Local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10498, 14 December 1903, Page 1

Local and General.

There 1 are aibfouiti -300 awtfcmjpicyd v^i V" layiiug, down the'eleatriot tramrliabia-"' -'•' Wellington. ( ■* ,- Al fund! hais rbeeni opened iii*TMim*&,<*~-'' for itihe purpose of buyiingi the sot* 1L - - Zola's .property at Median fIANA* '££• of «ai jwyhiiui for luwoeiieiw poMi;iiM~ ■- '

amthoz* ,' / „ f " )S At the Arbitration Court, . W«a- . gamui, H-nghes, a painter; v+a final,. '-' £1 foul having allowed \m meni to •work on Laiboui 4 Day without 'rt&ying *' *-' double itima , ''!j», ' Christinas'millinery, late^'fafifortf'""'^' at the Beehive.' Picture ha^-ttnegr*l*''^ straws,, latest shapes, new gema 'and *?' pficnia ihats- N!ew eitock of flowrsrr, *- feathers, and millinery trimming!. A. Court., the well known cheap draper,' corner of Many street,' Thames.—Adtt.""< At Lyttelton three men who had come from Wellington! without paying' the fare, were ordered to pay 12« &d to the Union Steamship Company, and were fined £2 ea.eih, witihi the »lternaibive of 14 days' imprisonment. At the Beehive, Pollen Street^ special T'alue in floor clothe and! linoleums, new stock just armed of the latest productions, lovely demgnv at Is lid, 2s 3d, 2« 6d, 2s lid- Sea the lino. 2 yardls wide at 2s lid. Heatib rugs, door mats, table cover*, countirpanes, sheets, cretonnes, and air* xux*lina all at special icut prices at A' Court's, corner of Mary street-— Adn. 1 As showing! the ravages of ' that dreadi ' disease, consumption, 800 deaths iiave octourped in our colony ih. one yeaa*. The erection of GUtcthl in-st-itutions as the Cambridge Sonar toriujmi, aided! by mot'hier nature, is hopedl to do .much towards checking its spread and eventually wiping it out.

There is a mine near Gladstone, in Quieemsilaaidi, frami which coal that burns without giving! off smoke is obtained. On Noveraber Bt,hi a trial *f the wal (known as Callide, sifter the. name of the mine) waa' miade on H.M.bi. Toa-ch's steannj laiunidh, and' an" official report concerning tHe trial is now being prepared. The seariu from which, tike coal is obtained is of the extraioirditoiaay thickness of 45ftAlfred Court's clothing "' gives the greatest satisfaction, representing the r pick of tihe Roslyn mill*, "Wellington Woollen Mills, 'KawkeV^Ba/^ -V&&, ' and all the leading manufaotursr* Style, fit and workmamehip dSn "at' ways be relied on at tihi Beehive, • corner of Mary street.—Advt. - r IHie news of the death, lof^ijir Jcitin Cowan, formerly a, reaidfent of Waihi, and employed in,l thja Waih/i Camipamy's' battery for many yearn, '»t hit people's residence in Puikekoh* oa Mbndiay last, will be reaeived iriih general Tiegteti hem Deceased' ira¥ highly esteemed! by all -who knew tiiriit He was a priominent footballer 1 and ca^dketerl. He was 'also! a proniinemtt meimber ,of tihe Anioien* Oorder »f Forestens, and <nn ex-fifthi contingent€r to the South African war% His fvnnei'al! took place on Wednesday. Thus our Paeroa oorrMpondmt: — ■Wihiab might harei .prored a serious accident occurred 1 to a 1 oottidi oocmng from Karaogahake. Tht drirw pulled his horses up at the, water trough! • outside Edwards' hotel for themi to get aJ drink. He got off the coach, anidl fey somei means or other the < horses in the ooadh) mioeb have goti frightened, aindi started to bolt;. Theyt i nearly rpn into Hagiue Smith, andl j Co.'s veriamdahi, land ihad' they done so serious results might have followedFor#u;na*ely they just cleared the posts and! went straiglut aihead, trJien somebody stopped) them by Moore's hotel Mr Haseldem', S*L, of Christohufch, vs. no uipliolder of tihe hire system of purcihaee. He says: "I hare no sy,mvpathy wiitih, blimb kindl of 1 busin«ss. 1 tibink it is becoming a. detestai^le kind o$ business, and mo*t dangerous Ut certain classes of people. I think that tihe way biteycLles and other thingsi are thirst oa people Ttihoi cannot pay for 1 them, and the aritminal law heldl oref these people to- compel payment is a grave mischief." Gent's straw hats, felt hats, ha:tl hats, ties, collars, and braces. "%Th« newests neatest, and latest at Culien'a —also cycling sweatera^ cycling hos«t bathing costumes and swimming trucks ai O^ % Cullen aid Co.—Advt* Oil Saturday last a team of the Tararu Oadets firedi for the Challenge Shield and medals offered by tlvji Eidiucaitjio-n DfefpairHmienti " Tlie cjonditionis were- shot® at eaoh of the ranges, 100 yds, 150 yds, and 20Oyds at a third class target, one sighter to b& aJlowed at, each, ramge. A,t the 100 yards,- lying position, several oif the boys! did well, the chief ftcorers bein"". Sergeant A, EVunlop 22, iCforporal Suhofield 2Q, Sergt. R. Thorburn 19, and Private T. Boss. 19. Th* sitting position.at luOyxlls did not at all suitl • several of tlie boys', and Corpora! McLean (15) was the only one who improved upon his effort at 100 yd* (14) At 200 yds, 'kneeling!, there was a general 'collapse, aided perhaps by v freshing breeze from ■bhe left rear, and tli© onily double figure floorer was' ' *«rgti- ,R Thorburn,' who foundi the ' target every time but one, and put on 14, makiing bjim easily first im the • aggregates with 44,' Sergt. Dualon 34, Coi"poral McLean, 33, Pirvate Bow 31 were next in opder. Tn© othen tailing off to oonnpaira,triv©ly modest . totals. Captain, SL H. Ferguson kindly acted as supervising offioer a,g rei qujrerdl by the condition* Lieut V. Haszard assisted a» marker.