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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1850, 5 September 1874, Page 3

"We notice that the members of the Gra- //-, ■' hamstown branch of the Hibernian Society celebrate their anniversary to-morrow by ii.' • marching in procession to the Catholic Church. Willoughby-street. We understand they will he headed by their brass band. On Monday evening the anniversary will be farther celebrated by an evening party. This has been ' substituted for the customary hall, so as to do away with the necessity for full dress, while providing the same enjoyment. From the success which has hitherto attained their celebrations we. have no doubt a very enjoyable evening will be passed.

The Magnet Variety Troupe gave an entertainment at the Theatre Royal last night, at which there was a fair attendance. The chief part of the entertainment consisted of gymnastic feats, some of which were'perforaed with a great deal of daring and skill. The horizontal bar feats by Master Hunter (a very little boy) were cleverly performed, so also were the trapeze, flying trapeze, and flying ring feats by the members of the troupe and the "balancing on the stretched rope without ■ a balancing pole by Masler Brown. The remainder of the entertainment comprised singing, dancing,' and a farce called '• Hunky Dories," but this portion fell far short of the excellence of the gymnastic feats. The company will perform again to-night at the same place, when they will no doubt be well patronised.

Mr A. T. Friend, of Auckland, writes to us as follows:—"To the Editor: Sir,—l see by this morning's Herald that the proprietors of the batteries at tbe Thames have held a meeting for the purpose of laying out plans for getting a fall supply of coals. I beg fa inform you that there is a company now pending, and in a week or ten ilajs we shall have our prospectus out, for the purpose of working the coal on the estate of Mr Foot, under the title of the Miranda Coal and Mineral Company (Limited), and the promoters feel' confident that the battery managers will have a full supply of coal in about two or three months, from this date at a very low price compared with what they are now paying,

Mr Luckie, the member for Nelson for the House ot Representatives, addressed a meeting of his constituents on Wednesday evening. In his speech Mr Luckie said it was time all the provinces were swept away, and the land fund made colonial revenue. Can Mr Luckie explain why, when in the House he considered only the North Island province should he abolished, and now, when before his constituents, he has come to the conclusion that all the provinces of both. Islands should be consolidated under one Government? Mr Luckie may be quite right; but how was it he did not make'known his sentiments when speaking in the presence of the Premier? Mr Luckie spoke of Wellington and Auckland as rotten in the extreme. Such an expression will scarcely accord with what Mr Luckie has given out through the columns of that portion of the provincial Press over which he has had the editorial control. Through these we have learned that Auckland is not only the fairest, but intrinsically, from its vast resources, developed and undeveloped, the richest province in Sew Zealand. Now Mr Luckie tells a large audience that Auckland is rotten, and calls for the interference of the General Government. By what means, or from what sourcej has Mr Luckie only just made so singular a discovery! Has this gentleman forgotten how, in a large array of figures, he showed what an immense revenue Auckland yielded the General Government through her Custom-houses ?— Herald.