LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18238, 11 July 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Miners' Rights in Thames. The number of miners' rights issued from the Thames Warden's Court during the past three months is 19. Warden's Court Figures. There were 21 applications dealt with by the Thames Warden's Court in the months of April, May and June, during which five sittings were held. New licences granted numbered seven and the revenue from all sources was £l3B/8/1 for the quarter. The Kaihere Robbery. Up to noon to-day there were no further developments to report in connection with the robbery of the Post Office at Kaihere, in which the safe was blown open and a sum of money abstracted on Tuesday evening. Thames Readers. The number of books issued to subscribers from June 1 to June 30 amounted to 2042 (18 more than in May). Nation of Shopkeepers. There is one shop to every 45 of Britain's total population, while one ,in every 25 of the population is employed in shop work. Still a nation of shopkeepers! Songs and the Moon. ' An astronomer says that there are literally billions of millions of moons. The trend of the songs published the last few years has given grave suspicions for such a supposition.

Heard This One? Motto for users of Parawai. Keep your eye on the ball—the one your opponent has lost. They say "Findings keepings," and you're sure to keep to us when you fine!-how real our quality is. Value, style and quality at Jorgensen's.* Left for Repair. "You carry a large stock of watches for sale it would appear," commented a customer to a Wanganui watchmaker. In reply, the watchmaker pointed out that many of the watches had been left for repair and the owners had not called back for them. Some watches had been kept awaiting their owners for as long as two years. Standard of Living. Speaking in the House of Representatives, Mr A. Hamilton (ReformWallace) said New Zealand was endeavouring to maintain a standard of living about 50 per cent, above prewar level, while Britain had gone back to below pro-war level. New Zealand must adjust itself to world conditions, and Parliament must take that workin hand. Farmers were practically without income to-day. Pie objected to selling wool below pre-war pri ;es and paying double the price for a suit of clothes.

Honouring the Departed. The flag was flown half-mast today at the public buildings in Thames out of respect to the memory of the late Mrs Richard Seddon, whoso funeral took place to-day. No Russian Week. A journalist visiting Russia declare:; that the Russians now scarcely recognise the days of the week. He says that the average Russian would be frankly puzzled if he were askd whether the day was Tuesday or Wednesday, and consequently when making appointments it is necessary to stipulate the day of the month and not the day of the week. Russia generally has adopted an "uninterrupted week" system, under which the people work for five days and rest for one, and in factories and on the State farms work goes on continuously. There is no universal holiday once a week, but the workers go off for their day's rest in turns. Sunday, of course, has disappeared and there is no such things as a "weekend" which has become so popular an institution in Western countries. Mayoral Robe Discarded. When Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., became Mayor of Christchurch he fo:lowed the lead set by his predecessor in office, the Rev. J. K. Archer, of refusing to wear the robe and cocked hat which are provided for the use of the Mayor on ceremonial occasions. For over six years the robe and hat have remained in the Mayor's room, only to be taken out occasionally for dusting. Mr Archer did not wear the robe or hat, but on two occasions he exhibited them to school children. Mr Sullivan, however, has expressed a determination not to have anything to do with them at all, and presumably they will remain out of use for another two years. The Mayoral chain has been worn by both Mr Archer and Mr Sullivan. Court Statistics. Ten i males and one- female were arrested during the past three months in Thames, whilst 78 males and three females were summonsed. There were four sittings of the Children's Court at which the Magistrate presided. Plaints numbered 141, the amount sued for benig £3190/18/9, of which £2003/16/1 was recovered through the Court. There were five sittings in criminal jurisdiction, at which the Stipendiai-y Magistrate presided and eight at which Justices of the Peace were in office. Civil sittings numbered five and two respetively. Civil court fees amounted to f 16G/3/ and criminal fees to £2B/11/6, fines in the latter proceedings totalling £B7/11/-, whilst licensing fees ,of £3l/8/- brought the revenue from these sources to £313/13/6. English Landscape. A glowing description uf the English 'countryside isi contained in a private letter from a New Zealand business man who is making a tour of England, having arrived in Plymouth six weeks ago. "It is wonderfully lovely country," he states. "The house is on a ridge sloping down tt Romney Marsh, and we have a great view across the flat to the sea, about seven miles. At night we can see the lighthouses flashing round the coast from Dungeness to Folkestone and Dover. The woods round here are the finest I have ever seen and the bluebells are unbelievable. Whn you come to the edge of the wood you see an unbroken haze of blue stretching away under the trees, as far as you can see, just one continuous carpet, so that it seems sacrilege to step • into the woods. I have never seen anything quite so perfect. It has also been a great year for primroses and. the hedges round Plymouth are simply smothered with them."

"Skating" in Wangaivui. The Wanganui Herald relates that on a recent morning at about 6.30 a Gonville father peered through his bedroom window and beheld his two young offsprings rushing about the asphalt tennis court. After chiding them for making so much noise he dressed and went out-into the frosty air, there to find that the enterprising youngsters • were enjoying the thrills of ice-skating on the - asphalt. The children told "dad" that they had turned the garden hose on to the court before retiring the previous night, and when they awoke they found that the half area' had 1 beentransformed into an unbroken sheet of ice. Father returned indoors and reappeared later wearing a pair of old golf shoes, and he, too, indulged in a little skating before breakfast. (Sliding would be a more correct description of the pastime).