LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13818, 7 October 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The i7th Rednforoements commenc© concen.tra.tion to-morrow. f . •■• ' ■ » :' . . A copy of the Hauraiki Drainage Board's balance-sheet for the ' year ended Mlarch 31, 1918, appears on page 1. The Farmers' Auctioneering Co. will conduct a horse sale at Morrinsville to-morrow, when they .will offer for sale" 100 horses of all classes. The ertction of tht- Patetong-a, wharf and sheds is. proceeding arpace. The .■..framework is ■ completed, and tho piles havei bean driven in posi- J tiow. ■-„.' . ■ .' ' The Hauraki Pla."nts faa-ms aa*e looikdng partioulariy well at pd-esent. Feed is comingl away well. A very large increase in Jie area, under dultivation is nob:ced this year. , Patetonga is at the present time moving ahead faster than any other part of the HauraEi Plains. New up-to-date bungalows are now in course of erection, and signs of pio^ gress are everywhere noticeable. Many people availed themselves of the fine weather yesterday to visit the Ilauraki Plains. Mr Kerby's line launch Ahiki carried a, large complement of passenigiars. The visitoi"s returnied at 7.30 last evening, after hairing spent a veiy pleasiajnti day with their friends on. the Plains. While, a ■youth' was playing 1 football at the local racecourse on Sat^ urday,. some contemptible individual took the 'opportunity to rifle the clothes' of the player..: It was-'for-tunate' that the yoiuth did not take an.ythingt of value Vith him. The thieif gained only one shilling by hi® moain enterprise* '. ■ T(he Hauraki Brass Band rendered a selected programme of music under the conductorship of Mr A. Williams, near the Karafoa. Bridge, Pollen Street, on Saturday night. The music was excellently given. The (programmes occasionally played in the streets and park by tjhe local, bands are greatly 'appreciated by the public. . i • The Thames Fisiheries Ltd give notica that oAving to extension of ' business retaiil sales oi fifth from tfoa Queen St. works Avill be discontinued from Ootobsa- 12v I'h'dei's will be received at the works as foeireitofona, and reio.il customers are requested to note *ha.t reguiai", supplies of fresh amd mioked' fish^^gpl^ill 1 be obta.ina.ble dauly at the PoJJen St. shop. 4 - .„ „r A semi.-pfiic!al ' presentation was made after the sitting of the Military Service Board at Te Awamutu^when Mr., A. Rosser presented to SergeantMajor lßentley a ihechanioal pjatchbax, inva.pipieciation of those jovial sportsmanlike qualities ihe had so prominently displayed in his travels, and which had so>. greatly relieved the monotony of the Board's winter travelling. The recipient, in acknowledging tihe gift, jocularly 'styled Mr. Rosser f*the' benzine Iking," and added lids' appreciation of this latest mechanical contrivance, whffch. Mt. Rosser had devised. He assured thinrthat he would treasure the gift as an emiblemi of the hearty goodwill tiliat existed and as showing the high degree of mechanical skill in the many uses to which ibenzine can be put. An incident bearing all £he elements of a mean and despicable attempt to <Jo an injury to a young woman, employed in a Wellington ibusines*. estaiblislhment has under the notice of the Hospital au-" thorities, and has- caused them a good deal of concern. The young woman was recently discliarged from tihe Hospital, after being cured of diphtheria.. Soon after sh© had resumed her business duties her employer received a message from someone purporting to be an official of the institution, warning him that she was a carrier of the disease for which she had been recently under treatment. Enquiries at the Hospital, ihowever, proved that the , message wae unofficial, the authoauties deny - inig connection with the information. This effort on the part of some person with an animus against tihe young lady to prejudice her in the eyes of her eniplbyer and officeworkers is being investigated with a view to further proceedings.