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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1911, 5 December 1874, Page 2

We understand instructions. have been sent to Mr McLaren to have the Karaka tramway put up for public competition, to be let to the person who will maintain the line in repair, and carry at the lowest rate. Some arrangements have, however, yet to be made to give power of running from the Karaka over the other tramways. Mr.Manton, of. the Hape Oreek Gardens, yesterday sent a large quantity of strawberries as a gift to the pupils of the Kaiiwaeranga Girl's School. We need not Bay that the present was appreciated.' • ■ . The Magnet Variety Troupe, whose performances have on previous occasions been so successful, will give another entertainment at the Academy of Music to-night. It will consist of daring acrobatic and qymnastic feats and amusing songs and dances, in which'Mr W. H. Reed will assist. Judging from the, pro-, gramme which we have seen, which is of a highly sensational character, the entertainment", should be a very enjoyable one. The iron steamer built by Mr Segar of Grahamstown will, we unberstand,-be, launched to-day, everything being now ready for that purpose. The owner was afraid she would scarcely be finished, in time for the rush to Ohinemuri, but she will, and will be a valuable addition to the st°am fl°et on the river trade, Bhouldit be decided to put her on that trade. The members of the Bar at ChristcVurch seem to have shown in the most emphatic manner the respect in which Mr Bowen, the new Minister of Justice, is held. We hope their anticipations may prove correct The Ministry requires to be strengthened, and the special department with which Mr Bowen is to' entrusted has not lately been tilled by an able man.

The 'Golden Crown-' is advertised in the Argas by the colonial prince of showmen, as " The people's recreation steamer," and capable of carrying 1;200 passengers I Mr Coppin,- we fear, has been drawing upon his imagination.

A correspondent in London, writing on Oct. Ist,, sends the following shipping news " During the month of September shipping to all ports of New Zealand ha 3 been exceedingly brisk. Nearly all the ships on the birth h-ive been short of dead weight, and in many instances the New Zealand Shipping Company's Tease's lrne had to take in ballast. On the whole, light freights haTe been active. Auckland appears to take the lead in vessels loading; they fill in less time and with less difficulty than to any other port in flew Zealand. I have no doubt you observe an indication of this in the large ships that are being despatched by both houses in London. Quite a reaction has taken place in shipping to Auckland during the last eight nionihs.—The New Zealand Shipping Company's fine new pbip 'Waitemata' leaves Sunderland for London to-morrow, where she will load for Canterbury and Bail on the 15th October, with 350 emigrants and sixteen saloon passengers. She is 1156 73-100 th gross tons, ."he is a sister ship to the '.Waitangi,' and in fact similar in every respect except'the 'Waitangi' was longer building, and. the finish on her some*bat better. The fine. iron ship 'j>s?aye' sailed from GraTesepd on tip, Ist of September, but was detained in the Channel for some time through strong adverse winds. She was spoken on the 14th September, lat. 49 30 N. long. 930 ' v . The fine composite barq ie 'Dilharree,' which armed from Canterbury, under clnrter to the NZS. Co., in 83 days, will be your next Auckland vessel, !• he sails on tbe 2nd.—Ships dispatched by the Kew Zealand Shipping Company For AucklandShip ' Assaye,' Captain Mcßitche, Ist September, frtm GraTesend, with 354 adults. 14'h, Bpokeu lat. 49 30 N, long, 930 W.; all well, —For Canterbury—'Gferaldine,' Paget, 15th September, from Grayesend, with'32o adult emigrants, and six saloon passengers.—For Napier —' Clarence,' 23rd September, from Gfravesend, wilh 298 adult emigrants, and five saloon passengers —For Picton—Ship ' Carnatic,' Captain K. M. Moon, 28th September, fiom Qravesend, 250 adult emigrants Captain Buck, of Auckland, school-master on board, and seven sal on passengers —For' Auckland— 'Dilharree,' Ciptainß. M. Neily, 2nd September, Gravesend, 330 adult emigrants, and nine saloon passengers —29th September—Barque f Jungfran,' for Wellington. Six private pas. seme s, 1. horse, 1 calf, 20 rams, 19 owes.— 2nd September—' Sophia Joakim.' Five saloon passengers, 10 second cabin, 19.-steerage, 2 horses, 16 rams, 16 ewes, for Mr Buchanan, of Napier.

A lady lecturer has been asking, 'Why don't the Men Propose ?" But before concerning ourselves very much with Mrs Coldough's answer to her question, it would be as well to reply by'another one. Don't they propose? Is it a fact that proposals are becoming more rare or more resultless than they used to be? It would hardly appear so from .(he statistics. These show that there were 4,974 couples married last year in this colony. This seems to indicate a good many proposals, and a fair margin of affirmative replies. With these figures before him, the Veader is inclined to ask, what does Mrs Colclough want ? There is no reason to hold that these 4,974 brides had to wait an unduly long time before' attaining the promotion of matrimony. We see that 1,434 of them were wives before they were 21 years, and 3,169 before they were 25. Under these circumstances the question that Mrs Colclough has taken so much trouble to elucidate appears to have as little foundation in fact as the memorable one by which Charles If. reduced some learned philosopher to con« fusion.—Australasian.

The atmosphere of Wellington does not agree with the talent, (873 a correspondent of t'.ie Auckland Star). The police are too attentive altogether, A case of the biter bit came into Court yesterday. Solomon Collins, Alfred Drake, and Nathan Simpson were charged with card-sharping by Henry C Williams, at poker. Tliey rung in wliat is called cold deck upon him, and took his bottom dollar, The prosecutor was move rook than pigeon. • He says to one of the trio—" Collins, he has a heap of sugar; let us have him to night at poker. Sharp No._ 2 agreed, but Collins being his friend, he put him fly, and went back upon the, other, The case was put into the hands of Mr Travers; but as the respec l ability of the sharps was prejudiced, and liinline; the police, had gotten hold of the affair, they spirited the prosecntor away.,. It;' 8 Bnpposed he is not to he found, and the peelers have their eyes skinned in all directions. ...The fancy consider Buch publicity rather stupid and uncalled fo*v They have only been % few here, and arq known of all m?t;«

!Dko following are tho acceptances for the Auckland Cup Handicap of 200 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, to take place on December 26:—Handicap—Mr W. Walters' b mYatterina, 9st; Mr F. W. Delmaiue's Templeton, 4 yrs, Bst 111b; Mr o\v>n McGee's b m Creeping Jenny, aged, Bst; Mr E. Perkins' ch f Difcord, i yrs, 7st 41b; Mr George Crum- • m er's ch f Baugi, 3 yrs, fist 121b; Mr J. Emerson's b c Guy Fawkes, 3 yrs, 6st 101b; Mr J. Watts' b f Toi, 3 yrs, Gat 81b. The following are the entries for the Steeplechase ;— Mr W. J. Marks's gr g Karey, aged; Mr K. Perkins's ch g Isleman, aged; Mr R. E Mcßae's ch g Butcher Boy, aged; Mr Stafford's br g Highflyer, aged; Mr C. Ring's br g Darkii>, aced; Mr Wright's bk g Moose, 5 yrs; Mr W. Bobbelt's b g The Arrow, C yrs, The Sydney merchants'don't like our present postal arrangements, We are by no means surprised at it, and we only wonder that the New-South Wales Government have taken the matter so easily. The objection made is not so much to the connection with a single port in New Zealand as to the purposeless coasting which always seems to form part of our postal programme. N' thing can better exemplify the evils of our proviucial jealosies than this ridiculous arrangement, which is clung to through contract tfter contract with a persistency worthy of a be.tter cause Of course in New Zealand we know wh it it means, but we slipu'd fancy it must be an enigma in Australia. It means the" silly jealousy which makes Wellington mourn if Auckland is benefitted, and Otago resent any other port having a visit from a steamer which does not sound the Port Chalmers bar. It would never do that ami ail ■ line should touch at ,- uckland without going South, and to do us justice it would be just as unpalatab'e that it should touch at Wellington without c-ming North. To this low ebb of national feeling provincial, separations have reduced us, and if our friends in Sydney only comprehended the matter they must fed fome little contempt for it all. Rut all this sort of thing costs money It went far to tuin Webb while he had the contract, it no doubt had a very fur share in cutting short the last contract, and we venture to S'.v it will do as much for any other contract which is clogged by this ridiculous condition. It is true that the statement made in Sydney that mr coast was the grave of steam vessels was a trifle hyperbolical. But it is equally true that a very great risk is run by large ships coasting on any coast as compared with sailing on deep sea And what is it all about? What do we gain in return for all we risk, aud all we necessarily sacrifice? We gain nothing at all but the gratification of jealousies, so pelty that the sooner they are crushed the more creditable and the better for us all. Uood coasting steamers m have plenty, or we very easily could haw, and all the work required could be better done by these than by the ocean-.oing steamers. And it would pay such • vessel', while it only ruins the others. —Lcho.

It was not in the race for the Melbourne Cap alone that Lurline failed to distinguish herself on the Flenriogton course. She ran also in the Boyal Park Stakes, which were won by Dagworth, who beat Uoldsbrough by a neck, with Protos third. I.urline started at six to ot.e agar st her. For a time she (-hewed with a chance in the race, limning third When half a mile fro-r home (the race two miles) she dropped back beaten. The time w*)s 3 rain. 43 sec. In the Flying Stakes (three queers of a raile), which was run on one of the days blowing the Cup, Haricot was fifth, though at skirting the betting about him was even. A remarkably Bhrewd banker (at least he thinks so) was waited on the otbei day by a prosperous New Zealand settler, who wanted a hundred pounds or so for personal expenses He stated his business, but the Melbourne manager pooh-poohed the applicaut—in fact, would"hardlv listen to him. The New Zealander telegraphed to Sydney aud got what ho wanted instantlj. A few days after <\ards a stock and station agent incidentally mentioned to the shrewdest of managers, having sold a station on behalf of the same New Zsaland gentleman for £90,000. That manager almost faintel.- To iave refused £100 to a man worth £90,000 ! He wanted his address to smooth matters, but it was too late—The New Zealander had shaken from his feet the-dust of our city and departed. —Australasian.

At Stawell, on November 5, JUmes E. Oliver, mining manager of the Great Northern Company, was kille'd this morning by being j tinuied in the cige. 'Ihe evidence taken at the inquest showed that the deceased was about 1 to ascend the shaft in a truck containing blunted drills Contrary to rule, he gave the signal hiinseif, and it was also against the rule to go up in a truck containing drills One of these projec ed, and caught the centre timbers of the shaft, throwiug the truck and its conteuts off the cage and into the chamber. The shock caused Mr Oliver to be jammed abmt t>e middle of his body between the side of the cage and the slabs, and in this compressed state he was dragged up the shafo about 26 before the engine was stopped. The centres had to he cut away before he could be released. 3e wa3 sensible nn til the pressure was taken off his body, but died almoßt instantly afterwards. No blame seems attachable to anybody but to the docejsed himself, who was an extremely temperate man, and considered very c ireful a* to the safHy of others. The verdict was "Died from injuries accidentally received." The deceased leaves a wife and large family.

Dr Redwood, the recently-appointed Eoman Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Wellington, arrived there oa the 26th. The Bishop was driven to near the cathedral, where' an address was presentfd to him by Mr Walter Johnston, from the lioman Catholic laity, in which the following senteuce occurredWe desire to take this opportunity of assuring your J.or.)ship of our devotion to the Holy See, and to express our sympathy with the trials of the Vicar of Christ, whose personal character has secured for him the admiration of the civi'ised world, and we are glad to think that one of your Lordahip's last public ac's b- fore leaving urope was to visit the Eternal City, and solicit and obtain his blessing upon the diocese." An address was also presented on behalf of the Catholic Young Men's' Society. Mr C. K, Haugfiton, as President of the Hibernian Society, welcomed his Lordship to Wellington. He pointed out that the society had been but recently formed, which precluded its members from appearing in regalia. At the Cathredral the iJjhop was presented with an address from thifgP'gy. We give a few sentences from this a^qgfss:—I"Blessed1 "Blessed be our Sovereign Lord ieslft Christ, and His Immaculate Mother—our perpetual advocate - for the nomination of a pastor such as the Bishop whom we now salute and welcome with profound reverence, and, if your Lordship will permit us to say it, with the most cordial affection. , . . The

fact of your Lordship being an Englishman by birth, a New Zealander from childhood, a Frenchman by education, and an Irishman by residei.ce and sympathy—apart from personal ,virtues,'to which your Lordship's presence forbids us to allude—must excite a peculiar interest, and tend to make your Lordship's arrival agreeable to all . . . We cannot disguise from ourselves that what endears your person to us, is the spiritual mission that has come to your lordship directly from the august successor of St Peter, our glorious but sadly tried Sovereign Pontiff. Alas! his reign of twenty eight years, astoumiing by his duration, has been a continued period of persecutions and robberies, in an age of socalled liberalism. The accounts of those calamities have continually rung in our ears, and your Lordship has not only heard o ( , but witne-sed the noble fortitude with which those misfortunes have been borne. More than once you have contemplated the afflicted but serene countenance of P-pe Pius IX, yes, a new Jacob, the Venerable Pontiff has lavished hid tenderness and blessings upon your Lordship, another .Benjamin (so to speak) among your brother Bishops. Ah I My Lord, in our present jubilation it would be impossible not to dwell upon the name of our most beloved and sorrowful father, and we feel inclined to repeat with impassionate expression the words of the Israelites of old in their captivity 'If I forget thee, 01 Jerusalem, let my right hand be forpgotlen P" To all these addresses the Bishop Suitably replied, "Why am intoxication like a wash-bowl Sambo. " 'Case it am de-basin."