Local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10459, 31 October 1903, Page 1

Local and General.

Ib costs £2700 a. yesu- to m<ain<Uiiiii tbe Auckland Fire Brigade. The Tauranga Mounitiedl lliflets are busily .pi'Dpairing themselves foir the.i trip to. Kaitikati fromi Novomhei" 7-th to Bth, A site hiiiS" bion fixed upon for the erection of a ligh.tih.ouse on Tunihine Poait, menu* Giishoirne- Tlie lig'lit will be 100'i't «ibo've tilie sen. I*ll© -GoldfieMte and Mines Camlmibtee of th.c Lagislativo Coamcil has l'el--ciomnnended tliat till© Gold Duties Bill be allowed to proceed withouifc aini«:nd'ment. The Po'st-inaster-Greneral is ■inquiring' into the mait.ter of establishiing a postal seL'vice betweeai Hik\itaiia; and Faithful and McConnell's Bush, ThiMDies. "I aim now ■i^aJ.s!inig; iinioney oveir th * counter nt 4 per cenit., andi I don't intend to puy more tihan. fou.r ]>ci' cent, for 1 tihis million! loan." The Premier. ; Getiieral Mienotli Ginribaldii, t.,he eldest, sou of the Ifcaliaiu, hero-, died recently in Rome *t. tine .age of 58, of an internal 'Complaint, consequent, on malaria. j i A. Court's millinery and faintv goods are the best and cheapest i:i the trade. Inspection and comparison invited.—Advt. "I decline absolutely," states Bi-s hop Neligan aifc tlie Synod, "to take any action, tcwaivdisi any man-, pried, or layman, unless ■ <mj informant, why poses as ai oorrect'OT ot" .rightcouisnie^s and morails has the (xvuiragia of his o\vii convicitions. Whales ai'e reported as being- pretty plentiful along the East Coast at the .present time. When off .the Mierauivios on Monday, the s.s. Hawea sighted two very htirge whales in tomlpainy, but as slie aip'proa,eihedi tliem they dired and disappeared from, sight. o'iur Waihi co'iTe^pondenti wi"ites: Sergeamt Breunaiij whia Las for some time past been indisposed, -has h.ad a. relapse and is being ti-eaited asb the> Waihi hospital.- Sinicie Has- iHness CoiistiableWhelain, who has charge of the Piaeroa- jpolioe 'station, ha® tem-porai-ily .tiafcem charge here. •Ait- Waihi, at the residence of tho bride's parents!, J^r 'Ohaaiesi Cottio was maiiried to Miss Miaiy Crawford 1, both of Waihi. Th© Rev- J. L. Pattulio pei-foa'inied the oeremiony. Aftar thei ceremony the wieddfaig guests, '.o the numibeii of about 20, weve enter- ; tamed, and an enjoyable evening was . Sipenib. Eoad work m> the Masfcerton- county is now almost ait' a staiudsibijll, awaiting .the decision of the Govaramient a« to what amoumt. the Co'iimeil is likely to receive for that purpose. The Government i« very ■ (reticent in giving infoaimatian on this) ipoint, and the Council, is therefore, unabLe to pr> oeed with many neoessaiiy works.

Dcaa Hovoll, of t Napior, has received the V.D- decoration. He :s tho first <ali«plaiini of voluaiteers so honoured in tliir colony- ■

Mr RMtheifoid, formerly of Wat lington, is now running' four lar^e ttaxinills in the Waikato diNitrict. Hawmaterial is beinp" obtained in the Raglan district fi Jomi placas which, a few years ago were legarded as. inacces«bl«-

At the Otago Education Boai'd's mieeting itl was [reported itJiattnß7 te*■cjiersi of that education distinct would be affeotedl by thei' feductionis coming into operation;.on tiierlst of jJanuairy> These inldlude four at several at £45, and £iO, and-others'from 1 J832

down to a few; sbillinigs. The .ftojiiid! decided 1 to do away wtfh/piipii Hseachr ers imtiw'o pases,, and! and also; send a stirongTpf otiest. to the Educia^bn De; partmienit .aigainst the g'emierail rediuctiona

An important developna^it ol the ■bricikHmiaking industry is about' to be undertaiken. neai* Ani'cklandi in the opening! uip of a lai-ge area of clay land, situated on the' Ailbatoy rivier,; abouifc, eight miles fromi Aiucklandi,- he* yondi 'Birk'einihead. In'struictions hav'B been completed for ai lairgfei quantity of modem bi-iok .tniaiking (machinery for working' tlie clay,, whi-ohj :h*a& been found to be of- al high, ehia.racter far brioks, .and! it is believed, for pipes and other coarse eairthemvaire. I

Hhe Ai'obbisihop of Camterbufry, hi opening new 'Clhiua'cJi of England day; school a* DiOA rer, said:' "Lest it seem; that we aire monopolisingi for the Chuiroh alonerthei teaiahing staff nt great schiools like this, every depart^ mcmit shaJl a.t least 'liavie one JToncom-; fortnist teacliei v on. tlia stiaff as to. be ready for doing that whiclh may be required for 'those' who feel aggrieved over wha.t we .are doing to-day." At i the close of his speech the Airehbishop: appealed! for cih,ai'ity in dealing with Noniaofmfoiinists.

' The othei* nigh)fc,ai jboot,.cioiitainin.g a ihuiman foot wiaS'; (picked.,up on.tlwi beach. close, to Timaru- ,; The foofe was identified! as. beldnging to John Ran» kin; Miller, who myistierioUßly ■ d'isaopeairjedl, froinj Timariii aloouit. fouirteen months ago. Miller,: when ;ai joXrtli, broke tiho iiiisteip of-'his right; foot, arid tihrou.<rh, this defect the boot (if that foot had to be slightly ' altered. The featuros peicaiiliar to the boot are noticcaMe oi v . the one JoiHid, amd the deceiasedl'si tonitiher, the maker of the boot identified! it as bolomging to the missing m,an.

Trolling on, Lake -Roto-nia; hasi been OiiiiTied on since th& 22nd instant wit'hi miuch suocess by visitors , amd townsmen alika Since the date named 121 fish,, of an aggregate! weigh* of 4581b15, hava been : canig;h.t. Included in this number were 1 ai I' 2, 9, B^, two 8, two 6J, andi two 6 ipoundJem A la.rige Eiuan'ber ; of the trout were taken fronii Lake Rotiorua, afew frmtra -the Utuihinai streaotn), am .1 some fi-oani ithe Wgongortaha . stream. Tto anglers in eaioh) ease have been, trailing andl the fish have been hooked with, ithe mininow.

From latest informflition to hand) fronu Waihi (says the Tawanga Tiaiies) it seems likely that : the, &x T ; amiple of the Tatwangai Mounted Rifles in sending out an expedition to Katiktuti for the King's Birthday holiday will be followed by 'the Waihi corps, perhaps to a greaitor extent than, miarely the sending of rifle teams, and' that detachments from one. or both corps; <may anarch, over for t.li© holidays, caraiiping ait one of the: schools- Tliig; of ooiM'sa depends entirely on, whether the mine closes down for the 9th or not.

j The rate at which the. Thames • 'River is silting- up may bo gathered fronii tliiD fact' thai., it is estimated: ; about. • 25,000 tons of d'ehris are deI posited in. it every imionith from the raining companies (says the Auckland! Star. Alt Paeroai the diminution, in the diapbh of the river in twelve months; was one foot six inches, j whilst at Oipa.no Point, where there • ivsed to be nearly seven feet of water at low spring tide, the steamers hiaive to drag theiu- way through what, is de- . scril>ed as liquid mnid. A' .petition is |to 'be sent to Gaviernnvent praying 1 tniat dliiO river be kept open for navi- ' gait-ion. The suggestion made i& that ■a damn be builfc .across Ohinem-uri Ri\iett <„ .neair Doahenty's Poiniti to intercept, the sludge, that the material! be lifted frma inside the dam by at diredge, andl deposiitedi on low-lying ! land, amd that below the dami tHie chiainnel be dredged at the -worst places. -. ' Mr C. E. Daniell, who has co-n----structed abouti twenty septic tanks in and around! Masterton, told a Daily Times repcrter the other day: that he had received no -ooimiplainite in connection with the sewage reser^ voirs. "Thie people have pract-ieally forgotten theiri existence," he said. "The iiiioro-orgahi.'?im:& aiie doing all the sanitaition work without payment —and there is neiver a'-'strike' amiong , tliernih —exciept when - some, pow.erful 1 ohaniiioiil, ®uah, for instance, ■as a.

storong disiinfectant, is' pomred*-'.. into: : the tank in anything like quantities; } Then, of. 'CiO'iurse, th® micvobes might I 'stirikie 1 wheai iiittaciked by their -natural enemy— axi anti-septic. Almost amy substainice which the human being suibsists ooi is ajppi'eciiat'ed by the ! genii life. Anirual fat, in bulk, or j crude oils, do no<fc agree with, their i dli'gestion, amd tihe work of disintegration proceeds with less vigour and oontdnuousnes-s under swA conditions-