LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 34, 14 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuesday next, June 17th, is.being observed as a close .holiday throughout the district, in honor of the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand, and in consequence, the "Stratford Evening Post" will not be published on thijt date.

Entries for the dog section at the Dominion Dairy Show close to-day.

The Winter Show at New Plymouth, which was to have terminated tonight is being continued on Monday and Tuesday to enable visitors to the town on. "Dreadnought" Day to view the splendid exhibits. j -,,

The Chicago. Medical Society have decided that tight skirts .are hygienic, artistic, and comfortable, and - they correct bad walking. It is asserted that .the pleated, wide skirts are the worst germ-carriers invented. ! . ; ,

Mr P. Thomson, at the Domai Board meeting yesterday: "It is.

very hard matter to get a peram bulator through the gates to th< parks. I have not tried it mysel vet." . ... ;., ,

At the meeting of the Domain Bo.irc yesterday, Mr W. P. Kirkwood men tioned that in King EdAvard Park r path had been cut down to the river, providing a nice walk. There were somt fine big boulders in the vicinity, ant* a pretty little lake had been formed.

A Press Association message from Greymouth states that Mr Hannah ; County Chairman and Crown Solicitor, is announced a candidate for the Grev seat as an Oppositionist. Mr H. L. Michel, Hokitika, has been requested to stand as the Reform candidate.

It was wrongly stated in the • re-i port of the Court proceedings yesterday that Sergeant-Major Bonar informed the Court that young Mudford had "frequently" changed his address. As a matter of fact Mudford changed his address only once during the period he has been liable for drill, that instance being from Oeo to Stratford, but he did so without informing the Department.

The visit of a lady teacher from Dunedin to Christclmrch on the occa sion of the school children's trip to the battle cruiser New Zealand has had a rather romantic sequel (says the Otago Daily Times). The lady was one of a party of three who went in charge of some pupils from one of the largest schools in the city. It is stated that she has not yet returner] to Dunedin, and also that she has become a happy bride since her arrival in Christchurch.

A "trial by ordeal" in the old Saxor way resulted in a young Gnlieian woman being burned to death at Winnipeg a few days ago (says a cable message to the Sydney Sun). Steve Zahrynuk, a Galician, accused hif wife, Annie, a bride of a month, of having been unfaithful to him. She protested that she was innocent, and consented to being tried by the ordeal of fire to show the truth of her declaration. With bis wife's full approval Kahrymik then saturated her clothing with oil and touched a lighted match to it He firmly believed that if his wife were not guilty her clothing would not burn; but the match no sooner touched her oil-sodden clothes than the woman was enveloped in flame. Driven mad with anguish, she burst out of the house. Her now terrified husband ran after her and tried to beat out the fire, but could not do so until nearly all her clothing had been burnt off. She was taken to a hospital, where she died. Zahrynuk was arrested, and will be tried for manslaughter.

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The New Zealand Pharmacy Board at Wellington passed a resolution to write to the Press Association expressing a strong opinion that tho publication of tho names of the poisons employed by suicides should bo withheld in reports, and instead of a specific poison being named a general term be used, such as "disinfectant" or ''coal tar product."

Advice has been received by the Dunedin police from the Union Company that the American Consul at Papeete is making enquiries concerning Miss Nellie Donohue, or Donaghue, who left Dunedin by the Moeraki on March 26 for Wellington, where she joined the Aorangi for San Francisco. She was accompanied by a girl about two years old, who is said to have been abandoned in Papeete. The police have been unable to ascertain if the woman was a resident of Dunedin. Her fare from Dunedin to 'Frisco was paid by a man living in the latter town, and the child was carried free.

Among the interesting features of the latest number of "Everylady's Journal" are several articles showing how an increased cost of living may be offset by more economical methods on the part of housewives; a beautifully illustrated ■ Nature story by Charles Barrett; the continuation of a story describing the adventures of a young Australian girl in society; and a further instalment of the fascinating serial by Mrs Humphry Ward —"The Mating of Lydia"—which is declared by many Critics to be the finest story she has written in recent years. Rounded out with a big collection of fashions, several free patterns, and the usual household departments, this June number of "Everylady's Journal" appears to be exceptionally good value for sixpence.

Giving instances at Gisborne of the ignorance of some children of Bible knowledge, the "Rev. P. W. Clarkson said that at a confirmation class he asked a girl who the mother of Jesus was. The girl thought a while, and then said "Jerusalem."—(Laughter.) " 'Oh, come,' I said, 'surely you know who the mother of Jesus was?' She thought again, and then said, 'Bethany.' Then, again, when I opened a Sunday school in the Taihape district, I asked the children who the first mall was. One boy replied, 'Bill Sykes.' Bill Sykes, by the way, was the local storekeeper.—(Laughter.) When I asked the question again, the. reply was given, 'lf it was not Bill Sykes it must bo Bob Cole.' J/L happened that Bob Cole was Bill Sykes's partner." (Renewed laughter.) The (lecturer said the people who live in towns of any stee had no idea of the lack of knowledge of the Bible by some children in the back-blocks. . <•"■ '■ '■• -

The Kaitangata correspondent .of the Clutha, Leader , iwrites. the rumor at present being circulated in Kaitangata that a thick seam nof coal has been discovered in the Catlins bush be substantiated it will be viewed with general satisfaction by coal miners, not only in Kaitangata, but throughout the whole of Otago. It is stated that a bushman whilst engaged in hauling logs down a. .slight incline in the bush, was rather aston? ished to find that the log disodged from the face of the incline a large lump, of coal which had come, off a seam of coal showing upon the surface. A coalfield in Catlins .district means that a decided push along would be given to that district and.its railway construction, with its accompanying benefits to settlers, who have long suffered the innumerable, discomforts pertaining to living in the backblocks. ~ ~. ..t'u