General News.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9156, 28 September 1898, Page 1

General News.

By the p.e Wakatere -yeeierday, ibee prisoners, namely for failing,"to iprovide^maintonato^^or^. their families, 'and W. : Miller for vagrancy, left undor-the charge oU eatable, en route to Mt.EdenGaol. .. ' ":*.■•;::,,. ,: An anoipientj'fire occurred atCollarbone Spur on Monday efternooh/atahouse ocoupied by Mr Heimbrod and owned by Mr Bbhop. The fire originated through the children lighting, in- the kitchen in the absence 'of their,parenti it ; was soon by;tKe ; neighbors,; very little damage being done'; f ';\ An episode whiohihad-something of the ludiorousin it, occurred as the Rotomahana was leaving Auckland for Coromandel on .Saturday, .The .gangway, had heen drawn up, ropes':oa'st off/ and rail Adjusted, when a IMy was Been spririting" along the wharf towards the steamer. The Coromandel passengers, with irue chivalry, yelled to the captain -to'-wait' for " another passanger." The skipper gallantly ordered a stoppage, and, edging up to the wharf, had the.rail removod, r and all.requestei thepa"ptibg'pne : to " jump!"" As' soun as she had regained [her breath, the lady smilingly, observed: ■',' Ob, it's all tight; coming. , ii I just came down to see a friend off." There was perfect silenoe as tho boat moved out, but the dieoiple of mental telepathy would have ■stood aghast' hadhe observed the lurid hue , of the thought wave whioh ascended from thnt part of the vessel know as the bridge, ! >;Thk Goroman'del Rifle Corps have seoured an excellent shootingrange onPreeco's Point, the range : ayailablobeingup r to 1000 yards., SergeanuMa'jnr Carpenter .viewed the occasion of hie reqent, jVisit and expressed - himself as beinghighly pleasediwiththe eito;. 'whioh he Considered' onejof Ihe' finest in the Aubklandiprovirioe, and worth! ;j6iobOt6 the •Metropolitan > Corps/if i by some' ■ miradulons'' uphoaval it happened to be; dropped intact peer .Mount Eden. It is intended to'nee 'panvas targets similar to those ereoted at the' Rifle "Association's meetings. This will reduce tbe danger p thenunimnm.';! Aiworking bee has been instituted by membors of, the corps, who are now engaged in clearing the , range, whioh has been acquired through the courtesy pf Captain Hwlge nnd Mr Preeoe.