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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1870, 6 October 1874, Page 2

In consequence of 'the ' Golden Crown' not leaving the. Thames to-day, the agents of the 'Hauraki' have detained that steamer beyond her previously advertised time. She leaves for Auckland at 10 o'clock.

We are informed that at the time of his accident Mr George Woodward was not a subscriber to the Mioers' Accident Relief Fund. He had been a subscriber for many years, but during the time before he got employment at the Queen of Beauty he had neglected to keep his subscriptions up.

Our readers will nojdoubt join with us in our sorrow that the moas, of whose capture at Browning's Pass we had so circumstantial an acoount, have escaped just as they were about to be brought iuto Clmstchurch for exhibition! At every moa report the people. of the South determine never to give credit to another, but somehow or another they always allow themselves to be swindled—partially, at least, If any man had come in and said he had, teen a moa he would simply have got himself laughed at, but Mr Smyth or Smith improved upon former rumours by saying that he had actually caught the birds. We are afraid we must give up the moa, as we have given up the search after the " missing link," Some years ago we thought we had caught the latter over at Wharekawa, but the being turned out to be an old Maori woman. v

Wo do not know who Mr Qeorge Partington is, but we think the proposal he makes might be submitted to the judgment of practical men, for good ideas may come from other persons than Government engineers. With him, too, it is a case of "no cure, no pay," for if he does not, in two weeks' time, produce eight feet of water at the end of the Goods Wfitrf, he asks for no money at all, and he offers to maintain that depth at £100 per annum. Mr Partington's most startling proposd, however, is that for the sum to be spent in the extension of the Goods Wharf he will bring the Thames river into the Kauwaeranga Creek, which would finish all our difficulties at a stroke. ' s ■

The Caledonian Goldmining Company ia about to be re-formed, and an extraordinary meeting of the company has been called for the 11th November, for the purpose of carrying out the proposal.' A new company is to be formed, with 2,8G0 shares fully paid up, of £12 each; and 2,800 new shares of £2 each, with nil pud up, which are to be allotted to the present shareholders, share for sbare, on payment of a call of live shillings per share on the new issue. The balance of the £2 is to be called up as required. ..■■■■•

It will be seen by advertisement that the ' Golden Crown' will leave the Thames at 7 a.m. to-morrow, conveying visitors to the Auckland race meeting, and return at 6 p.m. *

There was a crowded house last night at the Theatre Royal on the occasion of the last appearance of the California Minstrel Troupe— a special benefit night to Messrs. Kelly and Sutton, the "Bones" and •'Tambo" of the troupe. The entertainment was as full of fun as it could be, and included some choice musical selections. The troupe during its short stay oh the Thames has made a very favourab'e impression, and has had, on. the whole, a successful season.

Miss Haselden, the newly-appointed teacher of the Kauwaeranga Girls' School, took charge yesterday.' There were present ;—Mr Dewar (chairman of the Kauwaeranga School Committee), Mr Berry (honorary secretary), and the following ladies:—Mesdames Mavis, Driver, Benshaw, Kussell, Day, JBagnall, Donovan, (■'outer, Heron, Sclator, Ninnis, Dewar, Unthank, Speight, Miss Philp. In binding over the charge of the school to Miss Haselden, Mr Dewar said that as chairman of theKauwaeranga Sohool Committee it became his pleasing duty to hand over the charge of this large girls' school, which ranked second among the schools uuder the charge of the Central Board of Education ia numbers and salary paid to the head teacher. In importance and responsibility it really, in [ his opinion, ranked first, being entirely composed of girls, over whose life and future j character her instructions would have a lasting influence. The committee, therefore, trusted that her duties would be thoughtfully, undertaken, and zealously performed/for the furtherance of which it would be their constant aim and duty as a school committee to give her every assistance in their pwer, while at the same time they should regard with greit interest the advancement made, by the school under her charge. Miss Haselden possessed the highest qualification that a teacher could hold under the Board of Education, viz, a first: class certificate, added to which she had had twelve years' practical experience in imparting instruction to young ladies, which was ample guanntee of her ability to perform her duties. Jdr Dewar then introduced to Miss Haselden the assistints, who he had no "doubt would ably support her in teachiug. Aliss ibon, the assistant teacher,'had held her appointment since the opening of the school, and had been' head teacher since Mrs Colclough's resignation. Miss Lovatt, senior pupil teacher, had been teacaing since the school opened, and advanced, from junior assistant to her present appointment Miss Wells and Miss Keven .each had had considerable experience in teaching. , He hah also to introduce her to Mrs O'Connell, work mistress, whom she would find au expert in this useful branch of girl's education. On her behalf the committee had specially to request that the head teacher would afford every facility for imparting instruction during the short time allotted to her for discharging her duties, In this branch the committee felt sensible that for the large number of girls attending the teaching power was quite inadequate, and they would b3 happy to receive any suggestion from her to remedy that deficiency. Mr Dewar then addressed the children, saying that he trusted they would all pay that attention to Miss Haselden that they had done to their former teachersj-Mrs Davis then, on behalf of a number of ladies, presented to Miss Haselden the following address :-"Kauwaelanga School District, Thames, October 5,1874. We the undersigned ladies; resident at the Thames, have much pleasure in welcoming you in our midst, and in offering your our congratulations upon the appointment you have received, that of head teacher of the Girls' School for which appointment we are informed and believe your mental and moral endowments eminently qualify you. On entering upon the important duty of training so large a number of young girls, and thus seeking to qualify them for their respective relations in life, in order to form the basis of future society, we trust that by precept and example you will impart an impress of character which will through life reflect; honour :'upon their teacher. We feel' deeply sensible of the onerous and arduous nature of the duties, which, in the future, will devolve upon you, and therefore beg to assure you that, in discharging the same, you may rely upon our united sympathy, assistance, and support, so far as may be consistent with the Act under which the school is governed.".—Miss Haselden; briefly thanked the ladies for the kind welcome they had giveu her.—-Mr Dewar said Ke was also requested to express the thank's.of the committee to Miss Day, Miss Russell, r .Mus, Baguall, and Miss Shappere, who had given.; great assis'ance in conducting the school.. ■ Mr Oewar thanked the' ladies preseut for the; interest they had shown in ■ the school/which <■ he hoped would be continued, and;which would no doubt be greatly beneficial to the ; school-On the numbers being taken, it.*{«;.-■ found that there were 203 ohildren. -nwat VV theschool. «- ■■■' '<'■-•-. •■':■

The Suez mail by the 'Luna' was delivered at the Thames on Saturday afternoon, having reached the Manukau early that morning. It was unusually small, comprising only 13 bags for Auckland province. The way mails at present are being sent by the post-office authorities in London is most unsatisfac ; ory, particularly the practice of forwarding correspondence via Torres Straits and Queensland.

A meeting of the committee of the Thames Miners' Accident Belief Fund was held at the Governor Bowen Hotel last night. There were present:—Messrs. Watson (in the chair), Comes, Day, and Lowe. The general routine business was transacted There were seven applications for relief, six of which were entertained, the other was deferred until the next meeting of the committee. .

The following tenders for the supply of the plant of 41 head of stampers for the new battery whieb. is to be erected for the Bright Smile Company, were received yesterday in response to advertisement:—Fraser and Tinne, Auckland, £2,600; A. Price and Co., Thames, £2,509; Masefield and Co., Auckland, £2,496; C. Judd and Co., Thames, £2,455. The latter was accepted.

A telegram from Hamilton, Waikato, says a man named Moyle yas been arrested en suspicion of setting fire to Cummiugs' hotel. On the evening previous to the conflagration, he was heard to utter several threats to burn down the hotel if not allowed a bed. He also said that i.' Murphy, a man with whom he had been fighting, was sheltered in the house, it would be in ashes in the morning. Moyle has only recently finished a term of imprisonment in Auckland Gaol.

Upwards of 300 miners and their families are reported to have left' Cornwall recently for New Zealand, Australia, America, and the north of England. They are the best and most Bkilful men who are leaving the country, and their chief complaint u that by the system adopted iu working Cornish mines they are prevented from earning more than the idle and unskilful.

Patrick Shine, a notorious offender, only recently from Mount Eden, was captured at Ngaruawahia on Saturday last, on warrant, charging him with committing two robberries The'prisoner was captured near the coal mines, but subsequently made his escap? again after being handed over to the police. Prisoner formerly gave the Thames police some trouble to look after him. He received a sentence of four years' imprisonment for a robbery at the Thames. . <

Thes.s..'Pretty Jane'arrived in Auckland on Saturday from Napier. Passengers: Mr Bloomfieldand son, Mr and Mrs and Miss Wylie, Mr J. B, Taylor, Mr Catbr, Mr Park, Mrs O'Beirne, Rev Father Simpson, Mr Hamer, Mr Barker. Landed at Hick's Bay: Mr and Mrs Morgan and servant, Major fiopata, Captain Porter, Mr Hargreaves, Miss Hayes, H. Aratawa, Mrs and Miss Campbell. .

The following is the answer of the New Zealand Tablet respecting the assertion that the Pope was once a Freemason:—"Unfortunately for our contemporary tlii Pope's name is not Paoli Mastai Ferretti, but John Maria Mastai Ferretti. This fact disposes of. the calumny as regards his Holiness. But for the benefit of the Guardian, we wish to point out its erroneous mode of argumentation, It does not follow that because a man is horn in a stable that he is a horse. ■■ Neither does_ it follow, even were it true, that a man bearing the Pope's name was initiated into the 'accursed order' of Freemasons at Palermo, that the Pope is the man. Surely it is not impossible that there may be in Italy, with its 25,000,000 of Italians, more than one bearing the Pope's name, In this case, however, the name is not the same."

We are glad to learn that Mr Charles Ring brought with him on 'his last return from Auckland' a number of English trout which had been hatched in the gardens of the .Acclimatisation Society. The young fry have been liber ited by Mr Ring in the Waiau at the Tiki, and in some of the streams running through his own property. There is not a question but most of the creeks in Coromandel, when not used for mining purposes, are admirably adapted for trout streams, and there is no reason why trout should not attain to a large size. We hope that the effort which Mr Ring has made to add another source of profit as well as sport to the district will not be marred by the premature destruction of the young fish, Every one who has the slightest instincts of a sportsman should do all in his power to preserve the imported fisb, and allow the experiment to become a success before a solitary individual is taken or killed.—Goromamkl Mail.

Mr Thomas Itussell is, no doubt, a very clever man. Nothing succeeds like success, and be has been very'successful, The Thames goldfieMs, which brought ruin to so many, brought grist to his mill, and his name is now synonymous with that of the great monetary institution of the cilony—that power lehind the throne greater than the throne itself, to which Dr. Featherston alluded in 1867. Mr Russell's cuteness has ever excited the admira tion of Yankeeland, and during his late visit to the Great Bepublic he is even credited with haviug taught the cutest people on tbe face of the earth a wrinkle or two. Some of them tried to shear bim, and were themselres shorn. Mr Russell is in one sense a great man, but we take lea*e to Ihink tbat he is a dangerous man —that the position wh ; ch he holds tuwaids the Government of this colony is one full of danger to the interests of the public He is well known to be the Government de facto. Whatever he Bays Mr is bound to do He pulls tbe strings, and the Ministerial puppets dauce. The ■ extraordinary proposals of the Government during the last session are popularly attributed to his influence, and Mr Webster asked a very pertinent question when he enquired in what capacity Mr Russell was going to Hew South Wales. Mr Vogel's reply was unsatisfactory and evasive. Very few people would ohjtct to Mr Russell's joining the Ministry, as it was rumoured not long ago he would do. His acknowledge abilities would undoubtedly be useful in the Cabinet, but it is not a healthy condition of affairs when a single individual exercises the powers of the Cabinet without having on his shoulders the responsibility of a Minister. Mr Vogel rules his colleagues and the country, but Mr Russell rules Mr Vogel, and as there are wheek within wheels, this irrespinsible power, thus exercised, is not likely to prove advantageous to the interests of the community The position is, in fact, a singularly dangeiousone, audits resu'ts are already apparent in the legislation of the session just concluded,— Punch,

The fine new ship ' Waitangi,' Captain I Sofcham, 1,145 tons register, owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company, left London for Auckland on the Ist of August. She has been built by the same builders as the New Zealand Company's ship 'Waikato,' now in Auckland, and is in many respects a similar vessel. Saloon passengers: Miss Comisky, Mrs Franklin, Messrs Durham, Kelly, Comisky, Butler, and Erazer. the passed Deal on 2nd August.—The ship ' Bebington' from London 28th July, bound for Napier, put into Dartmouth on 2nd /. ugust with her condenser out of order. — The splendid ship 'Hydaspes,' Captain Babot, sailed from Gravesend for Auckland on the Bth of August.—The ship 'Assaye,' Captain D, M. Eitchie, was loading in London for Auckland on the 7th August, and was to sail on the 27th August. She is a splendid vessel, constructed by one of the most celebrated builders in the world, James Meele, of Greenock, (■he was launched in 1868, and is owned by Messrs J. and W. Stewart, of London, classed Al for 20 years. Her dimensions are: —Length, 227 ft; beam, 36fb; depth of hold, 22ft 4in; and register, 1,281 tons. She is chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company.

The following is the state of the Thames Goldfield Hospital for the week-ending Oct. 3 :- Bemained from last week, 21; admitted, C discharged, 2; died, 1; remaining, 24. The diseases are as follows: -Fever, 1; fracture, 4; spinal injury 1; ornychia, 1 ; injury by explosion, 1; debility, 2; wounds and in juries, 4; eczema, 1; asthma, 1; ' lumbago, 1; bronchitis, 2; ascites, 1; prurigo, 1; hip joint disease, 1; rheumatism, 1; apoplexy, 1. •Bemaining-Males, 19; females, fij total, 21. Out-patients, 25.

Various changes in locality will shortly be made in the Armed Constabulary. The men on the East Coast will be treated to a pleasant change on the West aud vice versa, while those in Wellington will be sent hither and thither to make room for others in their place.— Tribune.

The relatives and friends of the officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines engaged in the bew Zealand war of 1863-64, as also (says the European Mail), will be glad to know that the erection of the very handsome granite obelisk in the grounds of the Koyal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, has been completed, to the memory of those who fell during that war. The desigu and superintendence of the work were undertaken by Sir Andrew Clarke, RE., late Director of Admiralty Works, and have been finished by Colonel Paslcy, R.E., now holding that office. The obelisk is SOfeet high, The base, approached. by three steps, is a block of grey Carnsaw granite, 6 feet square, on which is cut the representation of a 12-inch hemp cable, with scroll, The die is a solid block, 5 feet square, with highly polished panels, on which are engraved in gold letters the names of all the officers and men of the Royal Marines who fell in the war. Ifc cap is C feet square, with a chain cable of most exquisitg workmanship cut round it, The cap holds the base of the spire, which is 26 feet high and 3 feet square at the bottom. Messrs Freeman and Son, of Penryn, were the contractors, and they may certainly be congratulated on having produced a highly-finished and splendid piece of work. •

A lecture, said the People's Journal, was delivered iu the Town Hall, Dornach, Scotland, on the 9th July, by Mr Adam, a gentleman who has been a New Zealand farmer for 25 years. Sheriff M,Kenzie occupied the chair, and the hall was crowded by both old and young of both sexes The lecturer remarked that marriageable girls and even old maids had evidently a good prospect in New Zealand. Durinj the last ten years 20,000 girls had been married, and at that moment the colony required the introduction of 50,000 girls to make the female equal the male population Mr. Adam stated that he was surrounded by Dornach men, who emigrated some years ago, and now had good farms of their own. One of them (Mr R. Murray) had 500 acres of arable land, and bad a 60-acre field of wheat last year that took the • reapers to the chin. Another of his neighbours, Mr J. Matheson (once precentor in Dornach Cathedral), has a dairy farm of 100 acres, and last year purcha-ed from the lecturer another farm of 170 acres, and paid £500 for it. Mr Adam's statements were well received, for many of the audience remembered his visit to Sutherlandshire sixteen years ago, and were delighted to hear of the prosperity of their friends, many of whom had written from the colony, advising relatives to see Mr Adam, and to put trust in his statements. Considerable surprise was felt when the lecturer referred to the reclamation of land, and compared the operations of one of his neighbours with his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, who he said, was cultivating land in the vicinity of Lairg that would never be looked at in Otago. Mr Smith, the neighbour referred to, reclaims annually 1,700 acres, and now keeps 20,000 of his sheep oh artificial grass! His crop last year realized £B,OJO, and his wool £12,000. Mr Adam said that in the Province of Otagq the reclamation of land was proceeding at the rate of 35,000 acres a' year. He reminded his hearers that Otago was just another Scotland. It was about the same size, and like it, was very mountainous on the west, while its climate, modes of farming, people, and institutions were almost identical with those of Scotland, Dr Begg, and others who had visited Otago, could never realise that they were on the other side of the globe, but felt as if they were in Scotland still. Many of the young men have resolved to emigrate at the term, twenty-five of the applicants being from Lairg. On the motion of the -heriff, Mr Adam received a vote of thanks for his interesting lecture.

The exploring expedition sent out in Fouth Australia by the Hon, Thomas Elder, under the charge of Mr John Ross, though strongly equipped and led by a good bushman, has been beaten back by want of water and the impossibility of making way through a country covered with thick niulga scrub and dead underwood, aud impracticable for camels. Mr Ross's farthest course was in latitude 30 25', longitude 131.56'. His attempt was not fruitless, for he has found a great extent of open undulating plains magnificently grassed.

A gentleman who crossed the Atlantic in the steamer which bore Uoeheforfc to Eugland says tbat the marked admiration of the'" fugitive of Noumea'' for a young American lady afforded much amusement to the other passengers. Rochefort being-unfortunately for bim, but fortunately for the fair object of his adorationunable to speak a word of English, used to wrap himself iu a tiger-skin and take a seat on deck where he could watch the beautiful destroyer of his peace of mind and look all that he wa3 unable to say to her. He is still keeping very quiet in London, although no application has yet been made for bim by the French Government. Under the Extradition Treaty our Government need not be called on to interfere. If the French detectives were to apply to,the chief Police Magistrate in the metropolis'and prove th it Itochefort. ha I been convicte 1 by a French Court of the crimes wi h which he was charged in I* 1 ! ance, his surrender to the French authorities wouid follow as a matter of course.

Printers are not likely to treat with any great respect the utterances of Bishop Hedley (Roman Catholic), who, while preaching lately at Monmouth, said " the press was the most powerful engine in the whole armoury of the Devil," and funher proceeded to ciufcion his hearers not to credit what was published in the daily and weekly journals, as the press greatly tended to the immorality and darkness of the world!

S/Youhq (late of the (burt House Hotel) has assumed the management of the Queen's Hotel, corner of Albert and Queen streets, where he will be happy to receive a visit from his old friends.—Advi.