LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13931, 9 July 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

We direc* atitonibioui to Prartit and Go's sale nx)/trJcei in tbis isß'U©Privafte G-leo; J-iaw and GuiHierGeoirge Tayior-, oi Ktbe Kaiuaieaungia., ret»jrned by ih& Ruiakiae. It is understood thalt Dr. Anderson, Director of Education, -will not be retired on reaching the ago • limit? this year. Ninety pupik of the Hamilton High School cannot, igeib to school, before 12.30 p.m. each day, on ac-1 count of the reduced train services, j The etngimeer to the M.t- Eden Bor-! ough has been^ instamcited to prepare a preliminary r.elpoait oia* the imtro> ; ductdoai' of elecitrks Kgh/t. Pennaneiiitj rejpadrs <ta the- steamer Wesitimioa*el!afnd, AvMcih. g|ix3fun4«d v near Porlt (2haltnea-s, aae estimated to cost £30,000. Tlhe seiveresiti frost this 1 season, at Asihburitoia wa® eoaperiemced on Friday! mi'ghit, 15deg being recorded at tiie Doaniaiini weiaitiher eifajtrlon.. Tlie Wadkaito Times siays: Hamilton was portiouiairly busy on^ Sajtiurday last. Esvidently people are> gettiinig, used to (the Saturday half-holi-day. ; Influenza in a mild foinn! is prevarent in Maßitcrttoo.- Last week several fanndliefii : ia- South Wadra-r'aipa were isolated; owing ( to a more severe form of tlie diiseaee. Mr. Richard Baker's-"farm oi over 200 acres, situated at Huirau Road, | Turua, is advertised-far sale at £75 per acre, i It is first-class land, and well drained.' Tenders for the purchase of the j freehold property in Maokey Street, late Mrs. Lukey's, will Be received* by Mr. A Winter up to mooni,, on Thursday, Jdly 31. Nomiinationis for the Thames Laibcfuif Piarty's candidate afc tihe gemcaa; eleattioni miust be in the hamds oif the President, Dr. G. Lapraik, be-fore of .Saturday. „ A. peace bomfire at Reeftom, ereoted oni a hill above.the reservotir 1, was seiti on. fir© om Wednesday night by sonaie person, umknioiwn, and buraetlwell for 1 a coiufpile of hours. Alfred Buckland' and Sons, Ltd., have' received instructions from Mr. A. A. Deaofii, Turua,, who ha. s sold his farm,. to,; sell; the whole of his live and dead stock at noon om Julv--26. ,•• ■ J Mr C. Whiitehead thanksi his pat. roiriis for their support during-' his oc-" cupatbiom of----the Rolleelton St. pireraises, and ■ lfespeotfully : requests! a, cotnitiinuaniCß of. ■same at hdisi new amd cemrtti"al pTeimiisies in, PoUen 'St. Already a, sum oif .£43 16s 3d has b©eni.raised 1 by itihe ladies towards thecipis* of the temporary soldiers' club. . The sum is made uip of. £20 7 S 3d for "the dance, with, Mrs Mackay in. charge, and £23 9s for Mm La,pra,ik's dance. Reports fropi the. north'- sftfaitei that the yeiairMngl sis|tier to 'Desert Gold shows miore .th/an average promiise as a galloper, and she may foinn one cif the tiieami whiich Mr T. H. Lowry ciooatejm,plaitieisi racdng, in Australia in the spring. ' ■ i With reference to the coal short,-, age a oorresip'onojenib of' a aointeampoa- ! aa-y «feites thatl la.rg© quanitiitieß, of, coal are alb preeeinitl b&mg moved on ' tlie railways. Between Morriiisville aaid Aucikland everywhere there wen'e ooal-laden' trt|cklsi. Robert C. Carr and ' will sell ■ alt 2 o'clock on July 23, ..at their a(u,ction mart, .Swansioni Sfe'eet, Auckland, a piece of land in the main street, Pipiroa,, Haiuraki Plains, of which further particulars are 'given mi the advertiseinen.t. The KaitEelje' County Coiunciil, says ai Raurinuu ■ message, are tiakinig steps 'to, raise loan^ totiallinig £7600 for if'oads and bridges. It was resolved to apply to tlhie Minnstter foa. J Publ'io Works for ■grants amiounltling to £11.----7&0 for vß«iio|is) worikSs. ■''„ The Auckland Ghamber of Commerce has decided to express the opinion1 1 to the Minister of Muinition® that the Auckland public would submit to restrictions on general coal ; consumptioni in the hope of scouring better railway servddßS. ■ Our Auckltod jaorreßpondenit forwards the laitesiti share quoitialtibnis as foUoiws: Sales- Waiihi £2 4s 6d. AuQikland Trams ord £1 2s 9d, Aiucikiland Gas ipaiid £1 7s, Huddart Parker £2 3g 9dl, Colonial Sugar Au®. £24 17s 6d, Wilson's Ceimeniti 16s lOd, N.Z.. Wai- Loan £95 17s 6d. Buyers: Komeatai Reefs 1-Jd, Old Old Haiuraki sd, Risaing I'Sim .Is 10'1,'j Talisman 7 S 7d, Wadhdi £2 4s 3d,,j Junobibni 12a 3d. . I