WEATHER FORECAST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 23, 20 September 1912, Page 6

WEATHER FORECAST.

The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) telegraphed this afternoon as follows: Northerly strong winds to gale, veering by south to westerly after 20 hours; very heavy rain maybe expected and rivers flooded. There are indications for electrical disturbances; barometer falling, but rising fast afaffcer 24 hours, when the weather will probably boconie colder.

Under the auspices of the W.C.T.U. Dr. Kii/.abe.tii liunn, of Wanganui, will give a Jieaitn talk to,the mothers of Stratford and district, in tlie Parian Half to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock On Sunday afternoon the lecturer will give addresses on health in tlie Town Hall, T*it> young women and cliildren, and in the evening a talk to men and women takes place at 8.15 o'clock. There will bo a silver coin collection ac each meeting, and u is expected that a large numoer of people win take advantage of this important subject, referred to elsewhere in our columns.

"Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage," was doubtless the sentiment whicn inspired one of His Majesty's unwilling guests at the Now Plymouth tiaol to make a bold but unsuccessful bid for liberty some time between "lights out" on Monday and tlie. pre-breakl'ast visit of the warder oil tue following morning. As a .result (says the Taranaki "News") a young looking prisoner named Frederick James Symos, alias Seymour, stepped into the dock at the Magistrate's Court" yesterday morning, charged with attempting to escape;. Symes is an habitual criminal undergoing an indeterminate sentence. He has ueen m the local prison about a year. The last time he was before the Court was at Auckland, when he was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and declared an habitual. Prior to that lie served two sentences of twelve and one of six months. His offences were against property. Describing his latest episode, the gaoler (Mr. Coyle; said that on Monday night he wrenched two stout iron hinges from the table in his cell, and made use of them to break- away the concrete around t,he' catch of the lock in his cell door, for the purpose of getting out. He did not succeed, however, the catch, proving too strong. In the morning a warder on visiting the cell at 'Once ''detected that something was amiss. The prisoner was sentenced to bo kept on bread and water for five days.