LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 31, 28 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A letter was read at Tuesday 3 meeting of the Whangamomona County Council from the Backblocks Local Bodies’ Association, notifying the holding of a conference on the question of control of the liquor traffic. The Council decided not to send a delegate.

There should b» * big rally of XoLicense supporters at the Town Hall this evening, when addresses will be delivered bv Messrs C. H. Poole and Wesley Spragg. Mr Poole is spoken of a s being an excellent speaker, and bis recent experiences in America should make bis address highly interesting.

An enquiry will he held on June 12 | at Matau by the Taranaki Education 1 Board into certain charges made by | residents of the district against the ! methods of the teacher of the Matau school. At the Court this morning, Mr A. W. Reid, J.P., presiding, Daniel Harman was sentenced to seven days ' imprisonment on a charge of drunken- : ness. Yesterday afternoon a man who had been brought from Whangamomona to answer a charge of having been found in a state of helpless drunkenness was remanded for a week for medical treatment. At the meeting of the V hangam >- mona Countv Council on Tuesday, it was moved by Cr. Roberton and seconded by Cr. McCutchan: “That tho Minister be requested to make an amendment in the Act relating to the payment‘of a Council’s expenses caused by anyone objecting to being included in a loan area, so that, either side having judgment given against it, may pay expenses at the discretion of the Magistrate. On a division, the motion was carried ov four votes to three.

A general meeting of membert of the Civil Service was held last right, vhen it was decided to petition the central executive of the Civil Servile Association for the formation of a Taranaki branch, it being held that as most of the Civil Service staff in Taranaki is administered from New Plymouth or Stratford, Wanganui is not central enough as headquarters of the branch of the Association. The petition forward represents about a hundred and fifty Civil Servants. A provisional committee was appo nted.

In reference to the Auckland criticisms on the report on the health of school children, Dr. Elizabeth Gunn points out that her report showed about 25 per cent, not 50 per cent, were suffering from malnutrition. She said that, though not so bad as made out, these figures, when the health and wealth of the Dominion were taken into account, were rather alarming. Dr. Gunn went on to say that she was unable to find any case of malnutrition due to actual want of food, but all were due to wrong footling.

Copies of th*e 1914 Syllabus of Professional Examinations in Accountancy and also for Examinations for Book-keeping may now be obtained. on application to Mr T. L. Buxton, New Plymouth, who is secretary of the Taranaki branch of the New Zealand Society of Accountants. For the benefit-of those who do not wish to undergo the lengthy and severe course for an accountancy qualification, the University now conducts an examination in book-keeping only, and grants a certificate of proficiency in that subject. This may be of interest to many of our readers.

Says the Waitara MailA party of three young men brought up the munch Moa, from Wanganui, arriving on Sunday. They intended to start fishing, and went out yesterday (Tuesday) to get a knowledge of the coast. Returning at dusk, when there was considerable mistiness in the atmosphere, they mistook a light shining on to the * Airedale reef for a light at the entrance, and got into troutdo. The occupants managed to scramble ashore, but , the launch was badty knocked about, her bottom and the sides being practically battered m. The engine, however, was not damaged. The accident was 9 piece *>f verv had luck for the party.

Equally with the Stratford County Council, the Whangamqmona County Council has worry over the sea-city of metal trucks, and at Tuesday a meeting the following letter from the Premier was read:—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the° 16th instant with reference to the difficulty which has arisen in connection with the metalling of Ohura Road, owing to the limited numoer of railway trucks available for toe carriage of metal. I have carefully noted the representations submitted by you in regard to this matter, and shall be glad to take an early opportunity of discussing the position y.ith my colleague, the Hon. the Minister for Railways. After ascertaining bis views, I will write you further.

At the Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth, yesterday, six sections of second-class' land, comprising in all 5203 acres, situated in the Omona survey district, Stratford County, were > submitted for ballot. The sections varied in area from 312 acres to 1705 acres. The ballot resulted as follows: Section 5, Block 7, Omona S.D., 650 acres . 4 applications, Harriett Lewis. Section 11, Block 7, Omona, 490 acres j Carter drew the winning marble, but as he was not present to complete, the section was balloted for again. Section 12, Block 7, Omona, 312 acres tion 13, Block 7, Omona. 1755 acres—one applicant, S. H. James, Stratford. For section 6, Block 8, Omona, 1239 acres, and section 5,* Block 8, Omona, 760 acres, there were no applicants. These were then left open to selection, and later in the afternoon the former was taken up by Mr W. A. Hewitt, of Stratford. The latter was also applied for, but the application has to be dealt with by the Land Board.