LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 28, 3 October 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A cribbage match between Stratford and Denbigh Road, to be played at Denbigh Road, is mooted • for sonn day next week.

Says the. local paper .-—There must be some enterprising individual in Manaia intubating a large and cheap scheme for running a poultry industry—probably for export. A few nights ago be visited the ben roost of a local resident and gathered in v.

dozen bead of poultry, and has alsr made one or two smaller hauls. Occasional hen roost robberies have

taken place here within the last fek months, but it now appears as if it was intended to be carried out on business lines. Measures have, however, been taken that are likely to give the thief a shock unless he makes an immediate retirement from business.

Havelock North yesterday rejected by 58 to 52 a proposal to adopt rating on unimproved values.—P.A. i The schedule for the Stratford A. and P. Society's forthcoming show is now out of the printers' hand*; and copies can be had on application to the secretary;

The premises of the two Jewish firms in Stratford were closed for holiday all day yesterday, the first day of the year 5674 by the Jewish computation. One person in every 272 of the white population of New Zealand is mentally defective. That is but one of the many arresting statements made by Dr. Hay, Inspector-General at eMntal Hospitals, iu Ids annual report.

The Hawke's Bay Meat Company yesterday considered plans for proposed works at Whakatu and decided to adhere to the provision for a capacity of 2000 sheep per day.—Press Association.

A freak calf has been discovered on Mr C. Blake's form at the Waingawa (Wairarapa). This animal has five legs and an extra pair of hoofs. The fifth leg grows from the brisket, and ends close to the ground with two feet. It is alive and well.

The return prepared Miss X. Trimble shows that the total rainfall at Inglewood for the month of September was 6.76 in, the highest falls being 2.52 in. on the 6th, 1.24 in. on the 28th, .76iiv on the Ist and .62in. on the 11th. There were e : ghteen days with rain, and on eight of these only hundredths of an inch fell.

The average man finds use for only a comparatively small proportion of the vast number of words in the English language. How many words may lie included in the legitimate vocabulary of the tongue is probably not truly known. But the newest dictionary, about to be published this month' under the nnrrie of the Xew Standard—contains 450,000 words.

A small boy who had amused himself by shutting two girls in the ladies' lavatory at Western Park, Auckland, tho other day, was brought up on a charge of causing annoyance to people in a public place, and was put on probation, under conditions that will keep him under supervision calculated to check further mischievous tendencies.

A Maori not far from Waverley wanted to go to the races at Wanganui last week but did not have sufficient funds. However he got up early on Saturday morning and went out with his net to the river, where he had the -j;ood fortune to ;geta good catch of whitebait. Returning to the station before the train left for Wanganui he disposed of the fish in one lot for 21s, and was able to proceed in style to the races.— Patea "Press."

A daring theft was perpetrated in the shop of W. Bailey, jeweller, Xapier, states a Press Association wire. Whilst the proprietor was engaged in the workroom someone entered the shop and stole £22 from the till as well as a number of gold medals won in swimming contests by Mr Bailey. This was followed by another small burglary last night at the residence of \V. Berry, a number of articles of value being removed.

The annual social under the auspices of the Egmont Club was held in the club rooms last evening and was, as usual, highly enjoyable. Ten tables were occupied by euchre players. The prizes were won by Mrs R. McK. Morison and Mr T. D. Sullivan, the president of the club, Mr N. J. King, presenting the prizes. Excellent music was provided by the club orchestra, consisting of eleven instruments, under Mr K. Cottier. Supper was handed round after the euchre tournament, and then an adjournment was made to the Fire Brigade station, where dancing was kept up till an early hour this morning.

Xorman McCallender pleaded guilty at the Court this morning to having been drunk yesterday and to having procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition order against him. Sergeant McNeely 6aid McCallender was a stranger, having recently como to Stratford from Wanganui. He was working at the Mount Egmont quarries, and following on the recent pay-day he arid other men working there came to Stratford for a spree. A prohibition order was taken out against him in August at Marton, but be said he did not know it applied to the whole of the country. Mr Kenrick. S.M., said that when he made an order he always made it plain that this was the case, in order to leave the man no grounds for the excuse that he did rot know that the order applied to the whole of the country. On the first charge accused was fined ss, and on the second 10s, with costs 7s.