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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1829, 2 June 1874, Page 2

Mr; John Blaokj one of the' original purchasers of the Old WEu; mine being about to return hbihe to Scotland Wdisposed''of Ms in-, terest in cV tbe.comi)anyi,aniyesterday resigned his position! as engineer of the company's battery, and handed over charge to tho,-|iewly appointed engineer, MrMcKeggie. Mr Black as a servant-of the company, in whicir 1 ho vaß" also a director, has been painstaking in tho extreuio, and has devoted bis utmost attention to . the duties of his situation. Mr Black leaves the Thames on Thursday, and wo have no doubt those *ho have been brought into oontaoi witti bim have appreciated his unassuming, gentlemanly demeanour, ( and will wish bun all possible prosperity >'''W.; , W sphere of life which he may choose. While ou this subject, we have another pleasing duty to perform. It is seldom indeed tint aay person, % . when fortunate in a mining speculation,, attributes bis good fortune, to lua haraig «i\-

lowed the advice of his friends. He attributes it generally, if a vary vain man, to his own prudence, but if not he usually lays it to the score of his good luck. If, on the contrary, his speculations have been - .unfortunate, he- is ■willing enough to lay the blame at anybody a door, . In respect to the Old Whau however, we"have examples of theoontrary. MrUorthwick, the present manager, induced two friend? to' join with liim in the parchiae of th« Old Whau mine when it was in the market, and sold for debt. He had nob much inducement 'to ' offer ' beyond hit firm belief tbaV if' a certain plan of operations were pursued the mine would be found a good' payable one. On these representations his friends joined hiin and purchased the claim, and hive since carried out the plan of operations then proposed, with what success our readers aTe aware One of the first to dispose of his interest, which'he did before the iich returns afterwards obtained were procured, was Captain Orkn y, of Dunedin; 'but he 'made'a splendid profit, and 'in order to express his high opinion.'of Mr Borthwick he sent to Mrs Borthwick a handsome ring as a present. It contains five pearls and teii small rubies. Mr Black on his relir-ment presented Mr Borthwick with a splendid set of-shirt studs anl sleeve links, rich specimens set in gold, and a massive brooch of • the same wato-wl for Mis Borthwick.' 'Mr Fed.- f-'omerfield, another shareholder, and : '-a ! director, who has not retired, has preiented Mr Borthwick with a sp'endid diamond ring : and ; a hindsunely-. mounted- meerschaum pipe. From these mementos it will he seen that there are some who, even in mi ing specul tions,' are willing to acknowledge their indebtedness to good coun-el, and as regards the Old Whau they certainly have every re,\son.: man-Peterson, of Porter's Creek, who was reported as missing, his turned up safe. It appears .that after being weathei-bound for several lays along tin coast towards Auckland, he'arrived at bom-) on Thursdty : while his wife had 1-ft for the purpose of pursuing her inquiries ; respecting him at Auckland and the Thames. ' ; :

A meeting of the Thames Miners' AcciJent Relief Fund' Committee was held at the Bowen Hotel last evening''"Present:''Messrs Comes,Donnelly, Dij, and Lo*e (in the chair),' were several applications for relief from subscribers wSfo'had met with accidents, which : were /duly entertained by the committee, . ( It will be seen by advertisement that a public meeting has been called by the Mayor "To c>nsidei* tliequeatjon, of providing better acco nmodation jor shipping at this port, to be held on ;Wednes]ay;?yening next. It is bi hoped that the ac'ion taken will have effect in getting accommodation, provided for shipping at an early peri'd.

The Kennedy Family's entertainment last' Bight was well patronised as they c uld desire, The house was filled in every pirfc by an appreciative and an applauding audience It W asi "uioht wi' Burns," and the gems of that popular author were admirably given amidst a Blight admixture of English poetry, in the shape of glees and quartette, As usual, Mr. Kennedy frjot-a leading part in the entertainment, diversifying the programme by . amuains; anecdotes illustrative of Scottish character, having reference to the sones aud the leading incident connected with them'. In this way additional interest was felt in the selections and the. audience weie better' able to. appreciate their bcauiies. In one instance, however, Mr Kennedy .* was l at fault, and tint, was in his manner: of reciting " Tarn O'Sbanler" Forgetful altogether apparently of the fact tbnt the tale or legend.h the tive of a third party, Mr Kennedy endei youred' to elucidate it- as .au actor, and, a* might have been erpecUd, its beauties wen njarred, in come instances even made ludicrous Wi'h this exception, however; the entertain meni was eminently fsucoeasEul. and pleasing To-night the company will give their last per form °nce at thu Thmuea, on which occasion th Thames Scottish Company will be present a patrons •

We are requested to state that the meeting of the Excellent Lo lge of the Koyal A>ch Chapter, called for this ereriing, hr.s' been postponed until Thursday evening.

Jn the case of Carpenter v. farponter, brought on at the D.voice Court, Wellington, judgment having been reserved fnm the former sitting, the Court now granted a decree of nisi with costs. . Mr Izard appeared for the: petitioner. :■

The Northern' Pioneer Lodge (No 6) of the liO.G.T. held, a session last evening at St. George's' Hall, :when two new members were initiated; and several can lidites; proposed.

!We are glad to find,that the opinion of our < Tapu'c-nvspondent respecting .the coal discovery near the Mata Creek is cmfirmed bythe Herald. In yesterday's issue of our contemporavy we find the followingWe are glad to learn that a good coal-field is likely to be developed within'a few miles of Tapu. Three seams have already been discovered; and a , great "depth .caa be'*obtained 'by' means of tunnelling. ' ! The coal is said to'be of excellent quality, and a sample of it is to be seen on •board the' Golden Crown' steamer. The place is somewhere near the Mata Creek, and only a ,few miles from the beach,"

We learn from a . private letter from Gotomandel thit no action will be preferred ag -inst the proprietors of'the Thsmes Star by Captain Hairgreave3 in 'reference to a, grossly lioello'us telegram published, by them.frou'a correspondent at Coromandel. It appears that the caluminator (a Mr King, of ! R;lieving- Officer notoriety)' his confessed to the authorship. Our correspondent, adds that nearly, the whole o'f : Ooromandel will assist in prosecuting the

News' proprietors, of; whom King is one, for r,publishing similar unfcrufclia A. libellous ' article appears in the News this morning chiraoterising Captain'Hargreaves as a common thief Great is felt, and a testimonial is being got up by the passengers. People are thoroughly sic* of. tin scurrility of tbe News, and its beat friends are disgusted. It would appear- that the rival < journals of Cbromindel do not confine themseWes 5 -' to'u a ; paper - warfare : alone, or at.leasta co-proprietor of the Mai 1 , ia so disgusted with the scurrility of the News, that he uae his own words) " endeavoured to set a glapat Kinfand Von Sturmer [the proprietors and-editor] :thc, other day, but'the cowirJs were not on W— and myself were standing on -the' verandah wlim the two wretches passed, and -nude, some very nas'.y rem irks, King at the same time putting his fingers t)his noseband Von following his example. I got rather Warm and offered: to polish the pair of theai off at once if they, would come into the middle o : the road,.' I feft,l could have knocked a dozen such cowards over. 1 '

It.ia with-de?p.regret we have_ to announce the death by drowning at the Fijis ofOaptaiu James Judd, younger brother of Mr Judd, of the Thames . Foundry. The. melancholy cir■eiim<taneea are thus narrated, by a correspon'dent of itiefftra'd at Levuk'a:—'' I regret to announce the death by drowning of Mr Jatnea Jul(V Ute master of the ketch 'Lady Palmer iton,' a.fc.Vagadace It appears that the ketch required a few sheets of 'copper replaced, and for this purpose she was hken to the abovementioned 1 ;place, and hove down to a puut )a'ten with' ballast. At about'seven o'clock < n the evening of the 2M May, the pu it suddenly Ulli d and sink, dragging the ketch down with heri- ' Mi 1 Judd was at the time standing by the main hitch; holding a lantern in his hand. He wentddwtt witfrtbe vessel, a-id wis never seen afterwards, It is supposed th it he bee i>ne entangled with:Eome of the gear, or was sucked down by the vessel sinking, a3 he was known to be an expert s*immer. The crew of the ketch had a narrow escape,, One of the hinds conld not, awiiri,. but was savrd by a native. The deceased's body Wis recovered on Fiiday forenoon. Mr Judd wis'well known throughout the Fiji group, and universally respected for 'his'gerieial steadiness and urhanitv, The .vessels in harbour lowered their halfinv>t hiuhas joon as the sa l ocuurrenc i w.is made known.' He was buried dri >'aturJay forenoon, be! ig carried (o the graVe by his brother jailors, and the Coffin, covered with the Onion jack. Over thirty nhijmiafcera and others oliawed thQ remaimt.' 1

An enquiry under the Enqniry into Wrecks Act, 1869, with respect to damage caused in the gale of Sunday, will be held by the Collector of Customs tomorrow.

The .limits of deviation, description, and line of a portion of the railway from Mercer to Newcastle, also a description of the land and, roa-ls vc, propo»ed to be taken for the purpose of the portion of the railway from Mercer to Newcastle, are gazetted.

In a Government Gazette issued on the 21st May Henry Charles Lawlor, ICsq,, is appointed Revising Officer for the districts of Mongonui and Bay.of Islands, Marsden, Rodney, Waitemata, City of Auckland East and West, Parnell, Newton. Onehunga, Men, Franklyn, Waikato, and Thames in ronm of L O'Brien, Esq , resigned. H. T. Kemp, is appointed a district officer under the Native Linds 'ct, 1873, for Kaipara,. and W, Be;»«ets White for the northern district, A list of person appointed under the 12th secti m of' the Native Lands Act is published. Th». resignation of the following commissions are accepted:— Captain W. J. Newby,-No. 3H. R.V ; FTon. Assis'ant-Fui'geon, J. Kilgour. No 1 H.R.V. The Rev". Thomas Augustin Lonergan, of the Thames, is appointed an officiating minister under the provisions of the Marriige Act. The Gazette also contains statements of the liabilities and assets of the various banks doing business in this colony. ;.

Don Fernandez, the lion tamer, a short sketch of whose cirear we give below from a Wellington extemporary, was at one time attached to Mr Bainett's Theatre Royal comp»ny, and, during his stay here obtained an interest in the famous OaledonUn claim before its dividend-paying days. The nature of his profession necessitated his removal from the Thauies, and his interest in the claim was sacrificed, otherwise he have been a wealthy mm. The Wellington Poit says: - "We are sorry to have to record the death this mining, in the hospital, of Don Fernandez The Don was at one time a celebrated lioa tamer. In that capacity he h<s visited nearly every part of the world, and achieyed a reputation second only to that of the Lion King, Van Amburgh, for bia mastery-over lions and other wild animals A life of adventure and hardship.sowed the seeds of consumption, and after his last lions were place.! in tie Royal Park, at Melbourne, Don Fernandez retired from'that line of business. Last year, when the Theatre lioyal hore was opened, he accepts! the posHion of property man, and held it throughout the sea on. Since th-it he has been in very bad health, and some time ago he was obliged to seek refuge in the hospital, where he sank rapidly, and died this morning. The Don was a general favourite in the profession, and indeed with all who knew him, for it wouid be difficu't to find a more genu!, kindhearted, and simple man than he was His character was. in fact, dircc'ly the reverse of that which might be supposed to appertain to a lion tamer. The nows of his death will be read with regret by hundreds in all quartern of the globe."'

The Grosi gives fclie following account of the ga'e in Auckland" Another of tho?e strong gales with which the coists of New. Zealand are periodically visited, occurred yeaterdiy. resulting in some damage to small craft, particulars of which are detailed helow, The wind was blowing strong from the north-east on Saturday, with "a' falling' barometer, and at 2 am. on Sunday increasing to a gale with very dirty weather. Shortly afterwards the wind lulled, but there was still a heavy sea running, and it was anticipated by the weather-wise that th 're would be a change of wind with fine weather. Unhappily, these anticipitions proved fallacious; as about 2 p.m. yesterday the wind came on with redoubled violence from the northwest. The ships lying at their berths alongside the wharf took every precaution to make themselves secure, extra chains awl moori gs being put out. Her Majesty's ship ' Blanche 1 stowed her topgallantinasts, and 'had har boats in readiness in case of any accident occurring, in the harbour. The vessels lying in the stream had both anchors down, and it was even thought that some of them wouM have some difficulty in riding out the gale. The gale gradually increased after 3 o'clock and at 4 o'clock it was blowing with hurricane force, At this time the steamer 'Enterprise No. 2/ which had previously ran out and anchored to the westward of the wharf, dragged her anchors and a full head of steam had to be put on to enable her to weather the gale. It was very doubtful at one tiim) whether she would nit be ddiel to pieces against the wharf, but the 'engineer of the vessel, at some personal daneer. having got on board from the wharf, she was placed in safety. The barque ' B iton,' from Newcastle, had also a narrow escape; she dragged her anchors where she was lying in the stream, and was only brought in a short distance to windward o£ the outer T, where she !remained. her anchors holding well The p.a. : 1 Gemini' weathered the gale well, although at Itimas the sea was making clean breaches over ;her. The small jraft sustained a good deal of. damage, and it is a wonder that no other t'nan ,w« are 1 cilled upon t) chronicle as wrecks ; were lost. a 9 during some of the heaviest of 'the squalls many of them were almost completely submerged, the spray 'flying over the topmast head. As far as we could learn, beyond the svamoing of several ■ boats moored near the wharf, the damage done ■ t:> the coasters in port was as follows': —' Eliy,' l schooner, scuttled and swamped; 'Alice,' cut'er, swamped; 'Lee,'cutter (belonging toCiptain Casey), loss of anchor and stern smashed in; Dusty Miller', (belonging to Low and Motion), scuttled to save her from breaking to pieces, alongside wharf; oyster boat, ' Ida Zeigler' (belonging to Mr A. We 1 by), sunk; 'Tartar' (helonging to Mr T. Henderson) swanped The 'Clara,'cutter, was also scuttled,'it bei g impossible, from the heavy hard sea breaking on board, and the force of the wind, to keep her at her anchorage. The 'Triad,' belonging to Mr Henderson', was also swamp'd. The cutter 'Ease'.hadhersfciysail and jib blowi away, but sustained no other damage. The' Good Templar,'yacht, we are sorry to say, for the cause, came to grief, ; coming in contact wi h one of the other ciasters, and in the collision losing her bowsprit and topmast head. It was generally supposed on the wharf that the S3ood Temp'ar' would keep herself straight, but she did not."

The Revision Court Court sat ia Auckland on Saturday, before H. Chi'. Lawbr, Esq, revising offi :er f . for the purpose of reviling the. Newton and City East electoral list*. In the Newton district an obj etion against John King, was adjiurnsd till Mindly (th'n day). William Sbanaghan was objected to for -outh Newton.—Mr Sheehan, on his behalf, eontended that the nature of tb.3 objection ha I not been published, and therefore nis client had not an opportunity of ac.ing in the matter,— Mr T. B, Gillies appeared for the objector, and after some discussion it was decided that Mr name should be struck out.—Mr Shanaghan gave notice of apieal.—The objections against Jeremiah Casey aud William Stirling, for City East, were withdrawn, an 1 the claim of A Asher wa3 allowed, therefore these names were permitted to remain on the roll All the other names, objected to were struck out. There were 174 new, applications allowed. —J. A. Tole and Cbarlei O'Neil gave notice of appeal against their names being struck off the list. Mr Tole submitted that a niati might "occupy' .a tenement without sleeping iin it, and, if he wa3 an' occupier, he was entitled to a vote. The Revising Officer, hild a d flerent opinion, and Vtr Tole's name wis therefore struck off the roll.—Cross.

The ss. ' Phoc'ie,' Ciptain Worap, arrived in the Manukau on Saturday friin Sjuthern ports. Pas>engc'B—Mrs McKenzie,' Mi-ses Oallaghan, Campbell, Seeeombe; Mews VtoKechnio, Scott, Ferguson, Hill, Isaici, Pcpyj, Brown, Cassius, Pearson; and 12 in the steerage.

The s.s. 'Go ahead,' Captain McQillivrny, arrived in the Manukim on Saturday from Wanganui, Passengers—Mrs Ansley, Master Hately, and Messrs Murray and Moss.

The s.s. 'Starof the South,' Captun Far* quhar, arrived in Auckland on Saturday from evuka. Passengers—Saloon': Mr W. • L). Brewer and servant Steerage: Mr: and Mrs Chapman, and two children, Miss Chapman, Miss Mack; Messrs J. McLtcer, Fiudlay, Kane, GtQisk,Sgw^au(lCane 4 ir