LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 19 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Senior-Sergcant Dart, who has been

r,•ponding a few days in Stratford, left for Wellington with his wife and fainilv tliis r;'oi:::r"-

Owing to the state of the weather ustmlay, ril!o shooting. bowling, and lawn tennis fixtures, wore abandoned. “The right man in the right place. If he had not been secretary there would have been no Gun Club. Comment by Mr. Stewart at the Gun C lob meeting last night in proposing that Mr. Cl. 1). Hunter be re-elected secretary. A London cablegram states jjiat Si; ,J;)hn Murray Scott died suddenly dining a visit to Hertford House. He inneritcd. a million pounds from Richard Wallace. He was instrumental in securing the priceless Wallace art collection, winch is at Hertford House, for the British nation.

At Christchurch on January lUth, Mr. L. T. Aylward, the well-known

saddler of AVhangamomona, was married to Miss K. Peek, of Christchurch. The happy couple returned to their homo at Wliangamomona on the following Friday, and on their arrival by coach were greeted by a shower of rice from the residents.

Captain Edward Cain, who lias relinquished command of the barquen tine Alexa, can, we think, right;, claim to be the “Ancient Mann, of the port of 'Wanganui the “Chronicle”). It is between thirty-live and forty years sircc he l.ought 1 his first ship, the three-miAi-cd schooner Frank Guy. to Wanganui from Bateman’s Bay, with ironbark for bridge construction, and since then lie lias guided the destines of many deep-sea craft with conspicuous success, between various Aust.alian ports and Wanganui. A young London surgeon has had the good fortune to receive one of the largest fees ever paid to a member of the medical profession. A few months ago the doctor was summoned to India to attend the Maharajah of Nepal. He found it necessary to perform an operation upon the patient, and this lie carried out with complete success. The surgeon returned home loaded with princely presents, besides which he received a special fee of a lac of rupees (£6G6G). Fishing for trout in the pool ticicw Hr. King’s house at Karitane, Mr George Marshall, a well-known Dunedin angler, hooked a large llsh, and after playing it for an hour and a quarter managed to bring it lo land. It was then seen that the catch vac a conger eel, over 4ft in length, and on it being placed on the scale its weight was found to bo 251 b. JTo land such a weighty and strong lish with a rod and tackle reflects no small credit on the skill of the angler and on the reliability of the tackle used. Mr W.,R. Lawson, the well-known financial export, writing in the.“ Outlook” on American trusts in British markets, says that the historical Smithfield is rapidly becoming a foreign outpost of the Chicago packers. These monopolists buy out the English salesmen one after the other, and lining their shops into the trust, “As soon as they hear of one retiring they are after him with tempting bids for his goodwill. As much as £15,000 has been paid for the goodwill of a single shop.” Though the trust has been onlv a few,years at work in

Sraithfield,' it has, >lr Lawson asserts, already got the lion’s share of the business.

Belgium enjoys, the distinction ,6f having been the first Continental t’ion to establish a , railway. Tlie pioneer line between M'hlines and Br»! < ■sets‘was opened in 1835/and now q ': ’df a to'till of' 2890 miles of track in tlie cmhitry, the State is the ’ dwiier bf 2330 mite : s/its 'system', 1 proportion‘ately 'to' area, being the largest in 'the world. The Belgian Government also maintains its own steamship service between Dover and Ostend. Owing to its geographical position,' Bdgfti'.l is essentially a country of transit, and the directors of its railway administration have xn’ovided trunk lines connecting the system with those m many, other countries. Great works are at'.the-preseni time in progress at Ostend. for the further development •. all these connections via Dover.

'The children's hospital at Perth, Western Australia, is in dual, difficulty owing to the shortage of the water supply and the presence of summer diarrhoea, and the lack of pure milk. There are numerous cases of typhoid in the hospital. Six thousand gallons of water are wanted daily, but only 2000 wore supplied on January 5, and the shortage will continue until new pumps are available to fill the Perth service reservoir from the new Leederville bore, which has a flow of 2,000,000 gallons daily. With respect to the milk supply for the hospital, "'here, according to the medical officer, the children are “dying like flies,” and condensed milk is being used because it is better than the cows’ milkavailable, the Cabinet decided to send up six milch cows from the Brunswick State farm, and is considering the establishment of a metropolitan herd of 200 cows to supply pure millfor the infants, on the* Lady Talbot system.

French medical men have been a good deal exercised (states the Pan's correspondent of a London newspaper) as to the nature of a mysterious malady which jias broken out on a -lumper of the warships in the Mediterranean. The outbreak was reported simultaneously from half a dozen vessels, and two men died, while about dU had to be sent for treatment to the hospital. The symptoms and the circumstances that the disease nas observed simultaneously on three sffips which had no communication with each other, and some of which were many miles apart, k<f the doctors to suspect the food supplies. Sam dcs >1 all the foods and liquids in use it the time have been carefully eximincd, but without disclosing* anything that would tend to clear up the mystery. The general view of the medical officers is that the malady is duo to ptomaine poisoning, and t.'us opinion is supported by the fact that there were no fresh cases after the first two davs.

After a big football game recently 300 Yale students patronised the theatre at Newhaven, Connecticut, in '.vhicli Miss Gaby Deslys and “otner London attractions” were announced to appear. The performance had been severely pruned, with the result that the curtain went down about 10 p.m , much earlier than usual. The students alleged that they were not getting their money’s worth, and demanded that the show should proceed. The management refused. Scores of students then climbed from the orchestra seats to the stage, and a f• ce light between the theatre employees and the Yale men followed. The stage hands severely chastised and knocked out a dozen students, and finally turned the fire hose on the aud’ence. causing panic amongst the women. Some of the actresses fled from the theatre only half-clad, and leaving behind them most of their belongings. The drop curtain was ten "ud other damage done to the i mrinr of the theatre. The Yale m«n finally driven to the street, "•hero the police arrested s’x student:-.

There was only one offender against the Borough by-laws to be dealt witu by Mr W. G. K. Kenrick this morning, Cecil Corkill being charged with riding a bicycle on the footpath in Juliet Street. Ho pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s and 7s costs.

At the Magistrate’s Court this 1 morning, judgment was given for plaintiff by default in the following civil cases';—Goldsmiths and Silversmiths’ Co. (Mr. Malone) v. T. AlcCulloy, claim for £3 18s 2d, and Cs costs; A. W. Birss (Air. Thomson) v. C. 0. M< Cully, claim 16s, and Gs costs; lolin Petrie (Mr. Fookos) v. J. Doclunski. claim £1 15s, and 5s costs;/Court md Cottier (Air. Thomson) vA Jas. Stringer, claim £37 Is 4d, and costs £2 1-is 2d.

At the Alagistrate’s Court this morning, Joint Robert Haggio was -barged with having obtained liquor during Hie currency of a prohibition order, and pleaded guilty. Sergeant McXeeley stated that he found accus'd with a bottle 'of whisky (produced )in his possession. His Worship; H is no use having orders if you are going to break them. I know the temptation is very strong. However, ts_ we cannot get the man- who supolid you with liquor, we will have to me you. Accused was fined £l, and 17s costs.

There is a remarkable tiee or shrub in a small gulch near s'me springs in Western America. ft is ibout 6ft or 7ft in height, with a runic which at its base, ! s three times the size of a man’s wrist. it 's remarkably characteristic as, to- its foliage, which, at certain seasons of Hie year, is so luminous that .it can he distinguished on the darkest night tor a distance of more than t n lie, while in its immediate vicinity it units sufficient light to enable a permit to read the finest print. The himinous property is due to parasites. lu the case of AlcCluggage Bros. v. Mias. Eaton, judgment summons, at cite Court ttiis morning, Mr. Alalone appeared for the judgment creditor, me debtor, who ■ appeared, admitted jii.it he had earned about £3 a week for the past five months, hut had paid nothing off the debt. He had been .aider the impression that the debt nad been satisfied, for he had given .he Public Works office orders on his wages in McCluggago Bros’ favour. At the time the debt was incurred ho md his wife were running a boardingmuse, and the boarders were in the mbit of giving orders on the Public (Tories Department for payment of march Debtor was unable to give a satisfactory statement of his earnings, ;nd His Worship gave him till 2 >’clock to bring the information remired.

At the Magistrate’s Court this morning, Mr IV. G. K. Kenrick, S.M., presiding, Charles Dinuelson was charged with committing, on December 23rd, in the street of Whan- ■ amomona,. an indecent act. There was no appearance of accused, but he pleaded guilty by means of a written statement. Constable Scannell gave evidence to the effect that the act was i grossly indecent one, and had Been committed in broad daylight, with’ vomen and children about. His Worship : ‘.‘There, is a statement here that is was. drunk at the time.” Constable Scannell: “No, he was not, drunk!’' Sergeant McNeeley: “If, he had .begn drunk he would,have, been arrested. ’’ His Worship;, “Are there any previous SqhyictjonsSergeant ~McNpeljey: “There are several , for drunkenness 'only.” , Hisj Wo/phip ;; “If jthejje-pftßfß 'op.tin.ue I -have to imprispn theoffenders. There was no the matter. There .aro/plepty of conveniences at the hotel and elsewhere. He will he fined £3.” Patrick Vlooney appeal’d before Mr. i,Vy/ ; (Li Kenrick, S.M., this morning, m a charge of using obscene language in the main street of Whangamomona. Accused pleaded guilty, and elected to ;e dealt with summarily. Accused: .‘‘lt was only a little dr op., of idrink, your Honour, [bit. is pay first offence. I never insulted anybody in my-lifej” Tqustgble Scannell stated, in. evidence that accijsocL.urns, slightly undem-the influence of drink.“He; has .been a very .quiet, hard-working, marij. and this was the first time ■!/ have. seen him drunk.” His Worship: “I want you to understand that this .is a seriius offence. As it is, according to Constable Scannell, the first time you have been seen drunk, I will deal, with vou lightly. You will be fined £2 and l osts 75.” His Worship intimated bat he was not going to let the next "ase of this sort off with a fine. Acrased was given two hours in which to lay the amount of the fine.

The year’s records at the Zoo, says :he “Sydney Morning Herald,” show i>hat two leopards and a pair of lion -mbs were among the animals born in captivity. The latter are about two ■months old, and according to the director (Mr Le Soeufj are progressing /cry favourably. The lioness, Dongola, is the mother of them, the sire aeing a magnificent lion, reared in .he gardens from a cub. The lioness s extremely impatient of any interference with the cubs, and has deled every attempt of the photograph■r, keeping herself assiduously between the camera and her offspring. In experiment was made to keep in •aptivity a lyre-bird, but without faccess, the gardens in their present location presumably being adverse. The •econtly imported minings are in excellent health, and spirts, wMch is taken as a testimony to the advantiges of the new system cf open-air treatment adopted for simians at the Zoo. One of the features in the rear’s record of the Zool igicr.l So-

ciety is the sustained popularity of ‘die gardens, the turnstiles shewing 'bat 287,259 persons passed through, being an increase of 43,812 on the •previous year’s figures.

A meeting of the executive committee of the Stratford A. and P. Association was Held last evening. Present: Messrs. 11. Dingle (in the chair), S. Porritt, W. P. Kirkwood, D. J. Malone, J. D. Healy, G. Sangster, F. Dobson, G. S. Hobbs. It was decided that the £1 lodged by Messrs. Tichbon Bros, in the unsuccessful protest against a prize lacing awarded to Mr. Lyford’s hull Admiral de Kol, be refunded. Tpio annual meeting was fixed for Saturday, February 3rd, to be hold in the Borough Council Chambers at 1 p.m. A general meeting of the committee will be called together on Saturday, January 27th, at 1.30 p.m. The matter of the Stratford A. and P.’s Gymkhana Sports was discussed by the meeting. The point was brought up as to whether members of the Association were to be “dead heads” at the gate. It was thought that with eight hundred on the free l : st, there would he little profit on the sports. Mr. Dingle mentioned the proposed people’s stand, and it is possible that the sports will bo held with the definite object of helping to make the proposed stand ni accomplished fact. It was left to the general meeting and then the an’uml meeting to decide the question, •md fix the date for the meeting if it 's deeded that it should, he held.

Professor Cardston, ulm directed “A Dancing Tour of the World,” in aid of the local lire brigade’s funds, lias been in indifferent health for some time, and to-day is confined to his room/

Twenty-one out of thirty sections of 32 perches each, subdivision of a property on the south side of the boiough of Timaru were sold Jjy auctu. - yesterday at £ll3 to £155. r.ac.i or the rest’ nassed to bidders at £S.» to £143.

A case in which a tramway motorman named Alfred Cnorley .s with the manslaughter oi a .six-year-old girl named Flora May. McDonald, was before Mr. Cutten, S.M., a. Auckland yesterday. Accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed. The following circular letter lias been issued by Mr. S. G. Stanton, Postmaster, at Stratford :—I rom the 22ni inst. t'o regulations appearing on page Md. P< stal Guide, with reference to placing letters, etc., for othei than the actual boxholder in private letter-boxes will be strictly enforced at ts»i£ office. Only correspondence for the principal, or principals, or for others definitely addressed to the box number, will be sorted into private boxes. All other correspondence, including that for the wives and families of box-holders, will, where they reside within the radius of the lettoi delivery, he taken out by letter-can iers.” .