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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1856, 4 July 1874, Page 2

; The IGtoMeu Crown' leives to-day at noan, ,and next weekslw, .wiilveaume kec.usaal daily trips. "'';'■ '~ •.-■■ : - ;, ■''-- : .

Tb-day, theith.-of July, is the anniversary . ;of AmericWlndependehce, In other towns it r-I; is usual',for 'citizens of the United States to ?Jr, celebrate this day- in some suitable manner, but; — '. :we presume^the;'Yankee 'olernent'is too small at ' • the Thames for any great display in' celebration \ ,of"..tbis remarkable-event. "" ;.. •■'•■' It UnotiQed elsewhere that the time for taking up--the new issue of Nonpareil shares '.-.'"■ allowed to shareholders has been extended to' " , the 17th instant, after which any, unallotted yi shares vail be sold by auction. '■';''.-"• We ■'■■understand that at a meeting of the Cemetery Committee, held yesterday, it was - resolved-to hand over the Cemetery to the Municipal. Council. : , ~ .• The quarterly tea meetingof theteachers in connection.with the' Thames Sunday School Union was held last evening l'n'th.e B'iptist '-.'-•■- .Chapel, Shortland.. The, echoola.of. the Union were well represented, as ; about sixty, persons partook of tea.. Speeches bearing on' Sunday , School effort were made by the Rev. Mr Davis, ; and'jßev. J. Cr'ump,and Messrs French, Ashby, 1 "; Manners, Bright,, Sawyer,, and.Rensh3W.,-S. ' ,'.-. ■- The case of Richards v. Cahrow, which came at;theßesident-Magistrate's.,- ; Court yesterday, was pnejwhicli.' should prove a' * caution to investors'in'triliiite - 'shares. So. far as we have been able to learn, Mr Richards' ap- . pears to haVe purchased an 1 interest in Kelly's tribute. The agreement was a.verbal one, and : > the mohey'was not paid. j;the interest increased "■:'.' ih value, and the defendant did not complete.; the transaction.- 1 /.Counsel'.admitted that the /: clause in ■thq.S.tatute'of?.Frauds..oyer-ridej, the section L of the^Goid,Mining- Districts '.-.-. : " whichtheplaintiff relied, and.he , ; s'atisfacWjn in the, interest Vf'the, general public ! : that it should be" so,-'-' ''■''■" ■" ' :W;i v; V. ' V: - -. IMr Hogg, .',- prpprie.torV oijb^'^aihou l "ifax- '.',''" n)ill8, Puriri,.shippedVto, i ;Au'cklandiyesterday, per cutter 100 bales'of'.dressed flax," weighing altogether 'i'i'ltons.' "TKls.''was.the : ; resuto of. about work., ■;,:.;_;...,;,.' : ; ; bhly.aimoderaterattendance' ! ai-- ' the Academy of Music last night";ati:.the'<: : Pantascope'- exhibitifld,'v b'u'ti'th'e "pictures.ex- : hibited, and the descriptive lecture deserved a" •: : .betterpatrqnage.n;They.are,aQdoabtxedly; the '' best set of yjews ever shown in the colony, and tfrey gife"a remarkably clear 1 fidea ! oPtlie and scenes met with on the tour across the Con- ;'. tinent of-America;. , r [To-day there will be a. . ■--. aid-day exhibition for"the convenience of. J*' families and children, .which ; o,ughf to be-well : : attended. "'".This Pantascope would afford; in>' Vfcru'etion and amusement, and enable children: ais well aigrown'upipe6ple : io'fbrm'souuidea■ ;.- ': of thevdstContmelittHroa'gh'wbicti'AmmeaQ:' .-'■ enterprise has, carried a:railway;■'.;. -The' songslu by., ( Mr<yerten, .andJhe o 3per|ormanc,e .bfgtr» ( j f /- automaton slactrope,dancer ; afford an_ agreeable t j,-» .'#■ varie'ty to the entertihjiment. The evening .«• *\, ] hibitioa :/:.':'-".:i ':.y.-: : - : 'y."r-.?.tj; S At the meeting o£ ; the-Borough--Cdanoil-on-'•; 'i ' g^nV i from- whicti 1 tli6se l who alst ''in - iclrill; .•; ,njodoubt i .Hitherto'.it ;: ,; has be'en'thMus'tpmHo'refer every wdrk/lio the'-, ■WorksiCommittee. .f;Th.e7ii!;ojß^tiiyial f .'-"■'-" : : as the applications s were thiajwyj'.-'and^^ wa'awrepalir b£a^odtpa f th].vshi6h;rnigHt Vi &st- •..- I,os, or the construction'b£;-a : bridge xt'q* f (Jo'3S' £200, it has been -necessary for -the threei ■'..■" CommitteetO ■ : - visit the places ana "r|pprt~toj following rmeet- ; ings. : Then, as a rule,'the mlHer'.w.as'refefred.l,; ; : ti) the Engineer/p,^the- Foreman of %'rks;'wKtf;v ' tgokanothe'rVeek to'reporfe, and in this mariner a' \'.. greatdealoftimehasbeenlo3fcfltwasveryreas'on"!,s ■;.• ably:suggested Uhat'iin.small matters fche'Fbrd- ui •■ iman of .Worksshould.have'poweßto 'actjiimme'.'ir.: ~di?,telyj;or that.at/all events bneimemberi , Works ;-,Oqmmittee ; Bhouldfbe;e_m ou behalf ; of the-jwbpje,-; A Anjam.usjnginstance^.; '. pHhe duties of .thi's-Committee-was.-given.byi.-;v: one, of the Councillors in >to" -the'■:.- : -;•';-' Moanataiari'Road.^ s'ai'd'he'htfdr'accom- '■.■■'f:\. panied the Mayor to the-place complained of, - and.they Mde'd.tliroughmud ftill they came toworse.mud; 1 Whenitheyvlooked.rOundiahdJrei,;. o.;' •turned;;; They/sagaciously,isaid;to other v ; f- : : .' Hhatithe.y.had.;no money;;to.do;the woVk--withi;- i . ' He'.thought,Snifact,- they:-might;'havei;discoiWS -. vered that! theyu had; ho^.jribney:.: theyo'3 ; '-. started;- 1 save of : time!-Sid'. ; trouble ,'.- =w;/;;.ui:?-iicifc.;Q. .'■'_." . i Mr!Jerehiiah-Hom'fe .Sir)—Would''"you "'allovy',me.'to.'cdrredt a mi^re- ■' [ ,: -. ''■ presentation ; made/by'''Mr''Marsh;'mai'etteV\d the Borough-Council last night,, which is .calcu" la^e(r ! t6 ; 'mi3lead. I, '' ! Th'e ,/ impression .that .be ;'-'■;■';.. eyideMly triea'to'iSaKe BJ %at' he would not truck; us; down - - ' the Hape Creek. Tramwayifor us to fulfil our'; ■ .-; .cohtra'c't'.fdr.rbad metal 'was, that we wanted to-pay less-by- 3d per: truck than,; hwyusuahchajge.M The,,fact iß,iwe'\ , . offeVedhfpi morebyAd per yarotthaneyeqheladv ; He^.first e D g a ithem.dqwn'fdr-igjpery-: yard,.,then-,he; rqsejtp.ia 3d,- iwhiclC/lie. .sudyhe;'^'. ■- would;,npji; rise(anyvmore.y^Since; r °sPi':Cl "' ttj; ,is u .thfl Wsfche. ; s . hitKertq;".and ~m ■;b^ jumT.isiJsd,-1 which; he.^ v^- ;" a6reed~ to take^, but .he went .off-hig agree men t, ; ; give up:"dur cdnljract witbrthe ■. : ' Borough Council.'»- • " .-'"'^^"'v.y,- ■■'£■■ Ci^<t:~:.i j The Rev. MrWcKeq (late of ,the. : Tham > ;:' received a ; c'dngrega.. s;'.': ■ tioh'at'Wahganui.- ':■' '',' ''"".'.' •. ; At the meeting of the Board of . Thursday, the following matters relating thia - .'■■', '■■■ district were-;broughttforwardiT-rWaiotahi: It v -'j,■-.'--wasdecided Board considered;the.Shellbacka town school,: 'and .-that Mr ','Maberly would' beTpaid aqc'ordingly."— 'rhe'openidg;-'of the : the appointment of Mrs. McM.anu3, : as teicHer,*'-- > on the! uuderstanding^thati'tfie 'school was to "be"' "■■' used : 'ijhs question hiViu'g been, raised' right of" visitors to the" schools interfering "with" the" school management or was resolved r • tj) "call the'attehtion'of school- coinmitteef'and I others to of 'theJEducationTAct, in" '" abcordarice :: wiih wtiioH schobia r - - times during'school houraftb p'aWntsbtgaafdiaiis' ll of ,'childreh", ; -the ' ;, J sislidol committed/.'th'e-Board, or the"lnspe'ctor, -- lltis an article of J faitli agpldfields popuf ; .. latidn, or give g^'aVer.attenWii' ! v-.'-..;:v.' to asJthe,nunib'er spireslacrease^lin^at ! ';- "\'''. mining'.tpVnshlpj so the; yield of gold'and the ''.- ; ;' z practical "S crease.' This heretical'notion.is; noti'hdwev'er^■ ;' '■% bofiiei out.by facjiS ( on ; Coast', for the existence.of-churches . ' is there as golc£asjany ; aMti£ut^ character; "■ )Yhen the iqwnship.qr-Ro'ss,-fo>'in>.'i'i •'*.'.- jStance.-'wasafavourite field for .:. and puniping associations," churches"'' "'" flourished;. but"aV. ; tlie yield of, gold ui the dis?. '■ ~ \'] trict has' small by degreee ; ",and:heauti-.;- ;: . ;': fully less,' the: clergyman, 'ladjf'jiis ; -,; ■ qccupjtion clergymah'receive'd a-cajl to'.tbe district, whicri^i, v ;; 140jersons'J;bu£ ! : ihduatry, "that pf now only thirteen .individuals lob^lty {t ,is a credit to this .remnant. of,thirteen.- thatj^ -'-. : ;v: ac'cdidiiig to theVtatementlpf theclergyinW h'itn"* 1 : -;;'" self,/ they ■ <, p'y hitherto raaintained Ma; full atipend,'' 1 but there -i .} is an end to all'ttiiags, and, with;iio;prospeot of ; ~,'; : an expansion; ;the;;mei:end.;gentle. ':Jss; man has. betajken himself to another .field, hoping sksK Jo amalgamate'it/'with^ls co be able to supervision/ ■ : (--9:i! of'both. In' f the'. same way, at Charleston; a once flourishing congregation in connection with': -.;' ■-!',;' the Episcopal Church find it necessary to decline '■'.'■■- ' ; ?> the services of a'.clergymin'whdmlthe Bishop of ';•: bijqughtior ; their benefit Jandi the assertiba being;that _' ';•}■ v : : . no.longerable. : tasdp^6rti':.t^'bProieafc^nt'clergy-.';';.'.;; : ;'--' churches to ;the satisfactionofLboth :;; )oe.desired." : Reefton t there iß.;aa : indi3po3itibu;tq^iayite presence of clergymen when there is dnlyla prbs- ! : ; ::J(S pectbf paying ;ahd:£vu disj)psition]td iidnal Presbyterians;"with thaj V ; sent^^df.the Presbytery,.confessing; themselves": ;:•';.>; i 'with the' services of an "Evangelical minister of another denomination,; and wady,to ;';■;/;: coatributo to hi^aupporbi^;.; ;: ;' ; ':. : i V'.h^'k^