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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1858, 7 July 1874, Page 2

The outward English and American .mails, per s.s, .'City of, Adelaide,' are announced to close at the Thames at 1,30 p.m. this day, 'Our .telegrams: confirm -the report - that the notorious murderer Sullivan was put "on board the' ship f flindostan,'which - left Auckland harbour a full ship for London on the.evening of the.2nd ApriL / Onr telegram intimates,that he was shipped under tiie name of •Clarke.'iand that hehas beeu farnialied wifch.iEaiiaa to enable hii'to emigrate to the! Western Statea of America, or to obtain employment in London. y lt is -certainiy most : considerate-'On- the 1 part of -la paternal treat with such liberality one of . .the ! worst ,of -criminals. We heartily sympathise .with the passengers hy.the good ship.'Hindostan,',;who, were.compelled to diss three months'of 'their lives in th'e compiny of su'eh'a'viliain; 'Captain PeeEhas the reputation of being a good Christian, and we trust his example'during the'voyage, if not his iainigtations, wouldi have! a good, influence on the .future .life of f the old, reprobate.. /''Amongst iil-i $6ja*^mosW&e ( lowing 1 from' the Fox, Mr and Mrs J. P. Ahlgren,„Mr .W. Burtoq'j Mr and .Mrs J. Williams, Mr-and Mrs Coombes and family (3),.: Mr... J. R. Harrison,. John Cheno* with, and J. Morrison." .; • . > - :

The government have issued a circular to Highway I Boards informing" them of /an error in the Act, which merely provides'for part one. .Coming into force'withoiit : the Superintendent's notific ition. The clause shonld-be—" The first and'seco'nd parts thereof," and thus'obviate'tEe uncertainty as to whether : the Aot -ia-'Sctpally in : force in lieu of the Act'of 1871.

The s.s.'' Ladybird' 'arrived in the Jfanukau yesterday, ( from Wellington and the South, with the-members of >'May si English Opera Company and other-passengers. ' 'Although 'the weith^'r '■ last night was extremely inclement;- therC: was a fair', attendance at'the'Academy of iMusic -in the pit. aid gallery; 'to - witness^ : the t, last: exhibition -at the -Thames' of Bachelder's splendid-:diorama. -, ! :-At the conclusion of the exhibition a-larg6 numh'.er of valuable.- prizes were l 'idistributed 'amongst those- of -the. audience'who; were fortunate •eaough'to holdprize numbera.M.'- , v.--.--'-- *' The - ! new ' 'screw .'stijamer ' Southern''Om'ss,' which hM, ( recently' been' 'purchased I 'by ; tlie A.S.P.''Companyj arrived at Tararu from Napier'early yesterday morning in chirge of Captain - Holmes' (iate~ "of—'the" r Staf-~6f ''-the' South'). She brought a cirgo of live stock, 52 head of cattle and 300 sheep,-.-consigned- to JMesars' j Banks find i\lcffardy,/fhic.h;she landed in good condition,-and.then left for Auckland with 5 cases jugar, part.i of .her.. e.irgo 4 from '|ixcklap|l to; iNapier. " This' steamer se'eM to"he!a fine/'aer.yiceaijle''bpaf/'and: a' .our coasting Bte^meraV/_,.'!! J',. / l 'We that';;tue..*,actionifbrJ'Ubel' -which has been■ commenced by Captain..Fraser : against, the( Aucklapd'/te postponed for another three Jmonths,: on account "of- tha number of diysj b'etweSU' the return of . the Chief justice ;.and th'e;.criminal sifcting3.being/ insufficiedt .to /enable Mj ; nMessary^teehnical: steps take'r^./:;' : ;; ; ; Mr J. B. Stoney, ' Clerk .jOE-j the -Eeojdpnt ; Magistrate's Coiict, Times,,/and, soni of;; Major ■Stoney/of the Saturday at St. Sepulchre's" Ohurcli/Auckiandi'to .Miss: Biggs. The. service was fall choral, the young lady.being''a member^of the chou\ .. A correspondent is anxious to .have ■ an answer .to (.the following questions: —" What. salary has the Governor of. Victoria had for the past five years "—£lo,-000, per annum,-, 'j What salary had'the first governor of that colony." jPerhaps some of our .readers, will be able to ahswerthe'latter.*''*'''■:.,./

«i-The''English- Opera Company,i'-regirding which the.musicjlworjd of Auckland have been on the tip-toe of' expectation' for the last few weeks/lwete'. announced to give'i their first ■ periwere expected' to/ mive .-by, the, g.s.^f ; Ladybird' from the South'yesterday.''-'. We (Cross), hm been requested to call attentio to a'clerical error which"' beeui discwered in the pri'nteTcopies of the new High* ways' Act. 5 ' 5 The proviso clause 8 should read thus:'/"Providing that- : exUltingidi3trictß as herdnbefore'mentioned-shall immediatelyrfrom. and after; the -'parsing of this Act comemnder the operatibh' of'.'the first and second pa.'ta thereof/ without' any iiotification-'Uy the:Superintend.ent'." ! This intimation (will-no donbb set ; at ; rest J the" Current" misapprehension), of-j the 'effect of the hew !Act r upon exiating-diatriots. ( At the, close of the, cormer,B inquest upon the ;body'of' jtlie' 'man Wright, killed by injuries' inflicted upM;hi'm,.by two' teamen-of the' shipl i jßdoparell,'*';'named Dobbins' 1 and Pascoe, tlie jury returned the following verdict:

-"■Upon/the . faie of the '.evidence (siid the : .foreman of the jury).weare unable to bring in • aiiy : "other/ verdict than'; ; thaV|of v "Wilful Murder", against the"prisoners.". 1 Tbe'Uwo priaoii ers the n .fully: committed .to take their trial at the! ; neit criminal sittings' of the Bupreqie Cburtj wire duly on *'; I'j The 'James Wishart/ .from .London,j and Queen .of Nations,' from Belfast, -bring a. superior class of< immigrants,-and each, a -very fair show of single girls. ;-TheJames left Plymouth on the 25th ot March, and.crossed

the enuat-r 011 the 23rd of April,, o£ Nations'-landed/her, pilot on the" 24thtJ and crossed'the equator on the. Bame day as the ' James;W,ißhart.'; ;The .latter rounded the Cape oa the'l4th of May, arid the former on the 22nd, Thie"'James Wi'ahart' wis off Tasmania on.th 6 ; ■22nd June, and the ' Queen of Nations'/pn the. day previous, and made Cape Maria Van Dieman® on the. 2nd o£ , July,; on. ywhioli day the other, rounded the North Cape" The vessels sighted • eaeh'other only "once on thepassage,"namely, off. the coast of New (Zealand,,after aa ocean race: o£ nearly 14,000 railefc V Each is a fine class of. . vessel, 1 and consigned to the New, ZTtaland Ship*. ping Company - Amongst'ihe-ciigo ,of the 'Jambs Wishirt' we 150 cases,. Harnett and 'bevy ; 4 cases; W. -Wilson arid Go ;-2 case 0 , .1 '.mp?; f O pliitfs.' StoHQ -1ir03. : -' Tiie'rii'gi of Ui ■'' • 1 ii' •! [ \" i', o cwsis'S ,:t .«• > uuu. ' *

A Wellington correspondent writes:—"Mr Sheehan put a notice of motion to the following effect What has been the cause of delay and proceeding with the construction of theTauranga and Waikato coach road, and whether it is intended to go on with it this year ? You will recognise the importance of this matter. Several hundred thousands pounds were voted for roate and works in the North Island, and the great bulk of it has been spent in opening up lines of traffic for Napier on account of Ormond'a and McLean's influence in that province. No difficulty competent men say whatever reallyssUjft; and communication between and Taupo may be opened up without fS&'of complication with natives. —The Telegraph Department being delegated to underpaid boys and women you can seldom tell whether a message is right or wrong, or delivered to the right owner. Brown gets a telegram belonging to Jones, and then Jones gets angry. The Times has an article suggesting -an amendment in the department and better pay to officials."

-Wq (Gross) regret to have to record the occurrence of' another melancholy case of drowning. From the information we were able to glean, it would appear that the deceased a man named Alfred Haven, about 28 years of a (r e —was left In charge of the cutter 'Two Brothers Von afternoon by the owner. The vessel wa3 lying at anchor at the time to the eastward of the wharf, and Haven'came »n shore to'get some dinner.) . He saw tie owner and a>waterman named Henry Keene between 3 and 4 o'clock, and started to return to the cutter then. This was the last seen/of the unfortunate man alive. He -was missing on Saturday morning, and after a search the dingy was discovered . near tbe hat which was " floating alongside 1 it' being identified as belonging to the deceased. Information •mi at,;. once . given to the water police, and to Inspector Broham, but no attempt'was made'to drag fi>r'the body." Yesterday afternoon, a boatman named Connor heard of the sad occurrence for the first time, and, considering that a search would result in finding the body, put off in his boat. He had notproceeded more than half way.in the direction from the steps on the eastern side to the breakwater, -wheD he a saw .the deceased immersed in only about 2 feet of water. With his.boat-book he got hold of some of the clothes of deceased, .and towed the body to the steps, where it was taken charge of by the police, and conveyed to the The body has since been identified by Henry Hoag, the master of the cutter. .

An extraordinary tragedy is reported to ua (Herald) by our East Coast correspondent, exemplifying the fact' that.the«!. old Adam" has not yet been'.extinguished in the Maori. The Ecene of the tragedy is between Auanui and T6komatti;and:waß enacted About three, weeks since It appears that an old and harmless native, rejoicing in J the name.; of'Pohipi, bore the reputation of being.: a .wizard. For some unexplained cause other,than the natural and inherent t dread , which tha natives possess of those gifted with 'the powers' of the ''.black art," a kd named Eru was told, off by a family tribe ,to shoot - hiin—ai' 'deed ; which »he .faithfully performed. Nothing, however, has yet, •been, done with' the' '• murderer, the local " authorities being •placed-in'a rather, difficult, .position; 'The hiapu- claim that in shooting a* wizard they had- done ! no wrong, and were not to be held ameaableto the . English law, inasmuch as it is a belief of ancient origin amongst'the Maoris that they are' justified in taking th'e life of J a wizard; and in support .of the act.the bapu quote Ecriptural prece dents, and uphold their position by tb'e citation of traditional cases.- ''Ihe * magistrate -haying enquired into the matter, sent a full report of the .circumstances'to the Qoyernment. The further consideration of the matter'is to be submitted to-a Humber of chiefs and native assessors of 'the district,"to be specially convened for the purpose. .. At the Fupreme Court, on' Saturday,' the action Peacock v. Fergusson and.; wife, a demurrer to plaintiffs replication,'was heard. Mr MaeCormifk' appeared for" defendants in support, .of, the demurrer, and Mr Hesketh (in structel by Messrs Kussell and Devore) for the plaintiff in support of the replication. The . action was partly heard yesterday. The declaration ~implied that certain property'had .been mortgaged,by Mrs'Ferguson for'the obtainment.of certain moneys'advanced to her-hiis-bandi,.and plaintiff "claimed to . recover 1 from defendants the moneys secured by the mortgage deed. The question before ' the -Court was whether a husband and wife could be sued on Buch'a deed'. ; '.After a great.'deal- of argument on both-sideß, ; Mr .MacCormick contended that in making the wife a party to the suit the plainti6fwasinsisVißgouaxiimpossibility.: Bis Honor; • after 'reviewing the features.of the .case , with ius usual care; gave'judgment for.the defendants With'COStS. • ' : rw.- :

Return of the quantity and value of gold exported from the port'of' Auckland during the quarter ended3othTune, 1874 'Exported direct from" arid 'duty paid it' Auckland April 24, 7 ® Hindostan,' ship, : for London, • 4,73.00z5, ~l3dwts 18grs, value £19,700 ; May 16, : l ','Wonga'WoDga,' s,s, for Sydney, 5,6620z3 ' \2dwts 12grs,'value,- £23,497 5 June 5, ! Anazi; . -barque, "for' L0nd0n, : "6,3990zs 20grs,, "value, £25,623 18s 7d; June 12, Hero,' :s.s., i for Melbourne, - 1,2280z5,: .value, £4,500;j •'Hero/ 5.5.,; for Sydney, 2,294 lOdwts,, value, ' 1£8,200 —Totals, 20,3140zs Bdwts. 2grs, value . '£81,520 183.7di:r : Bhipp_ed coastwise and dutyi -paid at Auckland:—June -.22, , 'Phcebe,'! 8,8,, for Lyttelton, 1,2720zs 3dwtslßgrs, value,. £5,279 ; lis CJ. : Grand totals —21,5860z5j llidwts 20grs,' value, £86,800 ' 10s; .-Id, j : . collected on the^same, .'£2,158135. ■ - ;Ex-; j ported in transit"from Auckland, the duty onj -which, was . paid at,other ports\pril 24—! / ■■'$! Hindostan,' ship', for' London' (produce of; .Nelson), 2,8290zs 4dwts 12gra; value, £11,316 ■ f 18s.-' June "s—' Anazi,' barque, for London; ' (produce .of Nelson), 3j992ozs'9dwts; 'value,! £15,969.165. 'Anazi, 1 barque, for London: (produce of Westland), 1,7830zs 18clwta 12grs;, value, £7,l36—totals, 8,6050z312dwt5; value, : '£34,422143. ■ Shipped coastwise from .Auck-. ' land,"and duty paid thereon at other ports.:-—, June 22—'Phcebe,' s.s., for Lyttelton (produce; of Nelson),- 3,1970zs lldwts 18grs; value, £12 790,7s—Grand totals, 11,8030zs sdwts 18grs; value, £47,213 In—Herald. The Auckland Star, referring to a practice which is much overdone on this goldfield of werkmen presenting all kinds of flattering testimonials to mine managers on every available occasioni'says:—" There is a vague uneasy feeling on the part of shareholders that all the ~ gold does not'come,to the surface in a legitimate ' way,"or if it does that it does not all go.in divideads. That it is difficult to check specimen stealing: if intended by miners, will'not be L -denied, and the only hope for shareholders is in the faithful, fearless discharge of duty by the ' mining manager,' But it may, with confidence, be averred'that if . there is faithful fearless action in this regard the mine manager will not be popular with the men; he will not, we apprehend, be presented with tea . service or time-piece, or.bar.quet by the miners, Our estimate of human nature prompts us to this conclusion." It . may be wro.nj, and it may be the dictate of our own bad heart, but when we hear of a presentation to a mine manager we are irresistibly impelled'to believe that those meii ' somehow have been in clover; and if we were a company we should as s)on think of appointing " the Devil to manage our mine as to entrust it to a man who had had a testimonial or a pregentation from the men over whom he had been '■7 formerly in charge. We do Hot say that such men have been stealing specimens, or that this manager has been particejps criminii, but we confess We; think it very likely. We are somei what surprised tbat directors do not look on the v<l»atter in this light, for we are sure the public "^o,'and that there is a very general suspicion of these cordial relations. -The system of making ■ presentations to retiring or dismissed mine ■managers has now become an established inati- ■ tution on our goldfields, and this to such au ex- • tent that the prospect of such reward in future must affect the present dealings of manager's - ■ towards their men. Them.tter has bocomea grave one now, and we would atro :gly recom.- ; mend 'for,'the'"futureshdreholdefsshould insist on e'schewL"g mine managefs whose'popa- - ijrity with workmeu is scr probably th? reward I'cho'.QUli .■■■■■•■