LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 64, 18 March 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The tender of Mr J. W. Tong, of Hawera, has been accepted for the erection of the Central Hotel in Lltham. Tile contract price is over £3OOO. Mr J. A, Duffil, of Hawera, is the architect. At the Magistrate’s Court in Dunedin, the secretary of the Albion Cricket Club was proceeded against for promoting a guessing competition with] the object of setting up the club’s j funds, it was stated in court that dc-j j feudant, when seen by the police and informed that the scheme was illegal, undertook to stop it and return the money to all except those who made their subscriptions a donation. In the circumstances, a fine of £2 only nas inflicted.

A Hastings Press Association message says that .50-inch of rain has fallen since last night, and the rain still continues. The country badly needs it. The Waitara, Mail reports:—MiFrank Clare, while fishing off the Mokan heads last evening from the launch Mahoe, caught a very large skate, measuring about 6 feet from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail, and about 5 loot wide, Mr Clare 1 had two sclinapper hooked at the time, and had a fairly large load on his line. With the assistance of other hands the monster was landed. The fish is said to be the largest caught on this coast, and has attracted considerable attention during the day.

At a meeting of the Timaru Hospital Board yesterday the chairman said a donation of £l3 16s had been received, the proceeds of a street collection made by some visiting firemen while in Timaru for tho recent competitions. They asked that the money he used for the relief of a distressed local family. It was very gratifying, the chairman said, to see visitors to town showing such kindly thought for the less fortunate in the community. He thought they were deserving of the Board’s heartiest appreciation, and also the appreciation of the whole community. He moved that the Board place on record their appreciation of the firemen’s kindly thoughtfulness, and that a letter of thanks be sent them.' This was unanimously agreed to.