LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5966, 3 August 1912, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Sundstrum s next professional visit is on Thursday, when he may lw consulted from 12 noon to 3 p.m. A young man named William M.v\ Sharp, who committed an unprovok- i ud assault upon a passenger on the train to Mosgiel ofi the 20lh July, was tilled £5 for the offence at Dun edin on Wednesday. He had several convictions for similar/oliences against* him. Mr John Rcid, oi the well-known lirni of John Reid and Sous, Dunedin, died at his residence, Dunedin, oit Wednesday niorr.uig, ugi-ii t>> jvars. In the sixties tho deceased was associated with the lute Mr Edward Herbert, of Lawrence, as forwarding agents and buyers, doing a large tmsiness with storekeepers in the countiy. During the voyage el th* Zealandia from Honolulu a steerage passenger, Mrs Ettie Opland, who had booked at Honolulu for Auckland, disappeared overboard with her six-year-old son. A boat waa launched and a diligent warch made, but the ouilv trace found was a child's cap, which was (loating on the surface of the water. A number oi passengers saw the woman and child in the act of going ov«- the side. They could not 6ay how the act oosurred. Tfce woman left her husband at Honolulu.

What is described as a mountain oi copper has been discovered in the Cloncurry district by a man who was seeking sofce lost horses. Assays gave 33 per cent. copper, 6dwt ot gold, and 2oi of silver. There i« an immense (? cave) below, and three largu caves richly impregnated with mineral!. BUYEBS OF SPECTACLES CAUTIONED. If the sight lias not been testa! scientifically, there can >be no acu.-t'.y about the glasses supplied, and the chances are that a seeming benefit may result in a permanent injury. I test eyes scientifically, and supply glasses that may be relied on to- suit your vision, whatever defect there may be.—Hugh Neill, D.8.0.A., qualified optioian, 949 George St., Dunedin.

Mr lA'. F. Wilding, holder of the] English Singles /Championship, Uas (announced his retirement from first-class tennis. Tommy Bums says that the .boning championship now roverts to the whito race, and that he is prepared to defend it. Staff Sergeant-ffiajor McMillan, who haa been stationed in liawenee, put thi local Territorials and! Senior Cadets through their various ipxc-rases last evening. As the men in Harland and Wolff's shipping yards have promised to exert their influence to prevent disturbances, which are mainly caused by disorderly youths, the shipwrights and drillers' have been reinstated, and the ether departments ■will restart work as soon as possible. A strong north-west wind was experienced -yesterday for the greater part of the day and though it was cold and disagreeable out-of-doors, it was very welcome insofar as it lick,ed up a lot, of moisture from our sodden fields and at the same time helped to dry up our roads. Il is to Ije hoped the good etfexct will not be lost through' a ifurther spell of wet weather.

There were six patients—four mjalo and two female—in th e Tu&peka Hospital last evening. Four patients wore admitted into the institution Timing the week, P no dischargrd, iv:u\ one died (Tin Slice). The rainfall in Lawrence for the month of July, as gauged by Mr A. IViirn at the Tuapeka Hospital, was lin. The following team will represent Waitahuiia in the hockey .match with Lawrence High School girls on Wednesday, August .7 • Misses Sutherland, Puldscth, Blair, Broderiek, I.iivingston, I<\ Ryan, Cameron, IS'. Broderick, Ellis, E. Ryan, and K. Brr-derick. The match will bo played on the Waitahuna ground at 4 p.m. Inspector Hugh llnuro, of Balclutlia branch of the Stock Department, son of Sirs Finlay Munro, Tuapeka Flat, underwent an operation for appendicitis in] the Dunodin Hospital on "Monday. Tlie operation was successful, and Mr Munro is making good progress towards recovery. Mr Arthur Hopkins of the local Post Office, has been promoted to a cadet-ship vice Mr Hay transferred to Masterton. Master D.' I{. M. Blackie, lately of the Ihmrdin staff, has been promoted to the position oi exchanw clerk rendered vacant by Mr Hopkins's promotion.

There arc 6,206 Victorian Cadets liable to prcsccution under the Compulsory Training Act. The Commonwealth, it is stated, is faced with the task of prosecuting 20,0(10 boys, who are liable to a fine of £5. Senator Pearce has agreed to reduce the fine to 2s for each hour's drill evaded.

At a Seventh Day Adventist Conference a 1 Kingston I Canada), lilder Johnson offered &!00 and another member a similar amount to anvone producing satisfactory evidence of <livirxj authority for keeping the tirst day of the. week a s the Christian Sabbath. Go, little verse, -upon thy way, And proud the jovial tidings le.ll: "There is no cold nor cough to-day That cannot he made well." Go, (ell tho name, the magic name, The perfect halm, the secret sure : ! n lil.c upon tlie heights of fame, "W. E. Woods' C.reat Peppermint Cure."