LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 84, 9 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The India pin a ba» arrived at Brisbane from Lyttelton.

The Tongariro has arrived at Albany from Wellington.

The pupils of tlie local Couve-ut School conmieuced a lortuight’s holiday to-day.

A grand patriotic bazaar will he held at i\lahoc on the 19th iiwt., thw funds to be devoted to providing comforts for sidle! and wounded soldiers'.

Weather forecast.—The indicationsare for westerly strong winds to galo prevailing and freshening again shortly. TlipS weather appears likely to he cloudy and'unsettled. Rain probable.. Barbineter unsteady with iv falling tendency.—Bates. Wellington.

The Homo Defence Corps will parade this evening at 7.30 o’clock. ,/0» Thursday evening, the Corps will;par-: ado at the School to proceed to the Egmont Cluh Booms to take part ru the farewell social to the Bth. Reinf orcein cut -recruits from Stratford,

Tlie Fire Brigade’s Torchlight Procession and Hard-Time Social mi September 9 is to be a very original »lFair, accordingto the secretary, My,

(!. Bradley, who by. advertisement uv is issue, requests the public to keep the date fixed for the function open..

The date of departure of volunteers from Stratford for Trcntham has been postponed from tlie 16th inst., indefinitely. 'Die list of names of tliose departing is in hand-, but at the request of the Defence Department publication is held over.

A Sydney cablegram states that great preparations are being made to celebrate the Methodist Centenary. The heV. 1 first’ Mpthd- fj dist minister ’’in ’ Australia. landed oh August* 'TO. <: The delegates participating in this historic function ipcludb I’the 1 ’the Beys: Dawson (New Zoa- r land Bresldeilt), and Bishop. HosS . -.-It- v . ■ :■! M i, '-: V * M ; 1 O (America). , ■; 'll I;. i<! ‘ ' - ‘ >'K* ■ " .

. < At-.to-night’a meeting of : theßtratfiord; BofougW Council, r Crj Hancock nv-ill Gompao ,Y I ibo 11 intifitd i that ■ the Cotiuei I is#)willing,!bjfict to ;sanction by i tlia iratepaysrs, to i-(.take sever -theil 10ompanyis undertaking as' going fedii- 1 (i«.ru, the plant to he taken at valua- , lion;, the goodw ill also to be taken at valuation, on the basis that all will ends atithe end of. the concossiditj; valuation to be arrived at by valuers .appointed..by either side, and the employment of iBUj .umpire, if ; necessary.” 1 '' Tire spelt 1 of wet weather'lias'ut lifted’ ! ail'd the Weatre-going ‘public will he able‘to' get 'out. ’Tim eve|iiit£ an ex< client entei tainment is in stole for patron,s ; who are looking for 'real novel show. The 1 ‘Violet fOap 'dies’* are a hew company, aiid include a celebrated dansouse, Miss Leroy,, whose performances are said to! ho wonderful. The Stratford public do •not ! get-much real daubing from j the various productions that visit the town, and Miss Leroy’s performance should alone draw a large crowd. The repertoire of the “Violets” is extensive and versatile, comedy, dance and song being in full force. The “Violets” say that they are so much above other costume comedy show's that they feel lonely. They will not be lonely to-night, as it is expected that a packed house will greet them.

The hearing of an extraordinary case, and the first of its kind in the Dominion, was concluded at Whan-, garein.oh Wednesday', before Mr IS. Page, S.M. Herbert Shaldors,. farmer, claimed £94 5s damages from Ja-s. Harrisoni and Sons, Whangarci. Plain-, tiff alleged that six of.his cows bad been poisoned by eating molasses supplied by defendants. Hie evidence given was to the effect that the cows after taking the molasses foamed at the mouth, staggered, and fell, and seemed to be paralysed, and only recovered after prolonged treatment. It was found that the barrel contained a certain amount of oil, and that the Sugar Refining Company at Chelsea, the manufacturers of the molasses in question, use empty oil casks for molasses, the casks being first steamed dry. Alfred James Parker, analyst, of Auckland, deposed that the oil—lubricating yellow mineral oil —in the molasses was not harmful to cattle, but the oil might produce dangerous, results and symptoms similar to that suffered by the cows. Mr W. Carruth. for the plaintiff, declared that molasses should be labelled “poison.” and particulars given showing that it was not tit to feed it to cattle under certain circumstances. Decision was reserved.