LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18466, 5 December 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

1 » ! Amongst others included in flfoe j iofiiE ballot is Mr E.-Page, S.M. We diirieot our leaders' attention to Mr. W. ■ Wood's replace advett'tifeement in this iswiie. v Yesterday afteinoon., from 2' to 5, the electricity examinations' were : held, at the School of Mines. The Hai*bour Board last might carried a reisolution to vbe present at the opening of the Ngatea Bridge on the 13th. inst. , ( : The nqpoart of Sir Joseph .Ward's visit to Tui'uia isi on page 1, and on ■ page 4 will be found a mesisiagei froan j the Minister for Defence an relaititon to leave for the, troops 1.

A Pretsia Association) massage states that a Gazette! Exti-aorddnary was issued last night by which bonk notes hay© been made legal tender until 31st December, 1922. Mr W. Scott has a replaec im this'! issue, re hie well-known central stores, where he states e>very~Christmas want can be supplied. A Press Association message from* Hamilton st-si.teusi that a married womain manned Wood lias been missing sinoei Friday, lamd 'no trace of her can be found. The worst is feared, ac she 'has, been mentally depressed far some time.

At the oipening of the meeting; of the Harboui-., Board last night, the, chairman .warmly welcomed Mr. Scott back to their meetings ..after his recent illness, ; and; congratulated him on his recovery. Mr, Scott thanked the chairman .for liisi remarks. . ;< Mr: A. Coua-t wa& last night appointed to representi the IJarbour Board on the Technical School Committee.- It was resolved to accept the invitation of the committee to attend''the exhibition of work of tihe students. Our Auckland correspondent) 'forwards the latest ■ share quotations as follows,:—'Sales: Junction' 15ls 9d, Auckland Gas 275. Buyers: Sylvia 44d,, Occidental 2'd, Crmvn 3|d, Rising; Sun 2s Bd, _Waihi 36,s 3d, JunctioTi 15,s 6d, Waihi-Paea-oa 10s.

The weather forecast' is as fol-

lows: —'The "indication® are for east-

erly winds moderate tK> strong and backing 1 by east to north. Expect warm and humid conditions with increasing haze and cloudiness. The barometer has a. falling tendency. Seae rough. Tides good, with swell on the coast. The usual monthly meeting of tlie> Thamesi Harbour Board was held last. night, ■ there being present Messrs. Potts (chairman), ; Law, Wanie, Gilmour,' Scott,' Laugihlm, Stanley and Court.; Correspondence' outward was approved, and inward correspondence received. The Harbour Master's: report was adopted. It was decided to vote a guinea to the Shipwrecked''Seamen's Society. The Board resolved that the chairman and secretary sign cheques for payment of wages on Christmas Eve. The next meeting of the board will b© held on the second Tuesday in January. Referring! to. .jrecetatl . prosecutions of launch owners 1 foi\ plying for hire ■with uncertificated launches, a. very strong; opinion was expressed by several: members of the Harbour Board last night that no matter whether passengers) paid or ware, carried free, the board should take steps to regulate the traffic, and limit the number, of passengers that a launch should carry. -No motion was, however, submitted ' on, the question.

There have been several cases of typhoid in. the hospital lately, and git, present two Parawui residents, aueband and wife, are both in the> institution suffering from this disease. The question of sewerage is persistently ■ kept in the background, while this disease, which is. one of the chief results of out present ineffective ..methods of sanitation, is allowed to.claim its victims. When will the local bodies concerned wake up to a proper sense of their responsibility ?

..Franca has a,t last decided to tacikfe the da-ink, problcim. Ou September 2'p"the Clitunbea- of Deputies passed a Bill to check driinkenjiiass in public placesl, which, having al-' rieady passed the Senate, now beooimeß a law. The Bill has been back and forward betivnaeai the tHvo houses for more than two years. The measuro provides that auyone found in- ( toxioated in the streets, in saloons., or public places shall be fined from ono to five francs for the first of- j foaice, and impnso'njnent for three'•' days ana the mtixiraum penalty foi"i the second otfeaice 'within 'a yean-! after the nrtst. Thosei incurringl four convictions within three years may be ■ deprived of tho rigli^'to yotey-w, to by elected to office), to carry ainnis. to serve-aa jurors, and "may ' also be deprived of parental rights!-over chil- •' drem. The^laititer clause vmet with the ' greatest opposiitdon. , i