LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 36, 13 October 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The monthly meeting of the Borough Council will bo held this evening.

The Bovt^couts'will, parade at 1.30 o’clock to-mprrow kfternoon in 'connection with thcT Governor’s visit to S.tratfqrcL. \’ 1 * ’ 1 '■ u

America’s champion -Shorthorn hull, at the Palermo Show, was sold _ for £1(3,000 (states a cablegram"' from Buenos Ayres), There was, an es/citing contest. The price cbnstitutes a world’s record.

An Act passed at the recent session of the Texas Legislature makes it unlawful for any person to get drunk at any place except in his own home.

“Bigger and grander than the Christchurch Wonderland” is the description of “Joy” Park being constructed in Auckland by Mr H. E. White. The amusements in connection with the. Ex-

hibition are being run by a public company, and the work is being done by day labor.

The October number of the “New Zealander,” described as a “monthly review of New Zealand public opinion,” has been issued, the publishers being the Sun publishing Co., Nelson. It is claimed for tlie journal that it “surveys the whole country and concentrates an essential points. It preserves the best thoughts and sayings of the best people and papers, and presents both sides of public controversies.” The present issue deaE with a number of topics of national interest.

A new automatic headlight has just been put on the market in Franco, which represents a radical departure from present designs. The lamp has the shape of a human eyeball, and turns in its socket in exactly the same manner as the eye in its support. Two small clamps, controlled by thumbscrews from the interior of the car, hold the I a inn in position in my cmsired direction, while the handle itself is used in turning the light says to the spot they are needed. Signposts at the side of the road or the low-lying milestones are thus brought within reach of the rays, while in their lowest position they even throw light into the hood, lighting up the motor, magneto, and caroa tutor. By removing the two clamps entirely the whole lamp can ho taken out of the socket and used as a “trouble’’ lamp inside or outside the machine. Tt is the invention of a French engineer.

The excellent King’s College Boys Company will give their final performance at the Town Hall this evening. A full criticism of Saturday’s performance appears on page 7 of this issue.

An item of interest- to motor car drivers and local authorities is published in the Essex Weekly News. A doctor wrote to the Essex Rural District Council, demanding 17s 6d for damage ; to his motor car, the wind screen of which was broken through jolting over ruts in a road at Mashhury. The Council paid the money. Last Thursday there were six starters in the bicycle race from Stratford to Eltliam and back, the result being 0 .Corkill, 3miu., 1; C. Mills, Imin., 2; B. Richmond, scr., 3. Richmond put up the fastest time, 3Gmin. 30secs. Another race is to be held on October 23rd. Shipwrecks not infreqnemly lead to 1 humorous incidents. One of these enacted in a church in Dunedin on Sunday, sth inst.,' states the Otago Daily Times. A well-known divine, who is noted for Ids advocacy of temperance, was the preacher, and in one of his prayers offered up a fervent petition that all the cargo in the Tyrone, might lie safely salvaged. Picture his surprise when he was waited on by some of his church officers after the service and gravely informed that a

large part of the cargo consisted or whisky! Did he wish this salved, too ? The divine in his dismay then would have altered the petition to include everything but the whisky which he would consign to thp nrh“iyflwrd would consign to the “briny deep” to mix with the salt water instead of the fresh, as a large part of it undoubtedly will if it reaches terra hrma again. But. it was too late!

A Wellington Press Association message to-day says:—A private letter from—a passenger by the Remuera, which left here on August 12tn, says : ‘.‘Wo only had one day; it was snowing and raining all the way. The seas came over the boat-deck, which is the highest deck of all. The captain said ho had never experienced such weather since he had been at sea. There was a chapter of accidents. One man was knocked over by a sea and broke his arm in two places; another man was w-ashed on to one of the winches and broke his leg in two places, and also an arm; and another man hurt his head badly, while he had a few' ribs smashed and had to have 20 stitches sewn. And he is not feeling well to-day.”