LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 277, 20 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The steamer Cassis, the first vessel to make the journey to Australia via the .Panama Canal, lias arrived at Perth. A branch of the Moderate League was formed at a meeting held in Nelson last night. In the course of an address, Mr Armstrong, organiser, road Lord Kitchener’s address to troops, and denied that .it contained advice to abstain from liquor, as the manifesto issue by the Prohibition Party asserted. Tlie value of the principal items of exports of New Zealand produce during the week ended November 17th were as follows: Butter £3(5.858. cheese £95,00(5, frozen land) £13,591, frozen mutton £21,374, frozen beef, etc, £23.573, gold £2(53, grain and pulse hides and, skins £26,710. flax and tow £BSBB, ta110w.£6923, timber £1594, wool £32,251.

The executive committee of the A. and P. Association meets this evening. The general committee meets to-morrow afternoon at 2 p.m. The Auckland annual district Methodist Synod last night, after a lengthy discussion, adopted Rev. C. H. Laws motion in favor of ministers’ appointments being extended beyond five years in cases where considered necessary. The secretary of the A. and P. Association has now sent out all members’ tickets for the Show. Any members who may not receive their tickets are asked to call at the office for them. A Gisborne Press Association message states that the stepper Bakaia, when leaving port bast evening, slightIv touched her bottom in shoal water oil' the reef running opt from the Kaiti beach. No damage was done to the steamer, which proceede 1 to iokomam Bay to continue loading. A preliminary meeting was held last ■evening to consider the advisability of starting a Hibernian Society in this district. Mr O’Brien, late of Wellington, was the convenor of the meeting, and a large number attended. Father Maples presided. It was unanimously decided to start a Hibernian Society. At present there are upwards of thirty names, and when tire Society gets in full working order it can easily count on fifty at least. Another meeting will be held shortly before the initiating ceremony, which will take place in the near future. Full preparations have now been made for the sale of work in connection with Holy Trinity Church to be held in the Parish Hall to-morrow. Mr J. B. H iuo. M.P., will open proceedings at 11.30 a.ra.' In addition to plain and fancy work stalls, stalls will be provided for produce, flowers and sweets. Hat-trimming and nail-driving competitions and pillow-fighting will provide the lighter side of tilings. Patrons can procure afternoon tea and supper at the hall.

At the Court this morning Lawrence Terry was charged with failing to pay arrears amounting to £22 up to the 9th October towards the maintenance of his wife and family. Defendant appeared and stated that he had had difficulty in obtaining work and had been unwell. However, he had now obtained work. An order was made for payment at the rate of 15s a week. In the judgment summons case, Court and Cottier v. Peter Angustee, an order for the. payment of £LS 9s 4d forthwith was made. In the ease of. Patrick Lennon v. Allan A. Cuthbertson, judgment was entered for plaintiff foV 13s and costs ss. The following new books have been added to the Stratford Public Library,:—“The Wall of Partition” (Florence Barclay), “The Laughing Cavalier” {Baroness Orczy), “The Auction Block” (Rev. Beach), “Wild Honey” (Cynthia Stockloy), “Lismoyle” (B. M. Crocker), “The Cap of Youth” (M. Albanesi), “The Gate of England” (Morice Gerard), “The Lily of the Rose” (G. De Y auriard), “Initiation” (Robert Benson), “World’s-end” (A. Rives), “Freedom” (A. and O. Askew), “Her Husband” (E. A. Rowlands), “The Pride of Eve” (H. Deeping), “Her Royal Highness” ( H. Le Duenp), “Molly’s Husband” (Richard Marsh), “Gleam O’Dawu” (A. Goodrich), “Seven Keys to Baldpate” (Earl Briggers), “Megan of Dark Isle” (Mrs Arnold), “The Fear of Living” (H. Bordeaux), “The Taste of Brine” (Mrs Barclay!, “King Jack” (S. E‘. Snowden), “The Boomers” (Roy Norton), “The Girl of the Golden West” (D. Balasco). A rather long and merely windy telegram from Wellington is to hand stating that “objection is* now withdrawn to the publication of references to the departure of the expeditionary force, but in view of prohibitions still remaining little can be said about the departure of the troops, except a categorical narrative of the happenings; concerning which the 8 1 general public are already conversant, though they have not been recorded in print.” It certainly does appear that whoever is responsible for these pi ohibitions with which the Press is hampered is a very wooden gentleman indeed. Of course everybody knew what ships were going and when they were going (excepting any possible German spy), and there were hundreds of people to witness the departure. The telegram referred to says; “There was much waving of handkerchiefs on shore, and occasionally the voices of the men on the ships came across the water cheering. As the fleet went down the harbor, several ferry and other boats accompanied them, carrying members of the Government and officials, and a few other farewellers with whom the soldiers exchanged cheers and: good wishes.”