LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 6, 7 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Who invented that saying about ill news travelling fast? asks fclio "Bulletin 1 ." Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon shot himself at Brighton Beach (Vie.) away hack in LB7O. Last week a Yankee paper was delivered at the "Bulletin" office addressed to the poor fellow whose funeral took place •!.") years ago! The result of the drawing in the Waitara art union in aid of the Belgian Fund was as follows:—lst prize, No, 1392, Mr 11. Gribbon, Waitara, 2nd prize, Xo. 623, Mr S. Thompson, Monmouth Road, Stratford ; 3rd prize. Xo. 391, Mr S. Managh, Urenui, Mr Thos. Buchanan, in forwarding tb." result to Mr C. 1). Sole, says: •'The winning ticket was sold in the hall on Thursday evening, being ottered to Mr H. Spurdle, well-known in football circles, but turned down by him and immediately purchased by the winner, who at the time jokingly remarked that it would be the winning number, his joke coming out right. So pleased was he with his good for tune, that he banded me a clifoue

for £lO to the Belgian Fund. The drawing took place before tlieir Worships' the .Mayors of New Plymouth and \V:iitar.l."

Putter is Is 9d per lb. in Melbourne, • states the Press Association. The list of licenses issued by the Stratford Acclimatisation Society is published in the advertising columns. Roller-skating is to be revived in the Town Hall for the winter. An announcement regarding the opening on Saturday afternoon and future engagements appears in the advertising columns. ' I Weather Forecast.—The indications I are for easterly winds prevailing and j freshening. There is a prospect of 'fair to cloudy weather, with increasing haze and cloudiness, and a charge following. The barometer wdl have a falling tendency shortly.—Bates, Wellington. i The estimate population of the Do- ' minion at March 31, excluding Mio.is and the Cook and other islands, was 1 569,578 males and 531,008 females, a total of 1,100,586. Including Maoris and islanders, the figures are: Males 602, 502, females 560, 526; total 1.163,028. A Press Association telegram from Taihape says that building operations on the co-operative freezing works. commenced to-day. The buildings, which will be ready in November, will be up-to-date in every respect. Shares are still selling readily, and the farmers in the district are very optimistic of the success of the undertaking. The first shoot for the gold medal championship was held at the miniature rifle range last evening, when thirty competitors participated. Some very good shooting was witnessed, the average being 59. The best scores were put up by Mr R. B. Anderson and Mr J. Vovle. with 03 points. | For riding a bicycle after oarii with- - out a light through Rroadway, John Chard, a first offender was fined 10s and 7s costs at the Stratford Magistrate's, Court this morning.--Roy Mudford was charged with <.r:v.ng a motoi car wucoio lights, but on ox- , plaining that this was due to his lights going out, he wa? convicted, but without fine or uos-ts. I Sitting in his civil ]> rtsdictiqn at the Magistrate's Court this morning, Mr. W. G. Kenrick, S.M., ordered the judgment- -'ebtor ?n the t>»e oi the N.Z. Loan i'nd Mercantile Agency Co (Mr. P. Thomson) v Leonard C. Taylor to pay 5s per week. In the case of the X.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Mr/. It. Sp?nce) v. George H. Cleaver (Mr. S. Maeaiister) application was made for ioave to defend, which was granted. A Wellington Press Association message to-day states :—By a transport which recently returned to the Dominion, there arrived one of the iron pon- ' toons used by tin? Turks in their attempt to cross the Suez Canal. This i supplies conclusive evidence of the thoroughness with which Germany ee t uips her Allies. The boat is 24 feet, /long with a 5 feet beam, perfectly' made, and is the type used by the Germans for rapid bridge-building. That the fighting was severe is shown by the shot-torn craft. She is simply riddled from stem to stern. The sight of the boat brings home the grim reality of Turkey's aggressiveness in the : Canal zone.

There was a large number present at the Catholic social and dance in the Town Hall last night, the accommodation proving all too small for the number of couples. The social was in every way an unqualified success, the floor' being in excellent condition. Music for dancing was ably played by Mrs Biauchi (piano), Messrs S. Parker (cornet), Richmond (violin), and S. Bernard (drums). Extras were played by -Misses Mickleson and W. Fitzgerald, S. Fitzgerald, and A. Itobson, and Herbert. An excellent supper was provided. A very enjoyable programme of musical items was given during the evening. Mrs Massey sang "Sincerity," and also took part in a duet with Mr T. Lonergan. Messrs G. Bradley (song), Lawn (cornet), Mullaney (Irish jig), and Vincent (song), were the other soloists. Misses W. Fitzgerald and A. Robson played the accompaniments. The dancing was kept up till an early hour this morning.