LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 281, 25 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Hugo's lecture at the Foresters' Hall this evening will be on the subject of "Eyes."

A reminder is given of the euchre party and dance to be held in the Midhirst Hail this evening, the proceeds being in aid of the British ana Belgian Relief Fund.

Mrs Ruth Eckett, of Ellerslie, Auckland, boarded the wrong train at Newmarket. Attempting to leap off after the train had left, she lay between the rails and had a miraculous escape from death. She was picked up stunned and badly cut:, and taken to the hospital. Her condition is not serious.

The West Australian Minister of Health announces that Professor Pagett's consumption cure is a failure. It was submitted to the British Medical Association, who watched the treatment for three months, bufc no patient showed an improvement, one died, and all but one were distinctly worse.

The thirty-first animal show of the Eginont A. and I'. Association commenced to-day, and, judging by the large entries received, and the complete arrangements made, the exhibition promises to eclipse all previous efforts. There are the usual sideshow attractions, which help to bright.

on up the surroundings. To-morrow will be the deservedly popular People's Day, and as it is a genuinely festival occasion, it is hoped that the weather may prove to be seasonably fine. A special train leaves Stratford at 12.36 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, arriving Hawora at 1,35.

According to Mr Cann, New South Wales Minister'in charge of the State Fisheries, a 251 b Murray cod, netted in one of tlie ProspecT inlet ponds recently, was found to contain a trout cod weighing about lib., and measuring fully half the length of the large fish. The nose.of the swallowed fish was pressing against the belly of the big cod just below the vent, whilst its tail readied the lips of its captor. The Daily Telegraph adds: If this be a fair sample of the ac-

commodation provided by the Murray cod for some of his weaker neighbors, it would seem that he, and not the man on the bank, is largely responsible for fhe reported depletion of our streams.

A fairly large number of Stratford visitors left for Hawera to be present at the A. and P. Show opening to-day. Weather forecast.—The indications are for variable and moderate breezes, but northerly moderate to strong winds prevailing and freshening. Expect dull weather with much mist and fog in parts. Rain probable. Barometer falling.

A caucus of the New South Wales Government carried an abstract motion approving of the introduction of the totalisator. Details of the Bill have not been decided. It is understood that the caucus favours a Stateowned totalisator.

At Dunedin yesterday the Presbyterian General Assembly received the reports of the Maori missionary field, and these disclosed that a rapid state of progress was being made, though more workers were required. The fire insurance report showed -that the insurances in force on August 18th amounted to £212,857, distributed over 215 churches. The New Century Fund report showed grants to the following: Kelmornc £IOO, Matamata £225, Otorohanga £l5O, Seatoun £150", Te Kuiti £9O 15s 3d, making a total of £715 15s 3d.

Stratford would do well to remember the coming, con cert being arranged by the local Defence Rifle Club Corps, which is to take place on Monday next' in the Town Hall. Not only will there be vocal and instrumental music, but an exhibition of physical drill, bayonet exercises, fencing, and club swinging by the youngsters will be in itself worthy of patronage. The proceeds are in aid of Gallant Little Belgium, and as the Old Boys Brigade, lady friends, the Territorials, Cadets, and the Municipal Band are all combining to present to the public a first-class evening's entertainment, it is confidently anticipated there will be a crowded house on Monday.

An interesting case has finally been decided in Perth (W.A.) concerning insurance and a racehorse's pedigree. A Mr Campbell insured for £425 a racehorse shipped from Sydney to Fremantle, the policy describing the animal as by Marshal Soult out of a St. Paul mare. The Yorkshire Insurance Company refused to pay on the ground that the horse's breeding was not as described in the policy. The Chief Justice gave a vet-diet for Campbell, holding thai the pedigree was merely descriptive matter, not material, as the animal was uncontestably worth what insured for. On appeal the Full Court reversed this decision on the ground that the policy warranted the truth of all statements in the policy. Then Campbell appealed to the High Court. Mr Justice Barton held with the Full Court decision, but Mr Justices Duff and Rich, however, held that the words were not warranty within the meaning of the Act, and allowed Campbell's appeal with costs, and restored' the Chief Justice's judgment.