NEWSY PARS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10126, 8 December 1911, Page 2

NEWSY PARS.

LOOAL AND GENERAL j i The thanks of Mr T. W; Rhodes,' M.P., and Mr EL Hi. Taylor, appear in this issue. < To-day's weather forecast: Strong westerly gale with winds freshening, • hazy and cloudless weather incre.is- j ing with a change following, for_ a ; storm area appears to he approcbSng from the wsstward; glass falling after 16 hours;'tides good, sea moderate, j A telepram has been received from j Major-General Bower, commanding ' the Aibor expedition at Kobo. stating i that the weather is still very wet and . * threatening, jincM:liat the river has I risen ten feet, a""thing that not hap-' £ pened at this time of year for the j last 25 years. The health of the troops is' good. p Mr Wm, Moraii, the unfortunate \ victim of the mining accident which ' resulted in the total loss of his 'ight, , and who is the* recipient of the Humane Society's medal for his brave rescue of his mate, Mr E&wards, at Bowentown returned last week from his old home, east coast of Net ; South Wales. While at his home particulars! of the rescue from drowning in the surf in New South Wales, 1 on the same date as the Bbwentown occurrence here were i-elated to him Briefly,' a party of six got into difticulties while bathing* in the suirf. A daring attempt at rescue was made by a tatTe fellow who dived off the cliff.'A moment later the water-wor | dyed with blood, and'half of his body was seen shooting up to the surface of the water, the-unfortunate man having been bitten in two by a shark. Mounted men then attempted to.'affect a rescue, but only one succeeded"'in ..getting! 'through'the surf, andrthat was John Morari, the father of the hero of TJowcntown. He and 2 his horse were the means of saving four out of the six, the othef two being drowned. , Writing to a, Wjaih resident from - London, "Long Orive" Walker comments on mining matters in his usual • characteristic manner as follows; "In this letter I am not pretending to write you fully all my hopes and fears in regard to what I may—or may i not —'be, able to do here in the vay '' . of dealing with capitalists. Mfining is quite out of fashion and out of iavour. These' are remarkably shy creatures, at the best of times, and as this country is in trouble, with dissatisfied labour, Home (ftule,. and gifeat constitutional questions, the money bird is more than' usually cunning; as to who it trusts with its investments. Moreover, France, Germany, Italy, and Turkey, also the heathen Chin key, all have chosen the present your wherein to settle up- old scores, hence it is that liiy task is more than usually difficult. However, in riew of all good news from both Waihi aud the Grand junction, 'I am bold in my hope of soon meeting men able and willing to buy me and my goods at about my own, price. My health is — real good, except that my old L-gs are not so limber as in days of old. Plen.r<? ■ nsk the miner* and the union ~ vo bear with me patiently. Pam doinpf my best to set work goingi from one end to tho other of the estate, !* and will succeed or die fighting." W. S Wylie's annual and genuine gift sale h!aa now commenced. Good goods, valuable gifts, extraordinai-y good values.—Advt.