LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Williams, caretaker of the Strat

ford Mountain House, states that the Eltham Brass Band will pay a visit to the House on Sunday week, the loth hist., when he hopes to welcome a big crowd of visitors.

A South Canterbury runholder lost a very valuable calf the other day i;i a very simple way. A building was being painted and the calf died as a result of licking the fresh paint. It was a purebred Holstein heifer calf, for which the owner had refused 50 guineas. To date Mr P. Beere, Inspector of Stock, has innoculated over 14,000 calves this season. By the time operations cease, at the end of this month, it is expected that the total number dealt with will be in the vicinity of 18,000.

Fuller particulars of the walk on the Mountain bv two schoolboys, re-

ferred to yesterday, show that the trip from Stratford to the House and on to Curtis' Falls, followed by a visit to Dawson's Falls and home to Stratford, I a distance of about 38 miles, was done in under 12 hours. Overheard at a calf-branding station :—The Man with the Iron : "When I brand this chap f shall kill a good number of live stock." A Waggish Looker-on : "That's nothing. It's only the weevils from the calf-meal that have worked through the beggar's skin." The committee of the Operatic Society met last night, when the matter of securing another opera for performance was gone into. The suitability of a number of works was fully discussed, and it -was decided to obtain particulars of terms in respect of a immDnring January, 197 estates of deceased persons were finally certified for stamp duty, the largest being that of Alex. McFarlane, Canterbury, £161,232. The following are the prinicpal estates in Taranaki:—Simon Forsyth. £16,183; Anne Worthy £7121. Michael Joseph O'Ponnell £5223, Edmund Julian £4201, and Frederick Martin Chapman £2211. In conversation with Mr Ciaigie, M.P., of Timaru, on his return from Stratford, a reporter learned that he had been immensely impressed with the Taranaki district. As giving some idea of what dairying meant to that part of the North Island, Mr Craigie mentioned that from one cheese and butter factory alone £45,000 worth of produce had been sent away last year.—lt has been pointed out that Mr Craigie's figures are all astray. There are many factories whose output was over £45,000- last year, and two or three exceeded £IOO,OOO.

A local resident claims to have in her possession a Bible with Napoleon's signature therein, as well as a quilt used by the great soldier in his last campaign which ended in Waterloo. Relatives of the same family now living in Auckland arc-

also said to ho the proud possessors of other antiquities connected with Napoleon, and which were handed down through the family, it was related by the grandfather of the present generation thai on one occasion the woman of the house was boiling a plum pudding when Napoleon passed through the district, and with the remark—" That looks very good" - ho commandeered it for himself. fourteen civil cases are set down for decision at Friday's sitting of the Court. Of these three are marked as defended, one being the case which was part heard at last sitting. Foui judgment summons cases are set down for hearing. Only" three informations are to be dealt with—twe for driving without lights and one for failing to attend drill. Decisim will be delivered in the case in whir-: PI. (•:. Koarou is charged with riding a motor cycle in a dangerous manner, ihc evidence in which was hoard at last sitting. Several applications for licenses by hind agents, adjourned from last sitting for the completion of formalities, will be considered. In addition old-age and widows' pension business will be dealt with.

RHEFMO is the one remedy for ;.l' those diseases which are caused l»j excess uric acid in the hlood—foi Rheumatism, Gout. Sciatica.. Lumbago, Headache, Hysteria, Fatigue Asthma and some kidney troubles, rt cures by removing the cause—excess Uric Acid. At all chemists, 2s (V and 4s 6d. 57.

On enquiry this morning, says yesterday's Elthaiu Argus, we are informed that the condition of \Y. Mackin, who was so seriously injured in the accident at the station is, if anything, very little better Three sub-committees held meetings last night ami prepared reports to be presented to the meeting of the general committee in charge of the Fire Brigade .Fete, to be held in the Borough Council Chambers this evening. A Press Association, message from Feilding states that Mr E. Short has received a record price for a Romney ram sold to Bayly Urosf, Kai Iwi, who paid 200 guineas for Supremo (4409), vol. 9, Romney .Mars;: flock book, by Record Q 8 of 1908 (2617), out of a Parorangi ewe. A Press Association message from Dunedin states that before leaving for the North, the Hon. Mr Allen (Minister of Finance) informed a Star reporter that the whole of the new loan would be immediately converted into long-dated debentures.

To-day is quiet- ror the opening of the Feilding Show (states a Press Association telegram). There is a verylarge number of entries, especially in the fat sheep and fat lamb classes for purebred Romneys. Jerseys in dairy cattle are also well supported. Championships awarded so far are Ayrshire bull, J. McFarland ; Hereford bull and cow, E. Short; Southdown ram, J. Knight; Southdown ewe, Ellis Bros; Holstein bull, W. I. Lovelock.

The following new books have been added to the Stratford Public Library: "The Witness for the Defence" (A. E. Mason), "Loot" (H. A. Vachell), "The Rocks of Vaipre" (E. M. Dell), "Tiie Passion of Kathleen Duveen" (L. T. Meade), "George Helm" (D. G. Phillips), "The Valiants of Virginia" (H. E. Rivers), "Whispering Dust" (E. Reynolds), "Love on Smoky River" (T. G. Roberts), "The Bewildered Benedict" (E. Burke), '•The Ping of Necessity" (S. Erskine), "The Magicians of Charno" (G. Williams), "Atlantis" (G. Hauptmann), •"The Merchant of Venice" (A. Burleigh), "Westways" (S. M. Mitchell), "When William Came" (H. Munro), "The Vision Splendid" (D. K. Broster), "The Rescue of Martha" (Frankfort Moore). Last evening a small notification appearing in the "Stratford Evening Post," to the effect that anyone desirous of taking possession of a cow for three months at the cost only of the lady's maintenance, might apply at this office, attracted very wide attention, notwithstanding the fact (as one extra-cautions individual did point out) that nothing was mentioned in the advt. as to whether or not Her Cowship was "dry"! At anyrate, such is the value of advertising and the faith of human nature that within fifteen minutes of publication until the present moment applications to have the privilege of minding Daisy have simply poured in. Until midnight the telephones were kept busy; written and telegraphed requests for Daisy's owner's address piled the office table at S o'clock this morning; and by 8.30 a.m., eighty-seven individuals had applied personally at the office counter for information. This paragraph is inserted with the kindly motive of informing the three or four thousand of our readers in outlying districts, who may possibly imagine that even after this lapse of time they may have a chance of securing the privilege of my Lady Bovine as a visitor for a week or two, that they are much too late—and (our readers will pardon us) incidentally to point out the wonderfid efficacy of advertising the jroods that are wanted in the right newspaper.