THE Thames Advertiser MONDAY, JULY 6, 1874.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1857, 6 July 1874, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser MONDAY, JULY 6, 1874.

-* "v: x-><- • . The ships 'Queen of Nations' andfJJames. Wiskart'arrived in Aucklaud yesterday ""with an addition to oor population of 634 souls: The immigrants arrive in good health. •

A number of witnesses and others engaged'in the cases sent for trial from the Thames to the Supreme Court Criminal Sittings, proceeded ~to^iioklaM~by"the^'Ent¥rpße • night. ,-' ( n , ■;,.,. Bachelder's Pantascope a'Tour through] lAmeriMjindaj^ ,San Francisco .to was jeishiji)ited on (Saturday 'afternoon;''.'to jui' of jyouug people, who were alike delighted and-in-structed by the magnificence of these pictures. But what appeared to please the juveniles moat was lhe ; performance ofUttye,- ,woodeihheaded acrotetj'ione'-of >tlie moil pettecO piece's of mechanism ever exhibited in New Zealand. There was also, a distribution of prizes. In the evening the repeated, and an additional attraction was afforaeulby a-distribu-tion of prizes, including a gold watch and: abqut-40 other -prizes, jTary /i froma:silyer<phased'; mug and'a"l)raceiett, I '''t'o abagdf'flo'tff anJ smail articles of jewellery.... To-night diorama jwiil'be- exh , ibfte , d Tj for'-U^'kst l :time Wi\x jThame3.. r ,There will, another gift r distribu'iftour adve s riisiiig icojumns, ; r Thl Good^Te{nplak ! Snd ( Kec^fb'ites 1 df Y the I Thames have arranged for a freehold in Pollen j street upon which they purpose c'om'iiiehoing without delay the'erection of a Temperance ! Hall.

| Thewholeoftheold'drawing lift "column, with j the out |of Pumping"Assoeiation s shaft, and" the latter {will be raised this morning. The working j barrel was raised on Saturday afternoon... The |icon isjuot in any way corroded,! there j any traces of injury. ~'-,'.

I Medals for Imperial and Colonial service are | ready for delivery at the office of the major in this j district, Shortland. The following are the ;names of those entitled to receive the same:— ilmperial,pedals: .Sergeant P. Murphy, Ist j Waikato Kegimenfc; Private J. Keiting, ; 2nd : j 3rd Waikato Regiment; Private H. Joiner, i 3Ma MtyM W. lEvans, 3rd Waikato Regiment; Colo'aial Medals: I Raogers; Private J. Burrell, Welliogboa De-' I fence Force; Private 8. Ward, Forest Hangers; | Lance-Sergeant F. Clifton, 2nd Waikato | Regiment; Private Cr-Bauer, Ist Waikalo >Re;giment'j Sergeant W. 8. Smith,. Ist Waikato ■Regiment; Private Gr. F.' : Maslin, Engineer j A.' A,O -i ! Private T. Monarty.'Taranaki militarysettler;. \ Private Q. H. Mason, Ist Waikilo Regiment; I Corporal J. AMahey, Ist Waikato Regiment; | P;iyate ..Q._. IIL. .WA'k*to__ Regimen!;. : Private"J. Doyle, Ist Waikato Regiment,; Private D. Hawkins, Taranaki Volunteer; Private H. Meurant, Colonial Defence force ; Private. J* Delauey, Ist Waikato Regimant,

On the opening day of the Assembly, Mr Gillies, of Auckland, in his place in the fcfouse of of motion of an inquiry about alt' the land purchases in the Korth Island.

Francisco, with the English mail for New Zealand and Australia..on e gnnday, t June,2l. The barque , Hyltod ij '(!l3tle ifi d'n l d JJ ffle l 'bS'ig 1 Isabella'left Newcastle, for Auckland, on the 24th ult.—The voyage of the schooner ' Pacific' to Napier has been fflarkfed by a fatal accident to a man named Creigh'ton, one of the crew. The vessel was at the time off Tologa Bay, and dlc'Wd 3 o'clock in the day. The wind was at this time strong from the north, and the sea very high. Captain Chrisp called all hands to take in -the'-main sail.- While • this -was being done deceased allowed the vessel toj gibe, and the boom coming over sharply did some damage. The captain then took' the wheel.'. ' r Directly afterwards the boom came back across the; the "oreis(Stou §v|rboard. Efforts were made to recover him without saccess.—The s.s. 'Victoria,' Captain Darrell, left Auckland: on Friday 1 for Sydney and Melbourne!'' She'took a general cargo and the following' passenger: — Rev J. •E. Moulton, ■ and W> Wtor- Mi «?n fflb r feter"MlW, Uj: Mis3 il E. Nathan, Mr and Mrs'Ji Perkins, Mr Townsend, G. Thbrne, jun., Watters and and six-'een in the steerage.—The B.s. 'Taranaki' left the Onehunga wharf the same morning for the South. She takes a general-cargoj andrjp.asaengers, as &mn aiif Mr W. M. Martin, Mr and Mrs Hardy, Messrs P. Stewart, J. J. F. Davis,' Of.-Roe, Mi9s r* Roe, L. Lorrigan, Mr Berrv, and forty-two in the..s.teerige,_including. twenty.-one_pauißh immigrants for Wellington. .