LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 10 September 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Egmont National Park Board has granted £5 for expenditure or. the East Egmont track. A letter to tin's \effect was read at tlio meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night.

On Mr D. J.. Malone's motion tl Chamber of Commerce last night dec ded to urge on the Minister for Eai ways the necessity of having tl overhead shelter at the railway st tion extended.

For neglecting to take adequat* means to cope with the rabbit pest 01 their 8000-acre block of land at Atia muri (Waikato), Stewart and Walker two runholders, were fined £ls at tin Rotorua Court!

Mr F. Hoskin. of Opunake, on Sunday found a whale stranded on the beach three miles north of Opunake. The sea monster is about 50ft. ir length. Mr Hoskin proposes to try out the whale if he can secure expert assistance.

A resident of Winton had a rathe unpleasant experience the other even ing. He. was chasing a cow, when tin pipe he had in his mouth caught tin clothes line. The result was tha four teeth were broken, and otheri loosened. •

Mr Richards said at last night'* I meeting of the Chamber of Commerce that he had been approached with f request that the Chamber should sup port a movement to check luggage direct by railway from Taranaki stations to Auckland city via New Plymouth and Onehunga. He moved thai the Minister for Railways should b< ashed to arrange for such checking and that other Taranaki bodies be asked tp co-operate.

The question of Supremo Court sittings was brought up at the Chainbu of Commerce meeting last night In Mr J. 15. Richards. He said Hawera was agitating for sittings there, but he did not sec why people in the central hack country should be called upon to go cither to New Plymouth or Hawera—the whole of the Supreme Court business should conic to the centre of the province, and Stratford held thi l most central position.—ll was decided to make representations to' the Minister for -lustice.

A Sydney cablegram states that tho Manuka's horses were landed in good < ondition. Hearing of evidence at the Royd Carlick inquiry was concluded yesterday. The committee will sit for a few days to deliberate. A Reform rally is to he held in Palmerston North on the 20th inst.' Mr Masses- and in all probability other members of Parliament will be present.

In the report of the Trinity examinations in the Post of yesterday, the name of the teacher of Erica Simmons in the junior division should be

Miss Evans, not Miss Edwards. A special meeting of members of the Stratford Racing Club is to be held on Friday, September 19th. to confirm

alteration in rules made at the annual meeting. Some ten days ago (says the AshI burton Guardian) the guard of one of i the mixed goods and passenger trains I which travel between Ashburton and Timaru noticed two seagulls circling I around a paddock in which was a I newly-dropped lamb. separated by about a couple of chains from its mother. About an hour later the guard was returning on the up train (be had transhipped at Orari, about five or fix miles from the field in question), and had the curiosity to look again at the same point, with the result that his suspicions wore confirmed. \ The seagulls had given the lamb only j an hour or two of life, and were busily M making a meal off its carcase. r University of New Zealand examinat ions are to commence on Tuesday, , December 2nd for Matriculation, Jun- \ ior University, Senior National and Taranaki Scholarships; Medical and Engineering Preliminary; Solicitors' and Barristers' General Knowledge; Mus. Bac. Intermediate; Entrance Examination to Military College of Australia. A centre for examination is constituted on receipt of entries from ten candidates, or a guarantee that candidates' fees will be made up to twenty guineas.\ No extra fees should be sent until after notification. Further particulars are given in a notification from the Registrar, Mr B. Hector. There was a very representative gathering of leaseholders under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act cf 1881, at the meeting held at Opu-

mike yesterday. Delegates ■were present from us far north as Tikorangi. Messrs.,.Okey and Wilkinson, M.P.'s, were present. The meeting wag held in camera, but it is understood that an arrangement has been arrived at which is pipving acceptable to both Europeans and Maoris, and which will probably be placed' before Parliament, for ratification, in the course of a. week or two.