NEWSY PARS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10186, 9 April 1912, Page 2

NEWSY PARS.

♦ LOCAL AND GENERAL. —*. —

The total investmente at the Auck- , laaid meeting for the two days were £68,917, which ia in excess of the amount put through during the threa ! days' racing of last year. An Auckland telegi'am states: A 1 large force, of police late this afternoon raided three places of reputed betiting establishments and made wholesale arrests roughly estimated at fifty. ', Details of the racing at the second day of the Auckland meeting will be found on our fourth, page, also the report of the first day's racing at CHiristchurch. At the Auckland meeting none of the local horses secured winning brackets, all being included in the "also started" division. i i I The annual meeting of the Thames ! Eiugjby Union will be held at an early date. Secretaries of clubs are asked to call their clubs together so a,s to ensure an . early start. Football pro- ' mises to be very successful this sea- ; «ou and the matches will be followed ■ ; with great interest. We have already reminded stock , owners that the season for dipping ! sheep ended on the 30th April. That 1 the warning was a timely one is indicated by the fact that some prosecutions, under the Stock Act, for ' bringing sheep affected with lice to ' the Hikutaia sal© yards are now pen'l- ' ing. 1 j For tlie purpose of electing a. M'ayov 1 for the Borough of Thamse, an eleS- ' tion will be held on" "Wednesday, 2ich ' April. The day for the nomination of ■ candidates' for such office ha® been ap-i ' l pointed as Wednesday, April 17th, , ' before noon, at the Council office, ; 1 Albert street. ' . i Some Thames residents who yester- ' ' '. day journeyed, down the coast report i seeing a large shark on more : har. ' one occasion. It was close inshore and ' appeared to be one of good dimeii- ' sions. Those who contemplate a dip in the briny should therefore not " venture too' far out, or "they might re- • turn minus part of their anatomy— and they mightn't return at all! i ' i At the Australian Jockey Club's ' meeting Lord won the Flying, Cider ■ the Champagne Stakes, Saxonite ihe ' principal event, the Sydney Oup, Sel- ■ dom (a New Zealand horse) the First " Steeplechase, iElystar the First "NHir--1 seiy and Time Spec the Local H&ndi--1 cap. At the Otikaparinga meeting Per- " uvian won ,the Cup,- while Vanguard ' scored in the Great Easter Steeplechase. U The County Engineer (JVIr R, H. J " ; Muir) in his report at the last meeting of the County Council, stated that in ? all the ridings general repair and ; clearing worlt had been carried oi.t, ! • tlie chief work being removal of slips i brought down by the recent hea-'y 1 rains. The water race received t li« • special care and attention of tha takera to avoid* a break, bufc despre 1 the bad weather, little or no damage was done. i i Motor cars are dangerous to dou;, as more than one local resident «-.s----1 certained of late. In one case the kuri wais safety tied up in the yard, -mit being liberated iby an alleged friend of the family the animal went out on the street and courted death until ifc reached him j>er medium of the r.utomobile. 'In another ease the owner of the car slew his own dog so that he> could not blame himself, but put. ihe fatality down to a faulty carburetter! ! We understand from a. represent.vtive of a small party of prospectois . operating in the east of Thames that , they have discovered a- new reef which assays well. Details have been forwarded to Wellington, where the syndicate financing the prospectoris. has its head-quarters. It is intended to break the quartz out, and endeavour to convey it to Thames, to have it crushed. The reef is said to be lit wide and assays shows the port'.oa trenched over to 'be highly payable. Considerable interest was manifested in a triangular contest between, local motor launches which took placeyesterday. It was. a. trial of speed between the John Kennedy, and the new boat just builfc by Messis Douslin and Kennedy, togetV-.r with Mr El. Payne's launch. The course was from Shortland to the fairway buoy and back, the distance being approximately 14 miles. It proved a splendid contest and was watched with considerable interest by a large number of interested spectators. For the greater part of the li* tanoo the boats kept well together, but the John .Kennedy proved itself on this occasion at any rate to be the fastest boat and alnid cheers reached, home 'before the now boat Needless to say owner and builder were -oniplimented and loudly acclaimed -A . their popular win. I