LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 51, 30 June 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The North Taranaki Hunt Club’s

first totalisator meeting will be held on the Taranaki Club's racecourse on duly 29. An attractive programme has been scheduled, and handsome stakes provided. The programme will be found in our advertising columns.

The H a worn Show opened to-day in the presence of a huge number of visitors. A special attraction to-day is tlie representative football match, Taranaki v. Wellington. To-morrow, being People’s Day, should attract large numbers of visitors from all part s of the district. The exhibits are well up to the standard, and entries numerous. A good day’s enjoyment will reward visitors.

In connection with the Patriotic Carnival held in Wellington, some expensive objects have been offered for raffling. Among them is a £IOOO interest iu the Waikato Land Syndicate. The laud, which is just outside Hamil-ton--and the £101)0 interest is said to lie worth more than that figure now was pre*e*iled by Mr Hugh MeMaster. of Oariei-ton. La (he Patriotic Society at Wellington. Tickets will be sold right tiirndgboui Australasia at: Liv«* shillings cadi.

The second statutory meeting called nt Pohokura for the purpose of electlug a school committee lor the district

failed in its object

In the list of winners of pri»*s raffled in connection with the Carniadl at Wellington, appears the name of .Mr M. JBayly, who won three soup plates.

A “long night” dance is being arranged by Mrs Meßeth for Thursday (to-morrow.) A good floor w ill be provided. and the music will be first-class. Patrons can look forward to a good night’s entertainment.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for freshening westerly moderate to strong winds prevailing. Weathei cloudy to overcast at times; misty rain is to bo expected. The night will probably be very cold. Barometer unsteady.—Bates, Wellington.

The following are the scores in the matches between the Public Works Department and the Post and Telegraph :—First match : P.W.D.: Tomlinson 67. Hannah 62, Jones 60, Fittall 59, Moody 58, North 57, Arthur 5(5, Mclntyre 51, total -170. Post and Telegraph: Mulvey 58, Pike 56, Hume 55, Craddock 51, Kivell 49, Sheahan 48, Brookes 44, McLeod 44. Total 404. Second match: P.W.D.: North 62, Moody 61, Jones 61, Fittall 59, McIntyre 58, Hannah 57, Arthur 50. Tomlinson <lO, total 157. Post and Telegraph: Craddock 60, Brookes 59, McLeod 58, Sheahan 57. Kivell 56, Pike 56, Mulvey 52, Hume 47, total 445. ' . *

The sense of comparison has quaintly developed in the Maori character, many instances of which have been put on record. In this connection a good example is given by a Stratlord land agent who was out the other day scouting in the hinterland of the province. The party had taken six and ahalf,hours on horseback to travel sixteen miles of a bush track, and the air was heavy with the odor of terrible language arising from the delay. The Maori guide, who all the time had worn an imperturbable air, at length broke out: “About de Taranaki road, boss! All de same de flash-dress wahine—werry nice in front, at de back door a pinny sight!”

By April 29 the Germans, on the strength of Turkish reports' of our landing at the Dardanelles on April 25. were celebrating a great victory. Vice-Admiral Kirchoff wrote in the Berliner Tagehlatt: “The whole attack, exhaustively prepared for mouths past, has come to grief at the very beginning. Such a miserable collection of troops, got together anyhow and party untrained—colored Englishmen and Frenchmen arid colonial rowdies of all sorts. Cairo Australians, Canadians, and so on—may frighten did women, and may he able to rob and plunder, but they can do nothing against serious national forces like those of the Turks. The land attack was just as miserable as the attack hy sea. There had been much talking and writing about great preparations, but in reality they attempted nothing serious.”

Replying to a letter from Captain Grubb of the Stratford Fire Brigade, Captain Harris of the Stratford-on-Avon Brigade (England) says: “I am having the photograph you sent me framed to hung up in our station, and when I get one taken of my Brigade, I shall be very pleased to send you a copy. This may not be for some little time, as I have some of the men at the front to take part in this terrible war) I might say that ours is not a very large town. We have some 9000 inhabitants; but it is a town wo are very proud of being the birthplace of the Immortal Shakespeare. Hero he was born and buried. Should any of your Brigade make a journey to England, and should visit Stratford-ou-Avon, which I hope they will, I shall be pleased to welcome them, and show them round. I might say wo have a very nice station in the centre of the town and we are well equipped with appliances; namely Steam Fire Engine, throwing 400 gallons per minute ; also a lire escape, Hose cart, manual engine, and about 2000 feet of hose. When we get fires in the town, wo work from the stand pipes. Wo take a radius of eight miles and being an agricultural district we get a good number of farm fires, to which we take the steamer. We are on the electric calls, and every thing is up-to-date. 1 noticed in the photo your Brigade appears to he made up of very young members, and they look a very smart and useful set of men.”