LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10552, 20 July 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Waiotaihns showed anotheir drop todlay, sales being made at £7 6 s Gd to £7 2b to £7 3s- At the close shares were a shade firmer, buiyers offering £7 3s, with nO fuiithei- 1 response from sellers a,t that figure- Waihis wei-o done a,t £8 17s 6d, while Ebctendeas which hia^e been a.ctive of late, were done ait is lid- M&y Queens wei'e pl'aaed at 2b lid and 3s, Caledonians at 2s sd:, 'and Alibiurai'as, whioh are in steady demiam'd; o* 2s 3dHibernian soci;'.l last night was a great siuooessThe fancy dress hookey miatoh will not take place to-morrow-Local football cup comipeititions will be resumed a,t Para Wad to-morrow afternoon. The local Foresters, Courts Pride cuf the North a,nd iPjarnell, held an enjoyalble social evening last nightThe Retv- A- T- Thompson will be inducted At Masterbon on' Thursday, 2nd 'AugustAfter >ai long waib while development' work proceeded, specimen stone is now reported from the Four in Hand mineFrom the Ist of May to the 11th June the Bank of A Tew Zealand (Thames Branch) purchaised 87260z of bullion, which yielded 55220z of fine goldThe pound-keeper (Mr P- Maxwell) having directed the attention of the Borough Council to tho state of the public pound, improvements have now. been effected. uNfeiW 'Crossings are to be put down at tha ■'Gi-iaihamstown and Shortland railway stations and a:crosia the road from the .pulblic library- This will be much fiipipreciaibed' by pedestriansThe Thames Borough Council has received the £200 subsidy from the Government towards the payment for this formation of the Victoria Reserve extension as a recreation groundTho matter 1 of calling for tenders for the laying of tile pipes and concrete drains in the re-iu!aining portion of Pollen street has been held over for a month.Stiated that <fe the result of the i"e j cent hevay rains, Messrs T- Killgour andl Faithful and! McConnell, have been, enabled to have a splendid drivß, and that • a large number of logs are now 1 -it the booni'siAt a sitting of tho Thaanesi Police Court held this morning, before Messrs Wlm- McCullough and W- II- Lucas, Justices, a p-ohibition ordier was issued against George Olearra, who had been drinking to excessSome interesting details in connection with the operations no>w in progress in the Kuran-ui mine appear elsewhere- Sinco Mr Horn assunned the mfm'ageimeint' of the minei he has done good work(Mi* Allan Bakei*, of the Hamilton staff of the Bank of Now Zealand, while practising ait a gj'mn'asium, slipped on the floor and injured the muscles of his shoulder, necessitating medical treatment-

In the Liberal Herald just to hand appears an interesting article dealing witth the late Premier's life, ai h.?gh appreciation of his many good qualities as a man, his attributes as a statesmanl, -and the good work he has done for "JTew Zealand-

The "Waihi lady hockeyists journeyed to Taurangai under most dispiriting •weather conditions, and had to walk several! miles in heavy downpours of rain- The gaane was played in another downpour and when the visitors returned to Waihi there was a competition as to who had caught the worst cold- The Waihi hockeyists are waiting to try conclusions with the Thames ladies-

The Borough Council calls for tenders, dosing on Thursday next, for the supply of 1000 yards of metal-

There are 316 male and 18 female Oh.in.esei in Wellington;. Auckland has 111, Palmerston North 72>, Greymouth 111, Dunedin 204, Christchurch, 47Altogatiher there are 1372 Chinese in the country, of whom 68 are women-

We note that the Wniihi Poultry a,nd Dog Stow resulted in, a substantial profit after all esjpentees hiad been disbursed- It is iniipossvble to arouse sufficient interest a.t' Tibaiine's in warrant the holding of a poultry and dog show in this town-

Ait last night's -meeting, of the Thames Borough Council the report of the foreman of works* (Mr T- Jackson) Was read and adopted- It detailed the various works in hand, and in connection with the manufaioture of concrete block:.! mentioned that 1-122 blocks were' on hand-

'Another improvement is to be effected in Williamson street, GrafcamstO'wn, it having been decided at last night's meeting; of the Thames Borough Council that tiled pipes are to be laid in that street past the Royal Hotel- The appearance of the Borough is being .gradually improved-

Ait last night's meeting of the Thames Borough Council it was decided to cany on several imiprovemeuits to the drains, main streets, and crossings in 1 the borough ; also to call for tenders lor the supply of 1000 yairds of metal for the purpose of slightly raising the crown of Pollen street-

The following- team, has 'been chosen to play for the H'a.uraki Club against Young; Men's Ho-ekey Club to-morrow: Goal, J- Kingtian; full backs, RevWilliams), H- Driver; half backs, S-Drivieft-v J" Gi|iffin,, Li- Ciomer; forwards, F- Low, Wakefield, L- Griffin, Renshaiw, Whiteheiad; _ emergencies, Bi-okeniSQiiire, H- Driver, Jordan, ClarkeThe Battalion Baoad will play tho following progriaiiiime to-morrow night (Saturday), weaither permitting, at the corner of Pollen and Richmond streets: March, "Galvini"; fantasia, "Jupiter" ; waltz, "Pansy Blossom" ; miaroh, "A 1 Soldier's: Life"; "fantasia, "Songs of the Sea"; wialtz, "Rose of the Valley"; cake walk, "Sambo's Birthday"; march, "St. Augustine" ; "God Save thei King."

A number of shrubs and trees have been ■ received for planting in the southern, portion of fchte Victoria Rer eei-ve, ».and these are' 'being attended to- At last nigihit'si meeting of the Council Cr- Scott jooularly suggested that the local Press should publish the list of names of the plants, but our representative purely out of coiisideraition'for our readers gently bait firmly declined- The residents of this l>rogressdve district hiaive been singularly immune from lock-jaw of kite, and we are nob g*oing to precipitate a crisis in this 'direction- Anyway the plants Waive -atfrivedi!

Mr H. IT. Adlaims, on behalf of the Auckland Cihifuiubor of Commerce, is doing .something substantial .towards the advertising of the goldfields> at the Ohristohurch Ebdii'Mtibn. He is having miadtei a; large! and beautiful case for the Exhibition in which to display specimens of ores from all the mines in this districtThe lodes -will be shown as t'hfe footwall and hang-ingwall portions and as a whole- The ores will be cut and polished and having running over each a small jet of- water- In' addition there will be the best gold specimens Mr Ajd'ams can, borrow "or collect- It will be an excellent exhibit "of which the district 'Will be proud- Ml- F- Dnnn is at present engaged in making the ease, which) will be a large one-

We acknowledge receipt, with thanks, of advance copies of leaflets forwarded by the Hon- J. MoGowan. They consist of census, results, giving the population of North a.nd South Islands, from -1886 to 1906, population of counties, boroughs, etc- From the- first leaflet we learn that the population of the North Island in 1906 is 476,891; that of the South Island 411,258; Stewart Island, 2SB ; total population, 888,437, as against a total population of 772,504 in 1901The population of the Thames County in 1906 was 4291 (2419 males and 1872 .females); that of Ohineinuri, 5805; Piako, 3761; and Waikato, 4525. The population of the' Thames Borough in 1906 was 3750 (1843 males and 907 females ; that of Te Aroha 1109; Waihi, 5595; Hamilton, 2146; and Cambridge, 1246FACTS ESTABLISHED/AT COURT! In an action, the cause of •which was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentations by an imitating company, which was tried before His Honor Justice J. Madden, K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supreme Court, at Melbourne, the prosecution showed: — 1. That SANDER AND SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT contains all medicinal constituents of eucalypti in a highly refined and pure form. 2. That it is much more power- . fully healing (antiseptic) than ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 3. That it does not depress the heart like ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 4. That it contains no harmful ingredients, and, 5. That it is highly commended by many authorities for the last SO years as a safe, reliable and effective remedy. Some imitators ha.ye tried to deceive the public by simulating our gea-up > others have relied on tke "just as good" game. Therefore, take care and obtain "the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.