NEWSY PARS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10355, 2 May 1911, Page 2

NEWSY PARS.

Weathet 1 foa^ciast: Wind easterly, strong to gale; very heavy rain may b!a expedtied, a4id riversi may be flooded; glass will fall; tides high and deal heavy.

Slale at Hiikutaiai yestard'ay under tihel auspioea of the Farmers Ahctioneeiing Company.

At noon to-motroiwl thie installaition of M'aiyor and the 'swearing 1 in of the Councillorsl will talkie place.

Slemd'-off -to Mr Moyla at Hilkutaia on Saturday. M!r Mbyle is entering into 'business at Puriii..

Several matters of locial importance will ba discussed at the next meeting of the Thames Cfiambteir of Commerce.

It is stated thatfc there is a) profciability of Madame Dolores' (Trebelli) the famous singer, paying! at visit to Thamies.

A giant mushroom ia now on view in the window of Mr. W. Wood's shop, Pollen f.tireet. It Was forwarded Iby Mir Mai'son, Hlaurafci Plains. It measures 9A. indies in dfeimeteu', and weighs -Iflbs.

The Pia3so( Cbunty Oounoil decided to aontributa £5 pel- annum tawards the salary of one of the Health Inspeteltors for .the Waikato Hospital District, ais i'e«[uested! by the Department.

On the marKet to-day Waihis sold alt G2s and 02s 3d, Junctionlsi at 27& and Talismalis at '51b 3d and 51 si 6d. Sylvias w)ere idtcmig at' 3s 1. Occidentals ■finned td sales at 6|d, with ■further bKiyena at 6d. Goldein Bielts Were done a* 4d.

Our Auckland correspondent telegraphs: A piMici meeting to arrange a reception for the Home* Riule envoys carried a resolution extending a welcome to the envoys', and £4?20' was subscribed! at the meeting in aid of the IrisK Parlianitentaiy Fund.

The Council of -the Thames Skshool of Mines have forwarded a recommendation re the appodntment of electrical and drawing instructor respectively to the Mines Department, and a decision wJill shortly to announced.

It ia notified that the procession in connection with the Fire Brigade B'azalair will leave the corner of Grey and Ploilen streets on Thursday at 7 p.m. All ex-firemeti are invited to' take pjart in- .the prodession 1, wearing five ba-igade dfeclor'aitions.

"Wle njote that Mil" Jasi. Allan, M.P., a lealding mdmbiiw of the Opposition, is paying a visit to the North Island andl delivering 1 political speeches in various dli&tricfcs,, It is proiblalble that Mr 1 Ajlletn, who is addompanied by ■Mteßsiia MJassety, Berries, and Ladng 1, will deliviea- at spijech at Thames.

r At to-moiT'oiw nigjit's paradiei of theTham(es Defencle (Senior) Cladlets some infcerelsting! informattion will ble given as to the future intentions of the Department with reference to senior cadeta anidi tlia Valuable course of drill just commencied. will be continued.

A; Gf^isbiomei bankrupt w<alsl eaca,mineldl at gl'eiat length as/ to lijow. he had disposed! of takings from his business. Eci said that money liad been lost at racing; that he had nevfer got a win. Pressed! on the subject of keeping booiks, he said: "I think I might just, asf well have tried to fly an airship as keeip books."

To "Thamesite," a coirefepondenf,: "We cannot supply the official figures foo.' the relason 'that they are not available. .If you are particularly anxious as to the result, your 1 best plan is to write to tha head of th© Dteipartmienti, AVellington. Tsie local ofiicials are instructed not to make the details public.

" We note that Mr H. !Rl. Young has biden appointed <;n.gineer in charge of the Waihou and Ohinemuri River improvement wo-rfvs. Mr -Yomng is an associafa member of the Institute ■of Clivil Engineers, a lidensedl surH^eyor, and has had experience of similar wiork in other countries. Mir Young is expedited to arrive at Pacroia this we^

The friendly of Mi* R. EL Rudman, lieaidniaster of the TJiames High Sfehool, will I'egreiij to learn that his mothei'j a w*ell Icnown resident of Napier, died.on Mr Rud!man ha!s- left for the Southetn city. At last night's meeting of the Thames Leiderfcafel, of which Mir Rudman is conductor, a. vote 1 of sympathy and condolence was passed!.

Our Aiicikiand ocm-tespondent telegraiphs : —iWliile in tha act of peering down a lift wall from^ the second floor-of .Smith and Caughey's d'rajieiy estalblishmient this) afternoon William Brewer, aged 16, of Groy Lynn, empktyed as parcel boy, was struck on the hseiad fey tho descending lift and killed instantaneously. The entrance to tho lift, which was used 1 for the contfeyan.de of parcels, Was only guanlle<l ibly one bai".

In strongly urging an active immigration policy the New 1 Zealand Shipping and Commerce Joxitmal says editorially, with labour in unlimited supply, the buoyancy of the export and' import trade and lo«\I manufactories in sympathy would !be such that any influx of labor womld "be so rap idly aibsorbed as not to te noticeable. Incidentally, the woiikiers would reap Oi>i'resijx)nding advantages by increased waiji'es, more sfeadv employment for tho crtpalble, and an all-round 1 improxement in the general relationship betwciaii employer and employee wlould follow.