LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10194, 17 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

There is no change in the* market. Waiotahis wei'e don© ait 3'2s 3ld, Tailisimtna 33s 6d, Waihii £8 I7s, Crowns 8s 6d and Ssi BH, "Wadtangi's 4s 7d. In Coi'omaiiidel lines Slouthi Kapangas *ea-e plapeid ait 10Jd, Haiwalu 10d, and Blunkerlsi 7d. Haandltoai regatta postponed. The return- of the fine weather today beguiled large crowds of 'picniekea*s down tliei couisb. It is •officially stated ..that cni'Skhliig operations at thb Ci'own batteay" will be resiuniiedi to-moiTow. The mine is full Sfi -Waiter." ' Number of c^ses, .offencesl against the Licensing; iAtot, ibetfore the Court ■to-day. His Worship inflicted fines as highi ait SJa in two' oases and said thlat he w!owld inicireaae tilra finesi to the nuasimum (£10) if the afioused pea'sons again appeared.

Ai cases, the first, .of its kind, was beifo^e tlwa locnil Court this morning,. A man was charged! with "assisting" rt prohibited' person to< drink, and pleaded. guilty. Ib aipfpeaiVed that the ■proihibited persbn h,ad a: bottlei of beer in) his possession, and asked" defendant if his wouldi like. a. drink. The day -was hot, it was Christmas, timie, the offer 1 was a tempting 1 one, and was ajddepted. Thle man took a "pull" at tlna fbottlei, which he 'banded! Iback to the prohibited inihoi. It -was this act that was deemed to. bej "assisting tha prohibited persons to. drink beer." His Worship held -othei+wise, and dismissed the case, remarking on the fact that the d'eifendant had pan'taken of some of the contents of the bottlei of beer,

and'had' thus de]>rived th!e prohibited man ol portion!

• Aii eKtraiordiniary general meeting of sharehbldeirS' of . the Wndinangiu G.M. Company was held at Waihi, to consider the following iiesofctio-n :■ —

"Th|ait tihle f\VfJiimang!u 'Gold MiningCompany, Limited', be wound up voluntarily, under the pr'ovisi.onis. of 'Tlie Coanipiauios Alot, 1903-/ and thmti Mr John Hughlings^JacJcson, of A,ii;ckla,nd, be ajj])oinited' liqiud'nitbr for tho purpO'Sie of winding up the saiid Con> pany" The following resolution wns paesed : —"Tlhiat th-ih m©eting of shiai-e noldeirsi in the aibove company, having received no reports 'as. pronxised by fch© manager, reciuest the directors to adjourn the meeting ajdvertis-ed" for thie 16th inst. to the 30th inst. to enaible local sharchold-eria to gather in.torm.ntion aa to the progressl made, moneys expen.ded, financial position, and n.n outside and export opinion of the property generally, and are strongly of t.h,e opinion thiat the Resolution is unfaiVoniraible and in no Way meets ■Avith the approval of the rateiebing." A, good deal of feeling was shown, adds omr 'Correspondent.

At well attended meet-ing wins held last, night of the coniimittee formed, in connection with the visit, to Tihanitos. ;of tiro Irish envoy, Mr Josei>h Devlin, who. is visiting; the ctoloriies in th.c interests of Home Rule, or at .any rate in securing 'some better syslami ; cf representation than eeds'ts in .Ireland ait present . The Right Rev. Moosignor O'Reilly pre.sided. It was stated that Mr Devlin would definitely speak at Tlmm'Ssi on Wednesday, the 23rd inst., and it was decided f<o- doi all possible to-make the v-js/i-b ai siuieiaess. It was decided to have tiickejts pdntsd, in .addition to having 1 the subscription lists—which latter, the chairman-said, hnd'-been for-' warded from Hikutaia. on one side to Mleircii.r'y Bnjy on thie 'other. It was stiiited that sal a of t'.eket.s would emable all symlpflitTlisers oa 1* thoso iniben'esied to shiow th.oir sympathy or interest without contributing separately. As Sfr De'Vliiii is an ovattor, the like otf whioni is rarely heard at. Thlaimes, it -is anticipated thiniti tliere. will -be a, crowded hoiiee to grfeet this' faanous Irish member of Parliament. Details will be advertised later on-

A labourer .died! from sunstroke 'at ■/Diuied-in last, weols. • . ' ,

Tile Primitive Methodist- Ohiurch in New Zealand shews an increase of' 1-1,653 within the* last live years:.

It is notified in another column that the Hamilton, x'egatta and aquatic carnival, which was to. take place on .Saturday,' has been postponed owing to the floods. - :

Hq formation lias: been received 1 that the annual oamp of instruiotioni; for the Thames volunteers will ibe held f«t Pairmwai netxt week as originally a.rnanged.

■Al couple of men have been admitted to thie Wellington Hospital 're--cenitly, suffering 1 from serious wounds mysteriously -inflicted. It is believed: a gang; of 'Sydney roughs has been ait. work.

'A; meiniior.:ail''ta,blet to the late Premier isi toi be plnioadi in the social hail of the steamier Warr'imio o, to niaa-k tine faict tha\t that vessel Was 'this last oi the Union Company's-, fleafc travelled on by Mr S'eddon:

In, connection . with the . present ■spflirchi. for the 'Eliugaimiite treasure, the under^Titers' have agli'ead to give. 80 per cent to> the; organiser tof the expedition, of ..which tihie diver receives IS' peal cent.

(A complimentary farewell social will be tendered 'to iMlr Thomas Aitfceu (Ch'airinan of the. Management Committee' a$ the Thames Rugby Union) at the Masonic Hall, Mladkay street., next 'Saturday evening; ait 8 o'clock.

Mr J. Kneabone, well-known iii miiix- | ing dircles,' arrived at Thames laisit night. While at' Thames ihie will visit the iScandinaivia.Tii. minei, adjoining; the Eblipsib, at Twairu, to- decide upon the.) point to which the low level should be directed, as reciamm ended ''years ago ■by Mir W. H. Bu;i"oh. !

The proposed memorial to the late. Bight. Hon. 'E. J. S'eddon, Slinisiteo.oif 'Delencie, inaiugurated )iy the members of the South; Alfi-iican Contingents; Auckland pro'vincte, h!as been, enthusiastically taken up. Subscriptions toward (the fund haive ibieen reoaivcMi from all parts of thei province.

With referemoe <-." the aiotions in Avihiiohi the T'h'xwnes ■Drainage Board.is proceeding against' the .'Vangu-air.d. and Sliortland Flat ■Companies for the recoivery of apr'eai'a due for pumping oontaibiutions, wei understand thaib- the ■cases will not. 1» gone o-n. wibhi at to-m-oiTlO'w's" "sitting of the Warden's Court). • The solicitous on both! sides Oiiaivo agreed to an adjoiu-nment until next court da,y.

Oiur C'oiiioannndel correspondent writes: 'Tliiei annual meeting of tlie CtaromaivM fire ibrigade was held last evening, .thei'e being, a full muster present. Tlie ibala-n.ce sheet showed, a, credit of £-24 Os Bd. Oaptoin, Barrett was appointed' delegate to attend the aonfea'enciei to be hield at Waihi on: 2S-tli inst. Officers for the. eusuing veair wWe appointed m follows: Captain, T, Barrett: foirennan, D. Davis; sccl'etaoy, Ai. P. iSforlocik,; a.uditor, F. O'Dwd.

In -our rcipoii,' o,f Lodiga Sir Walter Sjoo't-t installlatioii we omitted to mention the presentation to Wot 1. Brc Hloidge, I.'P.M. On behalf cf the mienv hers of the' lodge thei Grand Superiiitendmt- (Wor. Bro. N'iuih'ols.on) pi'esented Wor. Ifro. Bodge with a Piiat Master's jewel, as. hi token, of lesteenn from the members for thie able manner in whirahi he oondluoted the Lodgei dui*ing the pash 12 .imiomths. Wor. Biro. ■Hiod^re in a few Well chosen words thiuikedi tliiec brethren fo'i* the haudisomei present and also 1 Wor. Bro. Nicholson foi* his niinjiy eulogistic remurks.

Commenting- upon thei recent match which Wale* played agniinst tilue South African team, tlw; "D'aily^Mail" says: "T'Ji.is is thei first oacaMon i"o=" savonyears on whijchi Wales hasi suiYarcd defeat aifc homia. tho l.'ist timie being in March, 1899, whlen Ireland won by a, try- to nil ati Oairdiff. During 1, these seven yearsi Wales has played twentyoine international maitohes, beflifciriTf England six times, Scotland and Ireland five times each, drawing with, England once, and losing t^yice to Scotlairid and twice tio. Xi-'elnaid.. WaJcs also;, a/g eveayoniei knows, managed to beat NW Zealand last j-enir. . Surely thi's: yci;u' the nnost patriotic Welsh parti S'>jn cannoiti .pjiiidige' the 'Sjiringboks their 'fine win after this long series of successes."