LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10129, 11 December 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day's weather forecast; Strong northerly wind -with winds freshening and hazy and unsettled and cloudy weather increasing; glass fall after 16 hours; "tides' good, sea moderate. Itere Watt, a young son of Mr J. Wiatt, of Pollen St., met with an accident the other day as the result .»£ which he broke hia arm. With the corrected figures so fur to hand we made it that the votes cast for Dominion prohibition were 21,600 short of the required throefifths majority. These figures are, however, subject to alteration as the official returns are available. The weights for the yarious evevits on the first day of the Thames Jookey Club's summer meeting; which have, just 'been declared by Mir Bjo'bert Wynyard, handicapper, appear in this issue, having been telegraphed from Auckland by our "special" to-day. A|s>ked how it was that. some l;id.; had Ijeen siuuuioned for not registering under the military training scheme, the Hon. D l. OBuddo, spjukin«' at Papanui on Friday night, replied that they had now got suiiioient' for defence purposes, and no more prosecutions would follow. A Thames resident who has just returned from Auckland states tfiat public opinion in Auckland, is said to be much ! concerned with the threatened tram strike, and the prospect, of Ajuckland 'being rendered a tramless; :city during the Ohristmas festivities'is generally deplored. i Two men, Thomas Mundy and Jack 1 Wtolfe (who did not appear) were called at the court this morning on a charge of committing a breach of " the peace on the wharf at Tairua. The charge against .Mundy was dis- ' miesed and Wolfe "Was ordered to pay costs amounting to £5 13s. . Thames shares were in better demand to-day. Wiaiotahis, which are firm, sold at; 5s 2d. May Queens saw business at 2!s 3d and appear to be steady at that figure.' Occidentals g were more active than usual and_ wo •learn that some goodly parcels changed handis at Is lid, Is lOid, and. is lid and there are buyer® Is 10u. Moanataiaris were done at lOd, lid, and lOd, and othei" lines were in demand at late quotations. At the Takapuna races on Sacurday MJiss Livonia, ridden by O'Sheu, son of Mr J. CFShea, of Thames, won the Cautley Handicap after a splendid race, Lady Dot being second and Lucille ihivd. A special telegram r<i- • ceived states that a protest was lodged against the winner on the ground of crossing, but the stewards dismi.<!ifc ed the protest. Young Oi'Shea is , said to be a veiy promising lad, and i should be heard of again. . At the Police 'Court this morning { two children named Ruby aaid Maud ■ Jackson, aged 6 and 3 years respectively, .were committed to the Aujkland Industrial School. They had been living, ou the charity of gum-' diggers at Whangamata;, the mother having been deserted by her hus{band. The Magistrate (Mr Burgess) ■ thought that they should be sent where they would get attention and so committed them to the industrial school. Some startling rumours are in circulation apropos of the Thames election and the local option poll, and it is ipro'bjiiMe that if the identity of those .responsible for certain allegations can be ascertained-' the matter will not be allowed to rest at the pro sent stage. Innuendo and suggestion are calculated to set rumours afloat and may do considerable harm to innocent persons. If any serious charges are to be made they should be made directly and not made by suggestion. We are pleased to note the arrival per R.M.S. Cbrinthic of Mr Froi Wanner, of Leicester, England, relative of our well known townsman, Mr H. J. Silcocks. Mir Warner with his wife and family will be settling down in Thames we hope, and as they come with, an excellent reputation for help- ; ingt any good cause, they are assured of a. hearty welcome amongst us. Before leaving, the Corinthic at Wellington Mir c "Warner was the recipient ' of a handsome silver teapot, suitably . inscribed, from his fellow passengers, , as a mark of their sincere appreciation of his efforts to alleviate the miseries of a most unpleasant voy 'age; they having experienced almost ■ continuous bad weather throughout the trip. The secretary (Mr J. Kernick) of the Thames Chamber of Oommeice has directed the attention of the Traffic Manager Railway Depart.- . ment, Auckland, to a matter of public- interest as follows: "I am direct- ; ed by my Chamber to again brm^ under your notice the necessity of having better connection between the j Thames and the Main Trunk express , at Frankton. My Chamber quite recognises the importance of not infcor- . fering with the time-table of the , early down train from Te Aioha, hut ] if your Department would allow th.-. , train leaving Thames at i p.m. to gp right through to Frankton and j to return at a suitable hour affijv , the a rival of the express so as to connect with the early down train from Te Ai'olia, a satisfactoiy connection J | with both the outward and inward ■ expresses would be obtained and an increased traffic would result there- < by. I have to point out that the returns of jour Department would be : hardly a fair criterion on which t<> j judge of the importance .of this con- c neeKon. Owing to the delay at Frankton, probably the greater iramber of passengers prefer to return j to Thames via Auckland.? nud like- f| wfle <the inconvenience pf the out- " ward connection by the Svi'd c-.it' .■ must be taken into^ consideration m estimating this service." -. . . 0