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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1860, 9 July 1874, Page 2

The niaii'via Suez' arrived in Auckland ;;ye3". terday; per" '"City brought -on-to the:Thames;-per. : lJEnterprise,;• which was announced to' leave'last " :^ar^ r nulnliers'ot shares 1 ' initio" : Bank have been' applied for all over the colony/, and.there:isno : douhMfet' i be?new ; :institutiqu; wiU'cbmmehce' : bVsinessiinder"-very favourable:; circumstances. £ strong attempt was made. in ; Auckland to throw could water upon the enter-. prise 'and not :mauy shares have been taken, up : there At the Thames, daring the past two days'about 2,000 shares have been applied for, > and -]io"'do'nb't. tlie v number'•will be largely ; m«, .creased tefoTe.tno.2lat. instant,, wten; the share J 'lists are'anuouubed-fccloae, au'extension';of; time having been made from the iOth to the • 21sfciQBtantV v }'''---- ; %>■>&'.' y\;;: •;■;■..';;,'^

;... The.departure of the.outward:mail stoamer,':; ' City of Adelaide,' from Auckland waft post- ;,:;, poned frdm yesterday \iffcernobn until 6 o'clock;; ■thisVinbrmng, and ..yet no -.intimation same "was forwarded to toe: "so as. enable cbtrespondentah'ere'to'iake advantageiof ;;; the,alterationr;:;The c Auokjapd hour or so, and il'it.was found that a further; j ; I ,postponement.of .the : :time. p£; ; be necessary,'the Post-office authorities ought|j ■in- fairness- to have-coinmunicated-with';tfo;?t Thames postmaster, andhave given of the community'an''opportuoityf of ivailmgji themselves of the delay. The'Oovernment a'- telegraph- at'''their^disposal,''and : : courtesy Jought :■ to have ) been extended to the -« people'of4he ; Thanw3.s l.A.me'eting of the Tmtmann:Relief was held last oveninglt the otfice 'Oldrey; Secretaryreported:that with .the/;? amount in hwdjand; subsoriptions to Jje^';- : j |'ceived>there-was/acredit to-tkerfund,'o£#pi« ~< The' filcretary.wi? 'directed to writo to land and 'iindlmii family.coaM ?«. v :

'.:'■, The lovers.'of sensational performances will have a': treat to-night-in -'the--;entertainment. '. which is to ; take.placß at the Academy of-iMnsic, The great Siamese and' Asiatic Tronpe'of 16 performers will give their, opening entertainment. balancing, -juggling, aerial : ascensions, slack-rope-performances, and other 'equally astonishing items are centamed in the bill of fare'.' Thetroupe comprises Uyo Siamese "ladies, and an infant.prodisy named LeJe. From what we have heard of the porfovmances of this' : company,in other. places, we have no -doubt but they will give an attractive, enjeriain-. .ment. • ;}.^!i--;-.'■.;;.'.. >~-;-.". "-' " The. half-yearly meeting of the New Zealand Insurance 'Company held'yesterday,ian;i the report of .the directors shows that extraordinary success has. attended .the operations of the ; company,. The amount received for premiums during that .period has been £63;216, ■'.-' being the largest sum received in any half-year" - since: the --formation of: the company. The ','Dalancft;ofprofit.fo^thehalf-Yeari3set;.down;.at after making provision for all losses :■'• accruedduring'the J half-yea ; r. ; " -'k dividend-of .'.'" ten : per'ceuf was set ■■ apart.'..The- amount,- in-, vested to, the-credit .of the,, ; company -is r ' £200,961 recommend theshare- - holders to increiise ; th'e' capital-of : -the icompiiny- - by the issue of new shares,-a portion of.which theysungestskould.be,divided amongst those " 'likely to" piomote' the 'company's'business, A /-special'me.eting.is to bp-.called,at an.eady date ■■.. ,with;a;yiew of discussing.this,matter. . /'The Star of the Thames'- Goo'd 'Teinplaw 1 -'Lodge will be i"pen to the public at this "bveii- ; ing's session.and the fiiends of temperance, as : .-. Wl'as'"lhe-ounourin v -plar-lodges, .present.i ■*& y,^

•- Mr"'J>^- v ßrighou'se>'bf-: f: "To the Editor. Shv-e-You have copied an from an .Auckland, paper having .reference to tkVpractice, of makirfg, a present to - niin'e--m'anagerßxby/the.'men. under,t>eir .om-, -ployj.- ahe;writer.o£j that letter evidently has. not speVtmuehof his'tnie -underground," con-. "sehue^fly^a : '■-those life.long at mining. Not ca'rins-.to nofcicejthe: spleenandJjad;feeli § g jo j . ihe'writer,/lvmaintain ; there,isiiothing more .necessary'th;an:k ; good: ( uuder^anding : between W:workmen, ahd- o-have bathe must gain"%e confidence of.the men htadcrlus .employ; ; yne th&meialsoiinnst have confidence in the manager, nibre so inagold mine than any other will corne-down'-belowto the.worst parts of the Le,.takeithe of ,yonr. hands, .loot Shti^eiae^W'^^fß I word about your work,, you know he.can.te 1 .yourduty pr^noV Shbnld your work be done well, and honestly 'hecrant'help'HVresp'e'ct-you, and ydu'eau .. S ee^nttOeaat,;.^n(Unßeturn ymiwdlrespect-lim-""a'nF"work"':best-hand-.lirst- tor him. But' let a bully ; or a friend of, that writer, Old : Grimy'Face,'come downi'-take yonrpiok (after doing your best), aud'tellyou there,will have to 1 ; the shareholders areghtmbling tecans^thefeis'not'goid'enougTi.o'ryoU-aTenoe doih«.work enough for their money,-and they 'suspect you- of- steuling. liS.uchiiconduct.will -:b'rinff : "out''the ; 'worst; feelings;of a goojl, man; 'the first chance he gets he leaves;-the W.ine in : disgust and condeniinsithe manager asa niggerdriver. 'A. manager-cannot- always- be, down :■ beiow'aiiu- notice every;dropper and small;off--.shoot'from the lode,'-; Destroy confidence in each : ;ether, ■• and most -assuredly..tlio.; gold]returns /would-'.become- less-'inuconseciuehce.■. Jiani-,no Wtocat'e' # thatmambyvpambj'clannisU-.friefid-■lßhip'''that .was at."one time .prevalent :pn the "Thames ' c but' give.us-in'aungersjthatkeep.their " felace without fear -or -favquiv-.stands.on his merits and/ honour,- and; expects'his, men to do the Same ami I am not.ashamedtPofFeivto such -■a : maaa'ger some small token bf^teemj.although I l 'may. for-so doing be branded ;_a, specimen ;;: ■*'■ ''•:■ /o- ; -- -A '■■

-'•'- '/The following correspohiiehce/r'elatirig.'to the : Case"'bi'Ougbt u'nder ; >h« notice oMhe the columns of oiif evening sojna_ days in - - : Hs'pubii'cation :±-" lo the ti'diror.-Sir^-iu-''regard to the 'Hard Case' in the Eming Star, . '"J wouid^tteg•respectfully :tiKbriiig -un-ier^your- '' •.vhotice^my.'own ; ease; -Ten' .yeii^agv-I/met with' ah accident which rendered me quite in- .:. capable of following:hiy : trade, and with a few 'pounds that'-. I saved from'my hard earnings, I managed to : start a- smalbstoro at the' Thames,. ;'and, ; by-hard work' and careful'- attention to' the present time, have succee-lcd. in maintaioing 1 a large family; always; , paid 20s in the pound. .With rcgird to tbe! : '.'-.;'Hard;;Oas^.noticej a in.,the Evijwyj <?toyL| ' .. -wishto.make.tbeie remark's respec'tiug myssiF:-ji ' ■ —Mrs Colclough came 1 to deal with'me.on tbe;, .'■'. :&l-t.:Augu.st, ■ She : hard for nio'to giv.ej| her two months clear of ; .,pay.meht, stating that j ■ :.she.had so' mapy : little,thiiiga. to' buy,'and the|] itwo months' .'credit would enable her,to getj {-.furniture foe tbe house, and 'that>y doing so .Ij '': would confer, a.greiit, kindness,' promising faith-; ! , fully.to pay up";after tlie ItvP'months—on the; • i6th— 33 salary punctuhllyj '.' ' bn'that'date"every morith. ,'On.those'cohdi-! * --lions, I give her'two" month's credit'-iamyj : ! ,books., On the 16th of Kovemler, she sent ■ '"lm. word howgratfM she was'to'me 'fbr'-myj " ''kindnessandkhg patience, and was very-sdrryj v'to'have ioiell'me 'b'ad : not got any'moneyi K) from the Board ; je't; but a's'-soou' as'she ; did'she! " . .would settle the ; greater' ; pirtjof the bill (Jn; 'the' 220 d of November she saying : . ; howtorryfHe'was th'it-she-Coulddpno.more,: , aslttierhadonly.sent her£lo;.! : .-After keeping Vlier-Bo long,' this £5-was tbe first and.lastXever from her.::: She.always senta;message^ ;;'of-,Bianythanks,.and,,lier. sorrow.to. think she . I,;c'ouid not pay me—that .the'board -had'treated /f'her- ; Ehapfnl!y ; .by"not-paying;her'.'Similar : came to".me'up to the day she filed.: lOn the ; 7th of March, I heard sheiwas about to 'ifatoncowent'to tier to know Avha£ she ? ';'was gqing..to do.. She .told..me'if'she passed : ;';the Court'she meMt'tepayme, for I had been : Va;good,kiud creature.,. She also 'said..that it :': "''to not.. ; the Thames' people,who.'wer'e pushing

•'; her—they were all very kind'; 'it was the Aucl^ land people. v Ftold Lei- tbat we lnd pat it into '"'the hands of a solicitor. ■' She pleidecf with me "to Withdraw it, showiog me aMettsr "she had ■•- received by post that morning with the figures "\of£24() : per year. : She also said shehad£so back pay ; to receive, which she expected any hour; Mr Dewar was getting it for her, aod as soon as she got it she would let. me have it.' : ..'.With this we did uot piesa. herj j but -waited., oi with hope. •'; On the 10' th. of March' we saw a ■ ■ cheque for ;612received by her. At the end of the same month we also saw that she'got £Uj making a total of £26.'• I When.;l-was receiving :. .this information, a letter was put into my ; ' v haiidafrom her,' stating that: she- had ,not got any money yet; also making mean offer.oE .£[ '■per-: month till 'sue; had .paid: me. the amount ' • SAUsIiBRS.' letter ip. • question is enclosed; it contains a promise to pay'£l'per :; month,..'Uf thafwiirdb.' 1 },;;'! I ! -We regret to hear that the Kev. J. J. Lewis /..(formerly.;of..this province)',;now 'residing in. v.-Wellington, baa been "coinpelled to.suspend his ministerialjduties oh account ill-health'," ; „' J ■' ;The writ fo*r the election of a member- of. the ■ ' House"''"'of--' Representatives'.for the district-of • Waitemata in'the place of Mr J!. Henderson, : resigned, has been issued. The nomination is : ' fixed for the instant,/at tho ,-JJevonp.ort ■■ :Hall,'atnoon, : and:the poll, if necessary, will ..-,- be takelion the 28th instant., ■■':.. ;..■.;■

■'<~" : . The Herald, referring' to MivGillies's motion ''"'for''a')et«ru of all' landiransactions in th|'e -■' the past' twelvemonths, saysj: '. : —"The;Gbvernment was not 'disposed to accede 'to'a demand 'for" too fullan inquiry, objecting /'that suchveourse would be' likely to prejudice ''such.very, delicate operations as laud trarme- .-, tions sometimes 1 wero. J ' We must' confess thfjt

: we should have 'liked to have heard- of Air r.'<■ Gillies holding out 'for the fullest; information. ■ ■' little good bey'snd exposure, ;'i£ .there be any. ' -'thing to.expose, can-come out; of an' inquiry --into completed transactions. What should b'e is'an endeavour tomip in the bud those. : - transactions ponding;-if;-'.there should be any -••-grounds'for so/doing j -:Yery i serious ; chargos -have been made, recently byihe-jPross, and. the ""public,vb'elieving that there is some'foundation before tHe fa,!!. > inife is 'instituted, we- ■/fjhjOl s popb]j • only

The scliooone.i ' Dauntless' left Auckland on Tuesday for Norfolk Island and New Caledonia-. Passengers:—Messrs Maunsell, Q, Bullock,Captain' W: McLaren, Captain J. 'Jackson', j

Wo (Cross) understand'that tho New Zealand Insurance Company intend having tho building lately occupied by Mr, &. W.Owen, restored, It was insured in the Victoria Office for '£1,500, and will probably be rebuilt at the expense of that'.corapany.-i : '■:"■''>:]'■'. .;'. 'The Grand Jury/at the close of their labours in Auckland,'made the'following presentment': —The.Grand Jury presoiit-to'his-Bfdiior the Chief'"Justice;' "That 'in' their -opinion''an increase -in the' police force" is 'required iir; the province of Auckland,-"' Bis Hotoor informed the Graud Jury that their presentment would-be' forwarded'tothcproper'quartern .

~A petition;to thp members of;the House, of. H,eprpseutaHye3,.praying'.for;fiu'theivlegisla.tion i ontlje. licensing qiieslion,. is, ; Jjeiiig liriiicted round/for signature.. ,T&e t peb'iiiqnjivtf''under-; stanjl/jias. been'drafted,.!by a'.cprumittee'of;line. Good Templar body in city/.'au^a-ejlre-, septa their yie,ws upon giyesexpressipn'to itliQ.ppijjioa'thajt legislKjioii; upon /the , subjecishpuljl ! .ejnppdy,in' ajpraclica!. form', the /principles .Wil|r'ed; : houses withiu any district should rest with a vote 'of 'twb-iiirdf bfihe adult'- poMlatibii'ot .'. d ' : .';r^ : '""'.'!* l lhe / ..lell4n^pn; J (|p of wiitfs^iye^ Featberston 'ha^e,,bpen : sent by the last mail; widen; will be Wfo}}}. tpj-morrow,, .jjt'is; ( b]elievel thata° moyenienfc wilTbeproposed'toifecall him pension ;„alsq, nuigfe ; home'with.the J new'Agent;,Gperal ; . .It, is also said a rejjiring.pension to" Chiel- OM™ ,\rney and Judge Chapman will be proposed.

' The' Alexandr- correspondent' if '• the , Hff(M sleiids''tlie"fo!lo*ug:^-"The King;'liaf'in-. : stated. Major-To" Wlieoro tohold-fcbc'Te-Arbha lands in i hii''Ma6|' i an'd : will not allow tlieui't'o bedeased or soldi .Ngatiiuajra Juwo,,beeii.; anr-, veyihg'thoso;!ands far. tlie -purpose of .disposing. of:.tbemiby;lease'or .sale, ::i.H^at.ibp.ua,,-inqluiling : theiing-party, are prepared tojght tke.Sgati;, roaru.should their;project becvrned.inco cutiorii"- o'\-y. ;.^-,.-i^ii: ; ■'■!'*:! l;u- iaU ;; ;The' Neiti z'MlmMHnus ' suggests'the'- advis-i ability' of - the' r t'elegrap|rt offices in'--ithe ; le'adi;fi£ towns of J the colony being kept■'tfpeWaH'ai'gntj' iffJs'iipp'ort'of which prbj'da'ltioli'it says-'.^-*' J}he' depirtrnlnt is' J 'not 6ne' i fi , din : -w|iich-''th'eGoVem-' "iri'enVcan brsUoi<ld ; Gxpect-il : pi'6fifc.- Its-'dbject' is : .Wtraiisniit tlirotfg'hbtitf'4h'e'island-to.i' r the>. leadwg^centres-b'f' pop'aLitiori- at'J'east—as: earlyaudasifully^s.ipMbkcsJjyu^Eiit.iOyii'hyMil information'on ,piiWic s a#arr3 J -and by. foreign, iEngßs.lj, ,#;! jufeojoniaj ■, mails |s, ffie;.pul)lic;"desii:9j.tP. repeiy^' For thejissenu-; nation::ofjlsuch--. : -»affS ii% is, v , prepared ' when- once, the. ._d,oiieiis^orly, itis organised fojf the rated,.; inMligence.-jy/jndy. ; it v fa, L ?}*cpdred to ;pay:xeasouable raJ:es. i putljVYj.of. the departineut. /Tjie jenjargeinent,pi the tele';" graphic arraugemeiits,, therefore,. w.oiild iqyplve. lh'e:. ; 6o.yenmient. in. ;!jtt)e. ui'ore fhaii,the present [defective ..system /t.eukils,,;; In. ''VifVof n hat iSiCoining—the, growing importance of provincial flews,-, the. increasing ..coramcrcia! i .fur i terestS: of , tk'e iT .pubiiG,. the/frequejicy, pf-)>|(|jl communication with J', urope, .■.America', and the Australiau:cO|puies, and,tjiß :: .(i"e,rtamty 'of direct' co:nniunicati.gnbofcween : ,New ; tho world.beside '.before manympnths are/over,' it/wouldbeiweliifjtliis subiect-rthia. ment:-..of■.■the.sw.orking.j ideas....of' the. telegraphic, department—were considered early.?.". [ ■].•' / '.

'■' Turpentine i*Mw i ;p're'3cribed , as'- ! a cure "for' dip'tlithoria ; b'y some--'Victorian'medical men.: .Or Beeves'says:—"He strongly advised ■.■that it should be : given'as: early, aa-ipossible .iji-the disease*, be .to. inovrfto a-' puve.-atiriospheip,' and/ bra'udy..and beef tea given'freely'. 'The dose-advised ion children uiider one year ■wis from three to: ten drops'every one/two, oi*'three'bourn (increasing' .t(i(i close' five'drops for every year) in', sugar tor milk? "lts'TOiiiiug-m-Rnntact wiih theithroat caus'edit to throw-off the menißrane \Uim-fow hoiira: 'He stated 1 -' that •he had -repeatedly plieJ : a' ; piece of spouge -wet- with. ■it .to, tbe sloughing throat 'with'th« marked benefitj-after'all-other applications toil -ftileil to: make the'slightest impression in-'altering its -unhealthy character." . -■■■ ■ .::■■■■ \