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Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10449, 22 September 1902, Page 2

It is stated that a party crushed two loads of quartz from a. property up the Tararu 'Creek for something like 13 ounces of gold. No official intimation as to the reported, sakj of the Tfoaiues-Hauraki property is vet to hand, "but some inform ation should arrive by the in"coming Home nla.il. There is a good deal of sickness in the district at present and the attendance at the local. schools is suffering im consequence. Whooping cough and croup are prevalent. ■ Captain W. R. C. Walker, of Waikato. has received, word that he has been appointed military instructor to the teachers of public .schools in Waikato. The military class will be held at Hamilton. Owing to tho lamentable death of Mr H. C. Gilespie, the, Thames Bachelors "At Home'," which was to have! been hteld next Wednesday, has been postponed un.t'l Friday, the 3rd of October, ''It is not generally known; that the practice among Maoris of rubbing noses when friends meet has Scriptural warrant: "Iron sharp en ath iron, so doth the countenance of a man hisfriend." —Winlton Record. It appears Miss Rosa Gillctt's name was omitted from, the list of prizes at i the recent examination im connection with the Auckland Sunday School Union. In the official list her name appears among the successful candidates in the Intermediate grade. In: connection with his new central premises, which, as our readers are aware, have recently been greatly improved, Mr W. S. Wylie has just added a large showroom, well lighted. Ladies will find the new premises much more convenient for selecting their hats and bonnets this season. The millineiry and dress departments as previously have received particular attention, and ladies will find the value, variety, and styles surpassing past displays. New goods for the oouning season are now opened up, and being mostly, direct importations, will be foundl throughout extraordinary good 1 value.—Advt. We learn, that the Battalion Band's concert' and) dance, which' is toi be held ait the Miners' Union Hall next Thursday, will be under the patronage of thie) locial rotateer companies (Thiamw-andl Baurakii Rifles) andi Hauraki. Band. The volunteers andi bands will probably parade at Mary street and inarch, to the hall. Despite the unfavourable weather on Saturday there was a good attendance of volunteers at the local range, when the District Belt competition was fired. Tlila Belt was won 1 by Private Alf. Brown, of the No. 1 Thames Rifles, Sergeant Clarke, of the Hauraki Rifles (the present holder), a very close second. The Otago Patriotic! Committee fciave distributed £3300 in gratuities and in the relief of returned cont'ingenters, and have, also given financial assistance to the i<elief of families to the extent of £215. The Committee have over £2000 in hand, exclusive of £1000 received from, Lloyd's, which will be earmarked for the relief of troopers who have been permanently injured, irrespective of place of residence. Cheap Choice Fruit, local and imported. Large weekly arrivals. Beat clean skinned bananas 2d, extra large sweit island oranges Is doz, also large line of cheaper oranges. Apples, extra choice eating 31!b Is-, large clean cooking 31bs for Is. Large line ridh new cheese, retail 7d lb. Large Lisbon lemons Is doz. New apricots, fi<*s, and prunes, choicest /hate clover sections honey 4d. Early seed (potatoes, new seeds, cabbage, cauliflower, and onion plants. White Rose kerosene 3s 9d.—W. Woods, Central Cheap Stores, Nos. 80, 82, 84. Pollen Street. See advertisement.—Advt. .