LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 25, 23 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Police Court this"! morning, before Mr S. Ward, J.P., a country resident was fined 10s for being drunk whilst in' charge of a horse and trap. The special meeting of the Stratford Borough Council on Wednesday to consider applications for the position of traction engine driver will take place at;7 o'clock.* The gardens at the Stratford Hospital are looking very well just at present. They reflect great credit on Mr Officer, who is in; charge. Advice has been received that the road roller for the Stratford Borough Council'was shipped from Wellington on Friday last.

A shepherds' plain and fancy' dress ball is to bo held in the Te Hall on September 27th, in aid of the funds of the Stratford Hospital. Mr. K.A. Summerhayes is acting as secretary. The health of the community is genorally good, at "least as fas as Stratford and district is concerned, for at present there are only seven patients in the hospital. Of late the institution has been fully taxed, the number of patients at"'timed "-'hwiMg been,as high as nineteen. Mr. N. J. King is having installed at his factory in Broadway, a 10-hors'o power electric motor. This is the first to be erected since the company started the day load. It is understood several other manufacturing firms in town-have motors on order, but owing to the strikes in the Old Country, these have been delayed in arriving. Although the Kaiser has been engaged for many months in the compilation of his Memoirs, they will not see the light of day until ten years after his decease. The Memoirs are said, by one who has been privilegßd to peruse them, to be extremely frank. They deal with much sincerity with his Ministers, his children, and with his fellow European Sovereigns. The latest mandate of the Sydney City Council, says the "Daily Telegraph/' is that women as well "as men! shall not loiter in the streets. Crowding around shop windows* to examine the latest Paris creation is a heinous, offence in the eyes of the Council inspectors, who are determined to put I a stop to what they consider is a ser-l ions obstruction to pedestrian traffic. I The by-law is to be rigorously enforced.

A new law is about to come into operation in Austria (says a cable to the Sydney "Sun"), under which ail Government officials above a certain rank are to receive a salary of 200 crowns a year if they have bne .child 400 if they have two children, and 600 if they have three or more. Lesser officials are to bo paid half these amounts.

A form for the remittance of money, primarily from husband to wife or family, is in use at the post offices. The advantages are apparently not sufficiently known, for only a few people make use of the privilege. By paying an extra penny, the Department sends out cash, remitted to. any office, to the person to whom it is sont, and pays over the money on obtaining a receipt. The advantage to anyone living some distance from a money-order office is quite obvious, for it just means that the money is delivered on the spot. Among the questions put to the Minister for Works in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly last; week were three by Mr. Price, who! wished to know whether several j charges used in the Monkerci tunnel! had failed to explode. The Minister replied that the engineer reported that he had knowledge of only one unexploded charge, and this was withdrawn. "1 think it is right," continued the Minister, "that'' the hon. member should also be informed of the fact that the handle of a shovel was recently injured on ono of the sections by being trodden on by a horse."

Referring to the wireless station which is being Greeted between Aivania and Woodend, a Southland exchange says: "Few people are aware of the extent of ground covered by tho station. The area is, approximately, 100 acres. That is whv the station 1 was not erected on the*Bluff Hill, a placo fondly maintained by some as the most suitable. The m-iin mast will rise to a height of 400 ft., and: will be circled by twelve other masts fourteen chains distant. The foundations of these have been completed.' The buildings at present consist of an j engine-house, an oil storeroonij and ! Mio operators' quarters. The whole of! the material now lies at the Bluff, and ivill be conveyed to the ground by J special train as soon as the wireless! ixports arrive. These experts are ex-' HK'ted to arrive at any time now."

An Auckland taxi-cab driver has been fined 10s and 28s costs for failing to keep an engagement.

Tho Town Hall has boon booked for October 4th for the staging of "Tiny Town."

Tho life story of Joseph John Powelka lias been told in a 100-page illustrated booklet just published. To-day, being Dominion Day, the local banks are closed, otherwise the day was not observed publicly. Cattle and sheep stealing are reported to be rife of late in the Waikalo. Ratepayers are reminded tIA rates must be paid by the 30th inst.jßjtherwiso tho amounts will be suec: for. The Council intends to be firm in this matter.

The Stratford County Council are to bo commended for the excellent job that has been made of tho re-met-alling from tho railway crossing at Xgairc to the Gardens. The Council hired tho Eltham County Council's road roller for the rolling of tho metal, and motorists speak highly of the excellent work done by it. The Trades Union Congressat Newport adopted a resolution calling upon all British workers to imitate the Continental custom of observing May Ist as Labour Day. It is understood that the postal authorites intend installing a -stamp selling machine at the' Stratford Post Office. This should prove a boon to the general public, who aro often put to great inconvenience in the matter of obtaining stamps after office hours. The Department is installing these machines in all the principal offices in the Dominion. A special tax on bachelors has been adopted by the town council of NagyPerkata, i'n Hungary, in order to raise money to build a hospital for children. The only bachelor on the council who found himself in a minority of one against the proposal has appealed to the county authorities to declare the rate illegal. What description of moving picture do you prefer? A vote taken at an Auckland picture theatre the other night resulted in 593 being cast for dramas, 189 for comedies, 180 for scenics, 140 for sporting, 102 for comics, 98 for topical, 80 for historical, 49 for scientific, 45 for industrial, 39 for sacred, and 36' for trick. | An umbrella is being put on the market with a patent lock so that no one can open it unless ho knows the 1 code number. The inventor says that a genuine thief Who wants to unlock the umbrella will have *to move tho number rings 999 times if he wishes to he successful, and even then he may fail. It would be a hit of an experience to hear tho absent-minded man's remarks in a thunderstorm after moving the rings 999 times.

The growing custom of sending telegrams to the King and Queen, and to Queen Alexandra, on special occasions, threatens to become an expensive nuisance. Each time the King has won a race this year j< for. instance, it has cost him somothing approaching £IOO to reply to his numerous-but!unknown admirers, Avhc#send him a congratulatory 'wire," with their ifull;; name and address.' • Courtesy directs; that these 'messages must: be, answered. One proud hbtelkeeper in the West End of London has a'dozen of .these telegrams. '■■' - -' •■ • •''• -I ■!'.:■

A Maori vocabulary is something fairly voluble when he' desires to make an explanation, but he can also be short and to the point, as was ' shown by letters received by the Gis- , - borne Rabbit Board. A Maori ex- ■ plained his reason for not replying to -;i j letter,.from, the-secretary,in the following terms:—"Having nvuch sorrow that your letter handed to, me late, ;'. and I." could not answer it quick before the' 31st August to, be'in,,your hand; that you have told mo'in your writings and it would fined for £2O, „ One reason is' that my" place is miles from the post office, 'the post office mistress use to give, to' someone else, and that makes, it late," "Be it understood I have no cows or bullocks* whatever," was the interpretation of a reply written in Maori language received from another native.

Seven warrants were issued for the arrest of firemen i and trimmers who deserted from the steamer Opawa at Port Chalmers on Saturday. Desertions from this vessel have been a feature of her present visit to this port (says the "Star"), there being at present upwards of 20 warrants out for the mising members of her crew.

| The maritime strike conditions prevailing when the steamer left London I constitute a large factor, yit is said, lin the wholesalo desertion taking j place at her first oversea port of call. From the point of view of the seafarer | who knows that the time of year is ' approaching when good "run" money may be looked for between the Domionion and London, the present large I number of desertions from the Opawa | is a matter of doubtful value to the j prospective "runner." If all the present deserters manage to "hang out" until the approaching annual period of scarcity of seafarers conies rOund, the market may be glutted, in which case the prospect of a "£4O run to London" will not exist. So the law of supply and demand seems capable of causing even a ripple of interest in the dismal existence of the "hands" on an oversea liner. The destruction of an Ellerslie family's Christmas dinner at the last recurrence of that annual festival took up some of the attention of the Auckland Magistrate's Court the other afternoon, when J. Snowden sued Sidney Day for the sum, of £3 10s, stated to be money lent. The case had come up for hearing previously, and now only the defendant appeared in person. Ho admitted that he owed the other man £2, hut said that the balance of 30s had been "thrown at his wife/' by way of hush money. The pl-intiff. ho went on to say, boarded with him last year, and occasionally lent him sums of money, which were sometimes repaid and sometimes taken out in board. Just before Christmas

there was trouble between them, and on December 21th he (defendant) took his wife and children out for a picnic. On coming back they found the bouse had been broken into, some chairs •smashed, and the Christmas dinner (includiivr the pudding - ) had heen wilfully spoilt. Besides this, the little liquor which had been laid in for Christmas had been consumed, so that that Christmas was a "dry" one. tle. S.M., asked playfully wore any coins in the pudditigipatnd. was told, that there were—Snowden. had been "diving for'them." "I supnnse he suffered for i-fc ?"• said Mr. Kettle. "No, I don't think so," answered the defendant; "my wfij's conking never hurt anyone!" The •'•itness proceeded to relate Low Snowden was accused of t'e burglary, 'ns fewer iiostcfs threatening fn inform the police, whereupon ho "threw +be 30s nt her." Tho case was eventually adjourned for a fortnight, so that the plaintiff could appear aa-1 nivo an account of himself.—Auckland "Star."

A bad rold unfits a.man and is danaeroVts. Tonking's Linseed Emulsion positively cures all colds; Is 6d, 2s 6d, 4.s Gd. ' x

A picture canvasser f.t Napier, who stole Is 9d from an old woman, at whose place ho called, was fined £2. The gold yield on the Klondike last 3ear was valued at £1,000,000, an increase of £200,000 over the amount of 1911.

The Social Reform Council of Canada has appointed a committee that is to devote itself to # the suppression 6i white slavery in the Dominion.

The fencing around the new isolation ward at the local Hospital has been completed, and a hedge has been planted. The new ward will be opened to receive patients in December.

M- The Waihi strike is responsible for #an amusing incident. A deputation o ' '.mothers asked the schoolmaster at Waihi to excuse their children from drill till the imprisoned strikers are released, a request that could not be complied with. The incident was a sequel to a mild form of schoolboy strike. Letters threatening his life have been received by the Hutt Borough Council ranger( Mr. Arthur Mills), and at the last meeting of the Council it was decided to point out to the writer "that the Council would not tolerate any threats or interference with the ranger!'/ Leaving dozens of diners seated at the tables and calling out? for their luncheons the waiters in two of the biKßest hotels in Boston went out on strike recently as a protest against ■ the abolition of the tip system. In an address before the International Chemical Congress at Coumbra University, Dr. S. Eyde, of Ghristiania, declared that if Britain's enemies were to cut off her supplies oi nitrate from Chili the British army would soon find itself in the predicament oi being without any ammunition tor its guns.

Banks that will be open throughout the day and night are about to be established in London. -The object o tho innovation is to provide places oi safety in which tradesmen will bo enabled to deposit sums of money at any hour ef tho day or night.

Included in the recent list of applications for patents in New is one from three residents of 1 Attiatua, for an aeroplane "roundabout The machine, which has already been patented in the United States, is intended for amusement purposes, to carry passengers a certain distanco in the air without any of the attendant risks of the ordinary flying machine. Mr "W. Bakowell, a well-known Sydney merchant, who ; lately returnee from a trip to Tahiti, says he iound the French possession the dirtiest place he visited in the Pacific. Ihe island, which is the capital of the immediate French islands, is overrun by Chinese, of whom there are 6000 oi 6000 there. They were not engaged in cultivating, but were running most ot ttie stores there. Tahiti wai going ahead, but the yellow population was getting too large.

!. At, the recent conference held in , Wellington,- the N.Z. Political Reform ! League decided to form branches; nn every electorate throughout the J)o----i minion, and with that end in view the organisers are touring, the districts and arranging.meetings of supported • of the party, and strong organisations m -are being formed ovary where. ,Ane supporters of the Reform Party are , asked to meet the organiser ,on Wednesday evening in the Borough Council Chambers at 8 o'clock to discuss the question of forming a.branch of tne '". league, in the Stratford electorate. ' Dealers in the coal trade in Dunedin State that the "strike scare is .again beginning to-make itself felt, pUMWPr ably as the result of the labour troubles in the North Island and that users Of coal in quantity have during, the ■'past few days, been largely increasing ' their orders, so that, presumably, they '" may have good stocks of coal m hand should the coal miners become embroiled in the Waihi industrial dispute. Work : in the Otago coal mmes. how- ' ever, states the Otago "Daily Times ' is going along quite smoothly, and it is quite evident that if anv trouble does arise—and it is certainly not anticipated by local gentlemen in a position to know that any will—it will not be from any fault which the Otago ■ men have to find with the conditions , under which they are at present working.

The burglary epidemic has apparently revived in Wanganui, for some time on Thursday evening the residence of Mr. F. Suisted, Liverpool Street Extension, was entered while Mr. and Mrs. Suisted were attending the Technical College bazaar. The house was completely ransacked, and from nil appearances (states the "Herald the intruder was out for cash, for no articles of jewellery are missing, and a small Rum' of money was taken out ot a ladv's silver purse, but the purse was left behind.). A large sum ot money (the takings of Mrs. Suited s stall 'at the afternoon session of the bazaar) was fortunately overlooked by the burglar in his hurry. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police for investigation. No prettier blooms are grown the year round than the spring bulbs, and poets and prose writers have from time to time broken out in song and rapture over the chaste beauty of the daffodil. Certainlv the spring show held by the local Horticultural Society is the most attractive exhibition of the year. Of late years the various growers here have added to their rollections the choicest novelties of Holland and England. Any one who Ims had the pleasure of a visit to Mr. E. A. Osmond's garden—to men+ion one of our foremost growers—has heen delighted with tho choice beauties imported at no little expense. The Challenge Cup class has always been a snecial feature of the shows already held, and as the flowers staged in this section are from bulbs costing not more than one shilling each, in Now Zealand, the result is a guide and an inspiration to fho amateur to start bull) culture with beautiful flowers at a reasonable cost. Visitors to the Show on Thursday next are surf' of an enjoyablo and instructive evening.

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