LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17924, 27 June 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The business of the late. Mr. :i R.. Kirk is being carried on' by Mr F. N. Jacomb, M.P.S., M.A.0.C., " as manager for the Public Trustee, who is ex/ecutor of the late; Mr. R -kirk's Will. ' ~..-,,, -J...- .'.:/- ; •

. The Kauaerahga • Sohool ; were very successful, -in ,the (prizes won ,at the last Waikato Winter Show... Owen Richards, in the'' "vT Form secured J a second prize .'for drawing, a third for colour work,, and also' a-, third for drawing, Betty Wren, in the••; TV .Form secured ' a second prize >'.-. for cblqur Work. Considering the competition that ; had to be these awards are indeed very creditable to -.the young pupils. -.;,'; '..■;.-'-•■'- i' : > The Boy Scout and Girl Guide movement ; in- Thames .is receiving hearty support, faf more than was evef anticipated! The scouts now number 42, and the Cubs 34. Thje Girl Guides total 53 and'Brownie's 32. This response 'is- very., gratifying to. those who have worked hard to get these useful organisations started •U» Thames.

A grand anniversary concert will be - held in St. Janies' CJhurch flagon Monday evening next at 7.45 o'clock. A full and varied programme by talented performers( wili be given. The proceeds will be devoted to church funds. The admission is» Is. .

•'Arrested by Constable Cannon at Mercury Bay .on a charge of vagrancy r an jelderly man, named Henry Moore .Mun-n,.,'was brought .before •. Messrs. Wl Lee and J. G. Browne,"J.'sP. and sentenced-' to 14 days' imprisonment in the Thames gaol'- yesterday. The firms' dealing in -farmers' requisites in Thames report that in comparison with last season at this time,. there is no drop in the demand for necessities, such as manure and fencing material. In luxury lines there - is a small falling off at. the present time, but, for bread and but 1 ter lines there existed a steady, demand. -' ■'

• This has been one of the driest winteirs on record on the East-Coast, according to residents. It is an exceptional winter when the Wai'apu at Tikitik'i is fordable by car right through to the middle of June, as has been the case this year. . ■ 1 The . splendid coloured frontispiece , of Sir Henry Segrave, the speed king and his associate, Mr. Halliwell, -the, Rolls .Royce expert, contained in this! week's issue of the N.Z. ..Sporting and Dramatic Review" makes , a lasting souvenir of these gallanti EugLishmpn/ " Cricketers are catered' for hr_the.-double centre pages.: that, picture" incidents during the Austra-; Vbn team's tour in England. Trot-1 ting at the, Auckland Club's winter meeting has ah excellent representa-; tion extending, oyer, several pages of; clearly reproduced photographs." With; all eyes turned on,the boxing cham-* pionship of the world, "the sei-ies of photographs of ' ..the boxers, Max Schmeling and Jack Sharkey, will be • particularly i-apprt'oiated. ■ ■ f%>