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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 199, 29 May 1872, Page 2

A call of 6d per share has been made in the Pauline Goldminiug-Company, payable by the 15th of June. " s ‘ A call of 2s per share has been made :.u the Russell Battery Quartzmining and Crushing Company, payable by the Ist of July. By advertisement we perceive that Mr Goodall will resume the management of the Prince Alfred Battery on and after Monday next, the 3rd June, in consiquence of the expiry of the present lease. The following case is set down for hearing at the Warden's Court to-day Mcllhoue v. Reudigo Independent Goldminiug Company, a complaint by the Inspector of Mines against the defendants for not holding a leaseholder’s miner’s right. The business at the Police Court yesterday consisted of one case of drunkenness, one of neglecting to clean, premises, one of allowing a horse to wander, one of ooslructmg the footpath, aud one of using obscene language An application of Mr 'houghen, of the Idtaf* ford Hotel, for permission to have music aud dancing there on the night of the 2.lth iusc. An adjourned licensing meeting was held yesterday, at Shurtlaud. at vrhicu W. Fraser, Esq., R.M., and Messrs* Goldsmi.h aud Puckey. Justices, presided. The only business before their Worships was the application by James Oapiil for a lieeuee tor the Ballarat tioiel, Shoi tlaud. which was''ranted.

We are glad to hear that the waie man. Richard May. with the assistance of the police, has discovered some traces which we hope will ultimately lead to the couyiciiuij of the ihief or thieves who cut adrift three wareiman’s boats from Graliamsinwu Wharf, on Monday morning last. It would, ue t hi uk, be likely to frustrate the ends ol justice IU particularise w hut has beeu already made out as to ihe mode m win h ~Jj *i roobeiy was pmE.b.y effcoied ou< dhor* .an be out one opinion of n» being a niosi wanton and cowardly aei thus to mb a poor man by night of the ou..ts by wh.ch he made his livelihood, and we sincerely hope the offenders will be biought to justice.

Last night the performance of the minstrels at, the Theatre Royal was as well patronised a'* the weather would permit of, there being? a very good house down stairs. We have described their performances so often that it is needless to recapitulate ;* suffice it to sav that they were quite as good as usual, and that the audience were well amused, especially with the nigtrer business, which was certainly about, the best we have seen for a lor er tin e. 1

The arbitralion ease, Te Moananui and others v. Lundou, whili has been parly investi{.mted in Auckland, before Mr Samuel Jackson, solicitor, wasrpsumed yesterday, at the Aerdemy of Music, Grahamstown. before the same gentleman Mr Macdonald appeared for the plaintiff. A, telegram was received from Mr John Sheehan, solicitor for defendant, asking for an adjournment of the case until the arrival of the steamer in the afternoon. The Arbitrator agreed on payment. of costs of the day, which was given, and the case was accordingly adjourned until this (Wednesday) morning, at half-past 10 o’clock.

We take the following from yesterday's Crm in reference to the performance of Mr Perrier on the stage of the Prince of Wales Theatre in Auckland :—“ The chief attraction of the evening was looked for in the fulfilment of the announcement that Miss Aitken and Mr Perrier would appear in the trial scene of “ The Merchant of Venice ’’—Miss Aitken being cast for Portia, and Mr Perrier as Shylock.* In referring to Mr Perrier’s Shylock, we speak of him as one who can scarcely be ranked as an amateur. Amateurs —unless they are not egregiously vain and terribly stage-struck—do not take such a difficult part as Shylock until they have long previously trained in less ambitious representations. Although not what may be classed as a professional, Mr Perrier is a long way off from a mere stage tiro. Th’s gentleman possesses three great essentials for dramatic representation—a good physique, an expressive face, and an intelligent appreciation of his author. Mr Perrier is not a Montgomery or a Talbot, but be is quite able to impel sonate odc of Shakespeare’s most difficult characters better than some professionals who are ambitious to excel in the higher walks of dramatic representation. Had we not known that Mr Perriej was an amateur, there was nothing in his actiDg which would have led us to the conclusion that lie was not a professional. We should have preferred tD have seen Mr Perrier last night in Shylock from the first act to the close of the fourth. He would have done himself greater justice, and pleased his audience better.

We notice by an advertisement in yesterday's Herald that the time for making entries for the Rifle Association shooting in Auckland has been extended to Friday next, so that any Thames men who may wish to compete have now a chance of entering for the events open to them. We trust that our district will be represented, more especially as we now have two or three Auckland men competing at onr own gathering. We have heard of one or two of our local shots who intend to go to town.

We notice that the Moanataian aqueduct is p'ogressing apace. Some six or seven seis of lees have been erected, and a good number of men are busily employed at it. The carpentering woik seems to be of the very best and strongest description, and when finished it will be a good strong struetore. The water channel is to be caulked like a ship’s deck, in order to render it perfectly watertight.

The Fngineeer Company met last evening at Finnimore's store, Albert street. There was but a poor muster, perhaps owing to the incVrreney of the weather. The company was drilled in marching nml eounter-nia-eb-ing and platoon evolutions. This newly reroi'strncted company does not muster so well ns might 1 e expected. The Naval Brigade assembled at Thine and Fraser’s foundry last evening. There was a very good muster, and the men were dri 1 ed in com puny movements, and it is needless to snv thn 4 tbev won 4 through *h“>r ni"veme ts well. The Thames Rifle Rangers Cadet (■•(V'p did not rnest'-r so well last evening as usual, but we cannot expcei onr yonms.ddieis to turn out of their abodes on such very disagreeable even-ngs. but on the whole the'youngsters do attend their parades v- ry well, and are very attentive to the word of command, ns is ev : need from their efficiency in drill.particularity in wheeling in company, half-companies, and other motions, which they go through equally as well as the grown-up Volunteers.

A telegiam received in town yesterdav from Newcastle. Waikato, states that a congratulatory address was presented by a deputation to the Hon. D. McLean, the Defence Minister, on Saturday, on h ; s native policy. Several questions of local interest were discussed, and elicited some satisfactory replies. Te Heinpa. the cousin of the king, interviews the Native Minister. She is supposed to have considerable influence with the king. Her visit piognoslicates success to Mr McLean’s policy.— Herald.

The Sydncg Morning Herald writes that the retorting of the enormous mass of gold recently obtained from sixteen tons of stone taken from Krokmann’s claim, on Hawkin’s Hill, was an operation requiring no small ingenuity. The gold actually filled what is known in the iron-trade a “15-inch retort.” To get it out of the vessel after being retorted was, therefore, a task of considerable difficulty. The following method was adopted with success—keys, or wedges of gold, were placed perpendicularly in the retort, at intervals, so that there remained small spaces between them. The amalgam was then put in aDd retorted in the usual way. the keys remaining of course untouched. In the openings made by these keys a crowbar was inserted, and the monster cake was thus easily lifted out of the vessel. * *

The annual roectingof the Home for Destitute Children, sometimes called the Industrial School, takes place this evening, (Tuesday'). It is to be held in the Young Men’s Christian Association Rooms, and it is expected that his Honor the Superintendent will occuny the chair. Since the establishment of this institution, it has met with a very fair measure of success, and ic well deserves all the encouragement it has received from the charitable and kindly-disposed in Auckland. Of the necessity that exists for such institutions there is now no need to speak : the fact brought out in the Police Court some time ago, that the Committee of Management had felt it necessary to issue instructions to magistrates and others to send no more children to the Home because it was full, speaks in a manner that is not to be mistaken. This is one of those institutions which appeal at once to our common humanity. Hie members of one Church may sr heme and plan to make converts to their peculiar way of thinking, and in doing so may work themselves into a condition in which they feel that all but themselves are in imminent danger; but the sight of a helpless child, a few years old, the offspring of reprobate parents, strikes a deeper chord in human nature than any schemes of Church propagation. It is not to be wondered at, then, that this institution, the objects of which are so worthy—the reclamation of our neglect* d yo’th—should find representatives of all the worshipping bodies in Auckland woiking harmoniously together. The object to strive after bore is, who shall be the most useful, who shall be most instrumental in relieving the largest amonnt of human Wickedness and youthful depravity, altogether irrespective of Church dogmas nr the bickerings of the sects. The field of useful ness on the committee of this institution is unttammpned by nnv sectarianism, and we learn thal there are but few (’hurdles in. Auckland which hare not representative cln’dren in ill's institution. We trust the committee will be able to show to-irght a satisfactory Valance on hand, and that some filers may be initiated for faking hoTrtof onr really criminal youth, as well ns onr neglected street wsifs. We: hope the m-eting will be largely attended.—Cm#.