NEWSY PARS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10352, 28 April 1911, Page 2

NEWSY PARS.

To-day's forecast: Moderate to .strong westerly windsl with a tendency to cihiansp to southerly after ten

hoiurs; weather probably cool and diangeiaWe, with showers probable; glass rise slowly; tides and sea moderate. In our supplement which will be published to-m-crroW, another of the series of articles on "Survleys—Cicological and Otherwise," by Mr G. E Sto-rie, will appear. A Taihape telegram states that a boy siix years of age, named Fred. Liucot, had hi.s hand blown off by a dietonator at Baurimu. The stifferer was sent to the Ilkmitou hospital. Among the candidates for a. sea-* in it-he Hiamilto-n Borough Council was Mr T. 11. Booth, formerly "conductor of thaHauralki Band, Thames; who was among the nine elected to that body. Mir Booth's Thames friends will be pleased! to hear of hi* success. Writes our Waihi correspondent: — "Since the inception of the borough no greater interest hasi ,lieen manifested in local elections than that which marked the mur-iciipal elections for the Borough of Wriihi. The poll constitutes a record in cwnnection with these elections, and totalled 17-13.

It is with rojjret we record the dbath at Waihi of Mr Joseph Adams., fifth son of the late Mr William Adams, of Thames, and brother of Mil' "\V. J. Adams, manager of the Waitangi mina The deceased, v/hc. was 46 years of ago at the time of hia dciaith, had been ill for some time. ITo leaves a widow, several relatives, and a! large circle of friends to mourn their loss.

A collision occurred! yesterday at Ko'pu between the sdow's Moehau and Southern Mei. A|s a resndt the former Waisi damaged, aloft and had to vcouisAtion a launcJi to toiw her to .Anck-

land. The oil launch commeitced the work of tovy'ing the damaged vessel to Audklaiul and upon a.r'riva.l repairs will ho effected. The scow isJ not seriously damaged. The matter was reported to Oapt. liiayldon, liarbourmastcV, wlio advisieid the Collector of Customs ibiv wire.

Following the splendid drives of log's at Puriri several ''rafts'' are being forwaiided ta Audkland. On Satu i'd ay the Waitangi left with a

of logs 1 ..ajj3 tlie PeJkian is towing a V-eo-nd "j'aft" to the company's mill. It is estimated that during the last fciw days aibjout £15,000 "worth of timber has been lela&ed at- l'uriri, while tlio total fcr the Peninsula, will run into considerably <w|eir .£IOO,OOO. This will give sofme idea of the. importance, of tlie timllx.-i 11 industry to the district. :F!io defore.tfation of the Ham'aki Peninsula, is proceeding apace. Tlie following is the full description of tlio man found drowned in the. Thames Rivfer near Kopu: —

Over 00 years of a etc, oft Gin hi»'h, sturdy 'build, bald with the exception of a little i-'i'ey hair on back of li'.<ad, very short neck, lartr'e head, clean sharwl, no teeth in upper j-iw aml only four in lower jaw. wearing dark 'ireenish suit of tweed, li^ht coluuu-.l' soft i-hirt with turned d«.wn rolla.r. rtannel and drawers, hhick hut-up iltivvt--. and round ri.ibViT'r he.'ls, On tab <;f co:rf is nunve "H. 1?.. N.Z. nothinn FLictoiy.'' and on neck band <f flannel ii name "Hetherincj-