LATE LOCALS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 19 February 1912, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

Crs. Healy, Morison, and Paget announce that they will address filV: ratepayers in the Town Hall to-mor-row (Tuesday) evening. In our report 'of the electric light loan meeting it was stated that a street lamp cost the borough £5 per annum, whereas the amount is only ■lss.

The Boy Scouts held a very satisfactory half-day’s outing on Saturday. Some very useful practice iu ambulance work was carefully and thoroughly carried out. 'Hie muster, however, was not very large, but in all probability the smallness in numbers contributed to the thoroughness of the parade. On Thursday last the Electrical Supply Company discovered that one of the cases containing the fly-wheel bearings for their new plant had not been delivered, and it was feared that serious delay would result. Enquiries were made in Wellington, when it was found that the case bad been short landed there, being found in Dunedin. It will arrive in Stratford during the week.

The majority of the local Chinese stores are closed to-day, the reason being explained in the following telegram from the Chinese Association, Wellington, appearing in the window of Dong Chong’s shop; “Received cable irom Provisional Government, Nanking, stating Emperor already abdicated. Provisional Government decided to celebrate February 15th as general holiday. Please observe 19th as general holiday for New Zealand Chinese.” Another local Celestial’s shop g.vos the reason for his shut doors tints: “New China. New Year.” Otto well-known laundry, however is in full swing. Evidently the owner is Hot in sympathy with this new order of things, or else he does not wish to inconvenience his natrons to the extent of keeping their washing back one whole day.

Little Bessie Tutt, a young girl of. thirteen, was recently presented with the certificate of the N.S.P.C.C., given for brave services to little children sorely in need of them (says a London paper). 'Hie presentation was made at Minor Road School, Walworth, and Inspect (H \ ine told how lie was called to visit a family very much in need Assistance was immediately despatched, and it was a starved and terribly neglected condition. Bessie volunteered to lielj) him. She went for milk, warmed it, heated water to wash the children, and then took care of them while the insnector went to obtain an ord<?r for admission to the workhouse. Then Bessie called on one neighbour after another to <mt covering for the children, after walkmg a mile to fetch a cab for their removal. When the inspector brought the baby downstairs, Bessie took the mite in her anus, and saving “How cold it is,” took ofl her own frock to wrap round the child.