LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 91, 21 August 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Racing Club decided last night to make a donation to the funds of the A. and P. Association. Forty-three members of the Royal Artillery Band will represent England at the Auckland Exhibition. The Mayor of Portland, Oregon, has instructed the police to arrest any woman seen wearing an X-ray dress in the streets. The Mayor, when requested to state what constituted an X-ray dress, states that it comprised dresses, in .which the necks were too low, slit skirts, too much slit sheath, and dresses too much sheathed. r A provisional Public Service classification list was issued last night as a supplement to the Gazette. A memorandum by the Chief Commissioner.states that the classification is effective ns from April 1, 1913. Notices of appeal will be received within the next 30 days, and the Appeal Board will commence its sittings about the 29th inst.

The business at last night’s Racing Club meeting was rounded off with a number of votes of thanks to the club’s workers. In proposing a vote of thank; to the honorary judge (Mr J. R. L. Stanford) Mr Budge said Mr Stanford' had given entire satisfaction to both the public and To horse-owners. Thanks were also voted to . the farm and course committee (Mr S. Pitt), tho. Metropolitan Committee, the outgoing coinmitteo,. Mrs Budge for presen dug trophies, Messrs Budge and Nolan for representing the Club on the Metropolitan Committee, and Mr Budge for his services as President.

Last night’s meeting of the Racing Club passed a recommendation to the committee that a donation, be made to the North Taranaki Hunt, .'Hie chairman said that after the donation was made last year some members of the Club had complained about making the donation, alleging that the money was spent by the Hunt in entertaining. He (the chairman) had investigated the charge, finding it groundless. The secretary of the Hunt stated that the donation was used for the general purposes of the Club, all entertaining being clone at the private expense of members of the Hunt.

The matter of a conditional license for the forthcoming Stratford races was mentioned last night at the meeting of the Racing Club, Mr Mimrc unking what the position was. The eh ii nnan (Mr A. W. Budge) said every, thing possible had been done. Subcommittees. appointed by the Racing Club and the A. and P. Association had interested themselves in the matter and had • been promised that Mr Masters would not press the question this year, though he did not pledge l himself to drop it altogether. Therefore the Club and the A. and P. Asso ciation were assured of licenses for tlie coming gatherings. The sub-com-mittees appointed would, however, still keep the -matter in view and would take any action which was deemed necessarv.

Mr S. Pitt at last night’s meeting of the Racing Club brought np the question of the Government tax on racing clubs being given to hospital boards. He himself, he said, rather favored the idea. There were those who wore antagonistic to racing,- but if these people knew that the Government tax was to he handed to the Hospital Board of the district they might look a little more favorably on tbo sport. He moved that it ho a recommendation to the. committee ta urge on the Government through the district committee and the Racing Conference that the tax levied on racing ho handed direct to the Hospital Board in the district in which the racing takes place. Mr Kirkwood seconded the motion, but thought that as the whole of the tax would he a considerable amount the Government would probably object, to banding it over, ami therefore a proportion of the tax merely should he asked for. On Ins suggestion it was decided to stipulate a proportion of 2b per cent., and in that form the motion was carried.

Mr .las. E. Campbell, sight specialist, visits Stratford to-morrow, August 22nd, and may be consulted at Mr F. Edwards’ Pharmacy. x Authoritative accounts have been received of the discovery of new goldfields near Kilo, in the Belgian Congo. The reefs yield 70 per cent, of gold. The field is expected to outrival the ; Rand. Indications point to, sheep being j very dear in ibis district before shearing time, and this was emphasised at Mr Newton King’s Stratford sale on Tuesday. Amongst the entries there were three or four pens of hoggets, which elicited keen competition, and one young farmer from the East Road was so anxious to see what a certain pen brought that in his excitement he fell into the dip containing some eight foot of green mixture which . looked anything but inviting. Willing hands soon pulled him out, but y his anxiety re sheep values seemed to have gone down considerably for that day at anyrate.