LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 72, 25 November 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The competition in connection with the Spencer piano “campaign” fly (says the Poverty Hay Herald) resulted in 1 > ,000 flies being sent in in envelopes by school children and others interested in the competition, in all 170 competitors.

I A welcome social to the delegates attending the Tavanaki-Wanganni dis- : trict synod of the Methodist Church 'I will he held in the Town Hall this eyen- " ing. A first-class musical programme » is promised and supper will he pro- ’ • vided. i! The latest fashion in Paris is the i wearing of white wigs by lathes. At i some recent race meetings quite a | number of sihartly-f rocked women were I observed wearing powdered wigs, genI orally with black hats. For some time [ past white hair has been increasing in fashion amongst Parisiennos, but I whether it will extend to London re'l mains to be seen. ’j j Xew regulations concerning fishing | licenses are announced in tin* CazI ette, as follow:—(IX Acclimatisation I societies shall only issue licenses at ' places within the boundaries of their ! own district, and no society shall can- : vass or seek to induce any person out- : side its district to take a license from I it, (2). Any society committing ! a breach of the above regu- ; iation is liable to a fine not exceeding €50.” The committee in charge of the Fire Brigade ball, which is to be held on Thursday evening, have been busy canvassing and have received a good many promises of help in connection with the supper: but a number of those who might wish to help have been found not at home when members of the committee called on them, and the committee desire to request that those wishing to contribute to the supper, and who have not boon called on well send their contributions to the Tout, j Hall on Thursday afternoon.

The figures of the last Lyttelton election, in 1911, wore as follows: G. Lauronson (Liberal) 4160, Colin Cook (Reform) »0S1; Liberal majority * Tito Main Inink Express was delayed last night at Penrose, owing to a carriage of a local train being derailed. I p til! 11.43 p.m. the obstruction had not been removed, and the authorities are unable to state what damage has been done to the line. It was expected (stares a Press Association telegram) that the express would not be delayed much after midnight. A young Mann witness, in a case til the recent sitting of the Mag hjt trate’s Court at Port Awamii. in icsponse to the preliminary question from the bench, “V, hat are you?” replied. per medium of. the interpreter, “I am sometimes a gentleman, and sometimes 1 do some work.” A statement that for some seconds cansi*d much amusement, and completely broke up the serenity of the court. Mr Stallsmith, a member of the Panama Commission, in an interview, likened 1 asmania to an uncut diamond possessing all the possibilities of Yt beautiful gem. The State was not | known yet. It had hardly taken'moro i than the first few timid steps on the ! high road to prosperity. With the j timber resources and water power the | State Ims assets of unbounded wealth. 1 Capitalists should be given every en- ( r ‘oura gen lent, otherwise the State’s j progress would continue to bo slow. Quite a sensation was caused at the ; Palmerston railway station on Tnes- ■ day, when a number of freaks of natuie were entrained for Wanganui, j The animals consisted of a two-year-old I heifer with six legs, a four-year-old j sheep with five legs and six distinct

feet, a tremendous sheep which is claimed to ho the largest in the world, anci a sheep with wool three feet long. J hose animals were for exhibition at the M anganui Show, where tllev no

doubt attracted many spectators

A Greytown Press Association tele£iam to-day states: A meeting of business and professional men and settiers, Mr Hugh Morison nresiding, tested against the tactics of the Opposition ig stonewalling during the present session, and complimented the Government on the manner in which j it had dealt with the present industrial crisis in their determination to maintain law and order. Those present at the meeting pledged themseires to assist the Government in carrying out his policy. A relic of the Kelly gang was tinearthed recently at Gienrowan, Where the niffiians were eventually run to earth. It-consists of a barrel and Jock of an old-fashioned gnu, once owned by the notorious quartet. It is a gamekeeper’s gun, right barrel rifle and the 1 i<, shut, and was the favourite weapon of young Ban when he was out hunting for birds and animals of the bn-sli or human beings. The remains ot the shooting iron were found beneath a heap of earth and wood ashes Mimov.hat behind where originallv stood the Gienrowan Hotel kept bv Mr J ones. ■ A clever invention to prevent railway collisions hav been patented by a local inventor (says the Christchurct Tress), (r i« claimed to be a grJ® improvement on the recent Homo ventions—which require to be worked ' mh skoals. The local invention does not require the aid of signals. It is ;m absolutely fool-proof system. It eliminates the human element, beiimabsolutely automatic. l t is claimed that it is impossible for trains using fhe invention to collide with each otuer. as the system pulls them up ■icfore they can reach each other. A Kaikoura pedagogue, in order to lincl out how much interest his scholars took in current events, set one of his classes to write an essay on the strike. Here are some of the notions of the rising generation:—“Mr Semple was shot dead; he was one of the leading men.” “Sir Joseph Ward has been allowing too much free labor, and the men who have gone on strike began to think they could rule the roost.” A great number of people blame Mr Massey but he is not so much to blame as Mr Ward.” “There were some racehorses coming down from the Xorth Island to Christchurch races. - They wont down hy the Maori, and two warships went down with her to pro-1 tect the boat and the racehorses. “The trains have ceased to travel because they cannot get coal to burn th’eir engines.” One of flu* most successful disappearances on record was that of 'William Howe (the London Chronicle says). Howe was a successful tradesman in Jermyn street. One morning in 1,06 lie left his wife, telling her that he had business in the citv. He never came back, and all efforts to '

tiiico him tailed. After some years his death was presumed; and an Act of Parliament passed ro enable Mrs Howe to administer her husband’s estate. Then, cue evening in 1723. the “widen- received a letter from an anonymous correspondent, requesting an interview the following day in Birdcage Walk. Aim How© kept the appointment—and discovered her husband. He had been living in disguise in the same neighbourhood all the time, he explained, and keeping a close eye upon the movements of his wife. It. is said that the reunited couple lived haonilv ever afterwards.