LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 40, 3 October 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting will be held in the Wes?y Hall, Regan Street, on Tuosday zoning at 7.30 of temperance and 10-license sympathisers. In the judgment summons case at „b e Court yesterday, Reid and Gray ,- Frank Frederick William Belk, udgment creditor, was ordered to my £1 per month until the full ,mount of £9 .'9s 3d is P»id ; In another column of this issue MiDavid L A. Astbury, the Liberal •andiilate for the ttgmont electorate, notifies that he is standing at the forthcoming election, and will take ui ca.lv opportunity of addressing the •onstittients at the various centres. Judgment by default was given in ho Following cases at the Court yos■mlav:~ Albert J. Davey v. Walter Brown, £'l Is, costs ss; Newton Kin- v. .lames O'Mnlley, £lßl 6s, ■osts £S 2s; H. Antony J. Vidal v. VUan .1. Hill, £-*> 55.. costs €l. 3s

This morning the hundredth lullycnrolled member of the Stratford Defence Kifle Club was registered. Weather Forecast.—The indications are for south-easterly moderate winds prevailing. There is a prospect of fine weather—days blight and cold nights. Barometer little movement.—Bates, Wellington. The 21st anniversary social and dance of the Midhirst Oddfellows' Lodge will be held on Wednesday. The whole of the proceeds will be devoted to the Oddfellows; Patriotic j Fund. Mr W. H. Hawkins, the official Liberal Candidate for the Stratford seat, is announced to speak in the Town Hall, Stratford, on Wednesday evening next at 8 o'clock. His Worship the Mayor will occupy the chair, and the circle will be reserved for ladies. Some excellent catches of splendid fish are' reported since the opening of the fishing season on Thursday. Catches so far reported are: Messrs F. Collins 11, Riera 7, Campbell 3, Mason 3. It is generally reported that sport is good. The executive committee of the A. and P. Association met last night and considered applications for the position of secretary. The decision of the committee will be announced later. Quite the latest of the considerable crop of new patriotic songs is one entitled "Mrs Tommy Atkins," a bright little effort which is quite up to the average of this sort of music. | It is published by Alexander Wildey Ltd., Christchurch, from whom our , copy comes. The September number of the "Taranakian," edited by the hoys of - the New Plymouth Boys High School, is an interesting one. It contains amongst other well-written and instructive articles one entitled "The Rise of Germany." The "Taranakian' s" readers generally will not be sorry to see another article in an early issue entitled "The Fall of Germany."

Bain fell in Stratford on twelve days in September, the total fall being 2.49 in. The only considerable falls were on the 24th (.64in), 25th (.68)- and 26th (.47in). Whangamomona registered .75in, on the 26th, .25in. on the 25th and 1.03 in. on the 24th, the totals for the three days being: Stratford. 1.79 in., Whangamoniona 2.03 in. Five of the Stratford falls were under ten points. . On Monday night at the quarterly meeting of the 1.0.0.F.A.C., Ponaiu Lodge., N.G. Bro. I). Wildermoth presided. Two new members were initiated, and three candidate:* wore proposed. This Lodge, which has only been started a little over twelve months* Wasts "of ibo.rtf fS'monibeis, which is good going for such a small and scattered district. A summons meeting is called for n<?xr Lodge night to discuss urgent business. From to-day, Saturday, 3rd inst. (the local postal authorities advise) ordinary full rate table messages written in plain laugiage, exchanged between New Zealand and the Lnited Kingdom, Australia, Canada. India, Union South Africa, aid 'all British possessions, are, unf'l further notice, to be counted ar.d charged for (address, text ad sigreture inclusive) at ten letters to a word. For instance, a message containing one hundred letters would he charged for as ten words. The Provincial Coureil of South Canterbury licensees yesterday passed resolutions prote>i J .iag against the prohibition party prom mug internal strife during the Empire cusis,* and recognising the libe>:aU-y of ihe Trade towards the vtrious psttiotic funds; regretting that party bias has construed Lord Kitcboaer's injunction to abstain trom liquor into an order for total abstinence on all occasions, and warning the public against the assertions fcf a party that has subscribed very little and could embarrass authorities ry party warfare and the destruction of a million of revenue in time of serious menace. During September 212 deceased persons' estates were finally certified for stamp duty. The largest was that of Alex. Aitken, of Aucslind, returned at £27,144. The following is the list of estates over £IOOO m the New Plymouth district: Patrick Sweeney, £16,771; James Ferg.ison, £8874; Fredk. Gibbons, £1685; Susan Smith, £1645.