LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 75, 28 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following letter was received in Hawera yesterday morning from a .Maori enclosing money in payment of a debt:—"Sear, 1 my (am) very sory for gou werting (waiting) for the imtny (money). Place (please) sent me a red seed (receipt). Places (please)!"

The list for Friday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court, Stratford, comprises seven civil eases, one of which is defended. The criminal list includes one case of disobeying an order of the Court, one case of indecent language, and two charges of breaking prohibition orders. A private letter to a Stratford resident from Melbourne states that the ruling price in that city for butter is 2s 3d per lb; the ordinary loaf is Did ; steak commands Is 2d per lb, and loin phops run into Is per lb. The effect of the drought of last year is stated to be still apparent.

Measles is still affecting sonic pupils of the Stratford School, and the attendance is falling gradually. Several new eases have occurred sine* 1 last report, two teachers being now in the casualty ward. The conditions of school attendance in an epidemic of this sort are, shortly, that when a case occurs in a family the immune are exempt from attendance, but the others must he kept at home.

There is said to be a considerable shortage of 'writing paper at the Dardanelles. A member of the "Post" stall' received a unique "billet-doux" from Private Cljas. Kelly, formerly of the "Post" literary staff at the front,

in the shape of an irregular piece ol strawboard, stating:—"Waiting just behind firing line. All Stratford lads well and happy. .Jones ha.s reverted to the ranks. Bee has joined machinegun section. Weather fine, quarters excellent. We have killed nobody vet.—Clms. Kelly."

To-morrow will he a rod-letter day in the history oi' the North Tanmaki Hum Chili. as it will be tln> first totalisator meeting the Chili lias held. The racing cirele in Tanmaki is evincing much interest in lli<' events, and their interest is supl>leniented generally hy the public who have a hit to spare in the way of bonuses. The Hunt have done very well in preserving until they trot a tolalisator permit and ihu, supplying the sporting public « it li a run in the long interval between the meetings in winter and spring. The weather has only in keep »p as ii is t<i-da> ■ and a ureal attendance is sure to attend tomorrow at New Plymouth.

The price of the lib loaf in Perth (W.A.i has been raised to IOJd, re ports the cables. A Brisbane cablegram slates trip after a conference, the Sugar Com pa ft ies agreed to refine raw material lot the Government. Weather Forecast.—Northerly moderate to strong winds prevailing and freshening. There is a prospect ol fair to cloudy weather with increasing haze and cloudiness for temporary change. The barometer has a tailing tendency.—Bates. Wellington.

The Whangamoinona train .service is still out of order. . A works train is running to Te Wera, and the service will probably be through to Whanga within a few days. The warm sun (hiring the last few days has dried up the slips considerably and the work of clearing the line is much easier.

An old-age pensioner in this district is at present in a rather unfor-

tunate position, owing to the loss ol his pension paper, through which circumstance he will be unable to obtain his pension on the first of the month. The old man states that he cannot find it at home, and must have dropped it in the street. There will bo no difficulty in discovering the owner, as the name is written on the paper, and the finder will confer a great favor on the pensioner by returning the paper to the office of the "Stratford Evening Post."

A gentlemen engaged in the trado informed a "New Zealand Times" reporter that the price of tea was hound to uo up shortly in view ol the unprecedented demands made by the Allied armies, {'specially by the Russians, who were the greatest tea drinkers in the world. They have created such an enormous demand for tea that the rest of the world will haveto go short. Tea is a favourite beverage of the Britisher, especially 'Tommy Atkins." who use s no less than 2,000,0001b s a mouth. The tea merchants of the Dominion are reported to be viewing the position with alarm, and predict an early rise in prices.

This evening the Stratford .Juvenile Opera Company play "Cinderella" at Eltham, when 25 per cent of the proceeds will he devoted to the Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Several citizens have expressed their intention to accompany the performers on the trip, and have generously given the use of their motor cars. To-mor-row night the Company give a performance at Inglewood under the same conditions, and next week, on Thursday, the sth. play a return at the Stratford Town Hall. Residents of the neighbouring towns are advised that they have a treat in store for them in "Cinderella" and outside the desirability of a big attendance in consideration of the worthy object of the play there should he bumper houses to greet the Company.

The following new Books have been added to the Stratford Public Library _"A Bride of the Plains" (Baroness Orczy). "Dragon's Teeth'' (Richard Dehan). "Meave" (Dorothea Conyers), "Loneliness" (Robert Benson). "The Valley of Fear" (Conan Doyle). "The White Glove" (William Le Queux), ".Minnie's Bishop" (George Buminghani), "Ford Quare's Visitor" (Florence Harden). "Three Summers" (Victor Whitechurch), "His Mother's Honor" (Vincent Brown). "The Great Snake Murder" (L. Stranger), "The Good Ship Brompton Castle" (Lady Bell). "The Keys of my Heart" (V. Simpson). "Bealhy" (H. G. Wells), "The Flame of Daring" (Harold Spender), "The Prelude." (K. Weston), "Bactrim" (F. H. Fowler).

At ii recently-conducted meeting held in Brisbane, Queensland, it was stated that one of the great lessons of the last half century had been the necessity for a reorganisation of old metliods of social work—something more in harmony with the people, and with their dignity as men and women, and something more in harmony with the permanent uplifting of the people. Throughout the Commonwealth it would be admitted that the operations of the Salvation Army had resulted in the permanent recovery of not less than (it) per cent, of those it touched. It was mentioned that there were operating throughout the Empire between fifty and sixty centres for the soldiers of the Empire. In one of the Salvation Army farms in the Old Country there were at present 5000 Belgians. There were twenty-five Salvation Army motor ambulances at the front and four others were being despatched from Australia and two ot their farms had been made available should they be wanted. All these remarks were received with great applause. Hvv Excellency Lady GooldAdams, then addressed the meeting; and pointed out that at the <"tu) of August last 11,000 members of the Salvation Army had enlisted. Regarding the meeting in the Stratford Army Hall to-morrow night, it is expected that the meeting will partake of the same character and enthusiasm. Adjutant Scotney. of Fltliam Boys' Home, will deliver the report, and Brigadier Glover "ill also be present. Mr J. W. Boon, Mayor of Stratford, will preside, supported by Borough Councillors, ministers of the Gospel, etc. in,.. ■——— mmmKmm