LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 69, 26 July 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Special proclamations to the Maoris are published by the Public Health Department in another column.

The annual meetings of the Stratford and Midhirst dairy companies are to be held on Monday.

The Standard's Shannon correspondent reports an unfortunate accident befel Mr Frank King during a hockey match at Moutoa last week. He was severely hit in the face with a hockey stick. So severe was the knock that both his nose and cheek bones were broken.

'ln 18S1, Dr. Gunther estimated that! there were, over 220,000 named and described species of insects. Sines that date, the number has been increasing at the rate of almost 10,000 a yeaEr, so that at the present time the number of described insects must be approaching half a million. ' '. ' '/ ■''• ■ : :<i: c ■ i ■'. ;si:" lit ,J3l At its meeting on : Wednesday'the vVhangamomona 1 County 1 Counbil decided to endorse the resolution passed by the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce regarding level railway crossings.

A musical cantata entitled "Dame Durdan's.iSphool" will be staged at tile., locals Town , iHaIJL | on Thursday, 7th prox lidbji Stratford-.lf igh . School pupils, in aid of the prjze and'library funds. A special)item of.the evening is the "Doll'Song"; by the tiddlers. The production, on the whole is one whioh may be guaranteed as well worth attending** Popular prices, two shillings and one,, will be charged, with children half ,price to., the body of the hall—but not to the circle. It is understood that the management made this arrangement so that adults not wishing to be bothered by the children may hare the circle to go to.

Last night. the second leg of the rubber of cribbage matches between Ngaere and Stratford was won by the visitors by 39 games to 36. Details of the score are as follow, Stratford players being mentioned first in each instance:—J. Jones and J. Mills v. Thomas, jnr., and J. Wisnewski 9—l ; HV Jones and W. Clifton v. R. Orr and B. Orr 6—7; J. McMahon and B. Tomms v. R. Staveley and H. Taylor 6—5; C. Speck and A. Speck v. P. Wisnewski and Sim 6—6; A. H. Trotter and W. Collins v. J. Thomas and T. Orr 7—6; Kelly and Lawson v. Morrison and Willis 7—6. The final mattcli of the rubber is to be played on August! Bth.

When people visit well-conducted tea-rooms they certainly ought to know better than to interfere with the personal property of the proprietor of the establishment, but when they go so far as to remove wall-mottos, pictures, ornaments, call-bells and such trifles, they are committing acts of petty larceny which may possibly lead to serious trouble. Latterly quite a lot of annoyance has been caused to Miss Hitch, of the Medina tea rooms, by the interference with, and the removal of such articles" as above-men-tioned. In making the fact public Miss Hitch expresses the hope that the person or persons so offending will see the folly of their ways—to put the matter very mildly—and that there will be no further similar happenings.

The Whangambmona County Council at its meeting on Wednesday decidld to co-operate with the Stratford Chamber of Commerce in its agitation for a mail service from Tahora to Ohura, and also for a telephone service between the two places. It was also decider! to hold a conference on the matter on the morning of next meeting day, the Ohvtra County Council and the Stratford Chamber of Commerce be notified of the fact.

The map of the Whangamomona county is to be altered and brought up-to-date. The County Council decided in this direction at its meeting on Wednesday.

The Public Vaccinators re#ive 2s W from the Government for each vaccination they perform, so it is easy to reckon upon the good business that some medical men are doing.

Spring, apparently, is actually and undoubtedly coming. The Kotare correspondent of the "Taranaki Herald" writes:--Spring has decided to call here early, as the willows are already putting on their green coats and the fruit trees are well forward.

The engine sheds and all the men in the locomotive department, who have been stationed at Pohokura for the last eighteen months, are steadily moving to Whanga this week (states the correspondent of the Herald). Pohokura can now be counted with the rest of the Ijttle flag stations which have seen life during the railway construction. Whangamomona- is not far behind.

"If the small-pox breaks out in Taranaki," said a medico (recently, "it will not spread as in most places." He explained that this was because a la.rge pro-portion of the population were engaged in the dairy industry. People coming in close contact with cows became inoculated with smallpox resisting microbes, and for .that reason it was a rare thing for a dairyman to be affected by the dreaded dis-

ease."

The first military ball to. be held under the auspices of local Territorials in the Town Hall on August 28th, promises fo be a big success, if enthusiasm counts for much. At a meeting last evening strong committee® were formed to carry out various matters. As music is the chief feature going to the expense. Tickets are sellCrozier's Morton 1 orchestra. This is recognised to be one of the best musical combinations in the country, but" the "Terries" feel they are justified in going to the expense. Tickets are eellling like hot cakes, and big parties are expected from New Plymouth, Eltham, Hawera, and elsewhere.