LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 39, 16 June 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A London' cablegram states that the Tainui has sailed for Lyttelton.

The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo will be on Friday. ,

The Federal Statistician states that the cost of food in the ten months of the war advanced 18.8 per cent.

The attention of dairymen is directed to a notice in another column referring to lectures to be- delivered this week by Mr H. G. Sergei, agricultural instructor.

At next Friday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Stratford, 15 civil cases will he heard, one being defended. Eight judgment debtors will be examined and one charge of drunkenness will he preferred against an offender.

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the day in which the Duchess of Richmond gave the famous ball to the Duke of Wellington's officers in Brussels. There was a sound of revelry that night!

Mr C. Eugene Smith, district representative of the New Zealand Government Insurance Department, notifies in another column some of the special advantages to lie obtained by taking out policies through his Department.

The New South Wales criminals returns lor 1911 show there were 92,107 cases, heing an increase -of 2203. Meropolitan cases decreased by 1077. The Press Association states that the report indicates that crimes of violence are increasing, while drunkenness is decreasing.

The result of the Tanmarunui election is by no moans unexpected, the I net of Mr W. T. Jennings' personal popularity and the general feeling, irrespective of Party, that, the member for Tawnarnnui had been hardly treated in losing his seat on a technical point, going n long way in his favor. To-day .Mi' Jennings was the recipient of shoals of congratulatory messages from all part of the country. Mr Jennings' majority is a substantial one. being in the region of 150.

The third shoot for the Kirkwood medal, presented to the Home Defence rt.'e Club, takes place on Thursday evening next, at 7,'YX At to-day's meeting of tin °-tratford County Council, the chainn u (Mr Hathaway) stated that when bo said at last meeting that the were in a bad state, his remftrks referred to wooden bridges. Weather Forecast.—Another «' n appears to be developing on th* *.«.»- maii Sea. Westerly strong w : to gale backing by west to north, dull weather with much mist and fog in parts, with rain probable following. Barometer unsteady. Barometer falling shortly.—Bates. Wellington. The Stratford County Council held their monthly meeting this morning. There was a full attendance of mem bers. During the course of the meeting the Chairman moved that a vote of sympathy lie passed to Mr E. Mirfell in the loss of his son. Manly Marfell. in action at the Dardanelles. The motion was carried* members meanwhile standing. A Press Association telegram to-day states: A sensational incident occurred on the special troop train from Auckland to Wellington. Archibald Thomas, belonging to the Thames section of the Auckland reinforcements, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Shortly after the train left Ohingaiti, a trooper asked Thomas for a match, hut instead of producing a match-box he pulled out a razor and slashed his throat in a most determined manner, inflicting a severe wound. He was immediately seized and a doctor hoarded the train at Hunterville and accompanied the injured man to Palmerston Hospital.

In connection with the sale of the Belgian Flag donated to the Patriotic Committee by .Miss Mat son, of Hawe'ra, it is understood that many promises of support have been given hy patriotic residents. To be in Broadway on Saturday afternoon will be worth while, as there will be a bjg gathering to see one of .Newton King's auctioneers put the bit of bunting up to view. The committee with the arrangements in hand have set a target at £'3oo, and this amount Stratford can easily accomplish without putting her best leg forward. Yesterday was the 700th anniversary of the signing of .Magna Charta.. Magna Charta was sealed by King John at Runnymede on the loth June, 1215, in obedience to the insistent demands of the barons, and has since been confirmed over thirty times by later monarehs. Its main provisions were that no free man should be imprisoned or proceeded against except' by the judgment of his peers in accordance with the law of the land: that there should be one system of weights and measures throughput the kingdom ; that foreign merchants should have freedom of commerce; that no sciitage or aid should be imposed except by consent of the council; and that ancient liberties generally should be preserved. The original Charter is lost, but a manuscript copy exists in Lincoln.