Local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10513, 8 December 1902, Page 4

Local and General.

This time last year wheat ,was only wortth. 2s 8d per bushel in Sydney, aa against 5s 9d' at the present time. Fiour was wotrthi £6 15s per ton 12 months .ago, and now it is at £12. ! A married ■woman named Janet Walden, of North Melbourne;,, threw herself under the wheel® of a passing lorry, loaded with, 3|- tons ,of flour, and was killed instantly. 1 Mr W. Jennings, who- stood for the Egmolnt seat in the Government interest- and was elected on a recount, \si said to be bringing a;n> alleged: libel against a newspaper. We understand that the two (local volunteer companies will be holding a, field day some time mi January, a.nd that ib is the intention of Colonel Daviea, District Commander, to be present. The drill is to .be conducted <M the lines of thei late war manoeuvres; How small the woi'ld is after all! Mr iStevemson, formerly of the Puru Gold' Estates, writing to a friend' at the Thames stoics that he was appointed manager of one of the West Africa Gold Ctfast properties. "When ( he arrived he was a.stonished to meet t setveral old -Thames residents, ineludj ing Messrs Lo-u Walton) and Grundy. ' Ai few days later and they were advised that -a. secretary wa« being de Ispatched from; England, and another pleasant surprise was. occasioned when Mr Frauds, late 'of the Tarairu, . arrived to' add amother to the email . crowd of ex-Thames residents. Tha raft off the Elingamite is to be I shipped from Auckland to Thames today, and mil arrive by ithe Terranora this evening. The following telegram was received 1 on Saturday: "Air arranged!; raft ready to ship." His Worship the Mayor (Mr Alfred Kidd), the agents) of the Hud dart-Parker bffatsi (Meig-rs L, D. Nathan,), and the others interested stipulate that half the proceeds of the exhibition will be devoted to the Elingamite relief fund. i The place of exhibition and date -will be fully advertised' this week.