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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4641, 19 November 1883, Page 2

Mb W. Babiow writeß to the Editor as follows :—Sir, —l hereby furnish you with a statement of receipts and expenditure of the two separate performances given by the juveniles ; any of Mr E!rick's friends may verify the vouchers of the same. I would point out that besides the legitimate expenses incurred in placing the children on the boards I have given my spare time during the last- three months in training them, and during the last few weeks in preparing scenery. In fact, no effort on my part was left undone. In paying ■Mv Klrick £5 out of my own pocket, I informed him that when I could realise upon the wardrobe by future performances IS would add to ' the amount. Paid Elrick £1, £1, £3-—£s j materials, millinery, hatter, draper, £8 5s 2d; rent and ;gas, £4 6a 3d; stage expenses, colors, &c., £t 17a lOd; bellman and-post ing, £15s; pianist, £3 33; advertising, £8 Bs. Total for first night, £32 5s 3d. For second night: Bent, gas, pianist, bellman, mechanists, and checktakers, £3 5s 3d v ;> Grand totals £35 10s 6d. The amount received in connection with the performance was made up as follows:— Tickets sold: By C. McLivjr, *3s 6i; Mrs Jefferson and'private friends,£9 3*. Cash" at doors first performance, £12 2s; second performance, £6 7a. Total, £28 10s 6d ; which leaves the affair a loss to the amount of £7.

A veby heavy shower of rain fell shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, and in a few minutes the carrying capacities of the various drains in the Borough were taxed to their utmost. Owing to the tides'being high at the time, the flood-gates at the end of the culvert draining Albert street, and also those in the intake, were closed. The water rose over the footpath at the Bank of New Zealand for a short time, but quickly drained into the intake, which easily held it,: proving the truth of our assertion some time ago when recommending that ii- be made a receptacle for drainage at high. tide. The oulvert through which the Kuranui Greek crosses the Tararu road got choked, and the creek flowed over the road, coveringifc with debris and slush. The Borough Council should at once see to this being cleared away, and the culvert should also be enlarged, to prevent its being choked again.

A cbickbt match between sides chosen by Messrs Clark and Eggington was played on the Waio-Karaka Flat on Saturday, and resulted, after a hard struggle, in a victory for Clark's Side, by 9 runs. The highest aoorers being Tregonning, caught; 18 j Smith, bowled] 16 5 Clark, not out, 16; andßeale (Auckland), bowlerl, 11; and for the losing side, Egginton, caught, 30} Hindman, 10; Griffiths, bowled, 8; and Coney, bowled, 7 » were the largest contributors. Beale's bowling for the winning side was very good ; he securing 5 wickets out of the eleven. Coney secured 3, and Egginton 6 wickets for the" losing side. Although the bowling of a visitor was very good for the winning team, it was anything but destructive to one or two of the local men, who played it with perfect confidence, and treating it rather severely at times.

Two natives, each aged about 19 or 20, named Niki and If garaka, had a narrow escape from drowning at about one o'clock this afternoon. They hail from Kerepae, a settlement a few miles from the mouth of the Fiako river, and were sailing across to Shortland in a whaleboat-, about 20ft. long, with a cargo of pigs. When off Shorfcland, and a mile or more from the lamp-post, a sudden gust struck the boat, listing her over co much that the rudder came out of the water, and before the occupants had time to do anything to right her, she capsized. The accident was observed from Shortland wharf, and a crew consisting of Messrs Robinaon, Shepherd, Cross, -and Loomey went out in the yacht Brittania to the rescue. CA-- pulling boat;also set put; from; the wharf, and a crew from the cutter Nancy, lying off Curtis' vVharf, likewise pulled towards the capsized boat. The yacht reached her first, and found the natives clinging,on to •the gunwale. One of them was all right, but the other had suffered severely' from the cold and the hour's immersion in the water. They were speedily transferred to the yacht and taken back to Shortland, where Mr Dod kindly gave them b glass of brandy; and dry clothes were also lent by neighbors, the natives having on nothing but a shirt and coat each. They state that they were becoming exhausted, and had not the boats arrived quickly they would have been washed off and drowned. The' boat drifted ashore, and will be recovered, but the cargo of pigs, valued at £9, and other things were lost, which falls heavily on the Maoris. The quiet of the Polioe Coutt remained undisturbed to»day; the do?rs were not even opened. ' The natives have made application for the the survey of a block inland of Kawhai, adjacent to the Government block. The Wellington police are taking steps against a man for raffling a watch in a hotel; also against an itinerant'photographer for plying bis trade on Sunday. Mb Gobdon Goooh, R.A.M., conductor of the Devonport Musical Society, was presented with a rosewood baton, mounted with gold, on his departure from Auckland to reside at Melbourne. Flub AND BiTGS, Beetles, insectE, roaches, ants, bed-buga, rats, mice, gopheri, jackrabbits, cleared out by " Bough on Rate.— Moses Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agenli.

TltE Canterbury Itu»by Union tcbo! red on Saturday night to apply for affiliation to the English Rugby Union.

A shook of earthquake was felt at Ngaruawahia at half-past eight p.m. on Thursday, and also at Te Awamutu.

-Edwabbs meets Scott in a walking match of 24 hours at Wellington on Friday. ' Mb IiSAUL, accountant in the Government Insurance Department, has resigned,, having received a much better appointment in an Australian Insurance Company's office.

Tenders were opened at noon to-day at I the County Council offices as follows :—For I re-forming, [metalling, &c, on the main' road ' from Komnta to Paeroa—Patrick Trainor, ! £597 10s (accepted) ; J. Goonan, £697 7s; ' T. .Shaw^£B2qi2s. „.Fo.r reforming, metall-_ ing, &c, on the road from Paeroa to Mackaytown—J. Punch, £765 (accepted) ;T. Shaw, £984 15s; J. Goonan, £948 7a 6d. For filling and forming Kauaerauga Valley road near-the bootnis—l\ Trainor £141 4s (accepted) ; J. Brown and party £171 ; E. N. Smith, £206 10s 9i; J. Gunn, £229; M. Casey, £281 55./ . ';• ' ■ I Thb returns from the orushings at' tbe Waiorongomai battery continue to yield well in the aggregate. The New Find and Premier hare fallen off in the past week, but the other three mines show a decidei increase in the amount of amalgam. The respective yields for the past two weeks are as follows:—New Find (60 tons each week), 657i0« and 602* ozs; Premier (60 tons do.), 649£ozs and 437 ozs; Colonist (60 tons do.), 276}ozs and 464 ozs; Werahiko (30 tons do.), 3090zs and 391£-ozs; Waitoki (30 tons do.), 7Oiozj and 76|bz9. The grand total for the fortnight is 3983J0Z8 from 480 tons. The body of a man found on the beach near Whangamata, as we -informed our readers last week, was taken charge of by the police, and was carried about two hundred yards into the bush and: buriei by a party under the direction of Constable Stapleton. The deceased had been apparently about seventeen years of age, and the body was not identified. ? y v; ;:

Wiitjam Thomas Rnowle *, who has confessed in Melbourne to the murder of F. M. Bates -Bays ha has committed three other murders and several large robberies. He says he was compelled to confess by joining the Salvation Army. He has sent the detectives on a lot of wild goose chases, digging up stones in secluded paddocks, and tearing up a hearthstone in one house, acting on bis information. He is evidently mad, and his confessions are not believed.

has been received from Waotu 1 that WhatuiaoV people fired into Symonds' house, and among the people. Symonds' people returned the fire. No casualties are reported.

Mb Hbkby Redwood, after inspecting the' Island Bay racecourse, Wellington, now bei n g formed, expressed the opinion that it was the best course in the colony.

Mb Bbown, Begistrar»Gener&l, has obtained a year's lea-e of absence, intending tp visit England.

An old Waterloo veteran named Gordon has taken up his residence at Onehuaga within the last week;; He had; been living for some considerable time previous at Whahgarei, with his two sons, one of whom is about 45 and the other 50 years of age." Gordon is now 94 years of age, and judging from his present appearance, he will yet see the century. When the memorable battle of Waterloo was fought and won, Gordon was engaged with his regiment, the 42nd Black Watch, and received wounds on his leg. He was born in 1789, and haß been over forty years in New Zealand.

The demand for the great American remedy, Hop Bitters, in this part of ihe world has become so great that the Hop Bitters Co., whose headquarters are at Rochester, New York, U.S.A., have been compelled to open a laboratory in Melbourne. It will be in charge of Mr M. H. Van Bergh, a gentleman of several years' experience with this Company, and the trade may bo, assured of , receiving goods equal to the parent house, and the most courteous treatment. The H.8.C0. have establishments at London, Paris, Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Holland, and Toronto, and their bitters are probably the best known medicine in the world.

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