LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 38, 15 June 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A London cablegram states that the Knight Templar has arrived at Plymouth.

At last the old Borough Pound site is to he cleared up. The Council has decided to invite tenders for the removal of the material.

A triangular match will he hold tonight between the Home Defence Corps, Post Office, and Stratford .Mountain Club.

A meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday night to discuss the question of raising a loan for completing the kerbing and chaneJling of the streets.

The Department of Internal Affairs notifies His "Worship the Mayor (Mi J. W. Boon) of the receipt and disposal by the High Commissioner in London of two cases of clothing from the people of Stratford.

A Nelson Press Association telegram to-day states that the Kirkpatrick, “K,” jam factory will have to close down next week tor a period, owing to being unable to obtain a supply of sugar, and a large number of hands will be affected.

The dance given by Madame Bernard at the Town Hall in aid of the Returned Wounded Soldiers Fund on Thursday was poorly attended. The collection realised the sum of £1 4s Bd, which lias been handed over to the secretary, Mr T. H. Penn.

The monthly meeting of the Stratford County Council will be held at the County Office, Stratford to-mor-row. A special meeting, to institute a special order making and levying a separate rate over the Stanley Road East Separate Rating District, will also be held.

At the Borough Council meeting last night, Cr Thompson suggested that steps should bo taken to regulate the speed of motor cars in the Borough. On bis motion it was resolved that Councillors Young, Rutfierfurd and the mover bo appointed a committee to report re the regulation of motor traffic.

Two line specimens of the Romney Marsh variety of turnip are on view at Newton King’s Mart. These weigh and 2-Hbs each, and were part of a crop of 2.| acres grown by Mr C. P. Barker, from seed supplied by Newton King, 2-Jcwt. manure being used to the acre. The average production of the field is estimated at 45 to 46 tons to the acre.

I The fourth annual grand concert > and dance of the Tarafiaki Provincial . Scottish. Society will take place in the I Town Hall, Stratford, on 20th July. I The whole of the net proceeds are to be devoted to the fund in aid of the |V Sick and Wounded returning from | the war. A first-class musical pro- | gramme is in preparation, and various ( talented artists will lend their assistj ance towards making the function a complete success.

In reply to Cr Lawson at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council, the Mayor stated that the contractor for the new municipal buildings had signed the contract three weeks ago, and there had been scarcely time to get a start, especially as he was engaged in other big works. His Worship said ho understood Mr McMillan was at present completing a contract at Whangarci, but would lose no time in making a start in Stratford as soon as he could. The contract time for the erection of the municipal buildings was eight months.

At a mooting of the sub-committees appointed in connection with the (hand Concert and Gift Auction Sale to be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, July 20, in aid of the sick and wounded returning from the front, to ho hold under the auspices of the Taranaki Provincial Scottish Society, Mr Alexander Grant presiding, the reports submitted were very gratifying, especially the report of the canvassing committee (Messrs Dunlop and C. Jackson) who reported that gifts were coining in freely, and that everything points to the gathering being a huge success. It was decided to visit Toko and Cardiff district on Friday evening with a view to set .up committees to canvass these districts. The .secretary was instructed to write and ask the assistance of the Auctioneers in Stratford at the Gift Auction Sale, and also to write the Minister of Internal Affairs asking permission to hold raffles in connection with the function. It was decided to call a further meeting of the ladies committee in the A. ami P. Homes on Thursday afternoon at •'! o’clock. People desirous of contributing to the Auction Sale should communicate with members of tlio canvassing commitiee or Mr J. Petrie, lum. scere* rv.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for westerly winds strong to gale, with a southerly tendency. The weather will probably prove squally with heavy showers, and will probably become (older. Barometer unsteady with a ri.dug tendency.—Bates, Wellington. At the adjourned .inquest this morning on the death of Thomas Inglis, who was killed by a ballast train at Toko, the jury, after hearing evidence, returned a verdict that deceased met his death through pure misadventure, no blame being attachable to either the driver or the fireman of the engine, or to anyone else. The following Stratford juniors have been selected to play Inglewood Ist juniors at Inglewood, leaving by Thursday’s mid-day train : —Collins (2), Russ, Rogers, Martin, Stewart, Bonner. Crighton, Kivell, Wright, Jones,' Booker, Muir, Sangster, Hunter, Shotter. The following II juniors have been selected to play New Plymouth High School at Stratford :—Crossan (2), Shotter, \ ichors, Faulder, McCullough, Sheahan, Clemow, Kivell <2), Collins, Sharrock (2), Hignett, Petrie. Emergency: Nolen. From time immemorial the legend of the hard-workpd “Cinderella” has been told in song and story, and now the public of Stratford are to be delighted with a production by the younger people of this popular pantomime. The acting by the characters, it is said, will astonish the audience, and the ballets and dances to be staged under Mrs Mcßeth’s direction are alone worth seeing. Ihe comedy farce “Laughing (las,” which is a.

curtain-raiser to the pantomime, is very laughable, and anybody with a fit of the blues, should not miss seeing some realistic acting by wellknown characters of the town. Hie box plan for reserved seats is now open at Mr T. G. Grubb’s.