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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 185, 13 May 1872, Page 2

Tenders are called for clearing and forming No. I section of the Sle gu Road from -he beach at Puiu to the Cult machine site.

Tenders are required ior the construction of a bridge over ihe Omuuawa River, i’au- . .iuga and Tapa pa Road.

A Revision Court, to revise the electoral oil for the district of Rodney, will be hold .u Mahuraugi ou the 3r i Juue next.

A ball is intended to be given oy the officers o. Vo.uiiioersiuAuc.in.nl on fuesuay, the -Mb ins am. at the Dm.-shed, in honour oi tier Majesty's Birthday. The unappropriated lau Is iu the township and suburbs ot DisLnrae, I'ovei'y Bay, liave been handed over to the PiOvnic»ai Dovi.ru* meut, and will shortly be offered ior sate at Gisborne.

At the Police Court yesterday oue case of drunkenness, one' of uegdgeut i.riviug, one of breach o. sanitary regu.atious; and uue of assaun, were disposed of. G-aptaiu Goldsmith aLd Mr Puokey presided. A meeting of the shareholders of the Dnv.ug Greek Goldtniuiug company was iiuid lust eveniug, at the Waver.y Hotel, Queen-street. rtuies were passed, directors elected, aud Mr R. B. Mason elected legal manager. —tic raid. The transfer books of the Pons of Freedom GohimiUiiig Company are to be closed at uoou on Monday aud to lemaiu closed until Tuesday, the lith, when a dividend of per slnue is to be payable to the shareholders. 'irons.

There will be a meeting of the Ivauaerauga Highway District Board this eveniug, by which time it is probable that some advices will be received in reference to tbe Government subsidies, whicn will enable the Board to go on with the repairs of the streets, which are in many cases urgently needed. Mr B. N. Jones aud his troupe, including Mr aud Madame Sitnunsen, took their departure for Auckland yesterday iu the Duke of Edinburgh. They will appear for a season at the Prince of Wales Theatre in town, and may probably re-visit us at a later period.

There will be an election at Mougonui tomorrow of a member ior that district in the Provincial Council, iu the room of Mr Ball who has resigned Ins seat. We have heard no names meutioued as likely to come forward, except that of Captain Butler. The poll, if necessary, will be taken »n the 24th iust.

Yesterday, Mrs Jane Click was apprehended by Detective Murphy, aud lodged in the Urahamstown lock-up, ou the charge of stealing from ttie person of John Harris four £l-uotosaud a broker’* sale note for ten shares in the Cure. .She will be brought up at the Police Court tins morning to answer the charges. A man named John Williams is also in custody ou a charge of assault. The Thames Football Club had a practice match ou the cricket ground on Saturday afternoon. Play was commenced a ttue after 3 p.m., aud kept up till nearly dusk, when the Vo.umbers coiling on the ground compelled tiiein to cease. Wednesday will be tne next practice day, when as many as can are expected to aoteud. Play wul commence between 8 aud 4 p.m.

Ou baturday night, at the Thiatre Royal, ne saw what was eeitanny uie best programme of ihe week. “Tue Graud Duchess ” was pui ou ilie stage iu a must excellent manner, amt Madame S.m_,nseu had plenty oi sc.i(ie for d.sp.ayiug uer g.eat laieuts. She was most. au*y asotsied iy •• General rn.z v_.nr .». Hi..;, ami a.so uy Mr Keogh as *■ General 80..in,’ ihe oilier parts U.i.,g vcjy well sustained, it is tile first time t..iit the ” G ami Duchess’ 1 has i.eou p.ayed ..e e, aud i was ne.v to uear.y every • e in me no., e out it seemed to be y re 1 liken. Fur oursetvt swe must cm cf| .at we tu.e r.Rli r d.sappuiuted, as i. cur -ot come up to expectations formed ot it.

A zoological grTidftty-JWas picked np by the Isle of France, wbater/on-ber iost-ereise off the Australian coast. It vvas the tail part of the body of what resembled a snake, but n ither captain nor his officers were able to make out what it was. The captain handed the specimen, which is upwards of fifteen feet in length, to the Hon. Dr. Crowther, who informs us (Hobart Town Mercury') that he sent it bv the Southern Cross yesterday cn route to England to be submitted to .Mr W. H. Flower, F.R S., Conservator of the Royal College of Surgeons, for his opinion and delineation. — Herald.

The Architect of January 6 says Agents have arrived in London from South Wales to secure the services of 1.000 men to construct a railway in New Zealand, 'i he men required are to be skilled mechanics and steady labourers—such as masons, bricklayers, carpenters, engineers, wheel wrignts. platelayers, and excavators. They will have their fares paid out to New Zealand, and their wages will g<> on from the date of sailing, and other privileges. 'Hie tme of departure will be about five weeks hence. We would call the attention of the authorities to the state of the fire plug in Albevt-sireet. opposite to the Bank of New South Wales. For many days now it has been leaking without cessation, ami seems to be out. of order. It seems to us as if the iron case had been knocked on one side somehow or other, but it certainly looking to, as the water is standing in the drain aloug Queen-street with scarcely any outlet.

The works at Point Britomart are progressing steadily, but a considerable reduction in the number of men employed has been made, in ro isequence of instructions having been received from the Government, directing tfoat the extreme end of the point should be first levelled down to the sea-wall before other operations were proceeded with ; and as thirty men were all that couid be fully employed upon the limited area, a large number of labourers had to be discharged. It is expected no increase in the number of workmeu is likely to be required during the winter.— Herald. The shades of evening had enveloped the Resident Magistrate’s Court in its gloomy folds last evening long before the business had been disposed of. Two . eloquent speeches, with most telling perorations, were delivered by Mr Joy and Mr Hesketh by ihe dim pale light of the new moon. An envious cloud, after a time, came rolling up and threw its dark mantle athwart the newlyborn crescent, when all was darkness. There were no tallow caudles in store, and gas is at present a stranger to the Court-house. It was ouly by the gleam of a jewelled finger that Mr Joy’s position in the Court was known, while Mr Hesketh was altogether undistinguishable. The eloquence of both speakers was more telling from the fact that there was nothing to distract the minds of those present, who listened in rapt attention to the well-modulated voices and the nicely-rounded sentences of both learned counsel. His Worship declined to form any opinion of the case argued before him whilst quite in the dark, and deferred his judgment till the next sitting of the Court. A lucifer match, which one of the reporters had the presence of mind to discover in his left waistcoat-pocked, enabled the legal gentlemen to gather up their papers and find their hats. — Cross.