LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10565, 11 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The market remains dull. Talismans were plajoed at 33s 9d, Waihi Extendeds aiti 5s 7d, having eased of late/ Waiotahis> saw business at 20s 9d and 2)10, while Tairuas are steady at 4s sd.

Captain. Edwin wired to-da,y as follows:: "Sfe-ong easterly winds; glass fall; tides good; rain, probable."

The adjourned meeting of the Thames Harbour Board will be held this eveuing- -

All shares: in the Sylvia, G.ML Co. on which the call has nob been paid/ will ;be sold on June 18th unless a settlement is made.

A womaii, -a resident of !Paeroa, was yesterday an-ested pn a charge of drunkenness, and lodged in the cells. Fortunately such oases are rare at Thames, and it is to be hoped that they, will continue to be scarce.

There was a good attendance at the Miners? Union Hall last night, when the West pictures were shown. In addition to the living pictures .a gramaphone- supplied some enjoyable items.

Our Auckland correspondent writes —"The Rt. Rev. Monsignor O'Reilly, of the Thames, ha® been laid up a* a private hospital in Auckland for some time past-in-a, serious etate'-of indisposition. Ho is now considerably imiproved in, health, bub it will be some time before lie is able to resuime his. duties.

Mr J. Pratt, who had the contract for the forming of the concrete bridge aver the Karakai 'Creek in Mackay street, has completed the work. The bridge is a substantial structure with concrete pillars and iron railing, and when ithie filling in has been completed the bridge should prove a decided imlproveTnent.

Thl© contractor (Mr W. Jennings) for the laying down of concrete water taibies in (Miacfcay street has almost completed the work and the street now wears a decidedly improved appearance. The work has been expeditiously carried out, though some unexpected stoppages occurred owing to objections raised by the owners of some of the properties ■affected.

In opening the tenders for sup-, plies to the Homes a* the Charitable Aid ©oard meeting last night, that for "indigent sick meat" brought members to a pause. "Is that what the inspector condemned?" facetiously asked one. Anxiety,, however, was allayed by the explanation that it was meat, for \ihe indigent, sick that wais under notice." ■; ';\'-': ..'■■: ';

Although! oomipladnte of scarcity of feed were heao-d 1 in the Thames Valley, the price of stock, here compares favorable with other markets. Messrs Read, Gillespie and Co., reports! yearling steers asfc Hikutaia sold up to £2 igj and at Matetoke yesterday £& W& reached for the same class, empty cows £3 to £5, springers average about £7.

Important regulations regarding the sale of fish' hiave been recently made as follows:—Every person commits an offence -and is liable to a, penalty not .exceeding (£2O whoH-(a) Takes any fish for sale froan, any vessel or boa* other than a duly licensed fishimg boat; :ot* (b) sells ov exposes for sale any fish whithi he knew or had rear sonlaible .cause to believe to have been taken (whether for sale or not) from any vessel or boat other than a duly licensed fishing fooafc.

A Home correspondent writes: — "Mb- T. W. Ley>, editor of the Auckland Star 4, ast-rived by the Tongariro on ai holiday trip to the Old Country accompanied by Mks and Miss W. Leys. They had an exceptionally fine passag|e. Mp Leys Was present at the annual meeting of the Viotoriai League, and he and Mr Mark Cohen, editor of the Dunedin' Star, aiccompanied Sir Joseph Ward on the trip to Manchester, where the freedom of the city was conferred on the Colonial Premiers."

Our Coroniandel correspondent writes: "A, wedding of considerable loeiai interest took place at Mercury Bay, when Mr Creed and iMiiss McLeod were united in the bonds of matrimony, by Rev. O. A. Vaugham. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bridefs lincHe, Mr Wigmore, in, the presence of a large number of friends. The guests were entertained at a recherche spread and the health of bride and bridegroom was drank in bumpers: The young couple are well known in the Bay, and: they received a large array of wedding presents."

Some time 'ago the OhinemuriCounty Council forwarded a copy of Mr J. Stewart's report on the silting! up of the .river to all members of Parliament. Mr H. Ell, member for Clhristcburch. South has, in reoly,. expressed the opinion that after reading the report, it seemed clear that .great and permanent injury to the district would ensue if the wholesale deposit of mining debris. Was allowed to con r tinue. He promised to save the maitter bis earnest attention when, it dame up dulririgi the coming session. Mr H. J. fireenslade also wrote, promising 00-operafcion with the member for the district! in the matter.

"Thie puiblio do not appeal? to realise how cheap potatoes are at the present time," remarked a produce auctioneer feo m Wellington Post reportier. He added that the present piiee in the store is now from M. 10s to £5 a ton, which is: far cheaper than they have been for years past at this sear son. Eti is singular, too,- to note that at Wellington the. greater portion of the supply is even yet drawn from New Zealand, only about.2s per cent, coming? from Tasmania. The New Zealand supply is, however, arr>a,ren% getting used up. and there are indications that in' ■» little wf, :i" +. ]v6: Island State will have to be drawn upon to a much greater extent than at present.

An Auckland correspondent writes: "lb is; sjsated here that the professional football trip has been knocked pn the head, but I have it owgood that this is not so, thati the team has already been] chosen and arranged for, and thaiti the players will leave in amipie tune to take rart in the football season at Home. The men are to be 'paid at the rate of >10s> per day and all travelling! and hotel expenses paid. Itis said that already £5000 lias been guaranteed "by the Northern, Riugby Union, and that in some oases the New Zealanders have been guaranteed minimumi gates. I believe that the expenses) of th« teaml up to the time of its landing a* London have been fully guaranteed and passages practically awanged for, and that the percentage of irate .money for the New Zealanders is arranged on a. fairly high basis. Under proper management the team should be ai success."

The quarterly competition for the Thames Volunteer District Belt resulted in another victory . for the Thames No. 1 R.iHes, the highest score being made by Private Brown, of that 'company. The ranges fired at were 500 and 600 yards, 10 shots- at each range. . The following are the principal scores:—Private"A. Brown (No. 1 Rifles.). 46 at 500 yds, and 44 at 600ydsi—total, 90 ; Private Gibson (Haulraki Rifles), 40 and 4*3—total, 83; Private Trethowen (Hauraki Rifles), 45 and 38—total. 83 ,• Private R. Senior (No. 1 Rifles), 40 and 38 —total, 78; Private. Causley (No. J Rifles'), 42 and 36^-total, 78 j Private -W. Newman (No. 1 Rifles), 42 and 36—total, 78 ; Corporal Climo (Hauraki (Rifles), 36 and 38—total, 74; Private E. Senior (No. 1 Rifles), 4-3 and 29--tota.l, 7*2 ; Lieutenant Spra<reron (No. 1 'Rifles), 38 and 32—total, 70.

At Wellington a man was fined Is and lls costs for smoking on the Govermnenit railway station platform.

We read that an inmate of the Homes> at Dunedin has occupied his ;bed for years. A similar case exists at the Homes at Tararu 1, where an u> mate has clung to* his bed for many years', despite the intervention of medical men and others.

A! Useful postal regulation has been given effect to as follows: On. application, laccompanied by a fee of 6d, to the Adoountanit, General Post Office, the person to whom a postal note is issued may, within two years of the date of issue, be informed of the particulars of payment of such postal note.

A* the meeting of the Christchurch Licensing Committee Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M 1.. expressed disapproval of the rope asi a fire escape. "Fmi sure," he esaidi, ''tihat I would not like to come down a rope, even from a. second storey windowl." Tne committee ordered the provision! of balconies, u;pon pain" of'withdrawal of the license at. the next quairterly meeting.

At the weekly nieetinlg, of the St. John Amibulance Society last • night Df. Lapraik gaive aji ins'trucirdve lecture on the different formal, of insensibility and their treatment. He .also briefly recapitulated important points of previous lectures. iSome useful practical work in bandaging, etc., was held by the members prior to the address.

A Capetown butcher was recently charged with! exposing frozen meat for sale in his; shop without the necessary label. Some of the meat had metal tags showing! that it was inspected and. passed for tonsumption imtfew Zealand. The butcher was repvimtoinded on this ohairge, and fined £2 for trying to bribe the constable with'the sum of 'five shillings to say nothing about his breaioh of thie Afct.

Ai most remarkable discovery has (been made ait the fishingi village of Nazareth!, in Spain. The recent earthquake tremor produced a .great tidal wave, and when this had receded the shore was; found to be stirewni with a great quantity of old airms and valuable coins of all nationalities. An inspection showed tha* it had been hidden im the caverns underneath an amoiettt stronghold, once the haunt of buccaneers of the Spanish Main.

According to Chinese news brought to Australia by the steamer Chingtu, the authorities at Hongkong are much concerned at the practice of dumping dead bodies inTthie atireets and precincts of the city. Some hundred bodies were iduimped last year. It is supposed they were mostly the bodies of people whose relatives were too poor to bury them. All aitteniipts to stop the praiotice having failed!, ai suggestion! is now 1 made that the bodies be cremiaitied.. Tins would be an effectual check, but the" authorities are afraid to adopt the suggestion far fear of offending the Chinese beliefs.;

" At the- Licensing; Committee meeting at Christehttrch, the Committee askedrSub-Inspector Dwy'er for an expression of opinion froml the police paint of rieV of the effect of the refusal of wnditional licenses to the Exhibition., and ajso of the changing of the closing hipur fromi 11 p.m. to 10 p.m. The officer said that from his observation the refusal to ; grant licenses for the Exhibition was a very good thing. The 10 o'clock closing had also done no harm as far as he oouid see. It had minimised drunkenness in the atireetsi, and sent people earlier, to their homes, and had. altogether been a igjood thing for the city.

iv; am interesting article on the inining industry ait the Thames the Au^Jjand Star says that the Waidtahi Company, w^osb mine is again producing lajrge yields of igqld, was registered in 187-I', and up to the end! of December, 1904, stutteeded in winning gold to the vailue of £191,412, the total dividends from, this being £40,----000, or ait the rate of £6 13s 4d per share on 6000 shares, during! a period of thirty three yea.rs. The total output of gold since the early creation ofthe company was of the value of '£546.575. ■ in other words, the value of gold won sinoe the end of December, 1904. to June 1 was £355,163; ouib of this the fortunate shareholders have receive • dividends the sum. of £279.300, equal to £46 11s per shai-e of the original 'number. Gold -was etruok i"«.- the Caledonian mine early in 1870. ,-nd from, thence to its final winding' tro in, 18S6 the roing yielded gold to the value of £717,991, and paid dividends in the years 1870 and 1871 to the tune of £546,480.