LOCAL AND GEHERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10618, 19 January 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GEHERAL NEWS.

<ja.pt. Ekliwin • telegraphs '. ''Wind westerly; motTei'ate to strong wind^ ; tides .good; seai moderate; gla«s: fall slowly."

Notice of sale of iin,poundetl cattle appeal' in another column. .

The many friends of the Hon. Jas. MM-rOwan will regret to learn. that lie 's suffering from a severe attack of steiatioa.

A pi^ogress pxyimont of £GOO on the repairs and additions to the Thames School of Mines Bxperlmental Plant hasi -been received.

A.t the" last meeting of the Loyal Wai'kato Lodge of Oddfellows Bro. John Row©, P.S., on bahalf "of the offioea-8 «,ncj Tnemlbere, presented the retiring G.M., Bro. H. W. Skeen, P. 0., with a nicely 'framed certificate emblematical of the Order, in recognition of hisi valuaible services. to the Lodge, and compLimiemted the recipient on his: suooess a& an; office bearer. P.O. Bii'o. Skeen briefly repliedl, thanlkingl- the 'brethren for their liandsome token of esteem.

i'llie frol'-csoui* weather of the past few days has done conj'deri'iblo damage to orchards, and in inaav cases fi-u.it ca,n be seen; lying on the ground in large quantities. Mr W. H. Lucas was to-daiy noiainiitadi for the Thames seat .by Messrs A,. ißtoms, iEL ,P. 'Adaims, F. H. C'laxfon. P. Treblleock, G. S. v-..ark, I«". iMbMahon, and Albert Bruce. On our first and fourth pages: — Niorthera S.S. Cto's Time-table; Mail 'Notices ; Mining. News; Karangalhake Jottings; Latest Cables and Telegrams ; Tliames .School of Mines; Editorial Jottings. The work of repairing the Kirikiri bridge is proceeding a.pacei, and a oanveniient cawsing has been made at the side for horses and vehicles. Cjyolist® and. pedestrians, however, 'find it difficult to get across »:;t ndgh,t. ' ■ '--\ ,■*? ■'. '.'■■ iEbapier!niein.ts a,re to 'be made in New Plymouth to prove the advantages or otherwise of crude oil as a. means of overcoming the dust nuisiinm These will bo carried out by the borouglli engineer, who will then present a report to the council. -Ai man named Wu:. I? was dhaa-ged at tlhe Paeroa Police Oouft with threatening. beha,viour during a pkiture show at Karanigahake a night or two ago. In the middle af the tntertaiinnient Russell produced a revolver and cleared the hall raip'dly by firing promiscuously. Fined AOs and oosts. ■Ait yesterday* meeting, of the Thames Schoolof Mines Council intimation was received that Mr Newman's term of probation had terminated amd as tlhlat gentlemen has, during that time, done his work to the satisfaction of the Council,"it. was decided!" to recommend that he be permanently appointedi as drawing master. ,/ One of the stories current in Sydney after the recent .contest was that Johnston had gone privately to th-2 Manly Hospial, and had ihiis ribs examined under the Rontgen (Rays, two ribs being found to 'be broken. Johnson denied that ha had g:one to the hospital to undergo an examinatiou, this (being his .usual custom before and after a contest. ' It does not seem to be generally known that it is an offence for an orchardist to remove or allo^v to be removed- from h.s premises fruit affected with,the crodtin moth. The gene.ral opinion seems to. be that such fruit must not be sold >but may be.; given away. The offence, however, doeis not lie in selling the fruit, but in reni<xving it from the orchard, and thus helping to spread the pest. The inquiry into the Ohinemuri licensing poll pefc.tion will coinuience Monday. The special Court has been constituted as follows: Messrs F. ,T. iß'urjSejse, SlMi., Thanies (ohainnan), Colonel J. Mi. Roberts, S.M., Tauranga), and' B. C. Cutten, S.Mi., Hamilton). Mr C. P. Skeirritt, K.C 1,, Wellington, and Messrs T. Cotter and 0* Nliicihiolson, .Aluckland, w.ll appear on behalf oif the petitionei-s, and Mr A. •S. Adams, of iDunedin, for the ivspondents. Tt is understood that the hearing of the oase will occupy fully a. week. The first airship passenger service i-a the world will, according to the plans of the Aerial jNla.v.gation Ooiupany <be opened on May 1 next cetween Biostoni and iNlew. Yiork. The company hais leased two- acres of laud at Bloston for the erection of a terminal station, and tlhe construction oi' a fleet off airships has already begu.i. Captain ißlalldwim, who built tlie new dirigible for the .American Goveriment, will superintend- the construction of the ajirsthitps. iDetails of their plans .aire kept secret. Ami •advesrfciseuiient in the Otago Daily; Times ipunis (or rather, marches witihi-stately stride) as •follows:—----"Wiamted, lady cook, k'tclieumiaid kept;; salary £1 par week." The day of the patrician potnuwi, the nw>to<ring milliner, the dashing dustman (able 'to waltz), the oontnalto charwoniiaini, the golfing groom, Mid the baritone buitlor is (counuienits Ohristohurch IVuith) diTwning fast. "Wages" have given place to "salaries," and by-a^id-byei Peroival, the jnodding plougjlwujaiU!, and Dorothea, the draggled daiiynmid, will require cheques for the auijoiuntt of thtiir stipends to be forwarded to their resipective postal addresses.