LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13933, 11 July 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

T>. Mo.L. Wallace, Ltd., motor ' agents amd engineers, are advertising the economical Ford truck for delivery goods .in this issue. j It iis understood the Auckland Retuirnied Soldiers' Assooiaitiioni will, at its next, meeting reocHysiider the pro- ! posraji to acquire Mang'ere proiperty for 1 ai homiesiteaid seltitlemenib. Coloniel Sleeaniain reports that 40 cf the 251 seaoaidairy 5 school cadetis tiriaiin-' ed at Trenitihaamliad flat foot, oir t)en!- j dtemcy to it. Other .physical defect' were nioted mi 24 andi.vadu;ail ciaiseei. The Auckland peace ceileba-'altiioin p^ogTaimime hia® been; completeiy \ dhanged, the mdliitiary sports aiiwl childreai's demomstrajtlion being afcan- | domed, amd arrangfeimefnts i"eferred tJr> the Heladimasters' Asisoci'aitlioin,'. I -^ I The larlgeiati Germiaini guM yeit landed im/ New Zieailiand has been placed in- fmnlfc of tte Towtn) Hall -aiti Wellimg'- j ton"; liii-is a 9.siri' piece, oaiptsured dur- j ing ifche Neiw Zealaroders' victorioais 'advatncie on Seiplbemibeir 1 29 of. last yetarThe Mayor of Taumiafuinui 1 is en-J deaivtoiuaiinigi to oibtein 150 bedls, wi'tihj bedding, from, Trenthaim camp for' the use of railway passengers, pre-' senifc aoooirnjrnjadlaitiioin, ■ beiog 1 eeltJirely inadequ«.te. - T!hei Coiuhity Counicdl was inifornied at la&t meeting: thalb the Borough Ooiunciil had deedded to incrqaise the /pricie of streeti liighting: as from July lsifi. Cbiiiaciilloa-s bore up with remarkable fortiiitude, especiially when, the clerk announced that ,after August Ist, the Countty would have no sitreetti ligihitft. A stpecial mieieting! of the County Council will be held on 1 Wednesday, July 23rd, to consider the estiijtmaitfes for !the curi-tenffci year and stiriike rateis. Thie' clerik s;aid thaifc tllxe oiveirtifaift was now £10,000 and wais goingl up about £2000 a montih. If the rates were notl Btruok soon', no money Would cioimiei intlill Chinfiitimiaß. Tihe secreitaay of the. Thaimes Fasiherieis Ltd. wrote the, Hospitiail Bcma'd offeringl to supply fisli ait! the present retail prioe kes 7| per cent. Th© offer was accepted. The present, -neitiailprice is: Fresh floiumder 8d per lib, schniapiper 4d, v schniaipper fillets Bd, gurmard 3d, trevalli, kawohai 2d. Smoked : schniapper Bd, ti-Bvallli, kawohanl sd. The OMnemiuri sectbion," otf road on ■the way ■'•to Ngatea,, won. some aafeuvoiurable oonamentt( ; ait 'the last meet ifng- of tile Thametsi^ Coumitjy Ooowjcil. Cr. B'alfcemam said it took cams all they knew to get through. ilb,.inte<-.v. .. Thetraffic was getitffihg 1 tiied up. Itl was ! decided to aslk the Ohir^^nfurd Cbuntail i to give immediate attltier;..bioni tio this. :Q. Cox remarked' t]v-.t,'thi'si sectbi-om. wanted taiF-gjrioiuitnrasV ; i ' f . . ~\ ■■ The quesitlionj of mjinjiingl rents came before the Oauinity Council ajb kist mieeibimg, th© matter 1 bein,'g< brought wp by ■aipplicaibionisi rrom Messrs Millea" aimd Sonis .for oarisemit, to l^edudtioni in renib in Ithe case of the Tuiruia Golden Hills, Momofwaii , S^vlviia, Blriil•'liantti ."and Bmlliatntb No.'2, the last fouir hawkig been' granitieid reduwtiiom uiiKtiil ibhe end of the war. On Cr. Mo M-aihioin, 5s mioltliom consenit Wais oiranltied the owners to be informied thia.t thiif? wag'the lasib six months peiriqid to which the Ooiunicil would; oonsenlb. ■A: suggesbioni that Admiral Jelli-! coe be invited to unveil a. memorial j tablet ©recited: in the - school at Tajkajpuna in honour pf the late Lieutenaintl-Commiander W. E. Sanidens, V.C., was made by Mr. H. S.. Y. King, Mayor of Devonpor't toi the Auckland Reception Committee. Members of.the Committee expressed hearty concurrence with the idea, and a resolution Avas .p>assed that the executive be authorised, in disouissling ddtails, to state that the committee would be very pleased if arrangements could be made for Admiral Jellicoer' 'to perform the ceremony. ■■'■■,; Geo. Cullen and Co's Winter Clearance Sale now on.—Advxi Recently the dorsal fern of a large fish' wae seen' aibove the water in Oamaru Harbour, moving, in pujfsuib of a penguin, that dodged and turned and twisted to keep out of its pursuer's maw. The penguin obtained safety by coming, ashore, \ but the hungry pursuer had folio «•- ed it too far, and was in shallow water. The pursuit was witnessed by a number of people on shore, and one of them, arming himself with a boat hook, .struck the fi«h close inshore, and succeeded, witK the Assistance of. several others, m hauling ib ashore. The first, proved | to be a shark of a species unknown mi Oamai-u. While it was 'hardly as broad as it was long, its giviJi was'about equal to its length. ]t was about 6ft long, with a shark's mouth and teeth, arid (gave its captors some trouble in getting it ttishore. "Mother needed not, experience to bo Mad-"—Stands. ' It just came to her; naturally. That's why there is always: on the home shelf a big bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver, ready for Tommy's little sneeczes and sniiffles —Nature's signs that a cold is approaching. And sneezes and sniiffle^ are pretty, frequent at this time of the year. The weather is so changeable tihat it behoves all mothers have Baxter's handy. 2e 6d per large bottile. All chemists and sborae.—-Advt.