LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tit© death is reported of • Mr, ! Henry Craney at the Thames Hospital yesterday, aged 84 years. A Moari man from Paeroa was taken t» tyxe Htaspital to->dta,y from the mid-day train suffering from severe injuries to the skull. : Mr. A. Burns and Mr. Kalaugher risited Paeroa to-diay to meet repre-, sentiatives of local bodies interested •■ n the matter of having a teclrnical. ichool erected there. ( Mi* P: J- A. Ellisd'an is Bit present ! jjb Thames in oonection wibh bbc ereictlio'ni of thi© n'eiw Hospital t>uiildiirugß. Mr Ellisdon, bag been, appointed to suipeiiinftiend the ereotiLoni 3tf the building;. Work will be camtnenced on it iia a, few Aveeks' tiroie 1. ' ! The Minister for Education an.- , noimoeg lli-aib the Public Service Co-m----massiomar has aippodniten?. Miiss A. F. i R. rnkipen, Training 1 School, Christ- ! cihurrih, and Miss M- E. Pe<mit, U.A., of Waihoipaa ©ahao'l, as lady stupor- , visors over H.ihe education 1, oif giirls and in faints. Aur Auckland correspandent forwards the latest share quotations as; follows: —-Sales: Northern! ■ coal 7s Bd, N. 2. refrijgeratiinig £3' Bs. Buyens : -Komata reefs 1 Jd, Old Hauraki sd, Rising Sun" Is lOd, Taiisman 7si 7d, Waihi 2s 4d, Junction 12s 6d. The weather forecast Ist as follows: Indications are for westerly winds strong to gale and backing iby west "to south. The weather appear® likely to bti cloudy and unsettled. Rain; probable. Expect very cold weather. The barometer has d l, falling: tendency, but rising again soon. Seas rough, tides moderate. •. . ■ ■ • • . 'A, Ma' G. Aldridge, pastor of the. Weab Street Gtarrih, Auckland, has been, visiting Thiaaniea in cionnecitiion with the Ohoircih of Onlrist ' anniversary, which, wais canioluded laisb evening. The lamn-ula! tea wais held ait 6.30 and tihe jpiublia mieeting 1 followed. Ap>proipriaite addresses were given by Mr G. Aldriidge -amid Mr E- H. Tafylor, the local (pastor, whilei the choir rendered iseverail dtemis- which greaitly aissisitiecl towards the .passing of a pleasamits evening. Mi' John, Buiahttitt, son- of Mr and Mrs J. Bucktm, Ueoiob "itoad., wiiili arrive home, at Thames by toi-moanow's itraini. Mr Buahiaui wais eaaiiployeidi at Pr'Loei Bnos- 5 foundry before-,tthei.war, bulb Bioosn. •after tlie declaa'aibiom' wemt' itia Eaigkiind ■■■ as in . muaiiitkm, woa'kea*, 1 aawi hiaia >haid sioonte 1; fo.ua* yeairs' woa'k ami Woolwich, AatsieiniaiL Two niionthis ago Mr BucShaoi landed in> Sydney and was on© otf tihe atti-fliaded N;ew Ziea.laniders who l-eifauniedi by the Mamur kap. Mr Biiidham teieoiraipihed fram Padmienatiop Noitbh itihat ha wooild W-' iiiv« irn; Thaomes by itia-moirow's ta'aiioi'. Anicitlier' tiheicay is guven hj Southeaia n©ws|plapers for the curtiailnueinio of the railway service. Although the depiaatimeinit in, its adveaitiiseaueuiti aittaibujtleia tildes ciua'tadLuxeii^ iii the- taains too the eciarcSty of coal, it is alleged in soiniio cdrolefs thajfc one of the reasons for. tih© curtoilmenit is ihjat quitie a nuambeir 1 of engine^ and vehaolesi aro in> sucibl a stiaitle that until tihey go tiha-ojugib the a^eipair shoips itihey aa"e mot safe for • trafficl, and therefore they maist 'bg witlidrjawn for repairs- An additional veasoja is stated to be that a laa-gB niuimibeir of eing?inieeirs and nVfeimen who haiv© been workiiiigi ait- high pressure duirinigi tixe slioa-agei of staff, are deoßamding holidays which a.re long ovei-due, and that the only way 'to coonply -vvijtih their requestfei is? to reducfei tihei mumibea* of trains for a toinriei.