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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9294, 9 March 1899, Page 2

At a speoial meeting of th > County Counoil ne ld last evening to consider the ques ion i»i readjus'meut of the represent itioji of thw different ridings, it was deoided that as Totari was entitled to three members, to inorease the number of members of the Counoil to nine, and to give Totara Biding an additional representative

Inspeotor Orowe arrived at tho Thames yesterday afternoon, and paid a surprise visit to the larawait<onool.

It is probable that the CoromaucM Lawn Tennis Olub will send a team to Parnell on Marnh 17th.

The Town Clerk has reoeived tbe following telegram from Ga>t alexander :•- "Lady Rtnfuriy and Lady Constance Knox will be unable to accorapmy His Excellenoy on his present tour"

Mr John S. Waterman, who is foreman under the Auokland B> ard of Education, is at present at the Thames, and is e 'gaged with a staff of men tarri ig and sandiug the fc'ealey Street Sohooi playground,

The fi'st payment under the Old Age Pensions ct will be madi-at ihe Thames and Corointndcl on th" first cfay of April, Maroh 31st marking the expiration of the first month,

An incipient fire was smothered the other night in the homo occupied by Mr fl. Nesbitt ab Corom tudelpand owned by Mr T. Bandlay. Instautly it wa- extinguished before much damage was done.

The sale of privileges in connection wiih the foitncoming Te Arolm race meeting realised the following prio s: Pu lican's booth, dil, Dmovan; refreshment booth, £5, Bytsravej oar;s, £10 10s, W. White. Special train arrangemt-nts have been made by the railway authorities to enable Ihamesites to attend the races, which evenouates on the 14 h aud 15th insts.

Thi grand concerto ba given in the Oddfellows' Hall on the 15 h inßt. by Mies Maud Hewson. (late of Pollard's Opeia Company), prom sos to be a great buco< s<, as the p<o< gramme will bo one of themost attractive that has been placed before a Thames audience for tome time past. We understand that Mies M'rion Mitobell Imkiadly promised to assist.

Never import what you can grow jourself j don't send " wis to Newoastle" etc Ihu morning we were shown by Mr McKiulay, frmtoier. about 20 oasis of eating and o oking apples fie, heabhy fruit giown on Mr Steidman's property at Waikawau, 'Joiomandel soi l is admirably suited for fruit culture, and it is surprising it is not praoth d so extensively as it should.—Coromandel News.

At the ordinary meeting of the County Council held last night a letb-r was received from Mr M Paull, urging the council to instruct the Health Officer to make an official inspeotiqn of the dis riot i-. which he resided, as siokness had been so pr*vale>'t in the ntighborhood for some weeks past,—Th* lotter was referred to the Healtib Offioir aud the two m mbers of the Kuuaeranga Riding, Crs D.cble and Walton, with power to do what may be considered necessary in the iuteresta of the health of the residents

The canvassers in aid of the funds for the ereotion of the new hospital at the Thames continue to meet "with an encouraging amount of suoc-ss, and it is gratifying to learn that the public generally are respond, ing «J libera ly. We understand that at a meeting of the Hou«e Committee yesterday afternoon it was deoidtd to call in all subscrip ion lists as soon as possible, it being imperative that the whole of thnnmney should be in hand before the 31st inst,, in order to secure the Government subsidy of £600. ThoHo who have promised d 'nations to the oolleotors in iheee"eral Wards pf the Borough are also requ 'sted to send them in to tbe Trustees as soon as possible. It has also been deoided to institute a oanvass 'hroughout Blook 27, Parawai, Puriri, and Hikuf-ia, and we have ?>o doabt thiit the response will be equally as liberal as that met with in the town, '

Mr Jam°s Darrow. has oompleted the purchase of the tramway constructed by the Royal Stan-lard G M. d. ah Wh ikira'i phnga a few months ago, and also &b mi 250,000 ft of |sawn timber, wbioh hid been prepared in connection with the proposed new battery. The tramway is olose upon fivo miles hi length, and oonneots the mine with tbe bench

Mr James MacVay writes a long letter to tbe Auckland Herald dealing with the case Read and others v. Thames Hauraki. He re'ate3 his personal knowledge of the posN lion, and concludes by sayingj—"The decision in no ray affects theutle to the remainder of the large area held by the Thames Hauraki 'Jold Mining Company. >ibout 20 acres only of private property being the quantity included in th« license, t is also questionab'e if the piece*so cut off is of the slightest value for mining purposes.

A meeting of the Keception Committee appointed to make arrangements re the forthcoming visit of His Excellency the Governor was held yosterday afternoon, there being present—Messrs Greenslade (Mayor), D'unlop, Radford, Davey, Deeble. Poulgrain, and Gillespie, It was definitely decided that one'joint illuminated address should bo presented from the Borough Coimci 1 , County Counoil, und the Harbor Board, and that the official reception should take place in front of the Borough (/lumbers, where the triumphal irch will be erected. A letter was read from the Seoretary of the Miners'.Union stating that it had been decided to present the Governor with an illuminated address from' that organisation, and asking permission to do so from the local bodies' platform, The' i equest was granted. It is proposed to make arrangements for visiting the Moanataiari Co.'s reduction works and to, i possible, have them in active opeiat on on the occasion; the Thames.Hauraki Co.'s pumping works; and also theTararu Co.'s reduction plant. A letter was re;.d from the general manager of the latter company (Mr D. K. Thornton), in wlijh he stale I that he would be only too pleased to accede to the Committee's request and show the Vice-llfgal party over the works. Other business of a routine nature was transacted, and the meeting adjourned.

At the meeting of the Coromandel Sohool of Mines Committee, the Director in the course of his report wrote :—"I would

ugsjest that fresh steps be takes in a mntter discueed by you last year, viz., the question of Go ernraent ucholarship*, -with a view of having all thro>- scholarships thrown open for competition irrespective of locality. The reasons for doing so are accenluited by the fact that there is now no School of. Mines on the West Coast. Another point for your.consideration is that of the Government mine managers and battery superintendents' examinations. An improvement from a student's point of view might easily beraade'by allowing students to sit for examinations for mine managers' certitioates after ihreo'yearfi' underground serrice. This would enable students who have the necessary theoretical knowledge to serve the remaining two years on other goldtieMs. At present they must remain near a School of Mines until they have completed their five years underground service Th* «bove remarks apply also to battery superintendents' certitic.itos. Sinoe there is no oyanide plant in Coromaudel, our students hare no chance toseive their time while attending the Schoul,and must after gaining the neoeasary theoretical knowledge leave the pl»ce in order to complete a yeav'B work in such plant. It appears tome, seeing that both theoretical and praotioal knowledge is required for the examination! .a matter of little importance which is taken nVut.' Another improvement in the conduct ot examinations and more particularly Sohool of Mines examinations, would be/to substitute a number of code-word for the candidate's, name. This .change would: bring these examinations into line with uther examinations, and would also, lam su<e, be appreciated by the examiners." It was resolved that the Thames School of Miues be written to asking'their co-opera-tion with reference to the suggestions iu the Director's report.