LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10287, 8 January 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thought for to-day ■'-— flapplness grows at our own firesides and is noi to be picked in strangers' gardens.—Douglas Jerrold. There will be a Total eclipse of the moon this evening. . A large number of friends and relatives went as far as Paeroa, with tlw boys who left for camp on Saturday and returned to Thames by the 1-afo train; ■''"'. Mr Theodore Roosevelt intends vie itingi -Fiji early this year. ; Accompan ied by Mrs. Roosevelt, -he will leav< on the trip, which will also includ< Hawaii, and Samoa, on February '. or >6, We regret to report the death o Mrs Con. -Little, who died at tb Thames Hospital on Saturday after ; very short illness. Mrs Little is tht youngest daughter of Mrs E. S. Rsu and the late W. G. Rae (late of tin Clarendon Hotel, Auckland). De ceased was aged 23 years. ■■:■■■*■ A locomotive engineer, . a railway mail : clerk, a' tubmender, a court re porter, and 'men in mining; camps as well as'lawyers and school teachers are enrolled as students of Latin am Greek by- the University, of Wiscon sin's correspondence course. The en gineer says that he is ■studying Lath for pleasure. Teachers of physic and. of mathematics admit that the] feel'the heed of ' a cultural study afte; much concentration on "things." Tb girl who mendws tubs, wants to reai Virgil. - Thus do non-academic foil hunger for that which so many colle gians now affect to depreciate. The To Aroha News complains' th'a bowlers competing in the Te Arohi tournament have shown a surpris:n< lack of'courtesy towards the , score •t-ary and'" the Press. The' secretar; designed' a method of ' keepincr . tin scores which is simplicity itself v.. bu has been- nullified by the failure o competitors, to hand in their card .aifteV each game. Surely, bowler: realise tihat -a. secretary's job is not ai easy one without these little troubles and that-, the Press cannot dance at-tendance-on them all day lon.™ Fo our part, we are heartily sick of it Tf bowlers had to pay adverlisin rates for -their publicity maybe the: would pay- more heM tio the matter The Te-Aroha bowlers are -just. a. much to-blame as the visitors. The death of an infant in particu lai*ly distressing circumstances is re ported from Ball'a.rat, Victoria.. Th< child, which-wais' nine months old had beerr ailing, for about a week from what was supposed to have beei the effect&jof teething, but later examinations, ishowed that t!he illness o: the child was caused by some heac trouble. When the body was iyina in the coffin prior to internment c member of the household noticed :i movement of one of the eyelids. Or. the. lid being raised a. centipede wa,< discovered.'. It is supposed tia.t it entered the ear of the child while ii was laisleop undter ia. tree • in a perambulator, and then burrowed its wa,v upwards into the brain, finally ■ emerging near the eye. The child died in great agony. < A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian tells tlhe following- delightful war story:— ■*"! called the other day to see a wounded officer in Hampshire. The hospital is a wing of a mansion built on a hill-top, . and the approaches to it-are slopes- covered with chestnuts and beeches and pines. Standing at a window of one of the wards, I became .interested ia what was happening in the drive below. ; 'Anything doing there?' the officer asked. 'Only a nurse pushing an invalid chair up the slop©,' I answered- 'She seemed to find heavy work, but an old lady is now helping to> push, and they are coming up nicely. The invalid's graiwlmoilier, perhaps?' The officer came to the window. * Grandmother?' he exclaimed softly. 'That's not his grandmother. That's the dear lady who runs this show—the Empress Eugenic.' " Just arrived in time for season, new shipment of Gent's lovely ties, also large assortment of boxed suits equal 4o tailor made* Prices range from 60s to 77s 6d. We-also specialise in silk shirts, silk pyjamas, boaters, and Panamas. Call and inspect them at Gahagan's Quality Store, late Wylie's.—Advt. There has been fierce fighting in Roumania. Sharland's Magnesia is particularly soothing when the digestion is disturbed and there is a nasty taste in tbe mouth.—Advt. "To be safe never fee?) wire."— Old Proverb. In tin* l of peace prepare for war— id timf of health prepare to ward off the enemy disease! In summer weather most people are susceptible to chills and the resulting coughs and colds, therefore a bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver should be kept handy in home, shop, or office. "Baxter's" has stood the test of 50 years; and is still the favourite with people who recognise real merit. Large bottles, Is lOd, sold everywhere.—Advt. For washing ladies' muslin and print dresses and all summer finery, '■No Rubbing Laundry Help* is best. No rubbing required and guaranteed not to injure the most delicate, article. —Xdvt.