Local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10194, 17 January 1907, Page 4

Local and General.

The New South Wailes Rugby Union hum received! from •the English Union. an invitation foi* an, Australian team to visit Great Britain in the 1908 season. The minuter oi 1 ibreweries in the colony last year -72, and they employed 731 hands. The wages paid totalled £92,128 oi year, and thie .beer made in 1905 amounted to 7,634,362jra15 ) valued' at ,£572,579. | T'hei radium mines at Joaichimetail, in Austria', recently supplied the Vienna) Academy of Science with tea tons of uranium : orei, and this has yielded £50,000 worth of radium, which is to foe used for research.. An.-endeavour is toeing made by the goldfields boiwling ol'ulbs through Dr. Kenny, oil; Tei lAhrolwij, and Mr' Blu-rton, secretary of the T'e A<rolia BWling Ohib, to arrange a match with theAMstraliaai bowlers and a goldfields' team.

The last census shewed thait there were'in the colony 261 butter and cheese factories in operation, in the colony,, employing .1-1-8-1 hands, and paying in wages; £131,123. The v.-ilua of the iiiateriajs listed in 1905 was £2,----062,215.

■The following' a,ppoiiitonents have been notified to th© 'Mining Depart-ment:—MEnei-mainaigersi: Wm. Hollis, Old Kapanga G.M. Company, Ooromandel; G-. Ii- Langfoi-d', Waihi Gladstone, ' Waihi. •/Battery superinteaident: J. 31. Coot©, Waiotaihi G,M. Oomipany, Thames.

Ai well known mine, managed" at Kartogahake had reason to sack, one .qf-his: men reteently. On receivinjr the notice he turned- to tlija manager, and saa'd "Yom a|r*a not. g&iaig to aaok miy •brothier too, are you?" "Yesi," 'said the;.•miaaiaig'er, "I'll sacik him t.ow; where is he?" "Sold' ag-ain," said the main, "you; wiin't. He is in South Africa;.' 5 .

Our co its--pond on I, writel-: "I leara tlia,i' the dispute between ilic mineiS and the Waihi G.il. Compan-" with reforenco to tho company holding b.iCk ninci days' piy from the mion, ea.eh iiionlli, «ill be fought out at the sitting o'l the Arbitration Court. At present, tho ciomipany closio- its books for wage* iiine days Lofore the monthly payment, ho as to Send them to the' directors, in Auckla_nd. The miners hai\ ro decided t,o %ht the, question, and thxi» get their dues."

Thus the Waihi Telegraph :—''The Waihi Post Office, though, equal to a first gi-ii|de office, in the matter of bus>incs transacted, does not possess tha,t status owing to sonne old time regulations, the. application, of which will

apparently n,l« ,1,3-9 keep this office subservient to and 1 under the contiol of the Thames office. More than once application ha? 'been niado by our civic authorities to hare the Money ol'dol Office improved to such au extent lhait tho withdrawal of money could bo obtained upon i application at the, counter, but, !\h our l-oadciß iwo aware, thih convenience h.ts 1101 been re<y.u*df"d by the Department will* appreciable favour And so things drift along in the old groove, tv. if Waihi posops'sed only about 1000 of a, population insiffld of 6000: and a.Hhoujrh. there, has 'beeau. a, steady advance all along tho line, Ihci Wai 1m Po^t Office* is ono of the institutions which hag practically stood still,"

The matron of the Wnihi irospiMl lias'been spending a few duft'&jsb Tupu, on the coast. Our Wa:ihi corro-.pondeut writes: — A very quiet but in I westing- wedding tank pine© in Si.. Jaau.ra' Presbyterian j Church, notwilh.'Uincling tlic phenomenal ra.:n storm* wh.ie.li' occurred. T.he cO'ii'lriictinpr parties \vurc Miss Jane! Winifred: Pn.tl.ullo', oldest daughter, of the. Ray. -J- Lcburn P;- u tUiilo-,~and Mr ; Leo. Spratt. second son of Iho In.to Mr 1 Richard Spruit, miningl engineer, of Auckland. Tbc bride looked her best in, light "bluo ponge silk, trim mod with Valenciennes and Irish la.cc., ond whiite hat. The 'bride worel ai travelling' cosfcunio of .blue cloth, faced with white and guipure* trimiming 1. Di- Mapon's remarks on the. subjuct of coimbating th.c spread of tubci'oulosis are 'bearing fruit, says tho Petone Chronicle. It is reported that a young Petone etx-athlete was walking 1 along Lamjbbon Quay during one of the holidays, when. he observed a, man expeictornite on thei fo.otpa.tli,. 'Look here,' said the Pttonedte, "if I were to follow the Chief Health, Officer's advice I'd knoiclv you down for 1 that; and I should like to. Jhist take a, hint from met .and don't hj>id ;on tho pavement hot in." It is stated thait tli'O*fr fender walked away very shn.mefaced,ly, and it is not unrcwjonniblci t.o sup- ! pose that li&nccforfch ho will leave, the objeefcioiuiiblo prnalico alone. Speaking at tho Wellington reception. to> tliie Besses 1 o' th,e Bam Banid, Mr lies, director of the, fa,in.ous, band, said how disappointed' they all were at not being able to meet thait great Lancashire mm, Mr Secldon. His name was ,a> household word at Home, j and they hlad n,p to hisi dea.tb thought how fine a thing it would bo to meet and shake .hands with him.. Ho understood there was a memorial a.footNo doubt they would haivo an opportunity of showing their <>rcat love and admiration for Mr Seddon. by doing something thai, would swell the fund. What it would be he could not say at present, but he would see what was most suitable to the aim in view.