LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 63, 14 November 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Stratford Dairy Company pay out for October milk on the 20th the sum of CSOO-'i. The figures for the two previous year o were £6785 (1912), and £5009 (1911).

The Minister for Defend j-econtly made and Gazetted tlie following regulation under the Defence Act: "So Territorial shall wear his uniform or any part thereof (including the military greatcoat except when performing military duties, or serving in any camp of training or military exercise, or going to or .from the place of parade;: exercise, training, or military duty. Every Territorial who commits a breach of this regulation is liable to . a fine not exceeding £‘2 for each such offence., recoverable on summary conviction.” A similar regulation was made in ■ respect : of Senior Cadets. Archbishop -Kelly, in the course of ah address at Corrimal (X.S.W.), when lie opened the Catholic church, was speaking on the question of religion in schools when he said he was reminded of a story of the man of blood and iron. Prince Bismarck, who in his short crusade against the Church one day met the devil, the evil one, who asked him what ho was going to do, and Bismarck replied: “1,, going to down the Catholic Church.” His isably' majesty at once wished him every success, and said lie had been trying it himself for 1900 years and had not got a tile off it vet.

Attention is called to the advertisement in our columns of the projected sale of work in the Foresters’ Hall next i'lumsday afternoon and evening. The sale is being held in connection with St. Andrew’s Church, and promises to he a great success. The ladies of the congregation have put a good deal of thought and effort into the function already, and confidentlv anticipate substantial results for their labours. There are to be a number of stalls of various kinds, including a refreshment stall, and there will be musical and other attractions. A nominal charge of (id only is being made for admission.

Owing to :i clashing of dates at 1 the [ Xew Plymouth Theatre, the Royal Pantomime Co., which played “BoPeep” in the Stratford Town Hal! last night, will return on Saturday, wfhon they will give two performances of “Old .Mother Huhhard.” This panto, should prove particularly acceptable to the young folk, and with a view to encouraging their presence at the matinee in the afternoon the management announce special prices for children. In the evening “Old Mother Huhhard” will be repeated. “The woman who went to the cupboard'’ is stated to provide one of the funniest pantomimes ever staged, while the '’scenery and dressing are j exquisite and the ballets delightfully refreshing.

' A business mint residing in Auck- | 'land, writing to a Stratford friend I under yesterday’s date, slates:—“The I slate of affairs here during the last j : week or two Sias been suggestive of " hat war would mean or the presence | lul a few hostile warships outside. hen the strike began the wax tin* "hart laborers marched round in squads ordering the cessation of work I was enough to rouse the indignation j of anyone, even a disinterested per-j son. Nothing could be landed or j shipped without a permit obtainable or not obtainable from the Strike Committee in sessions at the office near the waterfront ; however tin' farmers are a factor that the leaders hadi reckoned without, and they are very I , much in earnest indeed. No doubt' from this date they will always have I to be considered in any labour dis- j ’ putes affecting transport.”

At the Court this morning James Fearon was fined £3, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment, on a charge of indecent exposure at Whangamomona on November Ist. At a meeting of shareholders of the Lowgarth Dairy Co., held on Thursday, it was decided to increase the share capital by £.3 ( 11)0. Mr G. Townsend was appointed a director in the place of Mr L. F. Bell, who has left the district. The children’s practice yesterday afternoon in connection with the Fire Brigade hall was crowded to the doors. Judging from the enthusiasm taken both by the adults and children, there is every reason to anticipate that the ball on Thursday, the —7th inst., will he a decided success. » A fine of £2 with costs 7« was im- | posed on Thomas Henry Henderson at ; the Court this morning on a charge | of having exposed unvaccinated stock | for sale in tho Douglas saieyards. An elderlv man at the Court this i morning, who produced evidence of ! an unblemished character, was very I anxious to e-scape the odium which ! he thought would attach to him if I a prohibition order was issued against j him. It was explained to him that no j odium would attach to him. He de- | sired to he put on three months’ pro- | hation in the matter, but was told j that if the order were issued it would i have to be made at once and continue for twelve months. “Oh, don’t j do that,” said the old man in a pathei tic voice, “1 might not live that long.” Application was made at the Court this morning for the' issue of a prohibition order against an elderly man. Sergeant McXeely explained that tho trouble was caused chiefly by the j man’s friends drinking with him, and I the matter was adjourned for a month, j defendant in the meantime to promise j not- to frequent hotels or to take too | much drink. If this promise is broj ken the matter will be brought up earlier.

The following, under the heading ■ “To widows, spinsters and others,” i appears in the advertising columns |of a contemporary, and has been i handed to us as in the nature of a ! conundrum; “Middle-aged German i gentleman, musical and fond of cows, I wishes to correspond with a view to I matrimony; one in comfortable ciri cumstances preferred. Address X.Y.Z., Post Office, Kaponga.” T)oes the lovej sick foreigner include a cow in the I category of “others”? I = J ' ... i ■