THAMES NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8471, 23 January 1891, Page 5

THAMES NEWS.

(by telkorapji.—own correspondent]. Thames, Thursday. Somk time ago a petition woa forwarded to Wellington, requesting that the licensing districts of Thames Borough be amalgamated. A reply has now been received that the request has been granted, and that the amalgamation will probably be gazetted next week. At a meeting of the Borough Council, to-night, the following resolution, moved by Mr. J. McGowan, and seconded by Mr. T. Kadford, wa* carried unanimously, " That this Council notify the gold mining companies working the deeper levels witnin the area of the Borough of Thames that it is prepared to grant, by way of aid to milling, to any each companies, a eumeqmu to the amount of gold duty received upon goKl obtained during the first year of working from a depth of GOO Feet or more from big pump level." In moving the resolution Mr. McGawan pointed out that although ifc would bo inoperative at present, it wouia ■show capitalists that, the Council desiretl to encourage in every possible way the prospecting of the deeper levels. A little <'irl named Hinton, seven years of age, daughter of Constable Hinton, met, with a painful accident to-day. It appealshe was passing by a swing boat m wnicn there were a number of children, when the boat accidentally struck her and broke ner thigb. The services of Br. Callan were. aj once procured, and the iujunes attenaw to.