LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 62, 13 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Stanley Hoad School Committee) voted £5 to the Wounded Soldiers’ Belief Fund. A further meeting of the Scotch Society in connection with the Gift Auction Sale will be held in Mr McAllister’s Studio at 7.d0 this evening. At the Borough Council meeting last night, Cr Hunter referred to the poor lighting on the railway station platform. The lights were not turned on in time. In the dark people fell over objects on the platform prior to the trains arriving. He moved that the Department he approached to liave | the lights turned on fifteen minutes before the arrival of trains and lights erected in proximity to Fenton and Began Street crossings.—Cr. Lawson and Cr. Davcy supported the motion, which was carried.

Referring to New Zen land representation at the Panama Exposition (states the Press Association) the Premier to-day informed the Agricultural Conference that cabled advice had been received stating that Ne-v Zealand has been awarded six grand prizes, thirty-nine medals of honor. 114 gold, medals. 156 silver medals, 129 bronze medals and 10 honorable mention—4s4 in all. Australia went to much more trouble about the Exhibition, but won only 165 prizes.

At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council, a letter of protest from representatives of all the churches iu Stratford was read re-

garding the extinction of the street lights at one a.m., which practice was instituted on the first of the month. The'v was a small attendance of members, and the majority refused to re-open the question, the discussion on which appears in another column. In this connection, it is stated tint a local medico just now boasts the possession of a “beautiful black eye” as the result of a contest with a fencing post, which stood up in the darkness or the early morning and smote him without warning. 1

The Press Association states that the Fielding Chamber of Commerce last night passed the following resolutions: (l.i “That in view of the urgent call hy Lord Kitchener for men, and of the imperative need for substantial and thorough organisation in New Zealand, the suggestion he conveyed to the Prime Minister that steps might ho taken for the re-call of General Davies and big appointment as Minister of War in a National Ministry; and (2) That this Chamber regards with grave apprehensive the

expressed intention of the Minister of Finance to raise portion of a tenmillion war loan in the Dominion, and is decidedly of opinion that the adoption of such a course would greatly disturb the local miney market, hamper 'trade, retard agricultural and pastoral development, and seriously raise the mortgage and bank interest rates.”

The annual school concert and dance was held in the Schoolroom at Stanley Hoad on Friday, and was very largely attended, writes our correspondent. The items given by the school children occupied the first part of the programme, and contained no less than twelve items, which were all given in good style, and were highly appreciated by the audience. At the conclusion of the children’s programme, the audience again showed their appreciation by a hearty vote of thanks to M iss Selby and her assistant. Miss Guppy, for the trouble they had taken in getting the children up to such a standard. In the second part of the programme, songs were contributed by Miss Muse, Miss Sangster, and Mr Hamilton. Miss Savage gave a fine patriotic song and chorus n’n costume) being well supported by Misses Knox (3) and Mr Knox. All the items were well rendered and highly appreciated, encores being the order of the evening. Miss Anderson supplied the music for the dancing, which was kept going to an early hour in the morning. The stipner was supplied by the ladies, and was voted to he up to their past records.