LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 29, 27 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The report of the monthly meeting of the Whangnmomona County Council appears on pages 2 and 3, and Parliament on page 7.

Sodium Phenylmethylpyrazolonara idomethansulphonate is the name cf a substance to be introduced v s\s a remedy for acute rhe'umatishl,' Says ** thd “Pharmaceutical Journal.”

.The bookings for the pantomime at Eltham were rushed, one person whose enthusiasm evidently had run _ away with his commonsense, appearing at the booking office at a quarter past four in the morning! A portrait of your sweetheart on the point of your slipper is fashion’s latest suggestion to the smart young American woman. The picture should be fixed to the slipper below the buckle. This style comes from Boston. The lowest tender received by the Eketahuna Borough Council for the water supply scheme was £6OOO above the estimated cost—£l3.ooo. The Council will require to go to the ratepayers for the extra money, or abandon, the scheme.

While a letter (received from a certain ratepayer) was under discussion at Wednesday’s meeting of the Whnngamomona County Council, Councillor Bacon remarked: “Ho has evidently eaten his cake, and is now looking for it.”

Three married women each drew a section in yesterday’s land ballot at New Plymouth. One of them is apparently well fitted for .hex' prospective caredr on the land (states the “News”), having at one time been a Government dairy instructress in Now Zealand.

Thirty-five pounds'' worth of butter for a season from a single cow is a' statement that the average dairyman might be pardoned for doubting, Yet, this amazing return will probably be achieved by two purebred Holstein cows at the Weraroa State Farm— Domino Hl', and Manola. Last month these cows had jpwen for the season considerably over 22,0001bs of milk, and were still goixxg strong. Accordiug to the Horowhenna “chronicle,” these cows were fairly safe, ere the season closed, to produce - seven hundred pounds of butter-fat each, or a gross return of £35.

Mr. James Rothery, formerly of the Oakura Hotel, has taken over the Whangamomona Hotel from Mr. it. H. Campbell, and is now open to receive old and new friends. The hotel is thoroughly up to date, and elaborately furnished throughout, having all the conveniences that are possible for an hotel to have. Visitors to the district will find the Whangamomona Hotel an ideal place to stop at, and the cuisine will compare favourably with any in the province. Only the best brands of wines and spirits are stocked, and the tariff is moderate. Special preparations are made by Mr. Rothery for visitors arriving late by tram on Tuesday and Saturday, evenings. An inmate of the Greyto.vn hospital, who is now well on the way to convalescence, told a tale to a newspaper representative which recalls the parable of the Good Samaritan —partly, that is to say for no friendly Samaritan lent aid. .Journeying to his work about a month ago. somewhere south of Martinhorough, he ‘had a gig accident, and was thrown out, with injury to one of his legs which prevented him from walking. Another wayfarer presently was passing in a gig and was appealed to for help. This was denied, and a refusal was also given To a request that the wounded man’s swag should be opened, and the blankets which it contained bo laid on him. Then this individual, like rnto +ne Lcvite referred to in the good old Book, passed on his way unheeding, leaving the wounded man to shiver in the cold till the morning, when he was diacoy-i ored and brought to the hospital in I Groytowu. Such an action ~ is barely j conceivable in our enlightened times,' yet it is perfectly true, ,

One of those who drew a lucky marble at yesterday’s ballot at New Plymouth declined to take up his section. His fancy, be explained, turned to two other sections for which no applications were received, and he would prefer to take his chance of drawing one of these. At the subsequent ballot bo was among the applicants for one of the two sections. ’J lie man who was content to pick and choose had the mortification (says the B‘Npws”) of drawing a blank—the second marble. “It’s always the way. Out of the charity of your heart yon do these things, and - .” The remark was made by Mr T. C. Fookes at the Court this morning, when he had explained to Mr W. G. K. Kcnric4 S.M. that be (Mr Fookes) had been asked by defendant over the telephone, and at the last minute to adjourn the case. To do this he had to pay tire adjournment fee and in asking for judgment, on behalf of the plaintiff, he now requested that his Worship add the adjournment fee to the costs. Mr Kenrick rogrettd that he could not do this, and the. solicitor received, what he termed, “a salutary lesson.”

At the Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr W. G. Kenrick, S.M., judgment by default was- entered for plaintiff in the following civil cases:—State Guaranteed Advances to Settlers’ Office v. W. E. Watson, claim for £79 14s 8d and costs £2; R. D. Lewers (Mr Fookes) v. F. Calglier, claim £6 14s lid, and costs £1 3s fid; A. J. Davy (Mr Duff) v. C. H. Lovett,' claim £ll2s fid and costs ss. In the 'judgment summons case, McClnggage Bros (Mr W. D. Anderson) v. M. O’Keefe, claim £5 14s debtor was ordered to pay the amount in os monthly instalments. In the case cf P. W Menzies (Mr Stanford) v. A. Cruden claim £6 IGs an order was made for payment of £3 forthwith balance at £1 5s per month in default 7 days. A striking feature about Orepuki just now is its deadness. Never during the whole of its history (says the “Southland News”) has the township shown such outward ' signs of depression and general stagnation. Buildings are nntemmted in every part, and “To Let” and “For Sale” signs—those eloquent mouthpieces of prosperity’s antithesis—abound.- Two or three sawmills operating in the vicinity and the trade of the few settlers 'servo to give the place an excuse for being still designated a centre. Contributing factors .to the present condition cf things have been the extension cf .the railway to tljp'Waiau, the inactivity of the shale and black sand works, and the exhaustion of its g/jld mining resources. A few of the oTd hands still cling fondly to the occupation of mining, hut reports of big “wash-ups” no longer stir the community into eriodical flutters of gossiy excitement. About the place is an atmosphere of gloom and disappointment.