LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 57, 3 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is no further trace of the missing man Richard Mussen, states., a Greymouth telegram, ■

Yesterday at the Christchurch Supreme Court, James Gaskin was sentenced to six months imprisonment for sheep-stealing.

In Stratford during October, one marriage and one death were registered, the number of births registered being twenty, i , " '

There should' be another short sitting of the Court on Friday. The business'set down for hearing is confined to" nine undefended civil cases- and three judgment summons cases.

The Municipal j Band decided - last night to give a concert in King Edward Park in aid of the British and Belgian Fund on a Sunday afternoon" £6 be announced later. - .„,„,.. .

Weather Forecast. —The indications are for southerly strong winds to gale, decreasing. The weather will probably prove squally and changeable. The night will probably be very cold. The barometer has a rising tendency.

In response to a letter from the secretary of. the Defence 'Rifle Club, the Borough Council decided last night that the Mayor and Councillors should inspect "the men attending the church parade at Victoria Park next Sunday. , The service is to be. conducted byi the Rev. Howard. ,

...The Defence Rifle Club had cellent pai-ade last night, and ' the' keenness displayed .should guarantee the corps making a good appearance at the church parade on Sunday next in Victoria Park. Last night the Municipal Hand decided to play the men down to the Park, and to give a short programme after the service. A collection is to be taken up in aid of the British and Belgian Relief Fund.

Owing to the very rough night last Friday, the committee of the Metho r clist children's concert have decided to have the concert repeated next Friday, November 6th. Those who bought tickets for the last .concert will be admitted by the same ticket. The children will also be-selling fresh tickets. The proceeds* will be divided between the British and Belgian Relief Fund and the piano fund. A full houseis expected. , '•■ •.'

A Press Association, telegram from Greymouth states: Boring operations conducted for some time at the Liverpool State mine resulted in the location of a valuable seam of coal 23ft. thick, at a depth of 250 ft. below the present workings. The quality is similar to the top seams. The bore hole still continues in the coal-bearing country and further small seams of on« foot and three feet were pierced. It is proposed to sink further boresrto prove the extent of the new find. •..,

A correspondent writes: —lt speaks volumes for the fertile quality of the Toko district that lambs from Mr T\ Lees' farm have recently been killed by Mr Cannon, butcher, of Stratford, weighing over 50lbs each. Mr Canuon considers them prime in every, respect, and, considering they were turned out fat in October, a great credit to the producer. Mr Lees is a great advocate of top-dressing with Toko lime, and attributes a great deal of his success in turning off such primx? stuft* to that agency. •■- ...

The largest estates of deceased persons finally certified for stamp duty last mouth were those of Agnes Mary Grace, Wellington, £104,584 ; John Feldwick, Wellington, £45,988; William Alfred Oliver, Auckland, £35,579; Samuel Walter Perry Peddle, Auckland, £31,103; Sarah Whewell, Auckland £1(3,100; John Henson, Wellington, £13,313. The largest estates in Taranaki were :—Wm. Herbert Fenwick, £7109; Joseph Francis Gallagher, £246j ; John H. Hemptou, £2129; Matilda R. McLean, £1800; Geo. Collingwood, £1199; Bartholomew L. O'Brien, £1398.

Despite the fact that thousands of feet of moving pictures taken on the battlefields of Europe have arrived in New York, no public audience will ever see them (states an exchange): They are pronounced "all too horrible," and "the scenes are too shocking for exhibition." Attempts made to obtain pictures of actual fighting . have so far been practically impossible. Many extremes have been tried. Sometimes the cameras, fitted with electric batteries, were placed in trees and elsewhere on spots where it seemed likely there would be a struggle. Wires were carried to distnat protected points, whence the operators c could start and stop the film reVolufiSns: This proved to be mere guesswork and nothing worth while has come of it. i

1 The monthly meeting of the WC T U will be held in the Broadway Methodist Church on Thursda? next nt 3 o'clock.