LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10421, 14 May 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

TEe tßtev. Ba,t«s telegraphs: "Southerly moderate to stiiong: winds; glass rise slowly; tides low ; aeia moderate; probaibiLy very cold night.'

Aj meeting of the Goldfieilds Ea-jt Coast Railway Committee will lie held at the ©orougfo Ctaundl Chanir bers this 1 evening at 7.30.

Despite the la.teness of the season Tet Ai-oha is still enjoying a fairly busy time, at goodly nuiuiber ol' tourists visiting the town.

Mr - Waiwsooi, thairman, amd Mr Kneebono, diiicctoirr are at present at Thames amd paid a visit to the Saxon mine to-day.

Owing to ne'cessniry repah's to the Oauinity road having been recently effected the cyclists yesterdiay had rather a "rmiffh" time when running the road racie. Some of them in dodging, tihie inet«l putting up quite an artißtic performance.

Mr E. H. Taylor, M.P., is at present palling a 'visit to Coromaindel and the 'bnokblodks in oii'deu- that he •niay ge* a fuiltor knowledge of the requirement* of- the district. Mr Taylor interviewed! the Ooromamdei County Council yesterday. The iNeW Zealand Tiu:es says that Madaniie Melba has consented to give' a seriea qf to Mir Nelson* mins^rorth, the wfall known sculptor of Wellington. The Thames Volunteers and the Battalion B'a.nd »re g,oing to Oor> mandler on Saturday week, 22nd inst.,' to engage in ai shooting; contest-with the Coromandel.iß.ines, AI well -aitteanded social wias held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Richmond; St., last night. There was a good; attenda.nicie and dancers had an en-| joyalble time. Oood miusiio was pro-; vided by Williams' orchestra^ ; Nothing oomes amiss to the light-; fingered fraternity 1. The other day, a nuan on theiPalmerstom, 'Month raco aau,r9e left his icitunera for a few minutes. On his return to the place he found that some thief had extracted the lens. The following) is the result of the jweniile cycling rwri r"?e, run yes^erday afternoon fro— Kirikiri bridge to Parawaa, a. distance of abouit five miles: <R. Johnston 1, C. Mielgjren 2. G. iSbHivan 3. It was a good face, the aomipetitorsi being bunched! nearly aMI the way im, Johnston winning by: aibout five yatds.

A number of friends of the Rev. J. J. Blight, who by the way wish to remain, anonymous, showed then" sympathy with him in his illness in ai very practiiciajl way yesterday, by presenting him, through . Rot. Cole, with a purse of. sovereigns and requesting him to spend the contents on a good holiday.

Our 1 Te Aroha correspondent writes that the country round about ;he Gordon is looking extremely wall just now. There is plenty of feed; and tha supply of milk a,t the creamery has been keeping up remarkably well. It is eipedted'that thet season will run on well into the middle of next, month.

A seTies of wintei- socials under the auspices of Lo^ge Dominion (Druids) was initiated last night, at the Miners' Union Hall, when, to the music of CHiarke's orchestra dan'cnng was indulged in by a goodly number. There was good "comipetition in the euchre contest, while) the refreshments supplied were enjoyed; by aill.

The financial system relaitdng to teohnicail education: was referred to the meeting of tlxe Eiduidaifcion Board, as being on a miost unsati&faictoiy ■basis. Th,e iinicamfii wa© entirely dppenden* uipon the capitation grant, ainH wiliieax a falling off owowred- in the attendanco of sfatdtents the. De.partmeinta,! funds were seriously nffeotedl.

"There am woman doing things tnat you! on I would not do fur £.5000 i a said Dr. Mason, in eulogising femaia n^irscs at Nelson. It wia®,. ha said, the innate gentleness of woman that madei them, more satisfactory nurses than men. In spits of what one or two members of the Bloardl remarked, he said if he. were iM he wouldl prefer a female nurse.

Mr and M|rs *9andeirs haive the pupilsl of flh'e various sqhools in full praiatioe for their annual concert in aid of Dr. Bkim.ardo"s Homes, which eivent will take iplaoe about the second weeik in Juinie. L&sfc year sufßoient was raised to send a boy to Canada and it is hoped this year's effort will prove equally if not more sudoessful.

Th© danger of putting lighted cigarettes and pipes in one's pocket, a -hiaibit frequ^ratly indulged in by smokers, was again' accentuated the other day, when a gentleman, who was going down Pollen street was insformied that thei sidei .of hisj ooat was on fire. The flame was quickly extinguished, and no damage, except several, holes being burnt in his clothe®, was done.

The Reiv. Oole says the alimatie conditions of New Zealand and A.ustrlailia are suoh as to tempt young people into the open and away from, the old: hearthstones, consequently there is a dianger of the home love waning: This,' in his opinion, ricoounts in a great measure for the largie amoun.t of freedom possessed bj younsr people of ■ to-day as compared with "that of a generation or two ago

Last night tffte Rev. Cole warned the people against getting an overdose of social legislation. lie referred to the faoE that in Yiotorifa. when, a man gets up in years, if he si to obtain work he ha& to ask to be allowed fco work at a lower wage. He considered this wais- miakinig it iai sin tobe old, arid was carrying legislation too. far.. Almionigsti 'his pictures Mr. Col© showed Si'nunvber of these men engagedi in, mat making; at 'an Institution in connection with his mission and saidthat this was how these were kept from, 'being a 3rag on ■the. State and were enia-bledi to earn their own.

Quite a sensation was caused at Whang'arei over 1 the disappearance of Frederick Johni Hansen, who loft his home at Kuikohe on January '3th. He rode to "Wihangarei, where ha lefthis horse. Shortly after this ho dashed! cheques at a. 'bank in Abeklaind. Since then all trace of him is lost, and his relatives are alarmed, it being feared he maty h«we mlet with fduil play. At Heller's entertainment the other 1 daiy the question, was asked what had become of the missing man, amd Mlada.me Heller painted a; very vividi picture ol him being rolbbed and murdered in a boat and his body being thrown overboard. On hearing the description a lady' im the audienic© wass seized with a violent attack of hyaterial, and had to Ye ciarried out. Madame did not say what had! "baciomei of the- two men, and the effect on the audience was sucjh as to clause, somei present " to question, .whether siueb. performiaacee should be permitted.

According to all accounts the Wciiihou settlement is progressing by leaps and ■bounds, and ,pro&peiits there a>re exceedingly bright. The simple and common diseases are those tihat baiffle the doctor; ancl the ciouimoneßt at this moment is influenza. Kb doctor can givje any advice about inifluenze 'bub the advice to give way to it. Go to bed! Not even the ordu^^y cold can be cured, tffter centuries of research. And the frankest doctor on, reword, ' when consulted—at ai dimnetf partly—-, by the question what would you <io ( when you had) a bad cough- He thought for a. few secjonds, and then ( replied truthfully, "I should oough." " iAI man engaged a cab at the Hotel ( Australia (Sydney) the other night { and went to the station mi it; but when he got out he left a case containing £1500 worth of jeiweJlery on tihe seat. .Be missed it soon, after-j wards, but the oab had gone. A con- j Btaible was notdfied, andi the man 'vho , had left such valuable possessions in \ a oaib went on. to Melbourne. Tlie polioeimain c^itme into the city, searched! along several cab ranks, and was rewarded by. finding the oa.se where it had b&ecn. dleposited.