EARL ROBERTS.

Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9833, 4 January 1901, Page 2

EARL ROBERTS.

We feel sure that cnur readers will be glad to notice that Lord Roberts has received recognition of his valuable services to the Empire, by his Sovereign. A cable message states that he had a long interview with Her Majesty the Queen at Osbome, where Her Majesty conferred upon him tho Order o£ the Garter, and raised him to the rank of earl, with right of succession in liis daughters. The great services rendered to the Empire by Lord Roberts cannot ba measured either in money or lwaiourß, but wo twvertbelew "**& ' ***

satisfaction the evidence of the gratitude of his Sovereign, in raising him to the Earldom, and trust that he may be long spared to give the benefit of his lengthy military experience to the British army.

Mr H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., paid a visit to the Thames to-day and renewed acquaintance with many friends he made while acting as Warden of the Hauraki Go.dfields.

A Wellington telegram telegram states that news has been received of the drowning at Alfredton of two boys named Davis—both under 13 years of age.

Mr E. K. Cooper invites tenders for driving 200 feet in the low level tunnel of the Jubilee mine, Waitekauri, returnable by 12 o'clock to-morrow at Thames 1 and 4 P.m. on Monday next at the mine.

Our Auckland correspondent wires:— Mr Thomas Hunter, of Broken Hill fame, is on a visit to Auckland.

We have to thank Mr S. T. Whitehouse, tfie local agent, for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co's desk a'.msnao for 1901.

A telegram from Wellington states auxiliary oil engine three masted schooner Toroa came into harbor last evening. She had been taking shelter at Astrolabe, and while there a sailor named P. Nolan was engaged in scraping the mizzen top mast, when he fell on io the deck house. He has been admitted to the hospital, but the extent of his injuries cannot be determined yet. He is very badly knocked about. The vessel leaves for the West Coast to-morrow.

The following will represent Tararu I. tounonjw: Cantley, Nicoll, McGrtegor (4), Graham, Wiggins, Coutts, Peacock, Young, Jobson and Dyson. 11. : Rowe, Lo'We, Thorburn (2), Mclntyre, Winter, Aitken, Dare (2), Clark, Benney, Williams, Thompson, Park, McWaters.

Our Paeroa correspondent writes:—An old man named Henry McPherson met with ii nasty accident at Waitekauri on Wednesday night by falling from a loft at Gordon's stables. He fell a. distance of 10 feet, and when picked up yesterday morning it was found he had sustained a severe scalp wound as well as one or two broken ribs. He was brought into Paeroa by buggy and sent on to the Thames Hospital by train.—On arrival at the Hospital the injured man was attended to by Dr Aubin, and we learn is now progressing as favorably as can be expected.

The Thames Drapery and Clothing Co.have a magnificent stock of Ladies' Handkerchiefs, Kid Gloves, and Fancy Goods suitable for 'Xmas presents. All being sold at their well known low ■ cash prices.— Advt A Nelson paper fervently prays for an improved street waterer for that city, to "take the place of the Noah's Arks now in vogue." Particular attention is directed to the advertisement of to-night's concert, which ~ontuins the programme of excel ent vocal a-;d instrumental ituns to be g.ven in the Miners' Union Hall. As only one concert can bo given those desirous of hearing o.io of Australia's latest prima donna's, Mid, according to report, a pianist and vio.iuist w.thout equal in the colonies, shojid certainly not miss this, the only opportunity afforded them.

One thousand five hundred applications haev been received at Kaikoura for land in the Spey Block, an area of 1,216 acres.

The current number of the New Zealand Graphic is to hand. It contains interesting views of the journey from Wanganui to Rotorua; ilustrotions ins connection with the reception of the Governor-Gen-eral of Australia at Sydney, and an instructive two-page pictorial description of the material advancement of the past century.

A Wellington paper states that Mr McKay, who visited the West Coast for the purpose of inspecting some coal lands in the vicinity of Eoss and the Kotuku oil springs, has returned to Wellington. Mr McKay was reticent as to what he thought of the aid prospects, no doubt reserving his opinions for the detailed report he has to prepare for the Government. But, in a casual way, he dropped a remark to an old friend that it did not say much for the enterprise of the Grey folk that, with the existence of such oil prospects before then so long, they h<td not developed enterprise enough to put down a bore hole.

At the Motueka Magistrate's Court last week a man named Limmer was fined £5 and cost**, for ill treating a cow by allowing it to be at large while suffering from an ulcerated eye. The evidence showed that the animal had been suffering for about six months, and that the affected eye had dropped out of her head, but, notwithstanding this, she had been milked up to within a few days of her death for the benefit of a calf.