LOCAL & GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15119, 4 January 1922, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

TEe boy scout, Et Griace, who met with an injury ah Pimi the other day Is nowi back in camp, practically well. The police have in their possession two bicycles and a gold brooch, for whom they Wish to find the owners. Advice has been received by the Paeroa police that the launch which was overglue af the Bay of Islands, had reached Its delation, safely. The Scout camp at Puru will break up t>n Thursday. The arrangements have been l&dndrable and! no effort baa been spared |tf make the camp a success. The scoutmasters state that Puru is an ideal situation and the outing'has done a lot of gob'd fo the ICO hoys in their charge. Don’t hesitate to use Nazol freely especially by constant inhalation. It protects the mouth, nose and throat from infection. Good for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, etc.—-Advt.

None of the games & progress in the chess tournament this naming were sufficiently advanced at to forecast tslo winners. A boy named Tliom-i^v agsd ten years, residingyafc' Whiiiakaruru was admitted to the Thames 'Tfospital last evening with a fish hook deeply embedded in his hand. (The hook was immediately removed and the wound dressed.

It is stated tliat a summer visitor wlio owns a launch not far from Thames gave instructions to have ift made ready for the holidays. When he went down to his Coast! house a few days later lie was horrified to find that the launch had been moored in such a position that) when the tide came in eh© filled with water and had been like that for two ; days. His feelings may be better! imagined than described.

Tho work of painting the municipal abattoir is being pushed ahead. The colour is a French grey, and the buildings, when finished, will present a very neat appearance. Several sportsmen have been out after curlew since the season opened, but so far no very big bags have been reported, and some parties have drawn a blank.

Considerable excitement was caused at Tararu during the week-end. A party ot picnickers had returned from a trip by launch. They got into a dinghy to get to the beach. Suddenly a large shark was sighted in close proximity to the dinghy, and in the confusion that ensued and the occupants’ anxiety to getl to the shore, the dinghy was capsized. TheVe were a number of children in the dinghy at the time together with a number of ladies, but some men who were near-by rushed in and brough them safely to the shore. A number of people state that the shark was very large.