LATE LOCALS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 33, 2 October 1912, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

The King, who contracted a heavy cold at the arm ymanceuvres, is considerably better, states a London cable.'- ' ■ VI; a, "■ ' •

As yet hot big fishing bags have to be recorded, though solitary fish have been eaugnt by one or two local enthusiasts. Provided the weather keeps fine, however, there should be some good sport shortly.

The directors and secretary of the Hawera Electric Light Company were in Stratford this afternoon inspecting the Stratford Company’s Diesel engine.

James Tuthill, license of the Taranaki Hotel, New Plymouth, lias been adjudged a bankrupt. The license is to be taken Oyer by Mr. W. G. Emeny ate of the White Hart (New Plymouth; and Rahotn Hotels.

The prospectus of the Central Taranaki Church Preparatory High School for boys and girls, which is to he opened at Stratford at the beginning of next year, lias now been published Parents of intending pupils or others desirous of ascertaining particulars regarding the new school may obtain them cm application to the Ilev. W. A. Butler, at the Vicarage, Stratford. The officers of tlie school are Patron, R ght Reverend the Lord Archbishop of Auckland; visitor, the Venerable the Archdeacon of Ta-

ranaki; trustees, Rev. W. A. Butler, M.A. (Oxon.), and Mrs. F. J. Morgan; head mistress, Mrs. F. J. Morgan.

Mr. Norris E. King is a missionary of the China Inland Mission of long standing, who will lie in Stratford tomorrow, when he will deliver a lecture on the work of the mission in the Primitive Methodist Church. The information at his disposal must be interesting iu the extreme, as it was gained during seventeen years’ experience in China. Mr. King left Victoria for the mission fields, and worked in S/.chwan in the west, where he passed through the Boxer Rising, and in Shansi, in Northern China. Many of the converts now carry on their bodies the marks of the persecution of 1900. Mr. King was at his station a t Pingyang when the revolution broke out, ancl ho has some very exciting experiences to tell. It should lie mentioned that the China Inland Mission is interdenominational, with over cue thousand missionaries, and as it is supported by unsolicited contributions, no collections are taken up at the meetings. Mr. King is at present on furlough, and is making the opportunity of disseminating news of the mission, which is deserving of the whole-heart-ed support of the public.