LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10167, 10 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Tlhie niai Jketi wia® a little easier today. Wnio'taihis were done at, 29s and 29s 9di, aindi itlvere are buyers at 29s 3d. Talismans Were firm, exchanges being made «4 32s Od and 32s 7d, and there are furtihler 1 'buyers at 32s 6d. "Wa.ih.i Ektendied® 'were placed at 5s Id. Pride- of ■ W'aihis ware done at Bd', Haiu'aki (don-) at 6|d', and Occidentals -a.fc 2<k Waitangis are easier, paids 'being wanted' at 4s. 5d and eons. a,t Is Id. Southern Queens were in demand tit kite-rates- , '■ Tlhie Talisman (Kamigaihiike) retiiini \is oj splendid orte —j&1 7,000 from 3933 tons. During tire Oorhitihic's ■ voyage from LOndon 'to -Wellington there -vv«e «■ .bipbbj, a death, an outbr'e.ak of dipfcheria and of small-p'OX. Several parties pi Joceeded down the . coius't yesterday and thiere were quite large gatlier'ingis .a.t the various sea^-sid-e res'oirt®. Tlho' aroqueit lawn in connection "wiitli tilie -TWines Bowling Club was well potti'oiU'Sed' <mi Saturday afternoon and novices, 'are mailing; good pro-gi-ess in the game ■A! meeting 1 of 'tihe General Pxu*|:'oßea Comauittoe of ilie Borou'gjlii Goiumcil is to bo held, to-morrow afternoon to_ considea" Hie question of the drainage : of M«ry streetThe .following programme of music was rendered by tjijo Haiiraki Bandl on Saturday night at. t-he corner ol' ifavy and Pollen streets: .^fiarch, "Minor v. Major': waltz, "Syrlnga"' I ■ selection, ''St c[>lien Adams' Songs" ; horn solo, "The C.'vi.iit:',.!" ; .inarch, '"Santiago; waltz, "liTiie." ;"God Save the King."

Tfee members of the Prinoe of "Wales Lodge are lvqutestcd to meet. at tlie lodge room to-moirrow a>t two j o'd'odc to 'attend bhio funeral of the late (Mr J. M. Thlom-aa Mss I. Pownaill, formerly of the nuirssini": sta.ff of thic Tlhnmes Hospital, has been Oippoirited to thie staff of the Gisbome Hospital amd takes Tip her deities at .thio beginningi of the New Teairv -, • We are pleased to riotfe thait. Mr H l. H. Adamtei haia reooverd front his recent illness;- Mr iAdains was «:t the Thames to-day .paying visit® of inspection! to several mines of whicih he is superintendent-. The handicaps. of the Thames Jockey !Olub will be declared • to-night and will .appeai" in to-nioiTOw's issxne. Tibia acceptances -are due o<n Tuesday, th© 18tliJ Decembeij the time 'having been ■extendted. ' ". A: teleigjram firouii Palmerstou North is as uinder:—"Judge ■Cihiapman'si resei*ved decision on this appeiail in the Feildin,"' pigeon, shiooting icasie was delivered! "ihere fco-day. Tlhei appeal was allowed witihiOUib costsAn accident, occurred downi the coast yesterday, a trap and occupants going over the embankment. one of the occupants were Inure", bub they had a naiTow escape- Tlie trap was seriously d'aniaged, but the hiorse escaped unhurt. Mrs Kill'gO'ua* is spending a short hoi iday ait Thames anid received 1 a warm wel-oomle from 'her many friends: Duainlg the offertoay at St. George's Cttiiuircihi last night Mrs KiMgour gave a taleaifced. rendition, of- "Aingels Ever B'rigflilb and Fail*." The Hon. J. ;MoGowain has forwarded ai telegram; to Themes to the effect that he purposes, 'being at Thamesabout the 11-th iiisifc- Probably tho Minvster will make a stay at Tihaiiiies for' some time, as thiei 'sale of tho Queen of Bea.uty mine will take place in January. The many friends of Mar Jas- llickit will regret'to learn that he met -with an acoid'emib yesterday, receiving a Jfick from; a hoi'ise that rendered him unconscious for some time. He is progressing as favoairably as can be! ex nested:, and tiha hope that he may I speedily recover is "genea-al. Our Waihi correspond en b •writesi: — Mr G- Braibant, who siuiocieeded Mr Dailsit'on as agent for the jSPoa-thleim . Oompainiy ait Paeroai, lias <h&ea> traaisr fera-'ed fo Taiurangai.' Mk* Bi-ialbant, -who mad© ■■—iodici visits to Waahi, possessed fli very gemi-al persionaility, and will be miuohi missed. a,b Paeroai.

"I have no special intention to moralise, 'but -it must be clear thait to attain the highest pitch' of physical culture •and of. training, one must of necessity lead a clean life," says the Chief HanMb Officer. ' ■ • 'Mrs: Gillon (motliei* of the laitei Mr | E. T. Gillon, of +K~ Wellington Post) ; has just, paisisadi a,wiay ait Linwood, Ountefbiuy, ■ at .the age of 89 yewr*. She arrived, at Nelson by .tihie S'h.ijj- Maori on Decemibea* SJS'tih., ISol- jShe leaves one son (Dx. Gillon), five daughters, 31 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchild.rem We are advised- by the Postmaster that large numbers of poet cards bearing imitation postage stamps are being, posted! 'by the public. Tfhi® is | contrary tio thie regulations' and such post cards will not. -be' forwardied'' in future. . • Regu'et will ba' . expressed at the death of Rita Wiggins, aged T| years, which took place at the Thames, Hiosfntal yesterday.' Till© -little one was j only conveyed to the institution a>day | or two ago suffeirincr from peritonitis.'| She wns tiie only daiughm- cf Mi" Geo- ! Wigeins', to whom; and the mother sympathy is: extended. . Tjhe fiuierall of Mr T. 11. Boxall', which tiook place yesterday, was one of thie largest yet seeni. ait thie T!hjam|esi, thei cortege extending over -Hi long distance. Waihi, Waildno, Eaa'ang'tvihake, and Paeroa, in fact all: the .gioldfieildisi districts were reipreisentecl, -whiile m.embers of tihe Miners.' Unioim «md Oddfellows? Lodges, to both of which deceased belongieil 1, aittended- There wno nlsoi a. lnrge attendanoe of the general pulblio. Thie Rev. Dr. Oi'Dallaghan- condluiatad an innpa'essir© burial sJervioe, while Mil- T- Aitken, Aucldaiicl. District Grand Master, doindm-ited tht-. Od'dfellowsf .rites. Tthie Coal-boring] operartions at Pajeroai ajVei 'being conducted on the,, Takaipaiu, 'block, aibo.ut two miles up 'tihe line, and; close to> tho P'aeronr Waihibu roadi Thie bore hble has been carried down 200 ft, and .after passing through various kinds of formation, fire clay has> miade its ai'inearance, and this is! lookeidi upon as indicative of the neal v presence of coal measures. It is 'believed' that tihe stratum) at Wnikat'o stretches across 'the Paeroa district^ and' if the boring operations neveals: the presence' of coal, Paeroa is in for s»i good time, as the steady pi-ogji-essi -of till'© district caused by the dairying .iadluatay will be further -imi..proved by coal, mining operations-

Speculation is ■■•rife. as. to Whether a South Alfrican temn could be inducted to visit New Zealand. ■ • It .is atiated that Rtavhiti, Maibvita's private siecre6nry, wlvo recently patent ! cdi an iniprcveiiiin,l-. in the -under-cw-viage'of wagigionis a,nd: took down a specially-constructed vehicle .. to. the Ohirisiteibiiurcih Ehchibition 1, hias been offered £-1500 for tihie patent right®, whiclb in ail probability he will acceptr Lord' Roberts, mho-bias just entered on his .seventy-fifth year, closed the roll of the Vic,toi"ian i>eerage in 1901.. his; e'aaidom, says the Westminster ■Gazette,". 'being the only creation of tihiat year, the last ..of the reigiv. L-oid' Rbbertis's earldbm, like Lord. Wolseley's visaounteyv is in soeciall remaindei- to tihie feniale line. ■