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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 194, 23 May 1872, Page 2

We hog to draw attention to the temporary alteration of the Golden Crown’s time table, which will be seen on reference to our Snipping advertisements. There was a meeting of the Waiotahi Highway Board yesterday, at winch a consi Un - able amount of business was done. The dnd't of a Municipal Bill was submitted by Mr Dean, and ordered to be printed. The members of the Star of Hauraki Tent

of liechabites arc reminded that the regular fortnightly mee.iug will take place this evening, at the usual place. Messrs T. and S. Morrin’s tender for supplying the Thames and Auckland Steam Packet Company with coals has been accepted.—(Auckland correspondent.). That game is plenty in our neighbourhood may be judged when we state that two gentlemen, .Messrs Gibson and Goodfellow, Lagged 37 brace of duck and 10i brace of pigeon in one day’s sport, near to the Miranda Creek.

The Warden’s Court was opeuded pro forma yesterday, and adjourned until to-day. The following cases arc set down for hearing : —Wickham v Kelly. Goldsmith v Steadman, Element v Emerson, Aickeu v Stratford and others.

The District Court sat yesterday (Judge Beckham presiding), wnen H. E. Morrow received his final discharge from bankruptcy. The case of David Williams was partly heard, and adjourned until next Court day. In the case of J. Kent v J. Briton, the plaintiff was uon-suited. The Court adjourned until the 18tli June.

There will be a meeting of the Thames Municipality Committee, at the Pacific Hotel, Grahamstowu, in reference to the survey of the boundaries upon which a correspondence lias passed between the Colonial Secretary and the committee.

We were informed hist night that the publisher of a letter signed “ An observer of passing events,” which appeared recently in the columns of a contemporary, in reference to the case of Lethbridge v. Davis, lias received a communication from a local s licitor demanding the name of the writer by noon today, and in the eveut of this not being supplied, threatening proceedings for libel.

Volunteering. The Thames Scottish were drilled at Phaser and Tinne’s Foundry last evening. There was a good muster. I’he Scottish do not intend to go to Auckland on the Queen’s Birthday (to-morrow), as asserted by the Auckland Evening Star. but intend to stay in their own district with the remainder of the Volunteers, as they should do. If the various companies muster well to-morrow there should be about 280 men all told, and about 80 cadets ; and the two Howitzers will be manned by the Naval Artillery squad. Tlie 11.1t.V. band and the Naval band will be present. The feu dejoh will be fired on the cricket ground, and the march pass will also take place there, after which the battalion will match to Parawai racecourse for the sliam fight,

At the Police Court yesterday, several bakers were brought up under the* •• Miller’s aud Baker’s Act. ” aud lined. We hope this will bo a warning to all sellers of oread deficient in weight, aud vyho do not comply with the Act in all its provisions. As ignorance of the law is no legal excuse for breaking it, our local vendors of the stall of life should provide themselves with a copy, and bear it in miud.

We have been requested to give publicity to account of monies received aud expended i'or the benefit of Mrs Allen, whose husOaiul died suddenly lately Account of amounts collected "aud muuey expeuuod lor the widow of the late William Aden Dr :To Cash received by Mis Allen, Liu L4s lUd ; purotiase of house and ground rent paid in advauce, Lz 9 lU.>; mangle, Lll ; casu m hand, L 7 Us lld ; total, LSB os t)d. Lr. : By amounts ceilcetcd, Mrs U. Burton, Lll los; Miss >B. Brennan, L 4 9s; Mrs E. Horasuy, LlO Os Od ; Mr W. Pearce, Li 13s 0d; .nr It. Madden, L 8 7s; Academy of Music, L 5 ; Bank of New Zealaud, 7s Od ; Mr W. Jacobs, Ltu 13s ;'Lorf 5s Od. Mrs Alloa begs to return her sincere thanks io Mr Uuoeri Gralium aud tne public in general, who respuuned so liberally io the various s.ibse.qmuu iis<s raised lor the relief of iieisenauU fatuiiy.

it will be seen by our advertising columns that M. Dairy u’Ncii wil. lake a oenelil at tne Tneaiie nuyai tu-uigln,. Provided that Uie woutlier be at all tuvourable, we nave no doubt but that this gentleman will be wed patronised, being, as lie is, a great favourite, and a cupßa l character songster. Tne Miustreis wdt piay until Saturday night, alter which ihey will lake their depa.tu.e for Auckland, where we uudo.staud they will appear in conjunction widi Mr and .nadaiue Siiiio.iseii for a brie! season.

There seems to have been a strange fatality amuugst the mail steamers lately. The arr.val of the Hero yesterday pi aces us in possess.eu of facts wnich leave lu tic room lor doubt that the s.s. City of Mel bourne, wiili the Australian Califurmau mail aud the Aucklaud Suez mail, has broken down on her passage to Auckland, and probably put back to Sydney lor repairs. The accident to the Moses Taylor, which deprived us of our English mail via San Francisco, has not long been reported. The Omeo, with the Southern portion of the Suez mail, struck on the bar at Port Giia'mers last, week, and had to put back and transfer her mails to another vessel while she went into the dock for repairs. In addition to these casualties more nearly affecting New Zealand, we notice, amongst the English telegrams, the following one which intimates the breaking down of two Suez mail steamers : —“ The P. and O. steamer Eliora, bound for Suez, aud the Messagcries steamer Hooghley, also with mails for Europe, aud 150 passengers, have both orokeu down, aud are lying in Galle harbour.” —Cross.

The “ Anglo-Australiau, ! ’ in the European Mail of March 22, says;—“ln my last I stated Mr John Brogden had been commissioned to select a number of men for the railway works in New Zealand. Well, this is the case ; but his selections must be fiually approved by Dr Feathcrstou. Mr Brogden is, of course, well acquainted with the kind of men fitted for railway works, aud,the authorities have doubtless exercised a wise discretion in leaving the matter of selection to some exleut in his hands. One hundred aud fifiy navvies have already been passed by Dr Feathersfcon, aud these will sail about April 1 for Wellington. The results of the worthy Doctor’s efforts in the cause of emigration may be summed up as follows ;—During April there will be despatched for Wellington about 350(including the 150 mentioned above) ; for Auckland, 100; Otago. 100. lu May 200 will be despatched for Canterbury, aud 2CO for Otago, Then, also in the same month, there wilt be about 950 sent out from Hamburg and Scandinavia. This is a very good beginning. and there is every reason to believe that New Zealand will thus obtain a very valuable addition to its popula iou. I hear that Mr Friberg, of Hawke’s Bay, has gone to Sweden and Norway, with the object of influencing emigration to the New Zealand provinces on a large scale,”

Dr Beer lias lately patented a uew machine for gold-washing, which he calls a “differential specific gravities amalgamator.” being based upon the difference of the specific gravities of the substances used. He is confident that the machine is superior to all others employed for the same purpose. It cousists (says the Raronswood Miner) of a turbin fan with nine flanges attach d to a horizontal wheel about two feet in diamotor, which revolves in a strong sheet-iron cylinder. Beneath the fan are rakes, which rotate simultaneously on the same axle. I'tie whole rests in a circular pan a few inches larger ih'.n the cylinder. When in operation the ip of the cylinder will lie supported slightly •ibovc the bottom of the pau co training tho mercury, iuto which, however, it will just •lip. The rakes will revolve at a level slightly above the surface of the mercury, l’he machine is self-acting. Its mo ion is acquired by the constant discharge upon the fan of the water and wash stuff from ihe s uioe-box. As this stuff passes between the flanges of the fan it is kept in motion, and prevented from clogging by the actum of the rakes beneath. T’ne waier within tho cylinder, it is expected by the inventor, will have sufficient gravity to force its way against the resistance of the mercury beneailt the lip of the cylinder, and carry with it pyrites, sand, &c.. the gold remaining at the bottom of the pan. Dr Beer anticipates that the pyr.tes and heavier substances, after passing out of the cylinder, will remain floating on the mercury iu the pan outside, but that the water and light, substances will flow off, and the amalgamator thus be kept in good working order. He stales that it can be easily attached to any quartz-crusher, and may be advantageously used for washing alluvium.