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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10351, 26 April 1911, Page 2

NEWSY PARS.

To-day's forsciast: Moderate to trbng northerly wind, freshening, md veering',; unsettledl weather and ilcrudiness increasing 1; glass fall'but ;here are indications of a. rise ifter twenty-four hours ; tides moderate, sea mod orate swell. All intending members of the) Cuunty District Football Ctuib are requested to hand in their names to the secretary (Mb.' Hl. Marwklk) for registration. In connection, with the Co-utnty tenders advertised! elsewhere, it should be noted that th'& contract No. 8 is for Iforieialking 200 cubic yards of 2|d inch metal at thei Kauaeiranga quarry. Notice of application of transfer of license of the Shoftland Hotel from J. Yarikowioh to the old licensee, S>. Rahn, is given in our advertising" columns. A special meeting 1 of the 'Council of the- Thames School of Mines will be held to-inior liW (Thursday) at 4.30 p.m. for the purpose of considering applications for the position of electrical instructor and drawing 1 master respectively. At last night's meeting of the Thames Rugby Union it was decided to do away with ■■ Sole selector for representative teams and to substitute three selectors, Messrs J. G. Me-! Dbugall, D. Cameron, and L>. S'uowling being chosen. At Te Aroha a burglar apprcatlied tho residence- of <Mv Wigg, and by placing an aim through the bedroom window extracted a jewel case, the contents of which were valued at ablaut M. This is the second case on -which Mr Wigg's residence has been entered. Ladies are reminded of the gift afternoon which is to be held in St. James' Sail, Paluui street, to-morrow (Thursday) by the ladies guild in connection with the motor reel bazaar. All ladies aire invited and afternoon tea will be provided. Visitors) are requested to donate gifts, of any kind towaids the bazaar. "What will .chango the present desierted appearance- of Sliortla-nd and the centre of Thames, where several valuable Mocks of laud lie idle'/" a business man asiked the other day : "I ha,ve been studying the question amd I think that the "only effectual remedy is rating on unimproved value*." The four plague patients in the quarantine hospital, at Auckland, are now convalescent. One will be discharged next Monday, and the others should to sufficiently well to leavle the institution a few' dnys later. Nurse Carroll, whose life was despaired of at one time during her illness, is now well on the; road to recovery. •* The many friends of Mir* A-une Ken', relict of the ltto Mr Thomas Kerr, will rarret to learn of her death, which occurred at her residence yesterday. The deceased lady, who had been a resident of Thames for 1 many years, was held in high esteem. "She leaves two sons* (Messrs Thomas and Ralph Kerr, who are well known a* Thames) and two daughters to mourn their lo.s'S. The Thames Golf Club is openingthe season on 'Saturday next, 2(.)th insit. Play is to take the form of mixed foursomes for prizes presented lay MJessjrs Hood and McCbrniiek. Play is to commence at 1.30 p.m. The following are the drawing and handicaps of players: Mrs Baker and Olendon (sciratch) play Miss El. Piice and Baker (receive 8), Miiss Wilkes and Dr, E.ogier&i (9) play Mrs Dun'iop and Dr. iWaishc (9), Mrs Olemdon and M'tCullongh (:10) play Mrs Bnicie and Jovc'e (11). Mrsi Piokeaing and H. Gillespie (11) play Missßlead and MeKinn (11), Mr's Rudman and Oark (12) ])lay M!iss Wilson and Shaw (\i), Mrs Hctherington and Rudman 615) play Miss Watson a.nd Mwnitconievie (10), Miss L. Price and W. Price (:50) play M!rs Clark and A. Gillespie (:50)'. Our Waihi correspoiufeint writes: "At tlio Police Court a. first offender (a young man) was charged with lisitiaf found drank. ,Sb 'bad was liis condition that it took Constables Jackson and "Williamson to brine him to tho station. Dbfendant pleaded guilty. Sergeanti MeKinnon said that ho was in the station when defendant, wan ibrouirhl- in. He swouicd to bo in a of collapse, and witness immediately sent, for :>. doctor. Wiien flio L-ittrt 1 arrived it was found necessary to uko tho Pitomndi jiunijv, as there wcreffrave fears ihat thfl man woiild) collapse- altrcfetlicr. Tho indio.'.tioiis, after using' the intruinent wei'o that defendant had drunk methylated .spirits, hop brer, etc. ll^i was in a vrj-y bid way, but ultiiimt^'lv rc«>vcrc«i. Tlie scrsreant ma<lb apji]i«ttlon for medical exlicnscs, and cost <>■!' a constable's.! trousers, amountintr' with Court costs, j to £,-2 $•$. Defendant wn..s convicted . and discliargcd, :;.nd ordererT tr» pay ' Ilio iunr.uvit of ros-ts inniiTod. ; i