LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18325, 26 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

J Though^ for to-day: Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.— Shakespeare. It was stated toy the Hon. W.D.S. MaeDonald at Ma&tetrton that he believed eertaan pea-sons in tihe South ; Island were askiingi 7s 6d a busihei for " wiieat. It is understood (says the Dunedin "Star") th% the pi Jioe paid' by an oversea firm for the Antarctic expedition ship • Aurora,, which was sold at Sydney Tecently, was £6000. At the Police Court tihifi morning, before Mr T. B. Handler, .T.P., a ma.n named Edward Brown, who was drunik in Kirfawood St. the previous day wias fined 10s and 2s costs. A special meeting of the committeeof the Auckland Fishermen's and Trawlers' Union, Thames Branch, will be held in the Miner's Union Hall at 6 p.m. to-niigiht. All members are requeued to attend. It might have been a coincidence, or it might have been a carefully prepared item. Be this as it may, while- Mr Rhodes was speaking at the Kopu Paddy's Market ' yesterday, and making some patriotic remarks, the band outedde struck up '"'The Red, White, and Blue." Other items were excellently given by the bond. ■ Nearly 2000 Boy Scouts were constantly employed by the Adlnair-alty-in watehang 1 the British coasts last yer, says an excihangp. Since the war tibia Admiralty ha« paid for therir subsista/nce (but not for their help which is gratuitous*) aver £111,000. The Haute have suibBcribedi nearly ,£6OOO to provide six motor ambulances, tforee recreation huts, and two marquees in Frame©. Notice is «iven tliat the shares- in the Tairua Broken Hills G.M. Co. Tbrfeitedi for non-payment; of call payable on March 9th will be offered for sale by public auction by Mesisra R. C. Carr and Son at their auction mart, Swanson St., Auckland, on Friday,. May 4, at 11 a.m. unices the said call, together with calls made on March 2Gth, be paid fo the secretary on or before the previous day. The Thames Dominfion Boy Scouts, under Promncial; Commilstsiioner W. H., Nowitnii. H.S.K.. paraded yesterday. The eldior boys of 39 scouts. wieie u-nd'er S.M 1. ZaeaLer and 2 officers, *wid the j union .boys, niiiinberincr 24 scouts under S.M. E. Hardiman. Fortv-tihtiee ciirTDenoe .scouts-and 4offioers paraded under Chief S.M. Hlairfce. ' Tlie 'D^tridt; Cfwrntmander. Dr. LaTtmiifk'. wa* pnesemt wn't'h tihe ratu'ivned mien,. People who Bancy that whan peace vis dedjwied .tliere will be a. Niiaaara oi tourists let Loose on Eu.rop'e am that EugHshmien can a,t' onco visit the Comtiuent as of yore, a-i-e living in a fool's j>amadivse, remarks. London OpiTiiioii'. For many a. long; yea,r th*n*e will be pa&spo^t regulations in vqaue, ,and the mene fact of the *flioirtn.<re of 'sJrippi'ng: and hoted acconiinoclaitii'Oin hea-o—«is well as tilie conibinitied higjh price of food —will opei-a.te as a.n effeot.mal bar to the trippea' to on- from the tight little island. Peace will mean the stoppage of slaughter but wa.r conditions will continue in rno^t other respects for a long tame. The roll of honour unveiled at St.. George's Church last night contained the following nam«;si: Nurses K. J. Harris and Hawkins, Lieut. Slay, fiieui. E. A. Ellis, Sergt, R. H. Thayer, Corporals H. Higgine, 11. A. Joyce, Gunner L. H. Grant, Sapper R. M. Rhodes, Rifleman J. Culpan, Privates W. J. S. Johnstone, 11. Baker, A^ H. Cowles, H. S. Clinker, N. J. Waite, P. MoNcdce,.C. A. MeNeioe, R. L. Peanwn, E. T. Price, A. Wells, L. Lowe, T. Chiklorhouse, E. Payne, G. A. Garry, S. ,(l. Gany, «T. A. Gan-y, L. M. Garry, E. Jamieson, A. Strong, H. B. Chariton, J. R. ' Charlton. The roll was unveiled with musical honours, the organist playing, a ver^e of tJie National Anthem, in which the congiregaifcion joined. This week's specials at Gahasran's. Just arrived direct from the manufacturers splendid. range of ladies' blanket, covert, and gabardine raincoats. These are wry special lines and well worth your inspection. All sizes and prices to suit all. At Gahagan's, late Wylie's.—Advt. [f a statement is trae, and is certified Fo accept it as such is a wise thing, to do; [t is futile to argue and wrangle and doubt [f there's nought to wrangle and argue about. 1 you suffer from coughs, bronchitis, «r cold, ?eek relief at the druggists where "Woodses" is sold; L gjad restoration to health you'll assur», f you ask for Woods' Peppermint Cure.