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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2028, 5 July 1875, Page 2

Owing to a press of local matter on Saturday at a late hour, when pur paper came to be " made up " it was found to be impossible to squeeze in our report c £ the conference of local bodies which too-:: place, on Friday evening to* discuss several questions of .'interest to the district, including the important subject of increased representation, : As the report differs in some respects from that already published in the morning paper, and. as a' public meeting is to be held this evening, jwegive the report in to-day's issue on the fourth page.; '; "•'■'..,•:.;■ r "■■'■' -■■ \■:■;';':;; *^«

' The launch of the schooner by Mr Stone, to the order of Captain Souter, has been.pqstponed,,pwing to,the rigging. not being complete." "The launch will take place next fresh.. ......... .. . / „

Dueing evening service at St George's Church-yesterday the force of the gale was severely felt, and at times of the strongest squalls,-it seemed a3 if the roof would be forced in. The gaseliera were made to oscillate to an extent which showed that the building was: ',' wisibly". affected,;and at times the noise was, so great that theminißter's; voice was, scarcely audible.; When the wind lulled \ a bit-it brought no lull inthe church, for: the timbers gave out ominous cracks, whiclnseemed to alarmysome persons of; sensitive nerves; and the cracks were certainly, suggestive of something giving: way. There wa3 not, of course, any: danger of such a catastrophe, but several times' the '.cracking made persons in the congregation take sudden starts, and glances upward to see where the structure was going to give way first. After the service was over, and just;as people were going, home, a pelting rain commenced to fall. Umbrellas suddenly turned inside out, and some persons began to. wish they had itayed at home. The night, was besides very dark, which, was a further ; source of discomfort.