AUSTRALIAN WOOL RETURNS

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18384, 4 July 1917, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN WOOL RETURNS

MELBOURNE, July 4

An order has been issued requiringl returns to be furnished of all imappraised stocks of greasy, n ashed, and scoured wool. —A. and .\.Z. Cable.

We regret to chronicle the death on June 3, ait the Thames llospital, of Mr T. E. E. Worsley, aged 3^ years.

Our Auckland correspondent forwards the latest Share quotations, aa follows; Sales : Waihi 345. 9d, South British 1255. Buyers: Kuranui id. Occidental 3d, WaiotaM ad, Rising Sun Is Bd, Talisman 2a, Waihi 34s 6d, Junction 14s.

The weather forecasib is a» follows : — The indications are for westerly winds strong to gale. The weather 1 will probably prove very boisterous. Rain probable. Barometer falling. Sea rough; tides moderate off shore.

Tender* will be received at the Thames Burough Council Chambers, up till noon, Monday, 9th July, for clearing' the Karaika. Creek channel. •Specifications m;iy be seen at the Council's office, Albert Street. A notice under the Hauraki PasK.nl Lease Regulations for the issue of a lease appears in this issue. Any objection or objections to the application) must be lodged in writing at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, and copies thereof served upon tHe Warden of Thames and the applicant, within thirty days of the date of the publication of 'the notice. There passed away at Tararu the other day one of our most respected old identities in the person of Mrs Margaret Bryson Wells. She had been ailing for the past six months, and bore her trials as befitted one of her kindly and noble disposition. Mrs Wells had been a resident of Thames for the past .50 years, and has endeared herself to her many acquaantnees, who will sincerely regret her demise. She teaves behind her «ix daughters, three sons, 42 grandclriiaron. and two great grand-children. Mrs Welle had reached the age of 68 years, and up to the time of her late illness had been an exceptioma'ly healthy person. The funer-a'l was attended by a large /iumlx?»r of personal friends and relatives.