Auckland.— Cross. Tne civil sittings of the Supreme Court w'll commence this morning, the criminal bus'.icss having concluded last evening. Jurors, witnesses, and all others should be 'u attendance this morning (Saturday), at. nine o’clock. Special jurors will not be required until Tuesday.— Herald. His Honor the Chief Justice was occupied the whole of yesterday with the second case of alleged perjury in the calendar, namely, “Manning v. McGeoeh.” The facts have Teen a'-eady detailed at considerable length. There was some d-'ffercnce in the effect of the information sworn before Mr Mcllsop, which constituted the perjury. The Rev. Mr Nome and others gave the prisoner a good character of general t uthfalncss. The jury found the presoner gu-'lty, recommeud-'ng him to mercy. Mr MncCormick asked leave to move an a.:cst of judgment. Sentence deferred. The C'ou 7 lose at twenty minutes to eight o'clock, and w'll resume at nine o’clock this morning. —llera Id. Tlic mode in which tlic claims of “spiritism- ’ arc being -'nvestigated at Climes is det;»:led by a correspondent of the Ballarat Courier, who states : —“ M- Naylor delivered two lectures on • spiritism' at the Apo M o Hall Clunes, on Friday, to about ICO persons, and on Saturday to about '0 persons. Tiic lectr cs were ,: s‘uied to most attentively, and at, Hie conclusion expressions of admivatio l of the force and subhmity were general amongst the listeners. On Saturday a number of ladies and gentlemen met by agreement for tlic puiyosc of getting a communication, : f such a thing be possible, eit’-cr by means of plancließ j or table, lucre were seven ladies and eleven gentlemen present, but they bad no success, flic meeting was brought to a vciy unpleasant le:ruination by the conduct of the Rev M • Honing, incumbent of St. Raul's Church, Clunes, wlr'eh was, to say the least, insuU'ug and contemptible. Instead of joining truthfully in tlic search inter truth, and fairly tesi-'ug the subject ' i order that it might be admitted or exploded, he sat down at a table with a young lady, and kept her with her lu-nd upon the plauehcttc w Ith l,i’ s own for nearly an hour—and r'l the others in silence, anxiously wateliir.g while was written • Spi-gcon, Fn<slis, Spiritism ; beware ye simple ones; truth is great— Clunes, i)cc. 10, 71.’ Curing the writing, the lady being incredulous, and feeling tlic plauehcttc moving under her hand, asked i f lie was mov'og it. lie replied that lie was not ; and several of thorn present whispered to each other their astomshment and their gratification that it was such a man as Air Herrimr. because they felt sure that tic would noti'eml himself to a deception. After the writing was completed, and when they wcic all t.jTng to persuade him to sit again, lie sn-'d that?he had done it himself, and that it was all humbug. Mr Naylor said he had thought that they nad an honest man and a gentleman to deal w'th, upon which Mr Heiring asked sharply'' ,T he meant to say that lie was not such ; but before Mr Naylor could reply, Mr R». Jcs=up. solicitor, took it up. and sa : d quite as sharply that lie certainly was not a gentleman. nor was lie lit- to hold the office of a C.nistian nr-iistev. Upon this, Mr Herring took his hat. walked out of the room, and slammed the door. Perhaps Air Herring is under the impression thatby his w riting lie was prov* ig that spi-'its do not write.