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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5171, 13 August 1885, Page 2

The manager of the Cambria G.M.Co. telegraphed this morning as follows: —" 1001 bs specimens from winze, No. 3 level; good show lef!^4H. |W. MOOBB.";, -•;.. ;v .: 4 ""_ j. ■ j Theotjoh the forethought of the member for the Thames, an advance copy of Mr H. A. Gordon's report on the goldfields of Australia —'the chief of which ho has recently visited— hts been supplied to our Public Library, and can there be perused by all interested in mining matters. The report is a most interest* ing and exhaustive one, and deals fully with machinery in use on thoie goldfields, both for mining and treating qn*rtz. It also contains drawings and plans of safety cages, rock drills, diamond drills,' smelting furnaces', amalgamators, ore concentrators, and other appliances in use on the several fields visited by him. We would strongly urgo the "intelligent iniuer" to carefully peruse the report, as we feel satiified that it will well rrpay him for so doing. Ab3UT half-past two this morning, Mr Heald of Edwards street Block 27, was awakened by a glare from -his bedroom window, and immediately saw that a building used by him as a wash houseand store room, a few feet to the rear of his house was in flames. The alarm was quickly given, and in two or three minutes several neighbours were on the spot, who, by means of water snd the garden hose soon got the upper hind of the fire. The building and its contents were, however, completely destroyed. Several members of the two Fire Brigades were promptly on the spot and rendered valuable assistance in confining the fire to the building in which it originated. It is surmised that .the fire- must have been caused by some ashes that bad been put in a box in the building the previous morning. Wb understand that the New Zealand Smelting Company have dosed for a tender for the erection of a stack for the first furnace now being erected at the Thames, at a very satisfactory price. Mr Lane, the engineer in charge, has completed all his arrangements, and the whole of the plant will be ■hipped to the Thames, and the' erection proceeded with, wiih all possible despatch,-* St»r, -

The unfortunate man Thomas Brown, who was 80 severely injure i in Fnpan's bush by being crushed while jaefciDg logs, and who wns removed to the Hospital on Tuesday, expired at tbajt institution from the injuries ho received at about eleven o'clock last evening, after suffering most intense agony. An inqneit on his remains will be held at the Salutation CjHotel, Mary street, to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock. Thbbb was an appreciative audience at tho Rita-Radcliffe concert which took place in the Academy of Music ls>sb evening, and a must attractive programme was gone through to the entire satisfaction of everyone. Tho perform* anoes were opened by Mr G. Clutsaro, who played a most brilliant pianoforte selection from Bigolettp, and the same gentleman also contributed during the evening Kowahki's " Marche Hongroise" a composition wh'ch afforded him an opportunity to; display^to advantage his thorough mastery of the!piano> and j later on be treated bis audience to a composition of his own, a waltz in A flat. The second item on the programme was a :marvellous rendition on the flute by its | talented master, Mr Badcliffa, of a cleverly j arranged series of variations;on that old theme 11 The Carnival of Venice," and during the execution of which the proverbial pin could have been heard to drop in the hall. In response to a well merited encore " There is nae luck," was equally astonishingly played. Madame Bita sang, with much taste and feeling, Bishop's charming song, "Lo here the gentle lark," with a flute obligato by Mr Badcliffe, and acknowledged an encore by sweetly rendering Gounod's " Aye Maria." The fair vocalist aho delighted her bearers with " The Student's Song," and the remark-! able command displayed by her over her cultivated voice was as astounding as the wonderful manipulation, of the flute by her talented husband. The last vocal item contributed by Madame Bita was "II Bacio," which received full justice at her hands. Mr RadclifiVa other contributions to the programme were a most amusing and interesting description., of the origin of music from the old single pipe to Pan's pipes, and down to the present time. The sketch was humorous and instructive, and a tune played on each of the; following curiosities in Mr Rsdcliffe'e collection :—Pan's pipes, the Indian Arghool or snake charmer's inftrument, the Chinese, Malay, South African and South American Indians, New Guinea and Tyrolean flutes, the j toy bagpipes, the Mangola, an Indian article of aural to-ture, the flute-a-bec, and the ordinary ' tin whistle, and he wound hia variety up with a solo on a copy of, the., original bagpipes—the bag being a pig* skin which the performer inflated with a pair of bellows. Mr Badcliffe's best performance was on the bass flute, and; the selection was "Home, Sweet Home," which was decorated most florally. An encore produced the gem of the evening on the same instrument, and the ever green " Auld Robin Gray," with every sympathetic point in that favorite composition was given. The "Blue Bells of Scotland," with most intricate variation*, was delicately, and tastefully rendered, and one of the pleaeanleet concerts it bus ever been our lot to listen to was brought to a close by a most delicious morsel in the shape of a duo for piano and flute, played by Madame Bita and Mr Badcliffe, on airs from "Patience." Before closing Mr Badcliffe thanked the Thames people for their kindness ; to him during his short stay here. , . Thb scales of the "Blind Goddess" were not brought into requisition to-day. The Hall of Justice remained closed. \ Mb R. B. McGetgor will sell at his mart to-morrow a consignment of prime Canter* bury potatoes, also a line of feed oats. : Mbssbs Bignold and Alison, iea;ees of the Opera House, Melbourne, have commenced an action against Bemenyi, the well-known violinist, for £2000 damages for breach of contract. : Two children of Mr Robert Henderson, of Mercury Bay, have boon poisoned through eating Tutu berries. One five years old is dead, and the other three years old, is in a precarious condition. A HOvBHBKiis being made in Auckland to commence a tramway system At the North Shore. > . ; Papebb to hand from Autralia yesterday siate that the Hon. W. Eobinson's colt Liverpool has come into notice for the' Melbourne Cup having been backed to win abaut £15,000 at 100's to 2 and 3. Newetead ha* also been heavily supported for the V.R.C. Derby, and ' and is now quoted at 4 to 1, while Welcome Jack has been befriended to win the Caulfield Cup to the tune of £11,000. By a Melbourne telegram appearing in another oolunin, it will ha seen that O'Brien's Trenton has been backed to win £15,000 at 50 to 1. A boxing match took place in Dunedin last night, in which Donovan, light, weight champion of Auckland, undertook to knook out Parker, the Dunedin 9«t champion, in four rounds, which he filled to do. The boxing waa very heavy. — Thb - Cbristehurch Industrial Association held a meeting last night, when a sub-com-mittee was appointed to draw up a report on the working of the Factories A«fc, which the members consider unduly interferes with the industrial progress of the colony. Another resolution affirmed that the space allotted to New Zealand at the forthcoming Colonial aWd Indian Exhibition to be no more than a third of that required, and it wast-resolved to request Government to take steps to procure more space for the manufactures and productions of the col ny in preference to occupying any portion .with the ferneries/encampments, &0., as proposed by Dr Yon Haasfc. 'It was also agreed to urge on the Government the greVtt importance of taking decided steps during the present session towards constructing the Baßt and West Coast Railway. -•;■■ ;■• ■> Thr regular monthly mcct rng of the Hos- , pital Committee was Jield at the County Chambers-yesterday-' afternoon,. there being present--Messrs W. S. Greenville (VicePresident), J. Bembaw, T. Rftdford, A.. Brae, W. I). Reid, J. Townsend, W. Burton, M. Mulligan, J. B. Steedman, G. S.Clark, J. McGowan, J. West, J. W. Hall, aud the Revs. F. G. Evans, 8. J. Neil], aud E. Best. The minutes of tho previous^ meeting wire read and confirmed. The Hou*o Committee reported that the tender of Mr Hinckley, of Auckland, for twelve iron bedsteads, at £3 each, had been accepted, and were now being fitted up at the Hospital; accounts for. the month, amounting to £145 17s 9d, were re» commended for payment. The report was adopted. The report of the Surgeon stated that there were 27 patients in the hospital at the beginning of the month, 10 had since been admitted, 18 discharged and 2 deaths bad occurred, the number remaining on the 18th inst. being 23. In the out-patients' department there had been SCO attendances during the month. Some discussion took place regarding the application from Wm. Hamilton, for admission into the-.Old'Men's Home, and the matter was ultimately 'referred' io the House Committee, with power to act, after esnsuU-aticn with the surgeon. Messrs Clark. Reid, Badford, and Ebrenfried were •ppointed House Committee for the ensuing month, and the meeting rote. A toxtko- man named Nelson, son of a farmer at Kaitaia, Auckland, who went pigeon shooting and was missed, hat been found dead • with a gun-shot wound in his bead. It is believf d that the gun must have caught in the scrub and diicharged.

Mb F. James, v gon'loinan who has had coneiderable expprienco in miuitig in (bis district, has been appointed manivger of tho Saxm G.M.00. The «.b..Tarftwera, from Sydney, arrived., in Auckland yesterday. She left Sjdney at 5 p.m. on the 6lh inst. Passengers :—Saloon: Misi Tuttle, Mrs Holdfhip, 9frs Robertson, Mrs Richardson nnd child, Mr and Mrs Howson, Mr and Mrs Stone, Mr and Mrs Westley and child, and Messrs MoLeod, Cook, Green, Winter, Thomsouj-Wymond, Abbott, Russell, Oaldwell, and Hogg. '• A CAi/Lof Id per share has been made by the directors of the Caledonian Low Level G.M.Co., due on September 9th. A call of 3d per share baa also been made in the Saxon G.M Co. , A DtrNBDiN telegram *tates that the^ National Bank I avo recoiTed intelligence that' the resolutions were unanimously confirmed by the London shareholders, and not cancelled, as stated in a cablegram. A mono the passengers from Melbourne to Dunedin by the Te Anna is Mr Crestlake, of the Australian and Argus. He is on a viaib to the colony with a view of contributing articles in these papers, and intends more especially to deal with the industries of the colony.