LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 98, 25 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

jt brake will leave tlic Royal Mail - Stables at 7 o’clock to-morrow eveni ina: for the convenience ot those wisli- ' ing to attend the Oddfellows euchre party and dance at loko. ’ The ratepayers of Inglewood were ‘ yesterday called upon to vote loi two • separate loan proposals—one to bon on £BSOO for the purposes of purchasing the plant aiyl interest of the iuccti a: 1 Lighting Company was canned by W • votes, but the other, to borrow £.OOO • to erect a Town Hall, was lost bo the narrow margin of three votes. A letter has been received by Mr. G I), Clow ‘from Mr. G. I. Wake, 1 Mayor of Eltham, who is at present in ' Christchurch, says the Eltham Argus, • statin"- that his doctor has advised • him. to defer his return to Eltham ioi the present and take further rest. Mi 1 Wake consequently will not be pics- ' (>nt at the meeting of the Borough Council on Friday night, the hnal > meeting of his Mayoral term. A contract has been-let to Mr. N. .1. • King by the Stratford Brass Band for the erection of li"band room, the oadd- : in"- will be a wooden one, octagonal 1 shape, and of fair dimensions. Jt will cost somewhere in the neighhoui mum of £BO. The sitC is in Fenton Street West. Such a large expenditure is, ol course, sliglitlv beyond the capabilities of the Band, and it is to be hoped tt o public will recognise their enterprise, and their services to the town, by assisting in the cost of the edifice. In the Gazette of April 11 there is a notice signed ,“‘J. 0. Ward, Mm s- ' ter of Defence,” which states that the ■ Colonial Auxiliary Forces’ long-service . modal has been awarded to wolonel James Allen, Xew Zealand Garrison Artillery, for 20 years 330 days service. As Colonel James Allen is Mr. Massov’s first lieutenant in politics, it is not "without interest to note that t.ae last official act of the late Defence Minister was to recognise the military deserts of an uncompromising political opponent. At a meeting hold in Dunedin, one speaker, with special reference to the Territorials, expressed the opinion that all old married men were worth a place upon the field by virtue of their tactical experience, lo use his own words, which wen- received with a shout of laughter: ‘‘Men who have Goon inured to warfare by years of married lile, in which, il they have acquired nothing else, they have at any rate learned some useful defensive tactics, such as how to elude and evade an enemy, to recognise the presence' of a superior force, and in the face of inevitable defeat to effect honourable terms of surrender.” Xo man in Stratford is associated with so many public bodies as the new J,]a\or, Mr. W. P. Kirkwood. A few of irs more important duties arc entailed in the positions of President of the A. and P. Association, President ol the Acclimatisation Society, Vice-Pre-sident of the Chamber of Commerce, and member of the Domain Board. Mr. Kirkwood is patron of the Gun Club, and is connected with the majority of sports organisations. It might be mentioned that Mr. Kirkwood was a resident of Stratford twenty years ago, long before there was any Mayor ol Stratford, and bn,t for a break of a few years, has resided here ever since. Prem’i 1905 to 1908, inclusive, lie was an able and energetic Councillor.