LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 54, 3 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The vital statistics for the month of June for Stratford were as follows; —Births 22; Deaths 3j Marriages «.

The quarterly meeting of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Midhirst, will be held oh Monday evening at S o'clock.

The committee appointed by the Council of Education to consider the question of establishing a secondary school at Stratford recommended that subject to compliance with section .'IS of the Act, the council be recommended to advise the Minister to establish such a school at Stratford.

Mr Fkhvard Brandscombe's Red Dandies will appear at the Town Hall to-night. The popular company is greater than ever, nine new artists having joined the "Reds." Claude Dampier is as good as ever, and still keeps the audience in the highest state of risibility. Lovers of music, song, dance and first-class clean humour should not miss the performance this evening.

A German editor's version of the

sinking of the BJucher and the Gneisnau, Sharnhorst, Dresden, Xurnberg. and the Emdeh is amusing. He says: "They have gone to hide their shame at being condemned to do battle against such degraded foes as the English. They are at the bottom of the ,sea and they are better there than when face to face with a despicable enemy whose very presence disgraces the grandiose titles our ships bear."

Over thirty members of the Egmont Club, Stratford, paid a return visit to the South Taranaki Club, Hawera, on Thursday night, when a most enjoyable social evening was spent.(James of all descriptions were indulged in, and the music kindly supplied by the Stratford Club's excellent orchestra added very materially to the even-

enjoyment. The various games resulted as follows: Billiards, Stratford 1 game, Hawera .*{; snooker. 1 and 3; bridge. 1 and 0; euchre, -i and 2; draughts, 5 and 3; chess, 1 and 0; cribbage, 3 and 2. After supper, provided by members of the Hawera Club, tl'.e visitors returned to Stratford per motor lorry, all having thoroughly enjoyed their outing.

The Stratford and Ngaere Card Clubs held a erihbage tournament last evening, Ngaere winning by eight games, the scores being: Ngaere -IS. Stratford 40. The scores were as follows (Xgaere players being mentioned first in each case): J. Thomas and T. On- !l v. W. and F. Collins 3; I'. Callaghan and W. Scanlon .">, v. B, Green and A. Nelson 7; 11. Taylor and A. V. Sims ti. v. H. Wilson and R. H. Kivell 3; R. Scanned and (.'. Bowers ■">. v. Harston and Stewart .">: B. Orr am! li. Orr (}, v. H. Jones ami W. ('. (liii.m 7 : I). Campbell and (i. Capper o. v. McCallum ami .). H. Sliarrock I; .J. Thomas and ,!. Wisnewski I. v. .1. Donald and .). ,]ones 7 ; Morrison ami Walker v. C. Jackson and I). Itutchtrt t. Totals: Ngaere IS, Stratford !U.

The price of the 41b loaf in Melbourne is to be increased by |d, making the price i'j per loaf, on Tues* dav.

The lion. sec. of the Stratford Patriotic Committee (.Mr •). B. Richards) acknowledges receipt of a cheque for i'.-i'J :5s (id from the Midhirst Public Hall Board.

Three hundred and fifty persons availed themselves of the excursion fares issued by the Railway Depigment tor the Hawera Show. Beprtdes these, some sixty ordinary faret> wero issued.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for variable and moderate breezes, but northerly moderate to strong winds prevailing and freshening. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy wea-

ther with increasing haze and cloudiness. The night will probably-be very cold with frosts inland. Barometer little movement, but with a falling tendencv short 1 v.—Bates.

The rainfall for June : n Stratford totalled 10.22 in T-s. Rain fell on twenty-two days, nineteen of which were consecutive. The heaviest tail was on June 12 of I.49,inches. At Ingk'wood a total of 11.2 G inches was recorded. Rain fell on twenty-one days, eighteen of wlr-„h weie consecutive. The heavies" inII was recorded on June 12 when 1.75 inches fell, being three days after t.be commencement of the rainy period, the day of which recorded the lowest I all of the month.

The Press Association reports that His Excellency the Governor has received the following cable from Mr Bonar Law: "With reference to my telegram of June 26, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in the House of Commons yesterday that while anxious to give residents in the Dominions every opportunity of subscribing to the War Loan, he trusted thev would not

lose sight of the fact that they can do perhaps a greater service to the Empire by lending to their own Governments, and so reducing the calls by those Governments on the resources of the United Kingdom."