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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2556, 16 March 1877, Page 2

SoMETHiNa'apjjroaching a panic set in yesterday, says the.. N.Z* ., Herald, among the stockholders of the Union Beach* Gold Mining Companyj of lOs^per share fiaving'fcijen^ recorded within a :very few hours. The quotations onTuesday were 50s, but yesterday shares were sold at 4.3s and 41s, with no buyers at the close of the m■rketiV^'•3!^lS■■g«BWands^^den-;de■p^ec.i--atien in the valu# of the: "tobk was partly due! to'the fect^;thaf Mjr: Hanney^had tendered his re«ginis,tipn of the mariagetnentofthemine. The resignatipn of the manager at such a time is looked upon as evidence that there is spmtfthihg wrpngl, and many plainly state as much, but what grounds they havefpr, the, assertipn we cpuld.not fathom. ; ; The factis.nevet-the- ;- le'ss patei^t that the present aspect of the affairs pf the company lias caused much dissatisfaction. ' ■ ,

A cobeespondent "of the Ballarat Courier writes :-rr" The .people of Buninyong are not in love with Ritualism. On Tuesday, 9th instant, .a reverend; gentleman from a neighboring town, as announced on the previous Sunday, attended to officiate at the communion service at Trinity Church," previous to fche?consecration of the Buninyong Cemetery by Bishdp TfrorntoiDv' ■ 'the trustees and churchwardens, however, not being in iavpur o£ Jhe reverend gentleman's'alleged.High Churchism, locked thie church doors and refused the reverend genfclemah admission. IHS .lattergeritlimanV having obtained a-loaf of !bread from a baker, himself;into a picnic, party* and made the ascent of Mount Buninyong." ■■

We (Bay of Plenty Times) hare received from Messrs Mclvor, Herman, and Co, a sample of fish cured nt their estab|jshment, at Katikati. The three, varieties forwarded to us arc in first-class condii;ion';-.vßiidC'Would (if they had the •chalicfej .keep Wor months, but those sent So usS:hay«|;nji|s:been given tltecfrano^ sThe schnapjier ~/&ks a little dry ,' but tlis Grara arid tfie^kam, (or mullet) were d&: liciotis.iMeafl^ilclvor and Co.ijaykibeein; rather -tin&¥ttinate since they^ started;; haying about a month ago lost the whole of the buildings and plant by fire. It is the intention of this enterprising company to ship! largeparcels; of smoked fish to Melbourne, but judging by the quality of their fish, and the large orders they have ■received-fifom various parts of this colonyjwe can safely prophecy for them that success which all promoters of local industry deserve. We believe Messrs Mclvor and Co., will shortly, appoint r an Agent in Taurangai We recommend theifr dried fish most strongly .to. connoisseurs.

The Baywof Plenty Times says:—Prospecting is still being carried on in this district. ; 'A. party of experienced 1 hands Jeft Taurahga yesterday. The scene of their intended operations is not known. There is still a large party at work at Kainiai, but we have had no word from them for some time.

Society in New: York has been much excited over an action for breach of promise brought, by a young woman nsmettS Martinez against Senor Del Valle, a wealthy Cuban gentleman. The evidence ••was; very contradictory* The plaintiff :ahd family, who were in very narrow?circumstances swore that after a short acquaintance, which began tbrough.-Miss Martinez falling in the street, injuring her anklo and being seen into a carriage by the.defendant, he offered her marriage, gave her an engaged ring, installed,her in his house as governess, and then took" advantage of her position. The defendant on the other hand swore ; after the ankle incident he made an appointment for the next day, that she then told him ,a, Jong. story about her poverty and the cruelty of her stepfather.; that he agreed to take lessons from her in English, afterwards installed her in his house as housekeeper and as the governess of his children, and denied that there had ever been any tender relation between them. But while the girl was obliged to admit that there ' was a great deal of the adventuress in her ' composition, the gentleman made himself j out too much of a good Samaritan to meet with ready credit from the jury, who did not believe that a middle-aged man would take a young girl to a restaurant of equivocal reputation merely to learn English from her, and so they gave her a verdict of fifty dollars as a solatium for her damaged reputation, which was just onethousandth part of what she had demanded. As a specimen of a certain sort of New York life the Martinez-Del Valle trial is very curious.

Two centuries ago the" Voyager going past the wall of the fort at Kewsew, Japan, might have-read, in Japanese characters, this declaration:—" As long as the sum shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as tp;come to Japan. And let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with; his Aead.'j; And now missionary yrork is going on in Japan under the protectionoj|s§e\Government, and American clergyman are called to the highest official positions in *the Government. Yes, Galileo, the world moves, and the whole world of thought and feeling moves. The missionary is abroad, ana with his little Bible and his pen overthrows pagan temples and shivers their images. "r a

The Bishopi of .Ballarat^has been .doing good service in' rthe cause" of temperance of late. At the meeting of the Christ Church branch of the Temperance Union, on Thursday night, I)r/rhornton delivered a telling speech (says the Courier), in which he quoted statistics showing the increase of drunkenness.in the old country, and said it had been proved that even the establishment of schools did not suppress .intemperance, but wherever the public-houses were' numerous, there were the drinking habits of the.people most confirmed and most disastrous. He spoke of what he had seen of this vice in Victoria during his travels, and of the testimony of clergymen in various parts of the diocese as to the prevalence of this baneful practice of" indulgence in. stimulants. Intoxicants, he said, were not required, except medicinally: in certain extreme cases, and to indulge in them as beverages was most, disastrous. He spoke of the remedies, indirect agencies having proved to be unsatisfactory, and direct legislation almost so. He strongly advocated personal protest and individual effort, the force of example being positive and most effective in the end, and here marked that all church-goers should strengthen the hands of their bishop in this good work by signing either the protest or the pledge, two forms being laid before the meeting. Mr Gaunt, P.M., set an excellent example by signing the total abstinence pledge, while the Mayor, Mr Claxton, signed a declaration to exert himself for the suppression of intemperance. A number of other persons, including some ladies, also signed the pledge, and received cards of membership from the hands of the bishop, with his signature attached.

An extraordinary inddetif6ccurred-:at the Waterloo /Hfttel,,.,. Kaiwarra, near ; Wellington, a few'"days'"" agoT When the four o'clock train was passing, myriads of sparks were shptputo|the funnerof the lpcomotive,*and dne^oflthein entered one v of the bedrooms through a small hole in a window pane. It caught the curtains, and in a few seconds they were blazing. The flames then caught t|eißpverin^pf a bed; which wait placed.near the window, ] and extended tp the lining of the walls. Some people who were downstairs smelt smoke, and hurried to the. ibedropn^v and extinuished the flames. ■

The Marlborough fPress : records; the following fatal accident:—" In. .the early morning of 'Wednesday,: orlat'eat'nighf" on Tuesday, a sad, accident happened in the family of Mr jennins. For some days past several members of his family have been suffering from scarlet fever, and on the night of Tuesday the youngest child died. The sorrow this caused was the means of awakening a little boy 11 years of age, and Mr Jennins went into the room to console him, and to give him a drink. Unfortunately, in the excitement occasioned Tin his rlecerit "bereavement, he took up a bottle containing crude carbolic acid instead of a bottle containing pcrter. Some of the poison was.poured into amug and given to the bby^Wdrink, and he took a quantity estimated at two tablespopnfuls. The father then gave the mug: to a little girl in the same room to drink from,, when she detected it. Mr Jennins, having discovered his mistake, promptly applied such domestic antidptes as were at hand, and obtained medical aS: sistance: without delay. When the doctor arriveii he found the child. itt;c6nvulßions, and he shortly after died." V->- '.;>:"\

While standing as a candidate for the representation of the Borough of Frome in the House of Commons, in which contest he was defeated, Sir James Fergusson, in his address to the electors of that town oh the night of November 6, v thus referred to this Colony :•—" He had the honor of serving in a former Government, first as Under-Secretary of State'for the Home Department, after which he was appointed Governor of New Zealand, where his residence, he could assure

them, was a very happy one. There j were communities on the other side of the world building a great Britain, destined not to be drags, but allies and faithful childrenito the mother country ? and the day he "parted from them was a day of, regret.",v A little* further ou^n ■his speechAe added i-^f tte■. "New >Zea|and i; working: inen^liyjng^lhfj prosperity]knd affluehjee,:oßwhich;in this: country they had little.J.dea, ;aqaThe"-b"e£ Heved byvjudicious measures, aided by> local efforts and union amongst themselves, they might raise the position of the working clasa of this country very greatly;" ;;< ; ---t-c-^-h;.,-.-- ■vy^.^-r- . ~:-

A discovery has been made in the Inangahua, says the Times, which, although but little importance appears to be attached to it by the finder must, in time, turn out of great value. .We refer to a deposit of stone which in all its chief characteristics resembles the Turkey stone of commerce. It is hard, identical in color, and for sharpening. tools is quite equal to the Turkey stone in general use. Mr Kater, ironmonger, of Broadway, has squared and mounted a piece of the stone, and finds that it answers every purpose. The exact locality of the deposit is at present kept a secret. .;,<

The following appears in the Lyell Argus :—" Notice—To the thirty young ladies who have applied to the Editor of this journal for a, situation as compositor, your portraits will be returned." One J3 fain to exclaim what an ordinary lot the thirty must have been; or how hard to please the editor.

We are glad to learn that Mr 'George Halliwell, who was subjected to extreme privation during his recent voluntary wanderings in the bush ,for seventeen- or eighteen days, is;rapidly ;progressing towards recovery. He is able to eat pretty well now, and is gaining strength daily, and there has been no return of the mental delusion under which the man isolated himself from his fellows.

To day being the public day for visitors j at the Moanatairi mine, about sixty perI sons availed themselves of the opportunity of reviewing the splendid show Of gold' still x visible ; .in ; .the reef. No stone has beisn^broken dow ; n on the golden run for some days, nor wiil any be until next week. The cleaning up and retorting will tajce plape to-morrow, swhen aiarge amount Abf gold is expected to "be to hand, the specimen crushing this week having added largely to the general yield. ■ - A.

We learn that the Moanatairi Compaby, encouraged by the recent find of rich gold in their mine, have sent to California for a patent rock drill; with which to accelerate operations 'in putting the continuation of the Long Tunnel through. These rock drill; are expensive, but they accomplish so much more work in a given time than can be accomplished by manual labor that they are really economical though not saving. ;, „i,

Thebe was one of the longest, lists of cases'.for hearing at the sitting of.the Resident Magistrate's ;Court to-day that we remember. ; to have seen for years. The ordinary business was considerable, and in addition thereto there was a "sheaf" of cases for recovery of Borough rates, A good many cases were undefended ; some were settled out of Court, and others were disposed of without much trouble, or else the sitting would hate encroached upon another day.

We learn that Mr Thomas^ Russell is to be entertained at dinner to-morrow even-ing-by the members of the Auckland Club. This is undoubtedly a deserved compliment to a distinguished and enterprising colonist, who has in the colony and at home done much to advance. the interests of New Zealand, and whose name will ever be associated with some of our most; succesful local institutions, such as the Bank of New Zealand and the New Zealand Insurance Company. Mr Russell was one of thci best friends the Thames had, and to him was due the credit of initiating many works, but for which the district would never have attained the position which it has.: ;:> ; v r V

Those who have not seen the Waiwera Hot Springs or ; wish to take a pleasant trip at a very small cost will have an excellent opportunity of so doing to-morrow morning,' as the Rotomahana leaves at half-past eight, and after .a stay of- about a couple of hours in Auckland proceeds to the Hot Springs returning thence early on Monday morning, and arriving at the Thames about sevenion Monday "evening. Return tickets are 12s 6d each, while to those who wish to stop in Auckland and rejoin the steamer on its return the price is only 10s.

The lovers of "the gentle art" will have a fin© opportunity of enjoying themselves on "Monday, as arrangements have been; made" by which the pis. TeArbha will start on Monday next at 9 o'clock on; ,a fishing excursion, The steamer will anchor off the Miranda, and those who wish to enjoy themselves on shore will be landed at Porter's Creek, The same steamer will make an excursion to-morrow to Ohinemuri starting at 8 a.m., so as to be in time for the races held there.

The Lalla Kookh; starts on -Sunday morning on an excursion: to Coromandel. Arrangements can .be made by which families can „be.taken there and back at reduced'iares^ ■■>-•-•:; -i' J

The members of the H.A.C.B.S. are to assemble at their hall to-morrow at.8.30, and proceed in procession to 6t'. Frances' Churchy Willoughby street.. From this point they wiir proceed to Tararu, where games, including a football, match, will take place. c. . :