LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 59, 1 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The second annual social under the auspices of the Toko Settlers' Association is to he held in the Coronation Hall to-morrow evening, and as a good programme has been arranged, there should he a large attendance.

Given fine weather to-morrow nightthere should be a big gathering both of local and Stratford residents at the Stanley lioad school social. An excellent programme has been prepared, and items are to be given by Miss Rising, a visitor from Christchureh. Four pipers will enliven proceedings and will lead the grand march which will open the social which is to follow tho concert.

With the prevalent cold weather chilblains are a troublo to those of defective circulation and of sedentary occupation. One who has brought up a tolerably large family, states that these troublesome swellings can be easily cured by the application of equal parts of olive oil and laudanum, applied night and morning to the affected parts with a feather. This remedy, our correspondent states, ho found a dozen years ago in Dr. Gordon Stables' suggestions in the Boys' Own Paper and he has never known it to fail; but the genial doctor who wrote so much for boys also recommended judicious and regular exercises as one of the best antidotes for chilblains.

Soiu > little time ago the committee of the Taranaki Agricultural Society decided to invite farmers of the district to form a party for the purpose of visiting the Moumahaki State farm. These visits, says to-day's News, have been organised by other societies, hut not by the local Society for some years past, and it is very gratifying to them that some sixty farmers of the district have readily arranged to take the trip. Some five or six ladies will also bo included in tiie party, which will leave by the mail train to-day and return this eveniun:. The whole of the district this side of the mountain will bo represented, and it in anticipated thai tho visit, will bo «f •onsuUrabk educational ralu®.

A pig weighing 6Solbs was*killed at the South Taranaki Bacon Company's factory last week. It belonged to a farmer at Kapuni.

• A special meeting of members of the Stratford Eacing Club was held in the Borough Council Chambers last night, the President (Mr A. W. Budge), occupying the chair. The business was in connection with the new financial arrangements which have made certain alterations to the rules' necessary.

A local resident records with much disgust the action of some one who surreptiously on Monday obtained his evening meal which was to be made off several pounds of meat ready cooked. The said resident consoles himself with the opinion that burglars are not common in Stratford, and that it may be some time before he again suffers a similar loss.

The ballast train travelling' from the Egmont railway line to Waipuku on Monday was derailed. At a certain point there is a very steep grade, and the rails being greasy, the driver found the train was out of control, and he jumped off, the fireman and guard following. The- train continued its course, and left the rails at the end of the line. There were no passengers in the train. We learn that no very serious damage was done and that the accident was wholly unavoidable, i

Mr H. Williams, of the East Mountain House,, had a startling and unpleasant experience the other day. He was driving in a landau with his two children along the Mountain Road, and was approaching Flint Eoad, when the sight of the Borough traction engine frightened the horses. They slewed sharply round and set off at a gallop, the driver being dislodged: It was not until a hundred yards had been covered that Mr Williams discovered the driver was missing, and telling the children to keep their seats he crawled through the window of the cab and got on to the box, where he could grab only one rain. He pulled the horses on to the footpath as they were galloping towards Broadway, and one animal fell, which enabled him to jump out and secure the other rein. The runaway was pulled up near Masters' shop without further mishap, leaving Mr Williams "just a bundle of nerves."