LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10451, 28 October 1904, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

+ lAlimual entertainment by the pupils oi! the Coaivcint High. School at the Oddfellows' Mail! to-night-Meeting of the members of City South Cricket. Club to-night at the Central HallOpening; of the Mahara. TennisClub ha,si been postponed till November 9 thm J<- W. Inglis. F-R.S.E,, of 'Paeroa, is spending & few days at Thames. The Hauraki Band Bazaar opens next Thursday. To-morrow night the Band will play in tho town, when tickets for the art union will be sold by a number of young ladies.

Increase of capital of the Kuranui G.M- Co 1, agreed to at Auckland today- Tliis will give the company ample capital to develop, its property. Prospects in the Kuranui mine improvinig- Quartz allowing gold freely was broken down to-day and the news was at once wired to Auckland' by the mine manager, Mr Crawford. Ait the w.io<fieiS't.icii t!f Ci<. Burns, the. Council decided last night to' tar and sand Haiv'eni street. Ci". En soil put* in. a plea, for Baillie street, from Mary street fcoi Sealey street and was also suocesrful-

The vestry members of St. George's Chuli'dln ■entiei'taiiiil^d the .clhoir, Sluuday School teachers and church workers at ai social last night in the school frooani, when n very enjojyaMe tinie was spent. Tlie bowling green will open ; t« season early next month and it should be as enjoyable as ever. The green is in goodl condition and should be in I first ic;las.s order for playing when the season opens.

We would draw the' attention of our lady renders to Mr S. Hetherington's newl advertisement. Beady - made blouses a,ndl cjostumes of the most approved style are to be obtained and ladies should lose no time in securing one of the bargains- ' From "what: was mentioned: at. last night's meeting 1 of the Thames B'aroughi Council the disposal of the drainage and storm water from Al--Me.T»tl [stireoti to say Cocbrane stire^t has ib«9©n found a more difficult task than wasi anticipated. Tlie problem it waa explained was how to make flic water run from a ; lower to a higher 1 level! A full range of men's tailor made suits just opened at W- S. Wytio's. Extraordinary pood value—Advt. At, last, night's meeting: ot" (he Thames) Borough Council Cr. Burns was brave enough to vary tlie C'fo'im- . cil'd pet phrase. W'hilts a.dvoi'ii.tiii<r that attention should be paid to certain .footpaths in the borough he said "they shouldn't spoil the ship fo>r a htt'ipartl* of ttvr-" At this unwiin'antable liberty with the Council's i'a.vorito desu-riptivo stnienco some of tho councillors glared angrily at the Bpeaikor. 'We understand that. Mr Georgo C'ilarlv). oner of the xuemb'ersi of the Charitable A,'idi Isoard! has given noltice 'of niotion to rescind the resolution passed at. the last meetingl, of the Board to increase the salary ol the supiei'intemd'anti of tlie Old Men's Home at Taiaru' to' £100, giving- the matron £.30. It will ibe remembei'ed that the increase was only carried lw one vote, and it is intended to again test the feeling 1 of the Board on the matter-

j In oonnecition with St- James' Young I People's .Association, Mr J. W. Inglis., F.R.SE, of Paeroai, gave a very interesting- lecture on, personal recol- ; lections of the Indian Mutiny, which was attentively listened to- Mr liwrlis .sensed as an officer in: the artillery, and Was thus able to treat his hearers to first hand information; regarding lOveadijs and dietaiils 1 (in oon.nei.iti.on : therwith, Brief allusions to the heroes |of Luoknow, Delhi, etc., were nuade, (andl th,ei isijtluaijionj^ witTO ides.tribed witih a reality that impressedi his sie^t'ers. .Ai vbte |uf tihanik,s I'tilr an attractive lecture was proposed by tho President, the Rev. A. T- Thompson. Al few musical i ton is weio contributed during the evnin.g. I AUTHENTIC MEDICAL OPINIO'NiS WORTH KNOWING—J>r. Osbonie says: "I use SANDER, and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT as a spray for nasal catarrh, low fever, asthma, etc., ■with great sueee«s. I iind this preparation superior to all others." Dr. Stahl: "I have used various preparations of Eucalyptus, but I get better results from SANDER. AND SON!.? EUCALYPTI EZTRACT than any other." Dr. Preston : '"I never use any Eucalyptus ure'pairation other than j SANDER and SONS', as I found the others to bo aftrfost useless." Dr. Hart: "It goes without saying that SANDER, and" SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRIACT is the best in tho market" In influenza all fevers, throat and lung trouble, diphtheria, diarrhoea, dysentery, kidney complaints, rheumatism, wounds, sprains, ulcers, etc., it is invaluable." See that you get SANDER and SO'NB' and reject spurious preparations which are sometimes supplied.