LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 96, 13 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I lie rates lor the year were passed at last 11 io;lit’.s meeting; of the Boroils'll (/mined. The Borough Council last night appointed Cr. .Vierison to represent tn»? Council on the Kgmonl. Park Board, in succession of ai •• Budge. The .Maoris mi (lie Coast do not intend to he behind the nakelia in the meltei ol being up to date, savs the “Wanganui Herald,” as the natives ai Xukmnara. Waiiotar.i, am! tlio Waitntari Pa have had the telephone installed. A Christeiiureh inventor, Mr. Alhoit IC. 'Young, lias patented a maehip" (a model or which v, as tested in C'oisteliuieh), which carries out with expedition and precision the work or Adding np newspapers, eirenlars. etc., and al tan.dug w rappers properly foldnil and gnmnied. A letter just received from Melbourne I>v a resident of Ashburton, states that ‘‘A. !!. Worthington/’ the clerical impostor who some years arm was leader ot a large congregation of Students of Truth in Christchurch, has been liberated from prison, alter serving his sentence for fraudulent practices, e.ml has gone to America, Ids passage money being found bv sympathising friends. r i hi.-., it i;r;v J>o hoped, ends the career in Australasia of one “umlcsirnhle, alien.”

'i -. ' i! v. . ii. (nivih, Y.A., has N ,'v,' i i\mu. til, iii succession to the Bov. I l ', G. Evans, who resigned me charge .some lime age. . The Einance Committee , submitted to list night’s meeting ol the Boir>ll«j:ii Conned a report oi th » receipts and expenditure' fi.iiii May Sili :••> June 9th, the receipts- I»oisijj; sbuu n at CI2SS l!)s -Id and the expenditure at £JI72 Ids Iki, including ITtWs ,12s' ,)d, the dealt balance at IN Ia y bill. The bri Igo gang. wh.eii lias been engaged r or some time putting in a (oiicreto pier under the rad.vay tralge (\or the I‘aira, is maxing prep u litmus to move on, the next work ?iv hand being I lie t action el' a | i;' mu!' r ti t bridge over the WaipuK.i r <r. '(’lie Borough Council last night adopted tiie following report from the Lighting Committee: —Tour Commit t *(\beg t> iocoinm that a light lie placed’ in Orlando Street between Pembroke Hoad and Scyton Street, at a point to be selected by your Committee. Also that a light ho placed in Miranda Street hetween Celia Street and the Hospital gate on the cast side, at a point to be selected by the Lighting Committee. “The best road in .New .doahv.uV’ is the wa\ in which an Eltnam Con.'I', Councillor referred on Satuidiy to the recently-■constructed pone >a ei Cm Eltham Road. 'J'hcrc seems to be a general opinion amongst councillors, says the “Argus,” that the work, which is being clone out of loan iik my is going to prove very satisfaeto - y, m ail concerned, and further, t at it is going to last. At Wha a,gain o mono on Saturday evening a so-sal was held to bid li vowel! to hi i J. ILdroyd fur a number of years chief ;1* i k in li’O Sfiatford oflict of the .Public Wciks Department, who has resigned his position and intends to follow fanning in West Australia. Members of the Department’s local staff were present in force and made a presentation of a purse of sovereigns to Mr Holroyd. -Air Holroyd left by this morning’s mail train cn route to his new homo. Quito a number of our well-to-do farmers in this locality are pun basing motor-cars, says the Pihama correspondent of the Hawera “Star.” No loss than three or four arrived in the district last month, and we also hear that a well-known settler is importing an electric storage car (one of Air. Edison’s latest inventions) from America. The storage cars which arrived i», Sydney recently are proving to be extremely satisfactory. So wo shall look forward with the greatest of interest to their advent in tl is Dominion.

The Irish Nationalist Leader is an

ardent supporter of an Imperial Parliament. “Sneli a Parliament,” lie says, “need not necessarily sit in London. It would appeal to the imagination of British people throughout the whole of the Empire if it were to sit in succession-in London, Ottawa, the Australian federal capital, Capetown, and Wellington. There is no reason why it should not—at least occasionally—be opened by the King in person at all or some*or the Oversea centres.”

Writing to the Auckland “Star,” Professor Wraggo says:—“Considering the immense antiquity and added interest attaching to the rock-carvings at Raglan, linking up as they now do with the other petroglyphs of the Pacific, and especially connecting with those found in New Caledonia, Hawaii, and the Haapni Islands, immediate stops should he taken to preserve these relics of hoary. antiquity. r ! lie Raglan people should now bestir themselves properly and institute a thorough search for further petroglyniir and archaic records, '.which very probably exist in that neighbourhood. Special trips should bo organised to Raglan, qnd curator of the>glyphs appointed, who would be held responsible for their safety.” An unusual incident occurred at Richmond (Victoria), recently, during a heavy shower of rain, when a black swan killed itself hy dropping pluin-mot-liko on to a galvanised iron roof, gleaming wet in the uncertain, light, for a sheet of water. Previous incidents of a similar kind have been recorded where migratory birds, Hying over station homesteads, have plunged downwards to the roofs and injured themselves. The residents of a house at Richmond heard a loud thud, and on making investigations, fount} that two sheets of the galvanisen iron roof of the washhouse were split and dinted. A large black swan —a beautiful specimen of its kind—was found lying on the roof, with its head facing the south, and its wings outstretched, as if in bight. The only apparent injury was a broken neck. Upon measuring the bird, it vas found to 1)0 Oft. 4in. from tip to tip of wings, and 4ft. 2in. from tail to bill.

'flic grass grubs arc playing hav )c in certain (but, happily limited) areas in inis district, says tMe Okaiawa rot’rcspoiulont of the Hawera “Star.” I i:avf seen one paddock which is almost b’.ro of grass owing to their depredations. Although the area a floe ted is not great so tar, there is no telling wh.it it may be in the future./ In a re •cut issue of the “Star” it was

staled that ploughing was the only kna.vt remedy, but the oxpsricn :•"> locality is that even ploughing is not cti’eetivo;.,,'A local settler broke up a paddock which had only been laid down in grass for a couple of years, o.iuig tottho prevalence of the pest; Me cropped it with turnips and ones, and then grassed it down again. Thai was oiilA a year ago, and now the grub is as bad as ever. I recently beard of a SJoutb Island farmer who fallowed his land for three years in an ondrn’onr to get rid ct the part, but vet too ; succccc. .1 was recently • {iy.cusm.ig the matte’- with a Taranaki farmer, and he suggested rolling the land with a heavy roller as a possible <■ cir;v “A short time ago,” says Mr. F. A. Jacobsen, Apiary Instructor, in t''i> “New Zealand Journal of Agriculture,” “I accidentally discovered a colony oi bumble-bees in a very peculiar position, ! was walking about in r ll _ apiary a little distance lroc> Christchurch, when i happened to glance up into the surrounding willoa trees, and. to my astonishment, saw a number of bumble-bees living round r. deserted spanow’s uert.’ 1 'uimcdi atoly got a ladder and .commenced climbing the tree to line! the cause ■ t the activity, and was rather surprised to fiml t|,;i| g pm';- of old 'bees leu' made their home in the inleiior of tin nest, i pulled the nest down, and having hung it on the barbed-wiri fence iust below its previous po;d lion, v .itched the young yellow-mark ed bees come sporting about. Tine were two or three dozen in mimbn ard wi-ro vet \ handsome. They ap : parouilv took 1 lie shitting of thrii home as of no material consequence for I. never saw one bee go back to ii high oi ;ce of old. 1 did not break Hr nest to lind v. list it contained. I.u could see a ciaiple of round balls o" honey near the on! ranee. Hum bis bt-'-s ns. a rule build thru nests in ■ lude in some beak or in the ground but lb-- above case war. rn interestin' execution.” For influenza take Weeds’ tiro; Peppermint Cure; never fails. Is ( and 2s Gd.* 1

.ioseoh Aid ly.ggago leaves oari, next week on a six weeks’ holiday \ ir.it to Russell. The report* of the committee set up to consider the request of the hospital Board to close portion ol 1 . . .ii fc’. tract, recommending that the request be not acceded to, was last id-ht adopted bv the Borough Couucif ’ The Mayor of Stratford has received word from the Hon. George Eowlds that lie will arrive in Stratford by the mail train on the evening of June 137h!i. He will remain until half-past 2 the following day. The chairaian of the Stratford Liberal League lias been advised that the Minister will deliver an address in Stratford on the e\ cuing of the 27th. The Toii-ii Hall Committee last night "ocoinmended the Borough Council to make the following charges for the use of flic Aluuieipal Chambers:—Daytime 2s 6d, evening ss. Cr. Paget moved that the Mayor he granted leave to grant the hall free for any public or charitable purpose. Cr. Jlealy thought, everybody should bo charged. Whenever a meeting was held there was work to he carried out which would cost at least half a crown. The motion was last, and it was decided that the Alayor have power only to grant, the chambers . free for charitable purposes. I The -Mayor of Stratford, Air. J. Alastcrs, travelled from Hawera to Stratford in company with the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Railways, who expressed Iris regret at his inability to visit Stratford when invited to do so on the occasion of the Hon. T. Mackenzie’s visit. He hoped, however, to he here about the sth July, and when ho does come intends to spend two days in the Stratford district. Mr. .Jennings, ALP.,' hopes to lie able to induce the Alinister to visit Waitara, but as the Minister’s time is limited, it is doubtful if he will bo aide to do so. Air. Alillar has never been in Waitara, and a visit “j, fiom him would not lie amiss. Air R. G. Cottier, who is leaving the staff of Air Newton King in order to enter into business with Mr

F. W. Court in Whangamomona, was yesterday farewellod by the New Plymouth and Stratford staffs of Mr Newton King. On behalf of the staff's Mr S. W. Shaw presented Mr Cottier with a handsome gold watch, inscribed with his name and the occasion; The opportunity was also taken to present to Mr George Court a silver matchbox. Mr Shaw referred in happy terms i;o the good qualities of Mr Cottier, emphasising his worth and the esteem with which he is' held in. Mr Cottier, in his reply, expressed his regret at his severance with so many real friends, and spoke of the kindly relationship that had always existed.