LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19810, 12 September 1936, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Price of Gold Drops. ■Gold is quoted at £6/17/7J per ouivce on the London market this week, a slight drop on the previous quotation.

Thames Port Cargo. For the first seven months of the year 5967 tons of inward cargo were handled in Thames and 1158 tons of outward freight.

Alleged Slip by Barber. A claim against a hairdressing firm in Christchurch for damages amounting to £37, for suffering and disability alleged to have been caused by a razor cut, was heard this week. The magistrate reserved his decision. Karangahake Gorge. steady progress is being made with the work of widening the Karangahake Gorge, but it will not be until about Christmas that the job is finished . Air Mail in London. f The Chief Postmaster at Thames ad-, vises that the air mail despatched from Wellington on August 20. via Australia-England air service, arrived in London on September 7. £3OOO Worth of Gold. The Golden Dawn Gold Mines, Ltd., reports that for 24 working days ended August 31. 982 tons of ore were treated for a return of £3OIO, realisation at £7/2/- per gold ounce.

Five-Day Week All Round

A working week of five days is to apply to all departments of the Christchurch City Council. Neither the City Council offices nor the municipal electricity department's offices will open on Saturdays.

Rugby Appeals. The final meeting for the season of the Thames "Valley Rugby Union has been called for (Saturday next. Two appeals from decisions of sub-unions will be heard in addition to the usual business.

Thames Flowers on Exhibition. A splendid exhibition of Iceland poppies, shown by Mr. F. J. Causley, of Parawai, attracted much attention at the National Daffodil Show in Auckland this week. The display drew much favourable comment from prominent florists and growers.

Thames Busy This Morning. Thames was much busier this morning than has been the case on Satur-

days for a long while. Several of the factories in town have ceased Satur-

day morning work, and this attributer" somewhat to the number of people about the streets.

Church Sale of Work. Under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild of the Baptist Church, a sale of work will be held in the School Hall, Willoughby Street, on Thursday, October 1. Mrs. Thorn will offi-

clally open the fair, the proceeds of which will be devoted to local and foreign missionary work.

40-Hour Week in Australia. There is a movement by Labour bodies and Trades Unions in Victoria for the 40-hour week. Some trades now work 44 hours and the rest 48. The Commonwealth Government offered to appoint a committee of economists to report upon the probable effects of reducing hours, but Labour objected to co-operate in the inquiry, holding that the need had been proved.

Air Race Committee Dissolved. Official recognition of the cessation of the activities of the Melbourne Centenary Air Race Committee (N.Z.) Incorporated, is contained in this week's Gazette. A declaration by Mr. H. B. Walton, assistant-registrar of incorporated societies, states that it has been made to appear that the Committee is no longer carrying on operations, and is dissolved under the Incorporated Societies Act.

Another Rail-car Service Starts. Faster and more comfortable travel will be available to residents along the railway routes between Wellington and Palmerston North, between Palmerston North and Woodville, and between Woodville and Wellington, now that the new rail-cars have begun a service which should prove of great convenience to the districts.

Thames One of Best Places. When the annular eclipse of the sun occurs in the Southern Hemisphere on December 14, its central line will, by an odd chance, pass directly over Pukekohe, the birthplace of Dr. L. J. Comrie, superintendent of the Nautical Almanac, Greenwich. One of the best places to view the phenomenon will be Thames, according to official advice.

Unique Position

"I occupy rather a unique position," said the Mayor, Mr. "W. Marshall, at the Paeroa Borough Council meeting this week, in commenting upon the industrial citations. He was cited as an employer in the building trades award action, as an assessor for counties (Mr. Marshall is chairman of the Ohinemuri County Council and a member of the Counties' Association executive), ahd as Mayor of a cited borough.