THAMES NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9149, 3 September 1888, Page 6

THAMES NEWS.

[FROM OUR OWN correspondent.] Thames, Saturday. Frederick Olin', the seaman who fell from the mast of the ketch Reliance at Bagnall's mill on Monday last, and fractured his skull, died at the Hospital last evening. No inquest will be held, as Dr. Callan will certify to the cause of death, deceased having been under his care since the accident occurred. Olin was a Norwegian by birth, and about 27 years of age. The members of the brass band formerly connected with the lately-disbanded Thames Rifle Ranger corps, having purchased the instruments on their own account, have formed themselves into a band society, and are now applying to be registered under the Friendly Societies Act. In response to a petition from Thames fishermen to Government, asking that the Fisheries Act be so amended as to define a distinction between a fluke and a flounder, a telegram has been received from Colonol Fraser asking that a fluke about to spawn should be captured and placed in spirits, and then forwarded to the Minister of Marine, as Government will not believe the fish spawn at the size stated (under nine inches). * Mr. D. H. Rayldon, mining surveyor, has just completed a map intended for the Melbourne Exhibition, which shows at a glance the position of each mining centre on the Coromandel Peninsula. The map is to accompany the mineral exhibits about to be forwarded from the goldfields," and as the boundaries of each licensed holding and special claim aro given, it will be an easy matter for visitors inspecting the mineral exhibits to ascertain at once the locality from which each particular sample was obtained. In addition to defining the goldfields, the map also shows by distinguishing colours all native reserves and timber leases within its compass, and consequently should prove a valuable addition to the exhibits from this part of the colony. Mr. Bayldon deserves great credit for the manner in which he lias executed his work, and also for his energetic efforts in preparing the same in the short period of time placed at his disposal. An old Thames miner, named John Johns, drppped dead this evening, about seven o'clock, under tho following circumstances :—He had been calling on a friend, Mrs. Capill, at the Bay View boardinghouse, on the beach, and had just turned to leave the house after shaking hands and saying good-bye, when he suddenly fell backward and expired. Dr. Payne, who had been treating deceased for about four months past for congestion of the lungs and heart disease, was immediately sent for, and was present in a very short time, bub his services were of no avail. Deceased had been a resident of the Thames gold field almost from its infancy, and for the last fifteen years had been employed as timberman in the Moanataiari mine, which position he gave up about five months ago in consequence of ill health. He was about sixty years of age and unmarried, his only relative at the Thames being a nephew, bub he leaves a mother and sister in the old country. A return football match was played at Tapu this afternoon between a team from the National Football Club, Thames, and the Tapu Jolly Boys Club, and resulted in a win for the former by a try to nil.