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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1782, 7 April 1874, Page 3

The Thames-Naval-Brigade, with characteristic esprit de corps, gave a ball last night as a public recognition of the representatives who have represented the Thames at the recent colonial prize tiring at' Napier.,' The arrangements of the ball were carried out by Captain Brassey and. his officers, and a committee appointed from the members of the Brigade in a highly satisfactory manner. The company s hall was gaily decorated,; and conspicuous amongst the ornaments were the beautiful flags presented to the Brigade some time ago by . ladies; of t-he Thames. . There,waa a comparatiyely large attendance of about 50 couples. The assemblage was'an agreeable one, there was' a good danci"g programme, and efficient Quadrille band, and . [the dancers throughly enjoyed themselves up to an early hour this morning,

Will the very veracious mining correspondent of the New Zealand' Herald at Coromandel explain the following discrepancy? In yesterday's issue of that journal, under the heading "Coromandel, from our' own 'correspondent.'' we read:—" In consequence of a rather severe | article' in the News .of the 2nd instant, the manager of the Tokatea mine on that day issued a notice that the men would be paid; fortnightly.". In the manager's report to the, directors for the week ended on the 31st, ultimo ( (we quote from our more reliable con-1 temporary the Cross) find him saying,upon; the question of fortnightly payments, "I ; asked the men if they preferred fortnightly—as it would be done if they wished i it. 'lhree said, it would ho a convenience; one preferred monthly payments; and the other did; not care how ii was: I" shall therefore carry out .your wish and - pay fortnightly,' as a" few J desire it," 1 .

It would appear that we are to have a vessel; direct from Belfast, with emigrants sent out tinder the auspices of Mr Samuel Cochrane, formerly auctioneer in Auckland. The following advertisement appears in a late number of the Bdfast.. News-Letter [—"Emigration to New Zealand. A ship will embark passengers at Belfast fa-1 uckland on the 17th. February next. For further particulars apply to the Agent-General' for New Zealand, 7,' Westminster Chambers, London, S. VV.; or to Mr S. Cochrane, District A gent for New Zealand Emi-Corporation-street, Belfast."

In refeience to the petition in favour of a mitigation of the sentence on Mr Dornwell, his Excellency the Governor is advised the law should take its course on referring the petition to the committing Magistrate.

A man named Collson, whoy has been honoured ; with. the '■ title of doctor, and describes himself as an herbalist, has been arrested by Constable Green at Onehunga, on suspicion of stealing a valuable gold watch, the property of Dr. Zinzao. The prisoner was brought before the Onehunga; Court on-Satur-day, when he was remanded until Wednesday. —Herald: '

The district of Biverhead seems to be an unfortunate locality for drunkards, Another member of this class suffered a horrible death yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the hospital through the effects of drink. His name was supposed to be Fenton Campion, and his age about 33 years.- *- He was formerly a bugler in :the 18th Kegiment -It appears' that he had. been drinking for some time past and returned to his-whare early on Saturday afternoon ia a state of intoxication." ; A 'fire shortly afterwards occurred and the unfortunate taan was frightfully burnt'before lie conld escape from the flames, fle succeeded in"' crawling to a house about half-a-mile distant which he reached in almost a dying state, and. was shortly afterwards put on board the b.s, 'Eclipse,' and brought to Auckland by Mr Lamb and at once conveyed to the hospital. He was insensible when he arrived at the hospital, and suffered horridly until he died.— Gross.

A convocation of the Kilwinning Otago Royal Arch Chapter, No, 116, 5.0., was held in the Masonic Hall last evening. The meeting was one of more than ordinary interest. The degrees of the Order were conferred on Bro. ]jr. McOlure. from Invercargill. There were present—Companions F. W. Wade and Conyers, from Invercargill; and Companion McCullougb, B.W.M. of Sir Walter Scott Lodge, Thames, Auckland, the latter being here mainly for the purpose of making arrangements for the establishment of an K.A. Chapter at the Thames, Such a union not only indicates the zeal of the Companions,' but the wide-spread influence of the craft.—Dunulin Clmrdian, ■

The following is an analysis of the census retnrn3 for the various districts in which completed returns have been sent inAuckland City East, 4,oß2—increase, 3; Newton, 4,847 —increase, 890; Waitemafca, 2,2Bl—decrease, 169; Onehunga, 2,o34—increase, 195; Waikato, 4,sßs—increase, 1,311; Parnell, 3,974 — increase, 411; Rodney, 2,662—increase, 158; Eden, 4,040 -decrease, 26, The total increase of the population in the abore eight electoral districts over that of 1871 is : 2,753. The population of six other'districts ha 3 yet to be ascertained. ■ . • " x, • . .

We (Gross) understand that Mr Olson, the manufacturer of the tomato sauce, will turn out of his manufactory this season from £8,000 : to £10,000 worth of this well-known sauce. j ■ He is importing £1,000 worth of bottles, and he anticipates that the three paddocks in which ■hehas tomatoes growing will yield him not less: than 200 tons, of fruit. These facts show how i a large trade may be built up by the requisite •skill, and, devoting care and .attention to the article manufactured. ', , <

, Mr B. Tonka offered the lease, goodwill, fixtures, furniture, .and museum of Mr Perkins's Occidental Hotel,, in Auckland for Bale or Saturday. Mr De Lias started the biddinj with an offea of £1,000, which was followed tyi another of £1,200. Advances of £25 wee made until the amount offered was £1,500. ■ *s nothing higher was bid the property was witdrawn fromsale, but it is likely that Mr firkins will dispose of it privately,

The ss ' Bangatira,' Captain Paddle,left; Auckland on Saturday for Sydney, took the following passengers: — Saloon—Hon.- D. McLean, Colonel St. John, Mr and Mrs ';. Gf. | Shepherd, Mr Samuel Rosenthal, lajor Hopata, Mr A. Livingstone. Steerage:.Hugh Campbell, John Uiggins, Mrs Higgins'Coust,; Sand brook, C, W. Holder, Mrs Holder Frank Hayes, James Slade, John Moodie;Thomas: largan, George Levais, William Heslor, George Dinnin, Jobin Ramsay, Mrs and Miss Smith,

The schooner ' Julius Vogel' left Auckland on Saturday for Lyttelton with thf following passengers:—MrsTait, Mrs Brown tad family, Mr and Mrs Onaera, and one other..

Mr Maekay.has just from the Taupo and Napier districts, where-along with Mr Carruthers, the Kngineer-in-Chief, and Mr. Turner, Resident Engineer, for/one of the! Auckland districts—ho kd been for the pur-: poße of exploring a line of roue ia which, to continue, the railway into, the southern dis-i trlcts of, the island. Mr Cacuthcra, is very well satisfied with hisexamiaaion, The route is easy for a Jong- distance, aid the country practicable all the way, so to unitealine : carried through the southernparts of the pro-; '.vince with that which is lail out from Tara-; naki. From Rangiriri—the' once famous and; well-chosen Maori stronghq'd, now the head-, quarters of bar navvie Volunteers—ta a point; 35 miles" beyond Taupo, Hr Carruthers finds that there are no engineering difficulties, and that a Jine of railway can be formed as easy as on the Cante/bury plains. From that point Mr Mackay atd Mr Turner went to; Napier with the view otamining the country | in that direction, whits Mr Carruthers pro-j ceeded to Wanganui, .The country to Napier, was found to be rugged and difficult, and not practicable for a railway, unless at 'an® enormous expense. Mr Carruthers found a' line Wfljb, carried forty miles, would conntctj with vSe Taranaki' line, This would be mote costly than the line to the point referred to blyond Taupo, butjitwas nevertheless a perfctlr; practicable line. As for any opposition of the; natives, that is not likely to be great through: three fouiths of the distance, by recent land purchases, and other, arrangements, so all' causes of opposition are, we believe, removed; and for the rest it is not supposed, when the time for absolute work arrives, that any obstacle will be experinced in that direotion,— Cam •

-The following parcels-of gold-were-exported by the Bank of New Zealand per 1 Hindoftan,' for London':—Five-boxes gold, containing 4,7300zs 13dwts 18grs, value, £19,700, the produce of the Thames. goldfield; 2.8290zs 4dwts 12grs, value, £11,316 18s, the produce of Nelson. Total, 7,5590zs 18dwts Cgrs, value,. £31,016 18s, Also, one box gold coin, value, £700; 19 bars silver, 1,4131bs avoids,, £5,400. Total value, £37,116185. .

At "a-meeting of the Caatlemaine Mining Board on Tuesday (says the Mail), Mr Morris urged the expediency of prospecting' for quartz reefs, and move that the Mining Boards in the colony be written to, requesting their co-opera-tion in urging upon the Government the desirability of setting aside a portion .of the revenue derived from the goldfields for the purpose of prospecting the quartz reefs by sinking ! deep; shafts- on lines of reefs-recommended by, the district-surveyor, where there are indica-; tions to warrant the expenditure. Further,; that the boards be requested to obtain a pledge from each candidate at the coming election that lie will use his best endeavours to obtain the desired object. Mr Rowe seconded, the motion, and spoke strongly in its favour. Other mem-,: bers also supported, it, and ; it was carried' unanimously...

A • company • termed the Victorian Gold- : extracting Company has been formed (says the Argus) for the purpose of treating pyrites on an entirely new principle, by which ' a much ( larger percentage of gold can be obtained than • by the present clumsy aud unscientific process,, of 'roasting. The pyrites 1 are: caught, on a perforated wire blanket, and are passed by their own gravity to the concentrating chambers vhere they are allowed to : accumulate. This 'chamber'is so constructed that' l it enlarges itself in suclra'Way that work can be'eontinued : for any length of time. - Afterwards the pyrites aie : mixed -with 'combustible/ adhesive,. and. disintegrating materials, aud placed in a' kiln, : when all the arsenical fumes are driven off,-the whole- materials being reduced to a light friable mass, leaving -light shotty'gold The kila operations are continous, the kiln being fed from thetop and the stuff-, drawn off at the bottom. The hew; method 1 has been tested with- very satisfactory results, and Mr E, Henderson, mining-engineer, states that the result surpasses all he had seen duriog twenty years'experience.

The Danbury News Man says One of the most annoying complaints in tbs range of medical knowledge is a cold in the head. The man with a cold in his head is a mournful fabric to contemplate Be loses his' interest in everything but a stove and i handkerchief, and were he compelled upon to give an expression, it would be found that Ms idea of heaven was a place where stove foundries and cotton mills were about equally divided'. His eyes are watery, his skin drawn tight to his flesh, his nose is swollen, of a fiery red, aud sorer than a strange dog. What he mostly fears is a draft, but in spite of his most active endeavours he is sure to get'into it; and he is hardly able to conceal his surprise at the pressure of business the family is subjected; to,' which keeps the door open about two-third aof the' time, and establishes an .almost uninterrupted current of air about his up back of the stove, with his nose like, a''beacon''shining above it, he patiently holds his haadkerchief to the blaze, and finally slips into a mental calculation as to which will first lose its moisture -his cotton or his blood. There he sits all diy, with tlie handkerchief as a flag of truce tendered by the fire in his head to the fire in the stove; and'at night he goes scudding through a cold hall, sneezing at every leap. Long after every one else is asleep he starts up with a terrific sneeze, and finds that' his "feet are sticking out below the quilts, and that the handkerchief which he meant to have carefully located for just this emergency, is nowhere to be found,

The " American'Sliowman," Mr P, T, Barnurn, has entered into a contract with the Messrs, Sanger, of Astley's Amphitheatre, for the purpose of the whole of the plant, wardrobe, and paraphernalia connected with the pageant of the " Congress of Monarchs" exhibited at the Agricultural Hall four or five years since. The contract is as follows" This agreement, made at lie City of London, January 2, 1874, between Messrs. John and George Sanger, of the said City of London, England, and P. T, Barnum, of New York, linited States of /lineriea, witnesseth, that for the sum of £33,0J0 sterling the said. Messrs. J.. and G. Sanger, agree to complete and deliver to the said P. T, Barnum duplicates of all the chariots, costumes, trapping, flags, banners, and other paraphernalia used by the said Messrs, J. and It. Sanger in production of the great pageant representing the Coigress of Monarchs. Every article thus furnisled by the said Messrs, J. 9. Sanger shall le new, and of the same quality and style used by them aforesaid. This collection embraces 13 gorgeous carved and gilt emblazoned ehariots,and appropriate harness for 162 horses; 1,136 eligant and appropriate suits of armour, robes, court-dresses, &c,, to faithfully represent all the principal monarchs and courts in the world and /etc smile of all the flags, banners, and eterything else used in thi3 pageant, excepting the horses, elephants, ostriches, giraffei, cameis, and other living : animals. Tb«se the said P. T. Barnum is to provide for himself. The names of all nations represented on that occasion shall also be delivered to the taid P.T. Barnum. "The whole to be completed wd delivered to the said P. T, Barnum or his agent in London by February 22,1874, £13,000 to be paid upon the signing of this contract, and the remaining £20;000 on the 22nd day of February next, or upon the earliest completion of the, contract by the said Messrs. J. and Gt. Sanger.. The property to be delivered to Mr Robert Tellingham, the said P. T. Barnum's agent, and to be approved by him." This document wa3 dated January 13, and'the £13,000 paid.