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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1883, 5 August 1874, Page 3

— The A.S.N. Company's s.s. 'Victoria' is due in Auoklaud to-day from Melbourne and Sydney. A meeting of the H.A.0.8. Society will be held this evening, to arrange for the forthcoming anniversary. We [Herald) understand that the National Bank Company are in treaty for the purchase of Messr3 Vaile's interest in the buildings they at present occupy, at the corner of Wyndbamstreet. We {Gross) understand that the Government have withheld Dr. Wylie's gratuity, in token of their disapproval of hi 3 conduct as Surgeon Superintendent of the 'Loch Awe,'but have paid him tbe amount due to him as "head money" on the number of immigrants landed. The s.s.' Phoebe' sailed on Saturday morning for the South. She took a general cargo and the following passengers:—Saloon—Messrs C, J. Madcn, D. Parker, J. L. Newbury, Sutton, Mr and Mrs J. S. Macfarlane, and several from the Thames who at Onehunga, and about a dozen in the steerage. A General Government Gazette, recently received, intimates that five letters of naturalisation have been issued within the last few days. One of the recipients is a fisherman at Invercirgill (apparently an Italian), one a German, a jeweller at Auckland, one a Chinese miner at Cromwell, one a Danish or Norwegian cooper at Greytown, and the fifth, a settler— whose nationality we cannot guess—at Portobello. The Foley Magnet Troupe, assisted by the members of the Thames Acrobatic Club, gave an entertainment last night for tbe benefit of Master and Miss Kate Foley, two of the most clever and versatile juvenile artists that have visited the Thames. As might have been expected there was a fair and appreciative audience, and the entertainment included farces, singing, and dancing by the members of the troupe, and acrobatic exercise on the trapeze, flying ropes, and horizontal bar by tho members of tbe club. In addition Mr McLiver danced and sung a number of negroic pieces, in which he was very successful. " Observer" writes as follows on our Borough Council:—"To the Editor. Sir,—l qui I e agree with your correspondents' Young Thames' and ' A Eatepayer,' and think that the doings of the Council should be narrowly watched. I think the Councillors have to a great extent betrayed the confidence placed in them, the promoters of the Conncil showed by reports they presented at public meetings that the cost of government would be no more, if not a little less, than under the Highway Boards. Is it so ? Our source of revenue i 3 a grant from the Provincial Council, and rates to be levied. In the circumstances of our position the utmost economy should be exercised. Is not the reverse the case. Increased representation for the Thames is necessary, but the cost of petitioning for it should not be borne by the Council. The time has not arrived for a.silaried Mayor, and if our worthy Mayor is consistent, with bis publicly expressed views on the matter he will decline it. It is necessary that our local Press should thrive, but not at the expense of the borough ratepayers. The monies paid for the above could be muoh more appropriately spent. And now they seek to impose a lot of petty vexation by-laws, which will be the cause of endless annoyance, and which are on'y suited for cities in-European countries, even seeking to prevent perambulators being used on our crowded (?) footpaths." Mr John Fisher, butcher, Auckland, has evidently taken to heart our few lines relative to the increased price of meat and the little combination which gives rise to it. He advertises himself a3 follows in yesterday's Herald, and we are not s? selfish as to deny him the privilege of a gratuitous iusertion of the advertisement in these columns:—" To the Editor of the Herald. Sir, —Tbey say, ' when the cap fits wear it,' and to enlighten those of your readers and the Thames Advertiser I would very modestly inform him that cattle are quoted here in Auckland as high as 453 per 1001b ; but both farmers and butchers will tell him that gootl cattle are not to be bought for less than 5d per pound, Your Thames people are, therefore, getting an advantage over our Auckland market, and I very much doubt if there is any help for our Thames Advertiser this year. But to enlighten him. He will remember our past summer, when a vast quantity of machinery was standing idle for waat of water, and our cattle, that should be now our beef, are starving in the paddocks—hence, where is the monopoly ? It was then we saw our beef was to be scarce; and I believe we are the only holders of good beef. We are now killing a mob of cattle, bought in the above season, grazed in the province of Auckland by Mr Goodfellow, and they do him credit- During the winter they have been feeding on the very best clover hay, and the curious may see them through the week at Fisher and Co.'s, Queenstreet. Mr Editor, I fail to see where the difference is between one tradesman and another. The dairyman is the first affected by a dry summer—he raises his milk and butter;; the baker his bread; and the farmer his potatoes. And, by-the-bye, I remember one of our most respectable journals in the city rose the price of their paper owing to the scarcity of the material; and why not butchers profit by their business? Perhaps they are too modest. I hive not yet heard of any complaint on account of rise in wages; but unless our farmers get a rise in beef and mutton they cannot grow it for us to pay themselves. And if the Thames Advertiser would forma ring out of the above information he would then believe in the old adage of 'Live and let live.'—John Fisher." Mr T. Brighouse writes:—"Block 27, ■ Aug. 2: To the Editor.—Sir,—l must beg your favour once more. As a working miner, with a large family, I naturally take some interest in this, our township, for we have made it what it is to-day— a town out of a raupo swamp— and much depends on our actions what kind of a home we shall make it for our children and future generations. Every year deepens the impression that the Thames Goldfield will be a settled, and sometimes a thriving district for many years to come. _ My present object in writing these lines is, if possible to provoke discussion, and to arouse the attention of my brother miners to see if we can by uniting together give the Thames what it really needs—a broader basis of permanency. To start with, we must one and all co-operate against our common enemy. In any form (imposition) food is becoming dearer every week on the Thames, and for what reason 1 Simply because we have no co-operative store to check monopoly. I I would suggest that we, the working miners and others on the Thames Goldfield, form ourselves into a co-operative society on a large scale, under sound and honest rales, so that we may be able to keep down monopoly and also receive the full benefit of our earnings and spendings too, I would suggest that, owing to the impecuniosity or unwillingness of onr poverty-preaching Government, we should co-operate more freely in prospecting, and also that better underground and surface workings should be performed under the same plan. Without entering into details, 1 am deeply convinced that a cooperative society of the miners, honestly and systematically worked by practical and good management, would not only benefit its members, but in time would be an established guide to outside investors. We need no better evidence for co-operation thau to walk from Shortland Wharf to the Golden Crown battery and count the shopkeepers and publichouses, and then count the average number of workingmen at work. I am aware that the plea of keen competition may be set up, but for all that storekeepers and publicans must live by some means, and these means have to be provided chiefly by the working miners, either directly or indirectly. I would say to half of the storekeepers and two-thirds of the publicans—Shut up shop, buy a pick and shovel, pitch work, and help us to unearth more gold, build more batteries, and join the Co-operative Society."

Messrs Cochrane and Sons sold by auction 155 Bismarck shares, without reserve, at 4s. The departure of the barque * Hylton Castle' from Aucklaud for London has been delayed on account of an action being brought against the captain for short delivery of railway iron. The fortnightly meeting of the Waiotahi Education Committee was held last evening at Mr W. Kowe's office. All the members were present, and Mr Bowe presided. The minutes of last meeting were confirmed. Mr E. Brown was appointed head teacher to the Waiotabi School subject to the approval of the Board. Mr Brown holds first-class certificates and testimonials of the highest order from New South Wales, He is to take charge of the school as soon as possible. The attention of the committee was called to a nuisance at the itlureka School. It appears that some persons living higher up the hill allowed their drainage, slops, &c., to flow down the hill close to the school. The complaint was referred to the Waiotahi Highway Board to take action to prevent the continuance of the nuisance. The usual routine business was transacted, and the meeting terminated.