LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 23, 27 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sixth Dominion Dairy Show is to he hold at Hawera on Juno 30tli

and, Ist, 2nd and 3rd July this year. Mr 11. A. Pennon, secretary, invites our readers to send for schedules.

At to-morrow's sitting of the Stratford .Magistrate's Court, eight civil eases will be heard. Included in these, is Bredow v. McCluggage, which has been part heard. One judgment summons case will also be dealt with.

, At the Land Board meeting yesterday, Mr W. J. Lopdell (Stratford Comity Engineer) with Mrs J. Weybourne, lessee of E. 8., section 10, Wanganui district, waited on the board with regard to the council's authority to remove metal from the holding for public purposes. The Chairman (Mr Billiard) explained the position, pointing out that no lessee Itad the right to dispose of metal or gravel by way of royalty or sale, as being a breach of the implied covenant in the lease against "waste," and that any royalty on that account would be claimed by the Department for the Endowment Fund.

Since the beginning of the war, Germany has lost its colonial empire. These possessions, which represented an area live times that of the Fatherland, had cost Germany something like £60,000,000. Almost all of the results of this expenditure has been lost to Germany owing to the might and power of the British Fleet. Apart from this, there are, roughly, a million Germans of military age interned in Foreign parts who cannot get to Germany because they are isolated. This million of extra fighting men might have been decisive in the early stages of the war. All this is due to the British Fleet, and yet there are some who say, without a knowledge ot the facts, that the British Fleet is asleep and not active.

A Sydney cablegram states that the ] directors of the Stadium have decided to disqualify Jeff Smith for life for fouling Darky Savurdy. Smith's fees, amounting to £SOO, are to be devoted to the patriotic fund.

The Government of New South Wales anticipates a record wheat harvest next season, probably amounting to sixty million bushels, and the question of freight is already occupying attention.

Mr. F. Tyror is organising the Stratford School girls to sew for the

Hospital Ship. The Patriotic Society will furnish the materials and Mr. \V. H. Besley has kindly offered to do any cutting required.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for westerly moderate to winds prevailing, and veering by west to south. Weather probably cool and changeable, with scattered showers. Barometer unsteady.—Bates. Wellington.

The scores in the recent triangular match fired at the miniature rifle range on the 21th inst. were as follows :—Railway Department.—Steuart 61, Henseu 58, Peattie 54, Campbell 52, Neal 52, Butler 51. Jenkinson 49. Total .177. Home Defence Corps.—Edgecombe 65. Richardson 63, J. Vovle 02, Pivac 56, Brocklebanfc 56, Peter 51, Watkin s 39. Total 392. Dairy Co.—McCormack 64, Bennett 59, Marsh 51, Areda 45, McDonald 45, Tarver 44, Pastier 40. Total 348.

The Chrysanthemum Show and Social in St. Andrew's Hall on Friday evening promises success. One oi the features of the entertainment will be competitions for the three best, six best, and twelve best Chrysanthemum blooms. Another feature will be that flower-plants and seeds will be available at moderate cost. A number of musical item,s will be rendered during the evening. Refreshments will be served at the close of the social.

Reporting to the Taranaki Education Board at New Plymouth yesterday, the School Instructor (Mr J. G. Ellis), said: "A pleasing feature that I wish to bring under your notice is that in several schools there is ay growing desire to make the school grounds more attractive. Warea perhaps takes the lead in this movement. At Bell Block. Waitara, and Urenui smaller efforts have been made, and at Midhirst, Stanley, and Dudley it is proposed to make improvements."

At last Germany's expectations have been realised in one thing. The memorandum of the German NavyAct of 1000 foretold that an unsuccessful naval war of the duration of even one year would destroy Germany's sea trade, and would bring disaster to Germany economically and socially. Quite apart from the consequences of the possible peace conditions, the destruction of German sea trade could not be good within a measurable time and would add to the

sacrifices of the war a serious eco-

nomic depression

At a meeting of the Christchurch Hospital Hoard (states the Press Association) several members spoke in indignant tones of the treatment of a returned trooper who, it was stated, came back from Egypt suffering from tuberculosis and wandered about the streets for some time and finally found his way to the Board's tuberculosis dispensary, where it was discovered for the first time that he Was simply in a state of collapse. One member said that he was astonished to learn that the Defence authorities had not provided for the man. Local bodies also must be held responsible for the treatment of returned troopers. The matter was an absolute disgrace". The Hoard decided to ask tho public health committee to investigate and take action.