Local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9680, 2 July 1900, Page 4

Local and General.

Judge Martin is o bupern: n "itly apTWitad to tl c Judici'irv. and" will continue to act as President of the *rbitrn ion Court. Twenty-three applications v erereceiv d by the < oromandel County ( oaneil for tbp position of assistant engineer, and Mr fm Paten was chos-en unanimously. Several parties of men have 'eft Cor ■- mandel for the King Country und r thp Labour Departra«nt. They are engaged there in-railway construction Charles Laurie got into trouble at Korju on Saturday night and sustained s black rye, which he alleges wasoaueedbyakick. Police Court proceedings may follow. Geo. Cullen and Go's great winter sale now on. Sensational bargains for everybody. Come early. - Advt A copy of the fl st folio edition of Shakespere, 1623. was sold at the auction of Mr Austin Baly's library at NewTork and brought the record twice of £10"0. Upwards of JE2O has been fubssribed s« tar in the Tairua district towards the Indi-n Famine Fund, rot a bad aoh eyement. when the widely ssatter-d population is consi<i rad. The Premier says tl at in the course • f a fewdayß 100.OCO no.es of land in the King Country will be thrown open for settlement, and other land there will be settled as soon as possible. At Thursday's me ting of the Ohinemun County Counoil Cr Moore will move •—'That all resolutions re councillors travelling expenses be rescinded, and the subject reconsidered' M. G. Power's licnrse fo- the Ohinemun Hotel, Paeroa, lapsrd en Saturday, the owner having obtained a license in populous Waihi. Mr Power has taen in business in Paero* sinoe 1875.

A te'egram from Chris'chu»"ch sta^s thai a man named .Tamei Francis, who wat found with a fractured skull on the railway line near Addingtnn on Wednesday, died at the hospital yesterday. The resignation of the Hon. J. McKmzii ■vas read in tho House of Representatives or Friday afternoon, the Premier expressing rejrret The Governor was authorised to isBUO writs for the new election-

Active pieparatioDs are be'ng made at ih' Upper Landing to celebrate the much desire * proclamation of peace, by mfans of a hujrc bonfire set upon one of the highest hills, also by a display of fireworks, etc. [Tairuu correspondent.! The electors of tho Upper and Lowei Tairua districts (writes our correspondent w mid like to know the whereabouts of Mi .Jackson PuJmer, M.H R., us they ha^e on. or two important matters to communicat without any urnrce.^sary delay. The Inangahua Herald states:—TTur -lay night will long be remorabered by these n-hn had occasion to be out of doors as on" of the

■nldes-t. nights ever experienced in Rre ■' 'he thormometer fell to 25 degrees at 3 a.m yesterday and a few hour-s latar stood a . \ i-frees, which is. we believe, the love : ever recorded bt re

11 tbe Auckland Police Court o i Saiuc y i fir man nimed < h'rfes Meyer was ohar^i d w th as>aultinQr Catherire Moiifg meiy so us o cave h«>r actual bDdi'y t>arra. Su 1 - [nspector Wilson asb d for a remand till u'-si'ay, as the -wora-m was in the hospital nd wou'd not be able to appear before that lay.- Therem>nd was granted, bail being illowed.

ATai ra,ngam3?'ageßtateß:—Tuta PamHti for ma' y years assessor of the Native Lane!

\>u«t. in which capacity ha sat in manpa'ts of the colony, di-d on Friday nig-ht a< Yfaketu. He was a chief of high rank in ,n East Cape tribe, was well educated and » fluent English spfaker. During the last few :ears he had acted as agent for other Mao if ■iavlng cues in the Lund Court. He cam> o Maketu a few months back ti conduct the r?otoiti block case for Pokiha Taranui'« trib■> c bad b-en unwell fors mtime. His son- ■ ti-!a-w, Mr Ngata M.A., solicitor, of Auckland, has pas^d through here en route to Vfaketu to make arrangement! to convey tVe body home 'o East Cape for burial

Our Tairua correspondent writes :—Th Upper Larding; residents have forwarded b oeti:ion to the Thames County Council ai-aying for immediate relief from the verit"slough : of de pond " which at jresent occupies the pace ores marked out by the Couniy "onticil as tho main thoroughfare. The mud and wa'er rovered road in qufstion is alK< the only rind the school children have to traverse to and from a hool unless ihey mtkf a devour through private property, inriu ingi series of barbed w:re rences. The rrcent decrease in the school atteDdancp, owing t fihe very bad roade, has called forth a strongly corded lettrr from the Tairua Blook School Committee to the Thames Count? Council The relief of Pnkiore is now awaited with considerable anxiety.

: About 2 o'clock on Friday «ft moon a li'tle girl named Ada Cole, daughter of Mr'"ol' of Victoria Arenua, Mount Fd'n, had a narrow escape from death under remarkable 'jircumstances. It is a'ated that the girl, who whs alone in the house at the timo, went to h cnach-house, tied a rope to the rafters, •nd then climbing up a ladder, fastened the rope round her neck and jumpsd off the liJdcr to (he ground Mi<s Whifcehrad whf wa« passing, at the time, heard a sound of moaning, and onlookirg into the co:ch-houv aw the girl hanging half-stranglei Shi thon went out for nid. and with the'assiot unce of Mrs Allan cut the rope and let the girl down. t)r Grunt was sent for and attended the C'rl.vho was unconscious for some time. He ordered her reinova' ti the hcspital, where she was accordingly taVen. 1 The quarterly meeting of the Upper Toames circuit of the Wfcsleyan Chnrch was held at Karargahake on Thnrsday night, a lirge number of delegates being present. ihe -Superintendent ■ Key. S. J. Griffiths) presided 'I he repoit and balance-sheet was r'-a<s,'and proved vry s itisfactoiy. It s" owed that while the expenses this quarter were heavy owing to the rem-'val of the tw minister*, yet this was'made up by thp increased reveuue A hearty we'eome wns ■•x'end-d to Keys. Weatheralland Greens'ade. i;ho reports of the vurd j Schcols w re also very gratifying, showing inor<a:ed attendee. It was deeidi d ti continue the serviops it Komata, and tbe < hairman said he was pleaKd to nntice the interest that was bainfr h'iken in spiritual mattprs at Hikulaia : Halt the ironfy has already been subscibed towards building a churoh at the Golden Orosp, 4nd this will be proceeded ■ with as soon a* 'ilie balance is in hand, which it is expected *ill be very soon, Considerable discussion <;hen tnsucd as 1o whether the probationer for the lower end of the circuit should reside it Faeroa or Karangahake, but eventually Paeroa -was decided on. On the motion of \lr Reid, a vot» of sympathy was accorded \lr and Mrs W. S. Aller, who were recently ; bereaved of their daughter.-