LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 56, 2 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

All persons having accounts against the Taranaki Rugby Union are asked to lender same to the secretary, Mr P. Skoglund, in detail, owing <to the destruction of the books in the recent fire.

At Mr Gardiner's farm, Xgacre may be seen a very unusual sigh 1 ; a calf that possesses neither eyes nor tail. Tins, however, appears to inconvenience it but little, for, it is thriving well, states the Argus.

Newton King has received the following advice re London sheep utin market: ''Sheepskins: Merino advanced crossbred 2d to 3d, crossbred three-quarters to full-woollen show the most advance." The telegraph authorities advise as follows:—On and after Ist prox., a limited number of authorised codes may be used in cable messages to the United Kingdom. The codes authorised are: (1) A.B.C. (sth edition); (2) Scott's (10th edition); (3) Western Union ; (4) Lieber's. The > ame of the code must be inserted in the instructions and telegraphed, but will not be charged for. Cable messages in private or any other code not .authorised will not be accepted. Private supplements or numerical equivalents of phrases published in authorised codes are not admissable. Groups or series of numbers and similar expressions, for example, prices of stocks, are not necessarily admissable, because they appear in code. If tincoded messages would not have passed, neither will coded messages be passed. All telegrams to and from the United Kingdom will be censored in that country. The private code word allowed in bank remittance telegrams will bo accepted as heretofore, whether such word appears in theluithorised codes or not. . j

The Defence Rifle Club holds Ino usual foot parade tins evening. Iffi special meeting of the Borough Council is to be held at 8 o'clock this evening. This year's Melbourne Cup trophy, to be run for to-morrow, is a solid rose bowl, of Georgian design, mounted on a blackwood stand, and is "probably one of the finest obtained for the purpose by the V.R.C. for a considerable time. On either side is a well modelled racehorse and rider. The trophy is valued at 150 sovereigns. A violent gale raged at Dannevirke on Sunday night. The Press Association states that it was the worst experienced for years. Much damage wafitlone to orchards and crops, while fencing and in some instances parts of buildings, were blown away and chimneys levelled. Mastertoii also reports a gale of great violence last night. Sheds were blown down, windows smashed, trees uprooted, and orchards stripped. Trees fell across the telegraph lines running nort hand south.

The Registrar-General of Electors telegraphed this morning to Mr Reeve, the local Registrar, drawing attention to the provisions of the Legislature Amendment Act which just recently became law. Alteration Is made in the length of residence requisite in an electorate before inclusion on a roll. Previously, a hitherto unregistered elector had to reside in an electorate for three months before qualifying for "enrolment; but under the new. Act such an elector can secure registration after a residence of only one month.

On Friday night the children of tho Methodist Sunday School held their , concert in the Regan Street Hail, atid | although the weather was bad, a tair number of people were present. The concert was of a very high order, and the children are to be congratulated on the excellent way they gave the various items. The singing of the childxen'sjchoir was very good indeed; they sang three pieces, apd twice were encored. Songs were nicely sung by Ida Boon ("Rocking Horse Brigade", encored), and Miss E. Moon. A party of little girls sang two action songs in fine style, both times being encored. Recitations were given by Miss Neta Riera and Master Hancock, R. White, Alex. Cameron,/ and W. Dobson. A pianoforte duet was nicely, played by Miss' Janet { Mc* 1-\ Lean and Miss Hilda Henry. Pianoforte solos were played by Miss Birdie Foster and Masted, Hancock. A trio was nicely sung by Miss Hilda Henry, Miss'E. Moon and Master Reggie Mar- ' tin,-in which they, acted'their was very good, and they were ejicorod for their fine effort. A humorous dialogue was nicely acted by a party of ■ boys and girls. Thanks are due to Mrs M oon f° r working up the children's choruses, Mrs Boon for the dia.logue, Miss R. Everiss for the recitation, and Miss E. Moon for playing the accompaniments. -•••.;' -