LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 8, 3 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sporting notes will be found on page 2 of this issue. A new wingless breed of fowl has been exhibited at the Loiibeach (U.S.A.) poultry show. The owner savs he is breeding them specially for the table. ■

The last da nee of the season under the auspices of the Cardiff Dancing Assembly has been postponed until Wednesday.

A London cable states that two masked burglars, using chloroform, overpowered the nightwatchriian at the Hippodrome, after exploding the safe, and stole .€IOOO in cash.

A sheep farmer on Hanks Peninsula (Canterbury) has already had a return of 140 per cent, of lambs.

A Continental cafe on modern lines is to be established in Auckland next summer. A southern business man lately visited America, and wh lo there he was impressed with the necessity for better restaurants in New Zealand, and especially in Auckland. He has decided to provide Auekhlnd with an up-to-date summer cafe, and negotiations which have been proceeding for some days past have been concluded in a portion of the ground

floor of Smceton's new buildings be ing secured for the purpose (tele graphs the ".Dominion's" correspan dent).

An almond-eyed Celestial, armed with a kerosene tin and not, the paraphernalia of the whitebait catcher, was recently observed sitting on his haunches gazing disconsolately into tlie river, says the Grey month' Argus. He was no doubt wondering in his own deep oriental way at the peculiarity of a Government that will not allow such fascinating games as pakapno and fan tan. Our reporter, who happened to be passing, looked into the tin to ascertain what success had attended the fisherman's efforts. "Not many whitebait about. John?" he queried. "No ; that big dlodge, rnakce too nnieheo row," ho replied in a disgusted tone. "H makee too .nmcheo mud and too muchee noise, and fliten them." The pressman suggested that he should get the dredge to slop working until the whitebait season was over, but John was once move gazing into the river, and would not deign any response.

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It was mentioned by the Secretary of the Postal Department on Saturday night that New Zealand now holds the record as a letter-writing eninntnnu\. The latest statistics show that (Mi the average 97 letters are written by every person in the Dominion every year. A Wellington wire runs: “As some papers have mistaken Mr. Withy, who recently addressed public meet ngs at Hastings, for Mr. Witty, M.P. for Riceartnn, and have announced that tlie latter was speaker at the meeting ia question, Mr. Witty wishes it ti| he known that he was not present.” The Toronto “Globe” announces the death, at the age of thirty-one, of Mr. I'lrnest Riddell Paterson, 8.A., first Rhodes Scholar from the University of Toronto, son of John A. Paterson, K.C., of W'ichwood Park, Toronto (brother-in-law of the late Mr. R. H. Riddell, of Napier. Hawke’s Bay). On Thursday next, September sth, in the Town Hall, Stratford, Mr. .Philip Hereford is to deliver an illustrated lecture entitled “The Relationship of Man to the Apes.” Mr. Hereford is a member of the American Academy of Social Science, and a student of that fascinating subject evolution. An important Rugby fixture takes place to-morrow at Hawcra, where Taranaki meets Otago. For the benefit of Stratford enthusiasts a special excursion train will leave here at 1.30 p.m. Should the weather remain fine, a splendid contest should lie witness- | rd. The return train leaves Haweraat 5.15 p.m. for New Plymouth. The rainfall at “Rivomlale,” near 1 Inglewood, for August was 6.71 in., of I which 3.75 : n. fell on the 30th. On ninei teen days during the month no fall I was recorded, upon which the “Record” remarks; It rains occasionally ' in Inglewood, but on Friday evening , last it fell so “heavily” on the roof of j the Masonic lodgeroom that it was considered prudent to suspend Inis 1 - ! ness until the elements moderated i somewhat.

"We are a strange lot in Parliament. You letter-carriers do a lot of work without any talk over it, while we do a fearful lot of talk without any work." This remark by Dr. A. K. Newman, M.P.. was received with cries of approval by the letter-carriers at their dinner on Saturday night. They were clearly of opinion that it contained much truth, says the "N.Z. Times.'

The Holstein cow Manola, which was the champion of the Holstein herd on the Weraroa State Farm, has just completed her season's milking with.a return of 20,-!021b. of milk, producing 6741 b. of butter-fat (savs the Horowbenua "Chronicle"). These returns for Manola will no doubt be looked upon as the highest ever made in the Dominion. Two other Holstoins, which complete their milking this month, will, however, show cons;derably higher returns. For several weeks one of the public street lamps at Grccnford, near Ealing, England, was found alight every day, although the lamplighter extinguished the light each morning. Respecting that some mischievous boy was at work, the lamplighter set himself to capture the culprit who w_as giving him so much trouble. While waiting in hiding to pounce upon the offender,, he was amazed, to see; the lamp apparently light itself. Investigation revealed the fact that a tomtit had built a snug host in a corner of t!, o lamp, and was in the habit ef honning on to the ring to the oha-'n of the incandescent bypass, thus turning on the light. At an enthusiastic public meeting,at New Plymouth last night a branch of the Roval Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Avas formed, and officers were elected as follows: President, Mr. G. W. Browne.; hon. secretary, Mr. G. E. Robinson ; hon. treasurer, Mr. .T. Paton; committee, the Rev. A. H. Colvile, Dr. Leatham, and Messrs. Munro. F. W. Sandford, % E. Blunder!. an/J E. Role; hon. veterinary surgeon, Mr. E. Orbell. The president will be the Mayor of Now Plymouth for the time being. The committee was authorised to engage a salaried inspector. , . Wauganui is, so far, the only place in the Dominion in which compulsory

attendance at continuation classes is iii force. At the meeting of those interested in the work at Wauganui, a lady complained bitterly against comP'd'ng girls to attend such classes at night. When it was pointed out to her by the chairman that there were

'no compulsory classes at night for i girls and that they were held in the j afternoon, the lady said she had rcI ceived many complaints from mothers against their girls who were out at work being compelled to attend these day classes, and the chairman read a of the regulations in which such girls were exempted from the compulsory clause! Postal business has "grown some" i in Wellington since " 'fifty-seven." j f'i that year the city's one letter-car-i rier (the first appointed) did not have I enough to do, and he filled in spare I time in the mail-room. Ten years I later he got an assistant. In 1&77 there were four letter-carriers in Wellington. To-day there are 6S. Last | year these 68 delivered 0,500,000 artiI cles, and in a period of six months I tliey made only 20 errors. These parI ticiilars were stated by Mr. D. RobI "i-lson, the Secretary of the Postal | Department, at the Wellington T.etter- | carriers' annual dinner on Saturday I night, savs the "Dominion." Queen Elena has presented Signora | Papa, an Italian woman recently expelled from Asiatic iurkey, with an artificial nose (says the "Express's" Rome correspondent). Signora Papa, who was a restaurant proprietor at Beyrout, was attacked by a band of Arabs during anti-Italian riots and her nose bitten oil'. Queen Elena saw the unfortunate woman in the hospital at Pisa some days ago, and she gave orders that the sufferer be attended by a Royal physician. The Queen paid all the expenses of the operation which was necessary in order to lit an artificial nose. The one portion of the outfit of the Territorial about which there has been no shadow of doubt whatever is the overcoat. Tested severely in wet camps all up and down the country, it was found to keep out upwards of three days' heavy rain and to be warm and comfortable. Naturally, when the camps were over there were many vho tailed to see .season why_ should not make so excellent a galaV tnent serve them in private life. Antr in consequence the good great coats have hern worn on all sorts of occasions. In a few words District Orders issued this week put an end to the practice:—"The unsoldierly custom of wearing military great coats with mufti must be discontinued at once," they say. The specialist is the one to-day who stands at the head of any profession or business. Herberts are specialists in ladies', children's and infants' needs. We've made these our particular study; we have the finest range, the newest styles, the lowest prices, which are unequalled in this town. .■s;

A Melbourc' cable states Hint at the end of July 79,571 old-age and 10,985 invalid pensions were operating in the Commonwealth. A young bullock caused quite a stii in the north end of the town jesteiday afternoon. It appears the poor brute got its leg broken by colliding witli a motor car, atm with the pun the beast was suffer ng, it was piepared to rush at anything. Inspector Lfeer© was informed of the affair, and despatched the beast with a bullet. At the meeting of the Stratford Hospital and Charitable Aid board tin. Wning a letter was received from the Prime Minister, in reply to a communication from the board, urging L..at medical officers be appointed to places where large numbers ct men are employed on Public \\ orks ini isoJ lated localities. Mr Massey stated that bo had noted the representations of the Board, and that he won d be glad to submit the suggestion to his colleaguej- the Hon Miuister oi Public Health, for his consideration. Mr. B. Fearon, secretary of tuc Stratford A. and P. Association, has received a communication from Mr. J. C. Lane, secretary of the . Jersey Breeders’ Association, confirming me news we published yesterday with regard to the 17 guinea trophy presented for competition at the btiatfoid Association’s annual Show. P Kirkwood, the A. and 1 . Association’s president, expressed himself this morning as highly gratified at the Jersey Breeders’ generous offer, the conditions for the trophy be.ng perfectly satisfactory.

By way of emphasising tho necessity for keeping moving ail tiie time. Bishop Sadlier. (Nelson) told a good story about two frogs. There were two of them, he said, one of an optimistic turn of mind and the other of a pessimistic. It happened t'nat they both fell into a pail of milk, and the pessimist at once commenced to complain of his hard plight. "Kick,' advised his brother frog. "But what s the use?" said the gloomy one; if I've got to drown, .1 might just as well die now as later on." "Keep kicking," said the optimist; but the first frog, disregarding his friend* advice stopped kicking, and was soon drowned. The cheerful frog, however, kept on kicking, and in a short time found himself floating on a mass of butter. To people who felt like giving up when things went against them, Bishop Sadlier recommended this story, and advised them to keep on "kicking away." Considerable amusement was created at the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board's meeting this morning by the concluding, paragraph of a letter from the secretary of the Department of Agriculture. After stating, with reference to a resolution passed by the Board, that paddocks situated within a borough or in proximity to dwellings should not bo used for holding diseased stock, that the Department's officers have definito instructions that any cattle which are in a condition likely to constitute them a source of danger to other stock, or to people, if driven along a public road, are to be destroyed on a farm, and that it was- always the desire of the Department to Carry out its inspection in such a manner as will not endanger public health, or constitute a nuisance to the public, the writer added, "If, therefore, your Board will be good enough to advise in what manner it believes infection may be conveyed, to the people living in the dwellings adjoint to this Department's paddock at Stratford, the matter will be further investigated." '"The growing disregard for Sunday observance is something the churcne| should'see to." This is what Archdeacon Bartlett, of Goulburn, "New South Wales, said the other day. Continuing, he added: "It is coming to this: If churchmen do not bestir themselves Sunday will soon be a thing of the past. And if the abolition of Sunday comes, God help the Empire. Sunday is not the day for the golf links, for whist, euchre parties, cricket, or football. No one here can say they_ need Sunday for sport; all have their weekly half-holi-day. I would eas'ly forgive the poor sempstress of the big cities of Europe, who works day and night for a beggarly pittance—-- I would forgive her for taking the Sunday off for a picnic. But here conditions are not like those in London, and there is no necessity for men to profane the Sabbath. I would like all to remember the text, 'Them that honour Me I will honour, and those who despise Me will I lightly esteem.' "

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